Prescription goggle inserts

[skivet]

Hello everyone! I know this has been discussed in posts a few years ago but I was wondering if anyone has any new opinions or experience with prescription goggle inserts? I am considering ordering a pair from Sports Rx but they are pricey so am doing my due diligence. I would likely still carry a pair of cheap readers with me in a coat pocket for the lodge. Last season I tried to make due without using any corrective lenses while skiing and it got annoying not to be able to read trail maps. And my distance vision is not perfect. Anyone use inserts with a small frame google like the Smith I/OS and have progressive lenses? I've had zero issues with my goggles fogging since I've had them. I could squeeze a pair of regular glasses into the goggles but I'm worried that would get super uncomfortable and fog up. Thanks.

 

[SnowMom]

I have SportRx inserts in my small frame Smith goggles and like them. I don't feel particularly attractive in them, but I can see really well and that is all I care about. . They rarely fog, but I do usually ski with my goggle vents open.

I used to wear glasses under OTG goggles but always found them uncomfortable by the end of the day.

 

[santacruz skier]

Anyone use inserts with a small frame google like the Smith I/OS and have progressive lenses?

Curious about this as well.....

 

[DebbieSue]

It’s be wary of progressive inserts. Yes you could read a trail map,but they will mess with your perception in downgaze. I love my progressive glasses, but on occasion they mess with my balance going down stairs. Too risky for skiing.
Multifocal contact lenses work on different optical principle and don’t have that problem, but may yield contrast problems
in low light. I ski in single vision contact lenses and undercorrect one eye, for additional near range, but not so much as to interfere with depth perception. After age 45 or so every optical solution is a compromise.
Would you run? Play tennis? Mountain bike in progressives? If those activities are OK for you, then skiing might be. Otherwise just look at the trail maps signs and give up on the paper map itself while skiing unless you want to pull out readers. With a phone map you might be able zoom in or increase contrast. Aging is not for sissies!!!

 

[mustski]

I use goggle inserts regularly now. I have a couple of different inserts for different size/style goggles. This company is very good and has called me to double check when they felt I had ordered the wrong size for a new goggle. I only have them do distance RX. I don't need a reading prescription, but it would be easy enough to carry a small pair of reading glasses and would keep the progressive lenses from messing up your depth perception.

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[DebbieSue]

it would be easy enough to carry a small pair of reading glasses and would keep the progressive lenses from messing up your depth perception.

The glasses you found in your driveway after my visit last March were my small OTC readers that I use over contacts when skiing. They fell out of my jacket pocket when I was loading the car. Feel free to use them for your own purposes!!

 

[SnowMom]

I own progressive glasses, but I have single vision prescription goggle inserts.

I agree with DebbieSue that I wouldn't want to ski in progressive inserts. Next time I get new glasses, I'm just going to get 2 prescription pair - 1 for distance and 1for reading and carry both because I don't feel like the progressives are great for stairs, biking, driving, etc.

 

[Skier31]

I love the prescription goggles. I purchased from sport RX. I have the Smith iOS. I do not fog, the prescriptions are very clear and I can see easily.

Expensive but very worth it!

 

[santacruz skier]

Come to think of it, I have old single vision distance Panoptyx sunglasses for skiing… I imagine the prescription is way off as my astigmatism seems to be getting worse . They are probably from the late 90’s…

 

[skivet]

Thanks for all of these comments. Still torn about whether I can put a progressive lens in the insert. I have a pretty weak prescription so depth perception really hasn't ever been an issue even when I first started wearing them. I feel like I can do other activities with them on, like running, but I may test it out a bit with a bike ride before purchasing. Seems like they will make changes for you up to 45 days after purchase so it might be worth trying it out.

 

[mustski]

If you have a pair of progress glasses, try then out skiing.

 

[bsskier]

Thanks for all of these comments. Still torn about whether I can put a progressive lens in the insert. I have a pretty weak prescription so depth perception really hasn't ever been an issue even when I first started wearing them. I feel like I can do other activities with them on, like running, but I may test it out a bit with a bike ride before purchasing. Seems like they will make changes for you up to 45 days after purchase so it might be worth trying it out.

I have (progressive) inserts from SportRX with zero complaints. My eye doctor, also a skier, suggests the progressive wasn’t/isn’t actually necessary. If I ever need a new pair I’ll take his advice and skip that feature. I think I’m on year 5 of mine.

 

[KayOss]

Another positive review for SportRX - my husband has had inserts for his Oakley goggles for 2 years now and loves them. The team at SportRX is very helpful and can assist with picking out the correct insert for you. (They have great YouTube reviews also!)

 

[Chuyi]

If you have a pair of progress glasses, try then out skiing.

I wear Smith goggles. Most have OTG notch

 

[santacruz skier]

I wear Smith goggles. Most have OTG notch

Which Smith goggles do you have? My glasses currently don't and have never fit under any goggles so I ski without a prescription.

 

[marzNC]

Which Smith goggles do you have? My glasses currently don't and have never fit under any goggles so I ski without a prescription.

Since I have small frames, my glasses have fit under all the Smith I/OS frames I've used in the last decade. I usually don't bother with contacts when only skiing a few hours at Massanutten (in northern VA).

 

[santacruz skier]

Since I have small frames, my glasses have fit under all the Smith I/OS frames I've used in the last decade. I usually don't bother with contacts when only skiing a few hours at Massanutten (in northern VA).

Thanks! I have the same frames now the I/OS Mag (formerly the I/OS). Years ago I was told that small wire frames would not be a good option for my progressive prescription. I may take @DebbieSue's advice and see an optometrist about a daily disposable astigmatism correcting soft lens for occasional use. I don't have cataracts (barely beginning) so that's not an option yet for me.
Skied in a blizzard one day last week and stuck close to the tree line for better visibility.

 

[Chuyi]

Which Smith goggles do you have? My glasses currently don't and have never fit under any goggles so I ski without a prescription.

All the smith's have a notch except for the most expensive ones (4D) . I used I/O MaG XL Asian fit .

 

[Chuyi]

Thanks! I have the same frames now the I/OS Mag (formerly the I/OS). Years ago I was told that small wire frames would not be a good option for my progressive prescription. I may take @DebbieSue's advice and see an optometrist about a daily disposable astigmatism correcting soft lens for occasional use. I don't have cataracts (barely beginning) so that's not an option yet for me.
Skied in a blizzard one day last week and stuck close to the tree line for better visibility.

No prescription is going to help with blizzard condition trees are the best. Just don't do it alone