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Anyone know about prescription swimming goggs? I've come across Gator Goggles but they seems almost suspiciously cheap at £28 for my prescription:)
Is it worth venturing further and spending more?
I’m not gonna claim I’m an expert, but I use these from Decathlon…
Along with these interchangeable lenses…
There’s a limited range of available prescriptions, but they work for me.
And even cheaper than your £28, too.
I’ve had them in the past. Great in the water. Great out of course when you're wearing them. Useless when not. So… great for “serious” swim sessions, a right pain for causal / social ones.
They’re cheap compared to regular glasses, so so would not be worried about a <£30 pair
Have had a couple of gator goggles, and they're great (RX Sport i think). They're "cheap" because they just put them together with the appropriate standard power lenses for each eye. They don't correct for cylinder etc (astigmatism) but for time in the pool the standard powers are good enough.
My wife uses Aqua sphere eagles although these seemed to have crept up in price since she got them. Only ones she’s tried but seem to be reasonable and she prob couldn’t make it from the changing room to the pool without them.
They don’t correct for cylinder etc (astigmatism) but for time in the pool the standard powers are good enough.
Exactly, we bought a cheap set with standard power lenses for my daughter, they were fine it's not like she needed them for reading.
Another Decathlon vote from me a swim session is at most 40mins or so ... goggles in a not familar pool mean can see depth marks not mistake the fast and slow rules and not attempt an exit thru the female change room
My wife uses Huub goggles with their prescription lenses. Seem to work fine for her but they're a smoke lense (I think) rather than clear, but unless it's really dull or we're night swimming she's fine.
These are the lenses: https://huubdesign.com/collections/huub-triathlon-swimming-goggles/products/huub-prescription-goggles?variant=30989311082579
Goggles are a bit more money than we paid at around £40 but do have Easter sale on.
Good experience with Mad Wave prescription goggles, both for my daughter and me.
Goggleyed.
Helpful, friendly and very fast delivery.
Good price too.
Disposable contacts and good non leak goggles (TheMagic5) work best for me, though I have a strong and complicated prescription.
My optician told me off for swimming in contacts.
In truth I've been doing it for years without problems but eye infections can be devastating. I've been meaning to get the Decathlon ones instead of swimming semi-blind, but even the one from my local optician are sub £40.
Specsavers do something similar for about £25 (in plus powers as well), which are fine. I like the look of those Decathlon ones for minus powers TBH.
Optician here. Yep, prescription goggles are just cheap. They don't come in exact prescription but they do just fine for swimming.
And, to add to something else someone said, you really shouldn't use contact lenses for swimming. Look up acanthamoeba keratitis.
Re the contacts, I put mine in at changing room, goggles go on before I enter water and do not come off until I have finished my swim. Contacts come out and are binned once I have showered. My optician suggests this is low risk when swimming in chlorinated water. I wouldn’t do it in a river or the sea.
Last time I looked at getting prescription goggles, they were so damn expensive and hardly anyone did long sighted, this was over 20 years ago, so had written off ever being able to see clearly whilst swimming.
Brilliant! Will look into some of the suggestions above, though I’m guessing (without taking the time to look properly) the goggle style is going to be fairly basic.
I had some of the off the shelf close to prescription ones and tbh they were brilliant and silly cheap.
I never really enjoyed swimming as a kid due to not being able to see stuff,I can swim enough to not drown not due to my love of swimming but my dislike of drowning 🙂
They are also good for water parks and stuff where glasses falling off scenario is a pain.
Just do back stroke and you can't see anything anyway?