Tough time seeing the clock

i use prescription goggles made by Hilco. They are awesome. A friend at an optical shop got them for me, but as pointed out here, you can order direct from the various makers if you know your prescription. if you have your prescription in hand you can contact the makers, give them the complete prescription and them can choose the best option for you. (and they are not at all expensive .... $30 for mine) be, jim

i use prescription goggles made by Hilco. They are awesome. A friend at an optical shop got them for me, but as pointed out here, you can order direct from the various makers if you know your prescription. if you have your prescription in hand you can contact the makers, give them the complete prescription and them can choose the best option for you. (and they are not at all expensive .... $30 for mine) be, jim My big fear is that after ordering my prescription goggles they will turn out to be of the type/make/model/fit that leaks. In another thread "How many goggles do you use per workout?", if memory serves, I mentioned that I tried more than a dozen different goggles (makes/models) until I found two or three that woudl/might not leak depending on which side of my face I woke up on, that morning. Plus, I use bifocals (distance for, well, distance such as the wall-clock and reading for wrist-watch) and I use a -3rd- different prescriptions for the computer; farther than a wristwatch but much closer than the pool's wall-clock. On top of all that, after my Retinal Detachment surgery, I have double-double vision; vertically and horizontally. Therefore without glasses (and still sober), I see -and hazily at that- four of everything. This makes for very crowded lanes. Do I go for the gap between the two innermost twins? Or do I go for the gap between the 1st and 2nd swimmer (also twins) from the left (my lazy eye side)? And what story will they believe when they call the powers-that-be and accuse me of public groping? Guess I'll have to order trifocal (or quintuplifocal) prescription goggles if I also want to be able to look at the beautiful faces of some female swimmers who are resting the same time as I am, on the same wall...... forget about across the pool. Now the question is: should I post this and see security increased at my pool? Seriously: I think I'm going to have to ask my favourite goggle brand (TYR, so far) how much would I need to sell my firstborn for. Hope to bump into some of the US MS or C MS swimmers/users soon (not too hard). Cheers

I've been working out by myself and I have a hard time doing intervals because I can't see very well without my glasses. By the time I whip off my googles and squint at the clock my rest period is about over. Any suggestions?:rolleyes: Laurie, I have the same problem. Thankfully I mostly practice at a place with digital clocks which are a lot easier to read. Some other things you can try... let someone who can see lead the lane have the person behind you or lane next to you) tell you when to go move closer to the clock wear a watch go to a different pool w/ a clock you can see if you can see digital clocks, request your pool to get one good luck!

I bought a pair of 30 day wear contacts, and I have regular wear that last about a 1yr or so.. They WONDERFUL!!! I change them in the locker room, the 30 day throw aways are not exactly to my prescription but who care, I can see everything just fine. Dr. just doesn't want me driving with them so that is why I change back. I figure if I loose one to a goggle malfunction, no big.... I still can drive home and get the Dr. to buy another pair for the pool. So far so good.Next time I may even go to 30 day all the time and keep an extra pair in my locker for emergencies. So I wouldn't have to change out. But for now I LOVE THEM!!! It's wonderful to see the pace clock even on the opposite side of the pool!!

you can buy goggles that have 'prescription' lenses. I see at 20 feet what normal people see at 2,100 feet. Pace clock? What pace clock? T on the bottom of the pool? What T? Crack! You can get your exact prescription which is pretty pricey, or get 'generic' lenses. Go to your eye doc and ask them to tell you what your diopters are. He will give you some number like -8 or -8.5. Each eye may be different. You then order your goggle frame and two lenses. They will arrive unassembled. All that you have to do is pop the lenses into the frame, adjust the strap and start swimming. I had never seen a sunbeam in the water, bubbles or the black tiles of the lane lines until I bought prescription goggles. They are definately worth the money.

I also have old eye disease and wear glasses. When I go to the eye doctor I purchase glasses for the upcoming year and one box of contacts as my prescription is the same for each eye. When I swim I use the contacs and remove them when I get home. The one box lasts me a year since the wear time is very low per week. In the 9 or 10 years I have been doing this I can only remember loosing one contact and that was swimming with out goggles. The Ophthamologist always cautions me every year to use fresh solution each time I use the contacts and to always wash my hands before and I insert or remove them.

I had the same problem. So, I purchased a small clock call Pacer. I place it at my lane, it is very easy to see even with wet googles. Work great. Wetpico

I wear a watch, or wear contacts.

I wear perscription googles, and have found both (I have two types) to work wonderfully. The Kiefer perscription googles come in .5 increments (-2.0, -2.5) etc... And the googles themselves are wonderful, but you definatly need to replace the strap that it comes with-with a bungee is fine...because its a weird strap system that it comes with and when you dive in, no matter what they will fall off. --the only problem I have had with them, is the rubber gasket around the eye piece gets kinda moldy and such after a while...so I end up replacing them more often than I imagine I would need to for other googles...but then again I am in the water quite often (atleast 20hours a week during college). But this year I also bought a pair made by speedo, they are identical to hmm I wish I wasn't blanking on the name of them...but those goggles that EVERYONE wears, that come in all sorts of colors like pink, purple, green, blue etc...and they have the kinda tubular strap? anyone know what I am talking about? they have soft/thin rubber eye gaskets and those too come in .5 increments. I like them as well...I use those for practice and the kiefer ones for meets--that way I save the googles I like better for meets and don't have to replace them as often...although I have had the speedo ones since september and used them those 20hours a week since then and have not had any signs of mold or falling apart. Both pairs were only like $18...invesT!