 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi guys, I have a really bad eye ulcer, diagnosed last Tuesday. I am drops every hour at the moment and it's not showing much signs of improvement , or very slow improvement. At the moment I can see only shadows in my left eye. I have been told when the ulcer clears I will have to have a cataract op. but that's a while down the road.
So my question is skiing with corrective lense glasses. I have always skied in contacts , but that is looking like its not going to happen for me this next year. Do you think it's best to try and put glasses inside your goggles or, just use your glasses with polorised protection. I have to get new ones anyway, as eye sight all over the place at the moment.
Just had to cancel a holiday I should be be on now. Which is very annoying. But eye sight is more important and all doctors keep saying is we just have to wait, driving me mad.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've always been a glasses-under-goggles man.
In good weather I'd be happy to wear my prescription sunglasses on their own, if only they didn't cause stinging eyes because of the airflow round the edges of the frames. I guess if you had wraparound frames you'd be OK with just the glasses and no goggles.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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I'm glasses under goggles too, and find it works well. Goggles that are designed with this in mind (ie. with enough space inside, and perhaps a small gap to accommodate the arm of the glasses) are typically labelled OTG (for, I presume, "over the glasses").
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I ski mostly just with my glasses, until recently with sunspecs that attached to them for sunny days. Presently I have sunspecs which fit over the glasses, sort of mini-goggles. I only wear real goggles when the weather is particularly bad.
I guess you have to try and find out what you find best.
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Gjspain, we did a season lsat year and I was worried Mr NN would struggle with his glasses/ goggles combo. The first pair bought in the UK were rubbish - the second were excellent and he had no fog ups etc - I will dig out the name of them - we just went into a shop in resort, think they were about 50euro from memory.
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Wearing my glasses under my goggles always seemed to cause them to steam up. (I think glasses get pushed too close to your face within goggles)
However, I found this problem greatly reduced when I started using these prescription inserts for goggles:
http://www.prescriptioninserts.com/
You can use them with your favourite goggles, and get a new insert when your prescription changes.
The goggles I have adapt to the light levels and I can use them from flat light to bright sunshine, and I now only use my prescription sunglasses when sitting on a sunny restaurant terrace!
Last edited by You'll need to Register first of course. on Mon 17-09-12 15:17; edited 1 time in total
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Gjspain, As kieranm says, you'll need Goggles that are specified as OTG. The secret to minimising any fogging of your spectacles worn underneath goggles is to ensure that the surface of the spectacle lens is as clean as possible - any specks of dirt, grease or thumbprint act as a nucleus for the water vapour to condense onto. There used to be a product called ClerSite (I don't think it's produced any more, but you can get similar products, which aim to make the lens surface almost chemically clean). I saw it demonstrated many years ago on a stand at a UK ski show - the seller would take a pair of spectacles treated with the product and hold it directly in a flow of steam coming from a container of boiling water, no fogging or condensation whatsoever.
Last edited by Then you can post your own questions or snow reports... on Mon 17-09-12 15:23; edited 1 time in total
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Gjspain, I've been trying to find a solution to glasses under goggles fogging for years, and the only reliable one is not overheating the rest of the body, and allowing plenty of ventilation so that heat from the chest doesn't come straight up the face and into the goggles. If you're going to opt for sunglasses instead of goggles, make sure they're the type that wrap around so that bright light off the snow doesn't come in from the sides causing eyeburn.
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Cheers Mr Marmot,!
I'll make a note of those ...very useful.
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Another glasses under goggles man. Riding without goggles just makes my eyes stream.
Used to have a lot of steam-up problems with my glasses, would temporarily relieve the problem using anti-misting cloths or (if caught without) licking the lens of the glasses...(what can I say, it works), but since switching from my old Scott goggs to Oakleys OTGs, I havn't had many of the problems with steaming up thanks to better ventilation.
My other tip is to get a pair of specs made which are smaller profile, so fit under the goggles easier - many opticians offer a two-for-one deal so take your goggles with you when trying on to make sure they don't push the glasses back into your face.
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My wife and daughter both wear glasses under googles. Got a pair of Tresspass OTG goggles for the wife in end of season sale for only £15 and my daughters (6yrs) are kids googles for older age group giving slightly more space inside for her specs.
Neither have any issues with fog up as long as they are careful as per usual with moisture inside.
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You can increase the ventilation buy trimming out sections of the foam on the goggles with nail scissors.
More air=less fog.
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You know it makes sense.
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In the past I've only worn my perscription specs with clip on sun glasses for bright days.
Last season I brought a Bolle helmet with a visor, worked a treat, no steaming up of glasses or visor.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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In the past I've only worn my perscription specs with clip on sun glasses for bright days.
Last season I brought a Bolle helmet with a visor, worked a treat, no steaming up of glasses or visor.
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^^^^ this
I've tried everything - and this is the best option IMO.
You do look like a space cadet though.
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Poster: A snowHead
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the prescription inserts for goggles work better than specs, IME. You only normally need distance correction, and then carry specs for reading menus, etc. Hope your eye problems get sorted out, Gjspain; sounds miserable.
What's your prescription? If you're very short-sighted I might have a pair of prescription inserts which would suit you - you'd be welcome to have them for the cost of the postage, if so.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I used http://www.rxsport.co.uk/categories/Prescription-Ski-Goggles. They sent a box with 3 pairs of goggles to try for best fit and we sent back the ones we didn't want. They supplied a prescription insert and we've had this reglazed twice and replaced once after a break. Their service has always been brilliant.
Hubby skis with these goggles when it's windy or snowy and his ordinary glasses, the type that go dark in sunlight otherwise.
Good luck with the eyes.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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i ski with a pair of polariod wrap prescription sunglasses which are perfect for skiing and cycling. They were less than 1/3rd of the cost of a pair of Oakleys.
On days with snow or really flat light, OTG goggles and my normal glasses work just fine.
I had no choice....took me 45 mins to get one contact lense in LOL I gave up. 
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Day to day I wear varifocals for close, intermediate and distance vision but I too found that they steamed up under OTG Goggles.
As I don't need to 'read a registration plate at 25 metres' and as long as I have a ski buddy to read the piste map, I ski in ordinary goggles.
Since I stopped wearing glasses I now ski bumps better because I can't see them and have ski by 'feel'.
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