About Prescription Swim Goggles
Swimming is great physical exercise, as well as being an exciting sport to watch or participate in. If you are going to swim recreationally or competitively, you will need the proper equipment. At the very least, you will need a pair of swim goggles to protect your eyes. If you have poor eyesight, you may have avoided swimming in the past because you could not see underwater without your glasses. Now, however, you can order prescription swim goggles to make your underwater sight as clear as a bell.
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History
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About the time that swimming became a competitive sport, goggles were introduced to protect swimmers' eyes from irritants like chlorine and other chemicals in swimming pools and other bodies of water. These goggles were simple plastic lenses that kep water out of the eyes and made it easier to see underwater. However, it was extremely difficult to see with these goggles if your vision was impaired. In the last fifteen years, technology has enabled goggle manufacturers to refine their prescription lenses to make sure that everyone has the option of clear vision in and out of the pool.
Function
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Prescription swim goggles work just like your glasses. A plastic lens is fitted to the goggle lens so that when you wear your goggles, you are looking through the same prescription that you are when you wear your glasses. These goggles are custom-made to suit your eyes, so your prescription goggles are not likely to work for someone else.
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Types
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The best type of prescription swim goggles are those that are made with your specific prescription. However, just like you can buy generic "reading glasses," you can buy non-prescription swim goggles that are intended to adjust minor eyesight problems but will not be custom suited to your eyes. Prescription swim goggles come in every form that regular swim goggles do and can also be purchased as a swim mask model.
Considerations
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When you are investing in prescription swim goggles, determine exactly when you plan to use them. If you need them to see the wall during races, for example, then you will want a low-drag, streamlined pair of racing goggles. However, if you plan to use your goggles recreationally, you may be able to get by with a lower-quality pair of goggles that simply fit to your face with foam or with a prescription goggle mask.
Misconceptions
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Many people think that they can get the same results as with prescription goggles by wearing their contacts and regular goggles. While you may be able to see equally well with either route, you seriously endanger the health of your eyes by swimming like this on a regular basis. Swimming with contact lenses increases your likelihood of getting a bacterial infection in your eye from organisms that attach to your lenses while you are swimming.
Warning
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If you decide to order a pair of prescription swimming goggles, make sure that your prescription is current. If you use an outdated prescription, you may end up incurring serious migraines from eye strain. Also, do not share your prescription swim goggles, as other people will not be able to see through them like you can.
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