Mask?

Hardhat
Try.... PrescriptionDive Masks 1-800-538-2878 in San Diego. They've been very helpful.

www.prescriptiondivemasks.com

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Bill

Hi Hardhat, Im not sure if this is what youre after, but i find that daily disposible contact lenses are an awesome way to combat the sight problem in the mask- here (UK) they cost me about £0.80 per pair, so more than I want to pay, but I get 3kg bass sneaking right up on me if I dont wear them!

Ross.

Yeah, I agree with Ross H. I was going to buy a prescription mask last year, but my optician's view was that contacts would be more successful. I already had monthly lenses, but now I also have dailies for diving.

Of course, not everyone can get on with contacts. Also, there is a limited range of lenses available for the more ‘unusual’ prescriptions - my left eye is extremely astigmatic, so I just put a contact into my right eye when I dive.

I have the astigmatic thing wrong with my eyes, but the soft dailies give me significantly better sight than without, although not as good as my specs.

That said, when the good old specsavers were issuing me with them I asked them in around 10 differently phased ways "can i wear them in the water?" and they said.......No!! More risk of infection, but the way I see it Im only in there for 2-3 hours at a time, so hey who gives?!! Or to quote Eric- "Die before you die!"

The Superocchio, Samurai, OMER frames can take negative diopter lenses. I also believe the OMER Alien has available lenses.
Peace,
Erik Y.

Bill,
You got the address slightly wrong. Its http://www.prescriptiondivemasks.com/ . You reversed the r and e. I remember you posted the link before and I almost went through them, but then I found my local dive shop had a deal with them where with shipping, the cost was the same; so I chose to support my local shop.

Been very please, except I don't like the Cressi Lince II mask I had them put the lenses in. It started leaking and I even went so far as to take it apart and silicone adhesive the lenses to the skirt and it still leaks! Worked fine for the first 3 trips, but after that it was very frustrating. Now I am having them put new lenses in a Cressi Superocchio, it’s the mask that after trying about 8 different masks, I keep coming back too. For my narrow face with the inside skirt cut out on the top of it, it gives the best forward view of any mask I have tried. Plus it super tough. I throw it in my bag with weights, etc and in 5-years it is still in great shape. With the inside skirt removed on the top I also don’t believe Cressi's claim that the Lince II has even less internal volume than the Superocchio.

This place uses ground glass corrective lenses that they glue with non-yellowing glue to the inside of the existing lenses. They can correct hyperopia (old person far-sighted), myopia (near-sightness), and astigmatism so you can get very good vision. I just wonder if they could make liquid corrective lenses like used in fluid goggles? That could open up some more possibility for no equalization masks with wide field of vision.

Here is a picture of me wearing the mask with corrective lenses glued inside. http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/050803/483/ny17408031646 As you can see the inside glued lenses go almost all the way to the edges so it does not hinder your field of view any.
don

Thanks Don
Some day I'll learn to read.
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Bill