low volume masks with prescription lenses

[OutlawCaver]

I have used the Dive Optx and they won't stay put. I finally had a optical facility cut a lenses and glue it in with opitcally clear glue/epoxy.

Without the help of the lenses I can read my buddies computer 6 feet away but not my own. It sure is tough turning 25.

[Luxrok]

This might not be an option for all, but I elected to get Lasik after doing the open water follow the line drill for cavern class. I had been diving with contacts for a couple of years and had just had enough of not being able to open my eyes or worry about another piece of gear like a special mask.

Just think about it. A little eye surgery and you elimate one more point of failure. Well, I got it done in Jan. and my buddy got it done in December and I am very happy with the results and I don't have to worry about special masks or lens now. I can now see the clock when I wake up in the morning. What a miracle.

Just a thought, an expensive one but a thought none the less.

Hans

[Signal 20]

LOL! Any of you guys wear contacts? I've been thinking of going that route for diving.

yup i wear contacts all the time. and i just keep them in while diving.

[DeWayne]

I think what doron nof is looking for is a different thing entirely. What most dive companies offer in the way of prescription masks are minus diopters only, for nearsightedness. From three feet away and farther, my vision amazes friends and frightens small children. But anything closer than three feet away is a blur.

I've seen marketed, in the backs of dive magazines, little round "bubbles" that you stick on your lenses for up-close reading. But I've never talked to anyone that used them and were satisfied. The few people that had used them said they wouldn't stay stuck.

I, too, would like to find a product that works. Is that two minutes of deco, or twenty?

I have the same problem Sludge, can't focus on anything within arms reach anymore but can still count the hairs on a tick's arse a mile away. I tried the guage readers as well as the stick-in lens inserts (the ground guage readers did work much better for me as like most the stick-ins did not stay in place and had a bad habit of fogging up.) I finally broke down and had lens for my mask ground to my prescription; this worked so well that I had a second mask made so I would have a back-up. Cost was roughly $100 and well worth it being able to see my guages without going through all the contortions. My last mask I went ahead and had my bifocal script ground in and it wears better than my regualr glasses.

[Dave Lizdas]

I wear soft contact lenses every dive. During the mask off swim for cavern, the guy in front of me wouldn't move, and I had my eyes open for ten minutes. I didnt loose 'em! I've taken off my mask and opened my eyes back at thirds with complete confidence.

Now I've never tried it in saltwater; there you have a salinity gradient going the other way across a permeable membrane. That sure sounds good, but I dont know. the salt might cause them to curve out and float away.

[OutlawCaver]

I like the idea of the LASIK but not sure of the effects at altitude. When I can no longer cave dive I am headed for a try at mountaineering. I recall one of the Everest expedition teams that had multiple fatalities had one survivor who stayed just above base camp 4 that had corrective surgery and could not see.

[JE]

I have the same problem. I recently puchased a mask that has magnification on the lower portion of the lense. I cannot say which company makes it but they work much better than inserts. But even with
all that magnification I still have problems reading in low light conditions.

Many dive computer manufacturers should consider making models with
larger font!!!!!!!!!!

http://www.rxdivemask.com/

http://www.prescriptiondivemasks.com/

http://www.babylonvillage.com/rx_diving_mask.htm

FYI-!

j.

[JLH]

I bought a glass magnifier in a shop on the north side of Gainsville (L. B's) you have to glue it in I have had it in for a year and a half, and am very happy with it.

Jack