Quote: (Originally Posted by RZEP17)
Hi!
When few month ago I've start having problem to read fine prints, I blame it on sloppy printing job.
When few weeks ago I couldn't tell a date on my watch, I blame it on the moisture condensation cause by flooding.
Vision problem? Neeeeh!
Tomek
Welcome to middle age.
A few ‘fuzzy print’ tips:
Hardware store cheaters work fine if your vision is otherwise good. Keep the 1.00s when you “graduate” to 1.50s and up in a few years- you’ll figure out why at that time. I got by for a while squinting at my computers but finally gave up and tried the stick on plastic cheater lenses in my mask. DON’T waste your money on them. They are marginal at best in warm water and CANNOT be made fog free in cold water. Bionic spit, 500PSI, tobacco, potato, soap, none of the familiar remedies work. They also have a nasty habit of floating free inside yur mask just when you need them. The only really dependable solution is real glass cheaters (reading lenses) professionally bonded into the mask- and the backup mask- of your choice. As big as I am on self built stuff, this is one thing I had done by the pros and it was, without a doubt, money very well spent. Any full service dive shop should be able to measure you and send out your masks to a professional shop.
Side note: Along the way I tried one of those masks that accepted stock drop in replacement lenses w/ the cheaters already built into their bottom half. They were better than no correction, but had a LOT of distortion at the sides. The custom fit lenses in my preferred masks do a FAR more satisfactory job and, again, for me were well worth the cost.
Hope this helps,
Ken
PS- Getting old truly sucks. The ONLY upside is that it beats the alternative………..