Prescription Masks

[chuckschick]

Hello, Does anyone know of a resonable and reliable online site that I may purchase a prescription snorkel mask from?

[nparmelee]

I got mine from scuba dot com, just inserts cloe to my prescription and it works great. You'll probably get more responses from the scuba snorkeling board though.

[GA girl]

Chuckschick, you might consider purchasing a prescription mask from a dive shop so that you could try on different masks. I've just never found a "one mask that fits every face"....and a prescription mask won't be inexpensive.

 

Hope you find what you want and have a great time snorkling or diving.

[michmike]

I'd recommend a local dive shop if you have one. Wife just ordered a prescription mask for our upcoming 1/22 cruise. It was maybe $25 more than some of those I've seen online, but if we are in any way unhappy, we have a local vendor to deal with. We bought our snorkel gear there to begin with, and again, paid a little more than online, but got personalized service and have been very happy with it.

 

Improperly fit gear, or in this case, a mask that is not just right as far as the prescription, can ruin a trip. If a local vendor is an option for you, I'd do that.

[chuckschick]

Thanks everyone. I will try our local dive shop.

[Tinkerbell]

I just got mine from a local dive shop also. If the mask online was a bad fit it would be a mess sending it back! I paid more but it was worth it. I just took my precription in and they matched it as close as they could. You really wouldn't need the precription. The shop I went to had all the lenses and just put them in and let me see how I liked it. One lense was right on the other is off by .25 but it will work great.

[Tinkerbell]

I just got mine from a local dive shop also. If the mask online was a bad fit it would be a mess sending it back! I paid more but it was worth it. I just took my precription in and they matched it as close as they could. You really wouldn't need the precription. The shop I went to had all the lenses and just put them in and let me see how I liked it. One lense was right on the other is off by .25 but it will work great.

[rebeljohn]

Your local shop is the way to go. I purchased mine from a local shop many years ago, and they have upgraded my lenses as my prescription changed, with a nominal fee when trading in the old unscratched lenses.

[pcsanity]

Does she wear contacts? If so, she will likely be okay with just contacts in and a regular mask.

 

My wife and I scuba dive and that was the advice her first instructor gave her. She now has over 50 dives, just using her contacts.

 

(She does carry a spare pair "just in case" but that has never been an issue.

 

PC