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"Prescription" swim goggles

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Wooly - 24 May 2006 18:18 GMT
They're "prescription" only to a degree.

A local swim-only sports store carries TUSA Rx goggles, but only the
same-lens-both-eyes models.   Because I have a rather wide disparity
between my two eyes I really ought to use one of the Internets and
order two different TUSA lenses with a frame kit, but I'm impatient
and don't want to wait "one to two days" for my order to be processed
plus another 12-15 days for the things to get here (from California, I
can't imagine what service they're using that will take that long to
arrive here in Texas...)

So I will probably buy OTC swim goggles with the same minus for each
eye that will accomodate the better of my two eyes.  As little as I
like monovision I enjoy swimming even less when I run into the side of
the pool or mistake petite grown women for my son.

Ugh.

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Wooly - 29 May 2006 00:53 GMT
>They're "prescription" only to a degree.
>
>A local swim-only sports store carries TUSA Rx goggles, but only the
>same-lens-both-eyes models.

My "corrective" (for sphere only) gogglers are here, and I have to say
they do a better job once I'm in the pool than I expected based on my
dry-land vision.  I obviously need to tweak the fit via the adjustable
straps but by and large I'm happy.  I ordered half a diopter down from
each eye's Rx which seemed to be a good decision - I don't feel
overcorrected, but I'm not grossly undercorrected either.  If I manage
to turn swimming into a regular activity (ie, if I start doing laps
daily for excercise) I may break down and order custom goggles from
the optician.  In the meantime I'm happy with the OTC sphere-only
correction I have now...

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