Prescription glass vs contacts

[Tif]

My eyesight just changed again, so I'm at a crossroads. Does anyone have any experience scuba diving with contact lens in? I'm a 50' down max diver. Or will be. Pretty new! And the eyes are a -6 and -7, so correction is a must. Thanks!

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[Barrod]

Do you use contacts normally? When I tried contacts I ended up back to glasses in a month. Pretty uncomfortable ****.

 

[BRT]

Hi Tif,
My correction is -8.5 in one eye and worse in the other. And I have astigmatism that can't be corrected with glasses so I've been diving since 1985, before actually, with contacts. When I could still get correction with soft lenses I used them but for many years I've worn gas permeable rigids. Only 3 problems I've run into. I don't trust them underwater without my mask so have to do mask drills with my eyes shut. Obviously in an emergency I'd open my eyes and take my chances. Sometimes after a fairly deep dive they fog. I'm convinced it is the high pressure air working its way out of the gas permeable lens. And with the shape and scar tissue on my eyes they don't stay in as well as I'd like. I must be careful and on occasion one falls into my mask. Here's to purge valves. I just continue the dive with a lot less vision and carefully fix the problem after the dive. People with normal nearsightedness don't understand what a -7.5 is and how blind you are when you take your mask off after the dive. If you can get correction with disposable soft lenses I think you will really like diving that way.

Brian

 

[TONY CHANEY]

Same question came up on another forum. I have went with the Gauge Reader mask. I know next time I will try one of these. One diver that posted the link swears by them. The price is just too good not to try. RX Prescription Corrective Scuba Dive Snorkeling Mask | eBay

 

[BRT]

Same question came up on another forum. I have went with the Gauge Reader mask. I know next time I will try one of these. One diver that posted the link swears by them. The price is just too good not to try. RX Prescription Corrective Scuba Dive Snorkeling Mask | eBay

Tif doesn't need a gauge reader mask. At -7.5 you can probably read at 8" from your eyes.

 

[uncfnp]

My eyesight just changed again, so I'm at a crossroads. Does anyone have any experience scuba diving with contact lens in? I'm a 50' down max diver. Or will be. Pretty new! And the eyes are a -6 and -7, so correction is a must. Thanks!

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A good discussion...

http://www.scubaboard.com/forums/fins-masks-snorkels/471681-contacts-prescription-mask.html

I have used contacts since the beginning. No problems so far.

 

[tplyons]

I'm only -3.0 in both eyes, but I prefer contacts myself, simply so I can see before and after the dive.

I also have a mask with prescription lenses, supplied by Cressi, that works fine, but I do prefer the contacts.

Never had had an issue with either even down to 125'.

 

[TONY CHANEY]

Sorry BRT I missed that.

 

[Tif]

Thank you for the replies and links. I am wearing soft lens, although not as often as glasses. I don't like the idea of being pretty much blind coming out of the water on a boat. I'm still at the pool, so I hadn't considered that. I just leave my glasses on the deck. Good a-ha there. I just got refitted with new lenses, so now knowing that it is safe to wear them, I'll give that a try. Thank you! This forum is so supportive of new divers with questions like this!

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[JimmyboyAAA]

Just got back from Cozumel and did 36 dives with contacts, never a problem. I only worry about getting my mask kicked off but that hasn't happened, yet.