Mask for Mrs Frogman

[Rick Huggins]

Where do I start?

I want to get the wife a mask with prescription lenses, so I can surpise her on holiday with a try dive.

I reckon I can find out just how blind she is by throwing things at her from varying distances, but how do I go about getting the lenses done and put into a mask?

Any help appreciated as per

Ta

[D.D.J]

hi there hope what i m about to write helps. i wear glasses and i also work in the dive shop in york ....do you know what perscription she is. if she isn t too blind then the oceanic 4site mask will be good for her as she can have lenses fitted into them, some dive shops will fit them for you....we do if we know the perscription and if we ve got them in. the prices you ll be looking at are £36 for the mask and £15 per lense...sounds strange but some people prefer to only have one lense fitted. the alternate idea is that you choose any mask with two lenses not just one ful lense and send it off to have the lenses fitted, which the dive shop will do for you. hope this helps and i hope that she has an awesome time on her try dive i m sure she will.

[Rick Huggins]

Excellent, thanks

[tom]

Just a word of caution - getting a mask with lenses in is fine, but what if the mask doesn't fit? You know what a personal thing mask fit is; and I can't think of many things that would spoil a try dive more than a continuously leaking mask.

Unless you go for one that has a reputation for fitting everyone's face (beaver Atomic springs to mind).

[Rick Huggins]

Totally forgot about that one!
Incoming Tom

[Woz]

Go for a Beaver Atomic (that'll be from kitfondle.co.uk) then nick an old pair of her specs, unscrew the arms and shove them into the mask. The silicone skirt holds the glasses in place. Works surprisingly well.

I did my first 20 dives like this then thought "cobblers to this I'm keeping my contact lenses in".

[Ant P]

Originally Posted by Woz

I did my first 20 dives like this then thought "cobblers to this I'm keeping my contact lenses in".

My wife prefers to dive with contacts in as well. You can do all your skills for open water wearing contacts without any problems.

cheers, Ant