"... I'm sick and tired of fogged-up, water-droplet obscured glasses... using disposable contacts just for rough-water work." If you use disposable contacts for rough water paddling, and you have to roll, isn't there a risk of the contacts washing out? I usually open my eyes underwater to roll. Carrying tethered specs as a backup would be good. I have lately acquired a set of "RecSpecs", and had prescription tinted lenses fitted. For a picture, see http://www.sporteyes.com/rsgog.htm#Raptor. They are a little like ski goggles. An unkind friend asked to borrow them as welding goggles. So far, these seem pretty good. They don't seem to get torn off your head in surf as easily as sunglasses with arms, and the ventilation is OK. Cheers, PT. *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
Not sure where I heard this - or whether it has been offered here before, but the suggestion was to simply apply Rain-X (the stuff you apply to windshields) to your regular prescription glasses - they'll shed rain/water droplets very easily. Of course, didn't Elton John have specs with wipers? A bit more extreme. Never knew he was a paddler.... :o) K *************************************************************************** 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/ ***************************************************************************
On 17 Oct 2003 at 12:32, Peter Treby wrote: > you use disposable contacts for rough water paddling, and you have to > roll, isn't there a risk of the contacts washing out? I usually open > my eyes underwater to roll. I agree with Duane on not opening eyes underwater. I rarely do and I find that I can work well with them closed. If you ask me about what went wrong when I blow a weird roll in practice, I can usually "see" everything in my memory as if I had my eyes open. Ditto all the stuff on deck - spare paddle, release loop on skirt, etc - I know where they are (always in the same place) and can "see" them with my eyes closed. This is no doubt related to how much I practice. > Carrying tethered specs as a backup would > be good. Always. Though with disposables, (one day type, that is), it's just as easy to go ashore and replace one. I've never lost one in paddling - in fact, I've only lost one (left eye) in 25 years of contact use (sports only) and that was in an inline skate race (42km US-Canada cross border race in the days when the border was relatively open). > I have lately acquired a set of "RecSpecs", and had > prescription tinted lenses fitted. For a picture, see > http://www.sporteyes.com/rsgog.htm#Raptor. They are a little like ski > goggles. An unkind friend asked to borrow them as welding goggles. So > far, these seem pretty good. They don't seem to get torn off your head > in surf as easily as sunglasses with arms, and the ventilation is OK. With astigmatism getting worse with age and no one-day contacts available that have astigmatism correction (only two-week type) coupled with the need for bifocals, I'm considering getting something like this for normal paddling and using contacts only for wet practice. I might go with the Barz cross sport type, though. Mike *************************************************************************** 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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