prescription lenses

[chris 135]

where can I buy presciption lenses, without buying new mask.

[Diver@50]

Most dive shops will do it, if you provide an up to date prescription, as will most opticians.

[Finless]

There is a local company (to me / Hastings, East Sx) called L G Optical (Mfg) Ltd that will do the lenses and pt them in your mask.

My business sells (amongst other things) safety glasses for those who go shooting and we use this company to put prescription lenses into a special frame for those customers who want it. We have had no problems using them but I have no experience (yet) of their work with diving masks but I know they do do them.

Their prices for ordinary varifocal lenses for my glasses were £50 cheaper than my optician (after my discount) so I know their prices are good. Indeed, take/send a fram with your prescription and ......

www.lgoptical.co.uk (http://www.lgoptical.co.uk)
01424 851878

No, I'm not on commission. As my eyesight has deteriorated in the last year I think I will need some form of lens in my mask to enable me to read my computer display and I will def be using these people.

[Adam Hunt]

I would strongly recommend that the dive shop install the lenses. My local installed mine and broke the mask. As a result they provided me with a new mask. If I had done it, I would have to buy a new one.

Another option would be the stick on lenses, this would be straight forwared to install, although I have no experience with them.

Adam

[Don Tovey]

Years ago I had my local optician make lenses with a flat face on them & glue them into my mask in the correct position. They used a glue I belive that dried using ultra violet light or somthing (im not an optician) but dried clear.
They lasted for years until the mask was worn out.
Some dive shops have lenses that you can buy off the shelf to fit straight into various existing masks. Best of luck with your search but having optical lenses fitted makes a world of difference for the better.
If you cant get lenses made just bite the bullit & buy a new mask with optical lenses installed by the dive shop. (Ive got a cressi mask with off the shelf optical lenses fitted from new. There bloody marvellous.

[Lindsey Doyle]

Do you want to replace existing prescrip lenses (or standards) with lenses cos your prescription has changed?
You can buy standard lenses for short or long sight from dive shops to fit certain masks - they should offer to fit them to your existing mask if required, or you could try yourself.............
if your prescription is very strong, or you have astigmatism, you'll need to have prescription lenses bonded to your own mask lenses (e.g. axis optical, search online for them, haven't used them but i know you send your own mask in).
But, as someone else pointed out, the lenses will cost more than the mask (even "off the shelf" plus or minus ones probably!), so unless it's a nearly new mask, might as well get a new one?
HTH, Lindsey