Prescription swim goggles are the best solution for people who wear glasses and/or contact lenses. Many people with poor vision do not feel comfortable or safe stepping into a swimming pool when they cannot see clearly.
Wearing optical glasses in a pool is impractical and you risk damaging them. While wearing contact lenses is never recommended because of the risk of eye infections.
Please read our post to find out why you should not wear contact lenses in water.
Is it Safe to Wear Contact Lenses in a Pool or Hot Tub?
However, there is no reason to feel uncomfortable or compromise your swimming enjoyment because you have blurred vision.
Prescription swim goggles are readily available in a wide range of modern styles and sizes to suit every individual. No one will even know that you have prescription lenses in your goggles.
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Cost of Prescription Swim Goggles
Swimming goggles are now a must have fashion accessory and are affordable for everyone. In fact, prescription swim goggles are much less expensive than prescription optical glasses.
A basic pair of prescription swim goggles cost under $20. A more expensive pair will cost over $30.
Kammoy Nearsighted Prescription Swim Goggles
The lens is made of polycarbonate and imported high-grade silica gel, with long-lasting anti fog, anti UV, anti impact effect.
The spectacles frame is built according to the design principle of the streamlined and Ergonomic design.
The adjustable silicone head strap with strong elasticity is suitable for people of different sizes and comfortable wear.
The flexible silicone frame and improved nosepiece provide extreme comfort that never hurt your nose or leave a mark on your face. Suits adults, teenagers or kids with different face, head size and hair length.
Size from 0 to -6. Because of the refraction under water, please choose -1 lower than your lens, not higher. If you have little difference between 2 eyes, like -4.0 and -4.5, you can choose a pair of -4.0.
Product prescription degrees: 0,-2.0,-3.0,-4.0,-5.0,-6.0
AIKOTOO Shortsighted Prescription Swim Goggles
Features:
UNIQUE NO LEAKING : The gasket of the swimming goggles is made from environmentally friendly silicon. Its flexible frame let the skin around eyes more comfortable. Water can never leak in.
SUPER COMFORT: The silicone straps for swimming goggles are designed with high resilience belt that never hurt your nose or leave a mark on your face.
ADVANCED ANTI-FOG: The swimming goggles is coated with the advanced anti-fog protection and specially designed shatterproof lenses. Anti-fog protection gives you a clear and long-lasting vision in the water.
WIDE VIEW GOGGLES: This swimming goggles are mirror-coated with HD coating that reduces outside interference, maintain clarity of vision in the water.
Sports World Vision’s Optical Swimming Goggles
High Quality Optical Swimming Goggles for Kids and Adults
VISION AND PERFORMANCE: Prescription swim goggles help you to feel great whether you are an expert or a first-time swimmer. Add comfort and perform at your best level with these goggles.
ADD COMFORT TO YOUR SWIM: Universal fit outside your eye socket for increased security, comfort and lens size. With more increased security for your eyes you can easily swim with hassle free zone for eyes.
UV PROTECTION: High Quality Swimming Goggles protect from the harmful sunlight rays. Your eyes need protection even on cloudy days because the sun’s damaging UV rays can penetrate cloud cover.
LEAKPROOF: Involve yourself in your swimming activities and proceed further with your swimming learning experience. Moderate gaskets fit for your face with a less restricting feel around your eye sockets.
Colour: Black
Same Power Right Eye and Left Eye
Minus Powers Available (Myopia) : -2.00, -2.50, -3.00, -3.50, -4.00, -4.50, -5.00, -5.50, -6.00,-7.00, -8.00
Plus Powers Available (Presbyopia): +2.00, +3.00, +4.00, +5.00, +6.00, +7.00, + 8.00
Each order comes with a protective case and two extra nose bridges to ensure a correct fit.
UV Protection Tint
Anti Fog Coating (Do not clean with Microfibre Cloth)
PSIL Prescription Swimming Goggles
How to Choose the Right Prescription Swim Goggles
Prescription swim goggles are ordered with an optical power to closely match your exact prescription but will not provide the same level of vision as your glasses or contact lenses.
However, they will provide more than adequate vision for use in and around a swimming pool. And for people with moderate or higher prescriptions swim goggles will be significantly better than nothing at all!
A spectacle prescription is written in the following way:
Eye Sphere / Cylinder x Axis
R -3.00 / -0.50 x 180
L -2.50 / -1.00 x 180
Nearsighted or myopic vision (negative diopter) lenses are the most commonly available goggles. Positive diopter lenses are for farsighted swimmers, and are less common.
The most important step to choosing prescription goggles is determining the diopter power that most closely matches your current prescription.
Calculate the Goggle Lens Power
Calculate the goggle lens power you need by taking into account two aspects of your prescription
The sphere (or sph) is the main part of your prescription and will be ‘–’ for short-sightedness (myopia) and ‘+’ for long-sightedness (hypermetropia)
The cylinder (or cyl) is the secondary part of your prescription and refers to the amount of astigmatism you have. This is usually a minus (-) number but may occasionally be plus (+).
The axis is the third part of your prescription and is usually be ignored when selecting prescription goggles.
Choose your lenses by following these simple steps:
1. Choose the power you order primarily on the amount of the sphere (short or long sightedness). Make sure you have a recent spectacle prescription from your optometrist.
2. Most prescription swim goggles come in 0.50 diopter steps so select the nearest power rounded down to the nearest half diopter. Perform this simple calculation for each eye as most prescription swim goggles allow you to order different powers for the left and right lenses.
3. As prescription swimming goggles are used in the pool and not for any detailed tasks small degrees of astigmatism can be ignored.
4. If you have a moderate degree of astigmatism (around 2.0 cyl), then you should add half of this to choose the most appropriate lens power.
5. If you are unsure what prescription to order please ask you optometrist for advice.
Examples:
1) -3.00 /-1.00 x 90 – the best power would be -3.50 (-3.00 plus half of -1.00 so -3.00 plus -0.50)
2) -3.00 /+1.00 x 90 – the best power would be -2.50 (-3.00 plus half of +1.00 so -3.00 plus +0.50)
3) +4.00 /-1.00 x 90 – the best power would be +3.50 (+4.00 plus half of -1.00 so +4.00 plus -0.50)
4) +4.00 /+1.00 x 90 – the best power would be +4.50 (+4.00 plus half of +1.00 so +4.00 plus +0.50)
5) -4.00 /-1.50 x 45 – the best power would be -4.50 (-4.00 plus half of -1.50 so -4.00 plus -0.75 = -4.75, then round down to the nearest half diopter)
How to Care for Your Swimming Goggles
- Gently rinse goggles with fresh water after every use.
- Avoid touching, rubbing or wiping the inside of the lens as this can quickly break up or destroy the anti-fog coating on the lenses.
- Do not put wet goggles in closed containers.
- Allow goggles to dry naturally in fresh air.
- Do not leave goggles in direct sunlight to avoid color fading.
- Use a goggle pouch for added protection against scratching.