Prescription lenses

[Chris aka divingchef]

Just a quick question,,

I went in to order a prescription mask and was told that for + you can only get it in bifocals.
Can anyone tell me if thats true?

Cheers

Chris

[Sanemancured]

No

http://www.axisoptical.co.uk/products1.htm

:)

Peter

[Phil Laughton]

Just a quick question,,

I went in to order a prescription mask and was told that for + you can only get it in bifocals.
Can anyone tell me if thats true?

Cheers

Chris

Hi Chris,
If you need varifocal lenses you might struggle. I have bifocal lenses in my mask but my ordinary specs are varifocal. The lenses were made and fitted by my own optician.

Phil

[Hamish]

Just a quick question,,

I went in to order a prescription mask and was told that for + you can only get it in bifocals.
Can anyone tell me if thats true?

Cheers

Chris

Hi Chris,

I have looked around for a company without success to locate one that sold/manufactured lenses in the + settings that I want.

I have a Technisub Look mask for which you can get lenses in +1.5 to +3.0 in 0.5 incriments. These lenses can be fitted by the user and are very good for what they do, i.e. let you read your guages.

The drawback for me was they are bifocal and therefore did not lend themselves to use with my camera (video and still) without having to raise my head to see clearly. I therefore asked my optician what she could recomend to get over the situation. She recomended that I try 2 differing + strenght contacts, the first was +0.5 which was worn in my right eye, the second was +1.25 worn in the left eye. The arrangement works very well, with both close, medium and far distance being very acceptable. The drawback is during diving the contacts get dry and become quite fixed to my eye balls. It's therefore not that easy at times to get them back out after diving, causing me to get bloodshot eye's. You could try this as your solution, but bear in mind this draw back.

I am trying to find a manufacturer who can manufacture me lenses to fit a mask to this prescription but as at this moment I have not found one so if anyone does, please PM me.

regards

Hamish

[Chris aka divingchef]

Hi Chris,

I have looked around for a company without success to locate one that sold/manufactured lenses in the + settings that I want.

I have a Technisub Look mask for which you can get lenses in +1.5 to +3.0 in 0.5 incriments. These lenses can be fitted by the user and are very good for what they do, i.e. let you read your guages.

The drawback for me was they are bifocal and therefore did not lend themselves to use with my camera (video and still) without having to raise my head to see clearly. I therefore asked my optician what she could recomend to get over the situation. She recomended that I try 2 differing + strenght contacts, the first was +0.5 which was worn in my right eye, the second was +1.25 worn in the left eye. The arrangement works very well, with both close, medium and far distance being very acceptable. The drawback is during diving the contacts get dry and become quite fixed to my eye balls. It's therefore not that easy at times to get them back out after diving, causing me to get bloodshot eye's. You could try this as your solution, but bear in mind this draw back.

I am trying to find a manufacturer who can manufacture me lenses to fit a mask to this prescription but as at this moment I have not found one so if anyone does, please PM me.

regards

Hamish

Hi Hamish

Thanks for this, I have opted for the Technisub Look mask and it works ok.
As you mention they are bifocal and that is what I was trying to avoid, mainly the line between the two lenses drives me insane:(

I have heard of using different strength contacts, my buddy in Plymouth
uses this solution.

Well for now I seem to be sorted !!

Thanks again

Chris

[Chris aka divingchef]

Thanks all

Sorted with a Technisub Look mask

Cheers

Chris

[Don Tovey]

Ive used a mask with prescription lenses for about 30 years now & have noticed recently that i'm having trouble reading my gauges.
Long distance is great but ive had to buy a Nemo Wide computer with a big face so I can read the figures.
Its not to bad with the contents gauge as this is on a long hose.
Its the things on my wrist like the watch & computer that cause problems.
I may have to fit them onto a lanyard so I can hold them a bit further from my eyes & be able to focus on them properly.
Just old age catching up I suppose.
Maybe I should take up crown green bowling instead but it not anywhere near as exiting as diving is.

[N2-UK]

B*ll8cks to that!
Anyway, if you've not had to upgrade your lens prescription in your mask for 30 years you've been doing well.
I'm using varifocals in the mask now & it works well. I can read my watch, computer & dive timer with no problem. Viewing the screen on the back of the camera took a little getting used to & I have a 'sport finder' cross hair thingy mounted on the top of it to help with the aiming.
Themask & lenses came from Dive-sight. My wife, who is long sighted , also got her mask from there. They use all the normal brands of mask, so you can try one out in a shop & then order on-line.
depending on your prescription, it may be worth asking in the shop what facility they have for obtaining prescription lenses.

Nigel N

[Sam2000]

All I'm going to say is save up...my prescription mask cost me £80...! Guess I shouldn't have been surprised really!

But it is a quality mask and works really well...I got it from Specsavers and it was ready within two days, so I was pretty satisfied all in all!

[ChristianG]

I went in to order a prescription mask and was told that for + you can only get it in bifocals.
Chris,

I thought I had your e-mail address but it didn't come up. In the dictionary bifocal means (for glasses) "having two foci" one of which could, or not, be plain glass.

Assuming that you need it for reading, as most of us no longer young duffers do, a quality optometrist can affix a quality dioptre of the right strength to the inside of whatever mask you might prefer. You need to go to that person with your mask and your stages and instruments, stick the 2nd in your gob and the optometrist will carefully measure where the dioptre should be placed having regard to where you usually read your instruments. Note the singular of that word, you don't need more than one, depending on which side you have your instruments.

Tip, make sure it's stronger than you need (simply makes it a bit of a magnifying glass early on) to avoid future, ahem, inconceivable failings in your vision. ;)

[Fishlady]

I recently purchase a prescription mask from a site called www.activeaqua.com. They supply full plus lenses, bifocal lenses and minus lenses to -9!. They were really helpfull and my mask arrived the next day after I placed my order. I was really happy with the whole process and the was was under £80.00 so check them out if you are looking for amsk with prescription lenses.

Fish Lady