Prescription goggles

[piratemonkey 0]

I've been looking at a few different sites for prescription goggles. Anybody ever use SportRX? Or had them done by any other places?

I'm particularly interested in this Scott model:

Note: links removed by Admin because we got emails saying bad links in post.

I've always worn sunglasses riding because I can't stand wearing both glasses and goggles -- that plus the helmet gives me a mild case of claustrophobia.

Any advice appreciated.

[Crawdaddy 97]

I've been looking at a few different sites for prescription goggles. Any advice appreciated.

How bout

.....they're "self adjusting" and work for either sex!!

Hey, this isn't a hijack, you did say "any" advice appreciated :punish:

[dirt dame 662]

:punish:

At least they have a product for everybody! I don't think it'll help while trailriding unless it's going to make a really ugly stretch of trail look really inviting and that sounds kind of dangerous too!

[paulmbowers 236]

I've been looking at a few different sites for prescription goggles. Anybody ever use SportRX? Or had them done by any other places?

I'm particularly interested in this Scott model:

I've always worn sunglasses riding because I can't stand wearing both glasses and goggles -- that plus the helmet gives me a mild case of claustrophobia.

Any advice appreciated.

I hate goggles.

I use some prescription Oakley M-style glasses and an Arai XD helmet. It works great. When I'm riding alone or in front, I can open my visor for a LOT of ventilation, but my eyes are still protected- the Oakleys are ansi (?) rated as safety glasses. When behind in the dust, just flip the visor down for double protection.

fn

[SnailDarter 0]

:punish:

At least they have a product for everybody! I don't think it'll help while trailriding unless it's going to make a really ugly stretch of trail look really inviting and that sounds kind of dangerous too!

Those are for when you run into those pesky naked hikers out on the trail, now they'll all look like Fabio instead of some shriveled up geezer.

[Ride-Orange 2]

We were riding in the area of Superstition last year when suddenly, and without warning, a speeding dust trail turned to a huge dust cloud about 1/4 mile in the distance. When we arrived on scene we found a local District 38 Master Class (old guy) racer friend of ours named Bill who had encountered a basketball sized rock in the trail.

After about 10 minutes Bill came to and our initial assesmet indicated a pair of dislocated shoulders, at least one broken collar bone, and several cracked or broken ribs (along with a fairly new CRF 450F with a shiny new taco bolted to the forks).

After about another 20 minutes or so we had Bill sufficiently trussed-up for transport and his friend arrived with the pick-up. At that point Bill reviewed his path of travel and exclaimed "These godd@mn perscription goggles!!! They distort everything!!! I just got 'em and I never even saw that godd@mn rock! Whatever you do, don't buy perscription goggles!!!"

Now I'm sure the argument can be made that Bill was riding faster than most people are willing to fly light aircraft, but I for one am not quick to ignore the advice of the experienced...

Let me know when you head-out on your maiden voyage with the new specs Zina, I'll bring the full trauma pack

[piratemonkey 0]

We were riding in the area of Superstition last year when suddenly, and without warning, a speeding dust trail At that point Bill reviewed his path of travel and exclaimed "These godd@mn perscription goggles!!! They distort everything!!! I just got 'em and I never even saw that godd@mn rock! Whatever you do, don't buy perscription goggles!!!"

Let me know when you head-out on your maiden voyage with the new specs Zina, I'll bring the full trauma pack

Oooo, me not likey sound of this. If for some reason I do end up getting rx goggles, you can bring the trauma pack and I'll bring the SAT phone.

[PastaPilot 17]

I've been using Smith goggles over my specs. I hate it too but the smiths have the largest frame of an OTG goggle that I found. This is VERY important as the OTG goggles are offset further from your face than regular ones to make room for the specs and restrict your field of vision because of this. I shopped forever looking for a set I liked (ask Julie she'll tell you how much) and the Smith's are the best for me. I say 'for me" because the Oakley's were really nice too, but the arc of the goggles was too small for my gigantic head. It made it uncomfortable after a few minutes.

Sometimes Zina you just have to suck it up for proper eye protection.

A wise man once told me....

If you break a tooth they give you a crown,

Work in a noisy area and you get a hearing aid,

Lose a leg and you get a prosthetic to walk on,

But you can't see with a glass eye.

...then he handed me the safety goggles.

Jon

[bikeslut 1]

I never said that! OH! Wise man, not wise guy... never mind

[paulmbowers 236]

Now, if he said wisenheimer...

fn

[JohnnyAirtime 2]

I've been looking at a few different sites for prescription goggles. Anybody ever use Sport RX?

I'm particularly interested in this Scott model:

I've always worn sunglasses riding because I can't stand wearing both glasses and goggles -- that plus the helmet gives me a mild case of claustrophobia.

Any advice appreciated.

I've bought inserts... from http://heavyglare.com/

(for my SPY Alloy goggles)

In fact... I bought 3 inserts and realized the prescription was right on... but they made me sea sick almost immediately. Something about walking, let alone riding with a pair of prescription lenses... (I'm new to glasses this year due to a stigmatism). I'm sure you can get used to them... but I haven't as of yet.

Does SportRX use a insert, or is the whole lense considered RX??? If the latter, that would be cool. And worth the $$ if you ask me. Easier to clean, and they must have to compensate for the lense to eye distance. I can only see this being expensive if your hard on lenses. My inserts don't get any abuse, and you can change a lense if it gets bunked up. Or simply move the insert to another pair of goggles.

I too would be interested in hearing more about SportRX.

[piratemonkey 0]

Just kicking this up again to see if anyone has learned anything new on RX goggles. I've been wearing goggles over my glasses, but on my last ride I was doing sandy whoops and the bike kicked up into my helmet, which in turn rudely jolted my eyeglasses, which in turn caused the nosepiece on the glasses to break and abrade my nose.

While I realize the bike suspension could use some work since one's bars are not supposed to meet one's face, I would also like to not deal with glasses so let me know if you've learned anything new. A part of my dislike with glasses is that I only wear them when I drive or ride so they're not something I've ever truly grown accustomed to. Throw a pair of goggles over it all and my face is in overload mode.

[racerbill 0]

Years ago after flatening both tires on a sharp rock in Tecate, looked round to me, I got hooked up with a prescription insert for scuba divers mask by my optomitrist. They were lite weight plastic frames thar snapped onto a supplied mount to the goggles lens. When done right they will take into account the extra distance or the lens from your eyeballs and correct the prescription.

[piratemonkey 0]

Years ago after flatening both tires on a sharp rock in Tecate, looked round to me, I got hooked up with a prescription insert for scuba divers mask by my optomitrist. They were lite weight plastic frames thar snapped onto a supplied mount to the goggles lens. When done right they will take into account the extra distance or the lens from your eyeballs and correct the prescription.

Thanks. I'll do some investigating on this.

[Kris 0]

Years ago after flatening both tires on a sharp rock in Tecate, looked round to me, I got hooked up with a prescription insert for scuba divers mask by my optomitrist. They were lite weight plastic frames thar snapped onto a supplied mount to the goggles lens. When done right they will take into account the extra distance or the lens from your eyeballs and correct the prescription.

Thanks. I'll do some investigating on this.

Have you thought about a dual sport helmet with a shield? What about contacs? They work great with a good helmet with a shield.

[Jaynen 0]

Yeah the Arai HX or Shoei Hornet might be the solution for us glasses wearers I have the same issues. I don't mind the goggles over glasses besides the fogging issue of the glasses themselves. But that happens in my street helmet also

[piratemonkey 0]

Have you thought about a dual sport helmet with a shield? What about contacs? They work great with a good helmet with a shield.

I have thought about an Arai with the shield but the fine particles in the desert pretty much demand a sand goggle. I've used non-sand goggles in the desert and the inside of those goggles were coated with a beige haze in no time. I suppose I just need to get really badass so I don't have to follow any more. Contacts are a non-starter because any grit under them and I'll be completely incapacitated.

It sucks to be so distracted by the whole glasses/goggle problem while riding. I prefer to just use sunglasses when I ride, but sometimes there's just too much stuff floating in the air to tolerate it.

[Crawdaddy 97]

I've been looking at a few different sites for prescription goggles. Any advice appreciated.

How bout

.....they're "self adjusting" and work for either sex!!

Hey, this isn't a hijack, you did say "any" advice appreciated

OR

http://www.seewithlasik.com/docs/lasik-san-diego.html

Got my eyes done 8(? ) years ago.......some of the best money I ever spent......

[Joliet 0]

http://www.seewithlasik.com/docs/lasik-san-diego.html

Got my eyes done 8(? ) years ago.......some of the best money I ever spent......

+1

[bikeslut 1]

best money ever spent

so: ya'll that have done it... I am THE BIGGEST BABY about my eyes... i start crying watching somebody put in contacts... my kids touch their eyeball to piss me off... an eyelash in my eye makes me weep for days...

can they do it while you're asleep? I know "they drug you", but I've done LOTS of drugs, and still can't touch my eye... I piss off the opthamologist because i blink every time they try to put drops in... that pressure thing for glaucoma? HA! No WAY they can touch that to my eye... go ahead yff's... mock me... you have discovered my kryptonite...

[piratemonkey 0]

I had PRK done over a decade ago and it transformed me from being useless without glasses to just barely myopic. I still wear them when I ride or drive so I can see farther down the road. I've tried dirtbiking without them but too much detail on the ground is lost.

Bikeslut, this one's for you: Unlike Lasik, where they cut your cornea, peel it back, and then fry off some eyeball meat, PRK directly nukes the cornea. During my surgery, I could see this interesting texture -- it looked like water flowing over my eye. After the surgery I told my husband-at-the-time about how cool it looked and he said, "That wasn't water. That was your eye smoking."

As for the recovery, it was excrutiating because in PRK the epithelial cells are damaged and need to grow back. The doctor wouldn't give me a topical painkiller (allegedly would slow healing) so either I was knocked out on codeine or awake and trying to find my bottle of codeine. They probably don't do PRK anymore because few people opt for the sensation of having acid and glass shards on their eyes for a solid week.

Are your eyes tingling yet?

[bikeslut 1]

zina; I will have to kick your ass for that

[paulmbowers 236]

I watched the doctor do my wife.

Uh.

I watched them do the lasik procedure on my wife. Yes, much better.

She loves the difference. For me, I'd lose the no-glasses reading ability, (yes, I can read!) and the doc says I'm too fussy about my vision anyway. Go figure.

p

[TrophyHunter 15]

zina; I will have to kick your ass for that

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...I7ADBF%26sa%3DN

Z, we've never met, but I'll take the heat off ya....BS would never survive eye burrowing worms...

[bikeslut 1]

zina; I will have to kick your ass for that

http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=htt...I7ADBF%26sa%3DN

Z, we've never met, but I'll take the heat off ya....BS would never survive eye burrowing worms...

not taking the bait... Good thing for me you don't know how to post a pic!