Googles with Fitted Prescription Lenses?

[polyglota]

Hi Ski Divas, one more question: Do you have a new type of goggles that includes your prescription lenses? I am afraid I just found out about them last year and didn't get a pair. No worries since I had to defer my pass until spring, but maybe I should get a pair now. If you have a pair and like them, would you mind sending a link to the place you'd recommend ordering them from? Thank you.

-Nancy

 

[Jilly]

It depends on your prescription. I wear contacts, but not everyone can. I ski with a friend that has the bolle insert. (Not kidding the bottom of coke bottles). He has to quickly find his real glasses if he goes inside the lodge for something. But it doesn't deter him at all.

 

[Basil]

I wear contacts but my kids have the prescription inserts from SportRx. They seem to work well. I didn’t pay for any extra coatings, etc, and we haven’t had any problem with fogging. They are both mildly nearsighted, so they don’t really need to carry their glasses for the lodge, but it’s nice they can see better detail while skiing without having the glasses inside their goggles.

We bought them on a year when the didnt need new glasses so our vision insurance covered some of the cost.

 

[skivet]

I just bought SportRx inserts and used them this week for the first time. I have progressive lenses and I was pleased with how well they worked. No fogging issues. I do have to have the insert placed in my goggle a bit closer to my eyes then I think is intended but that's where they worked best for my vision. With my goggles I could adjust the insert a bit so it wasn't as close to the goggle lens. I carry a cheap pair of reading glasses for the lodge if I need to read something closely with my goggles off.

 

[polino991]

I’ve had great luck with SportRx inserts too. They fit well and no fogging issues so far.

 

[mustski]

I use both contacts and goggle inserts. I like them both equally. I buy my inserts from https://www.gogglesnmore.com/universal-glasses-insert-for-ski-goggles/ and really like them. I can’t read with contacts in so at unfamiliar mountains, I prefer the goggle inserts. Otherwise, I have to carry reading glasses. I have purchased 2 different size goggle inserts and -between the two - I’m pretty much covered.

 

[polyglota]

Excellent! I will look at SportRx inserts. Thank you all!

 

[mustski]

I would price both sports Rx and gogglesnmore. I found the latter considerably cheaper and have been using them for 3 years

 

[santacruz skier]

Just had discussion with my optometrist about Rx goggle inserts. His recommendation is for me to get single vision (I wear progressive glasses) for my goggles. I have Smith I/OS magnetic .
He doesn't recommend soft occasional use contacts as my astigmatism is pretty bad and wouldn't help that much.
Does anyone have the same goggles (Smith I/OS) and how does that work? Can they be removed without scratching the lens? What's the best place to get them? I see @mustski mentioned a couple of places. Do they fog up? Price ?

 

[santacruz skier]

I now see there are two threads out there. My optometrist advised against progressive inserts (like @DebbieSue in another thread)....

 

[mustski]

I use Gogglesnmore. They are really good about making sure you get the right style to fit your goggle. The only time they have fogged is after a fall. The lenses pop out of position. Once I realized that as a problem, I just automatically pull my goggles off and double check that the inserts are still in position. Then there is no problem. I didn’t get the anti fog treatment because I wanted to be able to clean them if needed (like glasses). I did order the anti fog wipes and they work great.

i ordered them with my distance prescription and just carry a small pair of reading glasses in my pocket.

 

[chasinghorizons]

I now see there are two threads out there. My optometrist advised against progressive inserts (like @DebbieSue in another thread)....

Why did they advise against progressive inserts?

 

[santacruz skier]

Why did they advise against progressive

We were discussing both contacts (never worn) and the goggle inserts . He indicated both would be better if single vision. Honestly can’t remember why other than contacts float around and would cause my dry eye to be worse. He said progressive goggle inserts would be expensive and recommended single vision inserts for some reason. Sorry he gave me a lot of info!

 

[mustski]

The problem with progressive lenses is that the bottom of the lens is skewed towards reading. Let’s say you are skiing bumps and glance down for a second … your whole perspective can become really messed up. Most doctors recommend single vision for sports.

it’s very easy to pop goggles up on top if your head and put on reading glasses if needed.

 

[santacruz skier]

I will talk with you more about it!

 

[chasinghorizons]

We were discussing both contacts (never worn) and the goggle inserts . He indicated both would be better if single vision. Honestly can’t remember why other than contacts float around and would cause my dry eye to be worse. He said progressive goggle inserts would be expensive and recommended single vision inserts for some reason. Sorry he gave me a lot of info!

Oh. Yea the progressive were more than twice the cost of single vision at SportRx. We got them for my dad's Christmas gift this year. But he loves them so far and says they work really well! We were worried the reading part would interfere with the distance part, but he says it's only a tiny amount of the bottom of the lens (perfect for reading a trail map, but doesn't interfere with skiing at all).
We talked to the company before buying them and they said they haven't really had any complaints about their progressive lenses either (granted they're biased, but so far it's been true).