Inserts vs Prescription Lenses

[PK1]

Age has caught up with my eyes such that I need +2.5 magnifiers for reading. Simple pharmacy reading glasses do the trick. I'm fine for distance. I'm also generally OK for diving, but do have difficulty with small print/readout on gauges and cameras, and most notably with reading/writing on a slate when doing marine biology survey work.

Any advice on inserts vs prescription lenses? I don't pay high prices for reading glasses, since I don't need a Rx prescription. So I'm wondering whether I'd be OK with simple +2 stick-on inserts rather than sending off for a $129 gauge-reader lenses from a prescription mask service.

 

[herbdb]

I had no luck with the stick on lens. They would always come loose.

I finally found a mask that fit well, bought two and sent them off for custom lens. Best equipment money I have spent.

 

[spectrum]

PK!, how much money have you already sunk into diving?

The stick on gauge readers work, until something happens. Leave the colorforms for Willie The Weatherman and get your near distance RX bonded in there for your close work. Of course, if your distance isn't 100% perfect just get it all done. You never know when being 100% corrected will make a difference.

I second the advice of doing it to a mask that is known to fit juuuuuust right.

Pete