Posted: 8/2/2022 9:09:47 AM EDT
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I completed all my SCUBA requirements except the open water dives a few years ago. I have to do it all over again since it been so long. I’m pretty much blind without my glasses which really made SCUBA suck. Before I get started again (prob next spring) I want to order a prescription mask. I’d prefer one with lenses and not an insert. |
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| I'd probably read up over at ScubaBoard. My wife had the inserts that they glue to the inside of the mask before she had eye surgery. |
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Several years ago, one of my cousins who was collecting Scuba Certs had a pair of RX Goggles. I am in the same position as you, folks look like thumbprints without rx lenses... Seems like 5 or 6 years ago, I looked into them and for me, they were prohibitively expensive. I mean they were just for fun for me, I was just swimming down as deep as I could with no air or any equipment, no scuba. Seems like the ones with inserts would fog up a lot, just like my Paintball goggles with RX inserts... Useless... |
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If you have stigmatism you will have send them off to a specialty shop to have them made. Expensive about $250-300 (just for the lenses) Upside is you can have these put on any SCUBA mask. There is a place in cali that does it and a good job at that...l will update with info if I can recall name. Otherwise, there are several masks out there that offer replacement lenses. If you don't have stigmatism, you can use the replaceable lense variety, I would start with trying on the different masks for fit first. Then, have the lenses replaced. Have the shop do it. It's a pita. This would be made easier by going to a shop to figure fitment out. |
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Thanks for the info. I’ll visit local shops and see what they say. I just didn’t want to get BSd into a brand because it’s what they happen to sell. I’d used clip in inserts in gas masks but those were pretty flimsy and I’d really be screwed if they came loose during a dive. I figure buy once cry one and I can always use them for snorkeling if I never get deep into scuba |
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Originally Posted By SideCarGT: Daughter uses contacts while diving. Wife uses prescription lenses mask. Most of the name brand two lens masks can be fitted with corrective lenses. Talk to your dive shop. Last time, it ran about 200 for both lenses. I priced them out last time I took the course and was already planning on $300 and it looks like some go up to $400. |
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I sold many Oceanics at $40 per lens + mask. $170ish total. You can get a similar model pretty inexpensive for $70 here. If you loose it, meh. Again, if someone has astigmatism, these won't work. |
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Originally Posted By snaggletooth1925: I completed all my SCUBA requirements except the open water dives a few years ago. I have to do it all over again since it been so long. I’m pretty much blind without my glasses which really made SCUBA suck. Before I get started again (prob next spring) I want to order a prescription mask. I’d prefer one with lenses and not an insert. You could wear contacts- unless you're not able to obviously. The problem with wearing contacts is Like others have said, go to a reputable shop that advertises prescription lenses or alternatively, your optometrist. |
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| My wife used https://seethesearx.com/ They are local to us, but they also work closely with some LDS. Contact them and they will point you in the best direction. Their customer service was first class when we dealt with them. |
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Originally Posted By bap: I sold many Oceanics at $40 per lens + mask. $170ish total. You can get a similar model pretty inexpensive for $70 here. If you loose it, meh. Again, if someone has astigmatism, these won't work. Thanks! For $70 I can’t go wrong. I can use them for class, see what I like/don’t like for when I get a really good pair. And keep those as a spare/backup |
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| My local dive shop sold me a mask from SeaVision https://www.seavisionusa.com/ can't say I've had any complaints. Like with most dive masks it would be helpful if your local dive shop has a few styles to try on and see which fit your face better. |
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I've used Prescriptiondivemasks.com many times, and have been really happy with them. Find a mask that fits you, and they make lenses of any script, that fit your mask, and glue them in. I had try cheaters that I glued in myself, only to have them come loose, but these never come loose, and you cant tell they are in there without looking close |