Just started windsurfing again after 30 years. I now wear prescription glasses, bi-focals for distance and reading. I'm looking for a good solution for windsurfing. Is it as simple as just getting a strap for "regular" glasses? Or are there specialty options?
I sail mostly freeride in flat to choppy, 12-25 knots, Starboard AtomIQ 120, Ezzy Legacy 5.5, 6.5, 7.5
THANKS!!
The cheap option is a strap. Either on your glasses or prescription sunglasses. Probably an old pair you care less about.
keep in mind that if youre past the falling regularly stage, glasses (sunnies or prescription) won't get the regular flush they need. You'll be trying to see through salt splotches in no time flat. Thats part of the reasons i wear contacts. Youd think they would come out easy. But in my whole time wearing them sailing, i've only lost one once when i got hit by spray before my eye closed.
but contacts aren't for everyone so a cheap set of glasses or prescription sunnies might be the go.
enquiries@neweyeco.com
Doesn't look like you are in Aust. however they may be able to help you.
I use a pair of glasses from this company based in Redcliffe Bris Qld.
I have found them really good after about 18 months of use.
The system is modular, so you can separate the frames, lenses, arms,straps etc. The key component is what they call the foil which contains your prescription. The foil can be put into different frames too.
I have found the system quite durable and effective. I have different tint lenses which are interchangeable and act as the sunglass side of things, behind which sits the prescription foil, behind that is a padded frame for stabilizing the foil and for comfort. If all that sounds bulky, it's not, they've done a neat job of the packaging.
The arms clip off and can be replaced with a strap which is what I use.
Being modular they can be pulled apart for quick and thorough cleaning.
If your foil is in good condition you can simply buy the other components separately and quite cheaply and slip the foil into a new frame for example.
Overall, I find these far superior and integrated and more suited to sailing than anything else I have tried including contacts. If you crash and burn a lot then you are still at risk of losing your investment.
Check the
www.neweyeco.com/ website and it will become clearer..
Good luck!
goggleman.com if you're serious. Lips sunglasses with your prescription in them. The lenses are about $650 though. The sunglasses have a rubber ring that slips over your head so they can't possibly be lost unless it's super serious. Lenses are top quality hydrophobic material. Big $ but if you look after them just awesome
Don't need prescription but do need sunnies for surfing I use Seaspecs they do prescription and they do stay on even duck diving not a problem.
Anyone use a spray to keep the water off the lens?
There's about $800+ of pairs of my prescription sunnies at the bottom of safety bay. So now, I just use single use contacts, with a pair of $25 Cancer Council polarised sunnies with a strap. And keep spares in the car.
this topic has been raised before - head to ZENI OPTICAL [online prescription glasses]
prices start well under $10, and even those can be bought cheaper using discount vouchers
