Diving with contacts

[cowprintrabbit]

My husband and I swear by the daily disposables - but always carry spares! Switching between a mask and glasses provides too many opportunities for running into stuff between ladder and gear bag for my tastes

 

[alemaozinho]

hi, i use contacts for more than twenty years and never lost one even while diving.I also open my eyes in the pool when demonstrating the mask removal exercise,as long as you dont move into a current or swim underwater with your eyes open you,ll be safe and your contacts will stay in place .Another trick is to take a hot shower with your contacts on,try to remove them after shower (soft ones only) and you,ll see how much more they stick to your eyeball.I dont take and never did take spares with me .Srew murphy!!!!peace

 

[alemaozinho]

i meant screw murphy,sorry

 

[fmw625]

I had thought about diving with contacts, but being 53 y/o I'd still need something to read my gauges. I thought about an old pair of glasses designed to fit inside of a Scott SCBA that I used at work. Today I modified them to fit inside my mask. If all works out, I'll refit them with my current perscription. Has any one else tried this?

 

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Realted post on another board:

http://www.diverforum.co.uk/talkforums/diverforum/posts/23055.html

 

[O2BBubbleFree]

Back in about '86 I took a pair of lenses out of my military glasses (very flat front surface) and glued 'em inside a mask. I just glued 'em right to the mask lense. I think I used "Goop" glue. Worked well for quite a few free dives (I wasn't SCUBAing yet), however I did notice that a small bubble in the glue kept getting bigger (I should have prevented the bubble in the first place). Later, when I got a low-profile mask I sprung for the corrective lenses (-7.0, -7.0), but after the certification dives I've just worn my disposable contacts, and carry a spare set. I've never tried opening my eyes underwater, and must admit to having good luck with contacts in general. In retrospect, I wish I hadn't wasted the money on the lenses.

 

[seabat]

I had thought about diving with contacts, but being 53 y/o I'd still need something to read my gauges. I thought about an old pair of glasses designed to fit inside of a Scott SCBA that I used at work. Today I modified them to fit inside my mask. If all works out, I'll refit them with my current perscription. Has any one else tried this?

When I first started diving I took an old pair of glasses,removed the stems and stuck them inside my mask. I had better vision until they fogged up. I let some water into the mask and washed away the fog but then I had blurry vision because of the water drops. Because I did not attach them to the mask I had to tilt my head in various ways to see.

If you just wanted to see how it helps it would be a sufficient test. If you want to get a long term solution I would look into a prescription mask.

You have 10 years on me but my gauges are getting harder to read too :11:

The good thing is my computer has large numbers so its not that big of a problem. The screen on my camera is a whole 'nother story. Anyone have a good suggestion on how to attach a magnifying glass to their bcd?