[dmoss]

My wife wears glasses and cannot wear contacts.

Can anybody recommend a good pair of prescription goggles that are not too expensive?

Where can she get them? I don't think Lens Crafters carries them...

Thanks in advance!

[universole]

im by no means an expert on the subject. but in my searches ive seen "over the glasses goggles" might be a cheaper (if they even make prescipt goggles) solution.

[PapaWood]

Adidas makes some really nice prescription goggles for a fair price (price of your typical Oakley A Frame or other high end goggle) $110.00 most places.

adidas - Men's Accessories: Eyewear: Yodai Goggles

There are a couple of skiers that I go to school with who wear glasses and rock these.

[duckie]

i have just started to board this year, and got a pair of OTG goggles (bolle) for my birthday.

OTG goggles are definitely cheaper in comparison to prescription goggles, but here comes the major thing ... if she is going to wear glasses underneath, check that her glasses frames are not too wide and touching the lenses. i am having some problems with that right now and end up fogging up my goggles all day on the slopes. also, my glasses frames are getting completely bend out of shape in order to get a better fit.

hope this helps a little ...

[romesaz]

duckie....sounds like someone I know....

A friend of mine has perscription water goggles, so I'm sure you can get perscription board/ski goggles.

Anon and Scott seem to make fairly wide frames, see if they have any over the glasses solutions, smith may too.
The bolle are spherical in shape/design so as duckie above said, fitting them over glasses may be a bit uncomfortable.

EDIT1: http://www.smithoptics.com/Over-The-...tegory_14.html found after a quick search
EDIT2: price seems very reasonable

[boarderaholic]

Boo to prescription goggles. I got to be dad's guinea pig for that stuff and it was CRAP. If anything, stick to slightly larger goggles, like Oakley Wisdoms. Rx goggles are basically just a single lens with an insert. You can't change the colour of the lenses and they have no venting.

[PapaWood]

I dunno man. The people I know who use them swear by them. I don't wear glasses, but it seems to me that if you wore glasses underneath, your glasses would fog up. I have never heard anything bad about these Adidas ones.

[boarderaholic]

Eh. I hated them. Will never use them again. And it's not practical for me, as an instructor, because I constantly have to take my goggles on and off to make eye contact with the student and such.

[PapaWood]

Originally Posted by boarderaholic

Eh. I hated them. Will never use them again. And it's not practical for me, as an instructor, because I constantly have to take my goggles on and off to make eye contact with the student and such.

Ya I can see how that could be a pain not being able to see when you take your goggs off haha.

[dmoss]

Originally Posted by boarderaholic

Rx goggles are basically just a single lens with an insert. You can't change the colour of the lenses and they have no venting.

i dont think she is worried about swapping out the lenses or changing the color - but when she was wearing her regular glasses under the goggles they kept fogging up on her...