It seems that quite some people have bad experiences with glasses: Losing them or parts of them. We didn't even discuss what you see through them when they get wet, foggy, or covered in salt. First thing I do when I get up in the morning is putting on my glasses, last thing I do is take them off. I have tried contacts, about 10 years ago, but didn't like them. It took me months to get more or less accustomed to them, but they kept irritating my eyes, so I turned back to my glasses. My glasses never bothered me, except when paddling. So I tried contacts again, disposable one-day contacts this time. I use them only when I paddle, which might be 10 days in a row, but also might have a break of more then a month. It didn't take time to get used to them. I could wear them all day from the start. Usually they start to irritate when I get back in the car, in the dry, heated air, so then I take them out, put them in the ashtray and put on my glasses. I've been using them for a year now, in sea, surf and swimmingpool sessions and never lost one. I've tried to deliberitely flush them out of my eyes, in a swimming pool and in a bathtub, and didn't manage. They shift but they don't go. And even if they do: I just carry a few spares. These lenses are so cheap, I can afford to loose one or two during a trip. They cost less then a dollar a piece. It is quite a revelation to paddle in surf, spray or rain, and just blink your eyes to clear your view. Try it! Niels. *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Speaking of glasses, anyone have a good source for sports glasses? You know, something with a rugged frame that can take a pounding? I only need glasses at night and have just avoided wearing them since I have nothing that would survive a dunking. -Patrick *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Patrick: I wear glasses and kayak three times a week (okay, really two times, but sometimes three...) I have a pair of the cheapest, ugliest frames you can find, with plastic prescription sunglass lenses in them. I wear a strap and also tie them with a string to my PFD. I never remove them from the PFD, and have surfed with them and rolled and rinsed the PFD-glasses combo many, many times. I think this is a cheap and practical solution. Josh On Wed, 4 Apr 2001, Patrick Maun wrote: > Speaking of glasses, > > anyone have a good source for sports glasses? You know, something > with a rugged frame that can take a pounding? I only need glasses at > night and have just avoided wearing them since I have nothing that > would survive a dunking. > > -Patrick > *************************************************************************** > PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed > here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire > responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. > Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net > Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net > Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ > *************************************************************************** > ============================================================================== Dr. Joshua Teitelbaum Tel: [972] 3-640-6448 Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and Fax: [972] 3-641-5802 African Studies E-mail:teitelba_at_ccsg.tau.ac.il Tel Aviv University Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv 69978 Israel ============================================================================== *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
I usually buy inexpensive polarized fishing glasses, attach colored latex rubber tubing connected to the earpieces as a floating keeper then use either one or two add on plastic lenses available in the diopter of your choice at the drug store. These last for years, stay on while rolling and if I do drop them, the florescent colored tubing makes them easy to spot. For night time, I use yellow plastic framed shooting glasses with the add in lenses. Usually only one is required which allows checking a GPS, maps or compass with one eye and distance with the other. cu *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Hi Patrick, I have no first hand experience with this company nor their products. Just something I found on the I-net a few days ago. Called Barz sports optics. Protective glasses and prescription ones as well (with certain limitations on the prescription) The web page looks like the product may match your criteria. I was thinking of perhaps giving them a try. Maybe someone here already has experience with the product and can give a report. Follow the link to Barz at: http://www.murrays.com or direct to http://www.murrays.com/barz/barz.html Later... David Patrick Maun wrote: > > Speaking of glasses, > > anyone have a good source for sports glasses? You know, something > with a rugged frame that can take a pounding? *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
Thanks for the tip. They look solid, but I think my paddling buddies would never let me live it down if I wore a pair of those! I was thinking of something a little more subtle. I've got to get some new glasses in a few weeks so will look into it then and report back to the list. -Patrick At 11:22 AM -0400 4/4/01, David Walker wrote: >[SNIP] >Follow the link to Barz at: > >http://www.murrays.com > >or direct to > >http://www.murrays.com/barz/barz.html *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
At 11:22 AM -0400 4/4/01, David Walker wrote: > ... >Follow the link to Barz at: >http://www.murrays.com >or direct to >http://www.murrays.com/barz/barz.html > ... Someone on this list or the r.b.p.t newsgroup got the Barz goggles last summer and posted their review. I remember them saying that while they stay on very well, the anti-fogging feature is not up to snuff. Apparently, the prescription versions don't come with the anti-fogging option. So I imagine you'd have trouble with these fogging a lot. I personally dealt with the glasses problem by having LASIK correction. Of course, I now have a sunglasses problem to deal with :-) Evan *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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