Prescription Mask Inserts

[sailorbuoy]

Not wishing to hijack the thread running already, i have another question:

I normally dive in contacts... this will become increasingly challenging as I do more training and need to work without mask on...

I have a prescription insert for some cycling glasses which fits quite neatly inside my mask and does not interere with the seal.

How can i "fix this insert" in place while diving ... but remove to defog mask etc?

Any ideas? Anybody use a proper diving mask insert?

i have tried blue-tack and it does not work!!

[nickb]

Try these things: Dive Optx reading lenses for diving

But don't pay their daft prices - many dive shops sell them for around £20/pair

As long as you apply them properly, they seldom work loose.

EDIT: £20 on eBay

[sailorbuoy]

I need more than a reading lens! Anyone know of a full size version!!?

[nickb]

Sorry, I guess you mean you no longer want to wear the lenses. I use contacts, but being an old git, I need a bit of help (+2.00) for close-up work. That's what I thought you were after.

Why do you want to give up the contacts? I find the disposible ones ideal for diving.

[sailorbuoy]

Originally Posted by nickb

Why do you want to give up the contacts? I find the disposible ones ideal for diving.

Don't really want to give up the contacts but want to do Adv Nitrox/Deco proc course later this year and this will include lots of mask removal and no mask exercises (apparently).

Maybe I should just buy a Beaver corrected lens mask for the course and as a back-up.

thks for the help.

[nickb]

Originally Posted by sailorbuoy

Don't really want to give up the contacts but want to do Adv Nitrox/Deco proc course later this year and this will include lots of mask removal and no mask exercises (apparently).

Why not see how you get on with contacts without a mask on prior to the course. I wore contacts during all of my TDI training.

I've only ever lost one, and that was during my trimix course when I had to do a mask removal which I did with my eyes open and the sudden rush of water flushed it out.

I can take my mask off with my eyes closed and then open them underwater without my lenses flushing out.

Prescription masks are all well and good, but what do you do when you're back on the boat and take your mask off? If you keep your glasses with you on deck, they'll get broken in no time - guaranteed!

[sailorbuoy]

I'll give it a go then!!

[GLOC]

I used SDS for my astigmatic px in a Beaver atomic, cost me £85 plus P&P. They turned them around in less than a week.

Excellent service & I can now see the small numbers in the bottom of the viewfinder clearly!!

Regards

[XeN]

I use prescription lenses in my cressi big eyes mask - got em direct from cressi uk. All they need is your current eye test.

[Letz]

Originally Posted by nickb

Sorry, I guess you mean you no longer want to wear the lenses. I use contacts, but being an old git, I need a bit of help (+2.00) for close-up work. That's what I thought you were after.

That's my problem. I found the 'mono vision' worked for diving but not much good for life in general and I'm not sure I can alternate like that. I need to discuss with the opticians
Thanks for the ebay link

Originally Posted by nickb

I can take my mask off with my eyes closed and then open them underwater without my lenses flushing out.

Originally Posted by sailorbuoy

I'll give it a go then!!

Me too. Let me know how you get on

I've never lost a lens with a flooded mask but I'm guessing a rush of water would dislodge them. Not sure about swimming along and I didn't need to do a maskless swim for ADN+acc deco but will for trimix, I think