dingus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I agree it’s a bit silly. One thing I was pleasantly surprised about is that you can get off the shelf prescription goggles for myopia, even for quite strong presriptions! I bought some -7 diopter correction goggles on Amazon for about $17. They work great!
shalafi@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
?! What are you using them for? What if your eyes are different (but close enough)? I have many questions.
dingus@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sorry if I wasn’t clear…they are swim goggles! My whole life I have always been frustrated that I can’t see shit when wearing swim goggles because obviously I can’t wear the goggles and my glasses at the same time. But I’ve been swimming in these goggles and holy shit! It’s obviously not a perfect match, but I can see so well with them as opposed to not being able to see jack shit! I love it! I can finally see what is going on when swimming in the pool!
They didn’t have my exact prescription, so I went with a slightly less powerful prescription so it wouldn’t feel too strong. So like my prescription is -7.5 and I went with -7 because they didn’t have the exact number. Obviously they aren’t going to have any sort of astigmatism correction either if you need that. But I mean since they are basically almost the same price as regular swim goggles, I don’t see a downside to trying them out. I wish I knew about these decades ago lol.