Blind Boy

[greyhoundmom]

Hubby is blind as a bat. Have been using mask from snorkel mart for last 2 years. I'd love to get him a prescription mask. I know there are other blind significant others out there - where have you found a really good prescription mask????? Any help would be appreciated!

[Diana2]

Do we assume that your SO is not in fact blind but needs corrective lenses/glasses to see? If that is the case than by all means get him a prescription mask. My hubby got one a few years ago and what a diffence it has made for him. Now he spots things when we are out snorkeling and points them out to me instead of the other way around. He actually owns 2 masks and always takes both just in case one fails.

[lisa mcg]

My husband got his locally, but I'm sure you could google prescription snorkeling masks and find them! They work like a charm.

[chicagoans]

Well this may sound a bit extreme, but I got LASIK surgery 3 weeks before we went to STJ. I had been wearing glasses or contacts since middle school (near-sighted) plus reading glasses for about a year+, so to be able to wake up and see the clock, and not need glasses to read, and to go snorkeling and not worry about losing contacts is great! I'm still amazed every morning that I can get up and go, and not have to put in my contacts.

If it's an option for your hubby I highly recommend it. I should add that I'm a major wus (sp?) and early in the procedure the doc said "give her another Valium!" But I feel that if I can do it, anyone can.

[JT]

Try:
seavisionusa.com
They do a great job!

[Pia]

Snorkel Mart makes great prescription masks - just send them your prescription and "Bob's Your Uncle" (as they say in England )

My friend had one made and it works perfectly. The only thing is is kept fogging up so he needed to clean it with toothpaste about 6 times to get the film off - but now it is fabulous.

Pia

[AquaGirl]

We ordered a prescription mask WITH bifocal lenses at our local dive shop for my hubby. He does underwater photography and was starting to have trouble seeing the camera controls underwater. He used it last year in STJ and loves it.

[savvy]

We are very happy we bought masks with prescription lenses. The local dive shop stocks masks with separate lenses they just pop in. They had to order one of my husband's lenses, but it didn't take long to get it. The masks have worked out fine - no leaks.

[suzi]

yea- like Savvy said, your local dive shop should be able to pop in the correct lens. Not custom, but close enough. I just wear my contacts with a snorkel mask.

[Beesmom]

Well this may sound a bit extreme, but I got LASIK surgery 3 weeks before we went to STJ.... I'm still amazed every morning that I can get up and go, and not have to put in my contacts.

I'll second this for anyone who is so nearsighted that they can't make out people's expressions when they are 3 feet in front of your face. Getting Lasik gave me back the ability to swim; something I had not done much since I was 12 because I couldn't see very well. I snorkel and scuba dive when we go to the VI's and I wouldn't have done 1/10th of that amount of swimming without that operation.

Best $2000 I ever spent.

-Sandy

[greyhoundmom]

Thank you to everyone who took the time to give me feedback. I'm sorry its taken this long to get back to you If I can't talk BB into lasik, then we know where to look for prescription lens now