Glasses

[Punkstig]

Get your eyes lazered,
Best thing I ever did!

[darrsi]

This brings forth the real question: Why are there not pinlock glasses?

Do you mean a prescription insert?
If so it wouldn't work, too much distance from your eyes, and your peripheral vision would make the prescription extremely difficult.

[helloindustries]

This brings forth the real question: Why are there not pinlock glasses?

Do you mean a prescription insert?
If so it wouldn't work, too much distance from your eyes, and your peripheral vision would make the prescription extremely difficult.

Well; That answers that!

I guess i'd better get a breath-box...

[darrsi]

Get your eyes lazered,
Best thing I ever did!

Lasted 10 years for me, need glasses again now. 

[darrsi]

This brings forth the real question: Why are there not pinlock glasses?

Do you mean a prescription insert?
If so it wouldn't work, too much distance from your eyes, and your peripheral vision would make the prescription extremely difficult.

Well; That answers that!

I guess i'd better get a breath-box...

Would be even worse if each eye has a different prescription, which is likely, because if you moved your eyes to the left for instance then your right eye would be immediately out of focus.
It's a nice idea, just not really possible with a crash helmet unfortunately.

[Exupnut]

Get your eyes lazered,
Best thing I ever did!

How come u never saw that fuckin lorry then lol

[darrsi]

I don't need to wear my glasses during bright sunny days, I primarily got them after noticing my night vision was suffering.
A side effect which I didn't expect was when I had my tinted visor on in summer it gave the false impression that it was night time and blurred my vision again.
In turn, I found that my glasses didn't agree at all with my Arai crash helmet so I had to revert back to a clear visor in summer, although my visor insert  does have a mild reactolite effect to it.
In the darker nights I have to wear a balaclava which perfectly holds my glasses properly in place, which is fine in the cooler autumn/winter weather but would be an issue on a hot summer night, but that's not really a problem for me anyway fortunately.

[caretaker]

been riding for 35 years and never had a problem but, when i first started riding my specs would mist up so i (dont laugh) developed the habit of breathing down towards the base of the helmet. still do it today! also as a noob, i rode around at all speeds with my visor firmly shut (why do people still do that, especially black visor man?) which resulted in misting up while sitting in traffic lights etc. i soon cottoned on to opening my visor slightly as my speed decreased and i open it fully when in town, unless it's raining.

[His Dudeness]

been riding for 35 years and never had a problem but, when i first started riding my specs would mist up so i (dont laugh) developed the habit of breathing down towards the base of the helmet. still do it today! also as a noob, i rode around at all speeds with my visor firmly shut (why do people still do that, especially black visor man?) which resulted in misting up while sitting in traffic lights etc. i soon cottoned on to opening my visor slightly as my speed decreased and i open it fully when in town, unless it's raining.

I tried not to laugh but there was no stopping it

[fazersharp]

Get your eyes lazered,
Best thing I ever did!

Lasted 10 years for me, need glasses again now. 

Oh they dont tell you that in the adverts do they.
You know how your brain is good at compensating for vision issues - so could you just have one eye lazered  and let your brain use that eye for the correct focus, Still knowing my stupid brain it would probably use the wrong one

[Drax]

If you cover your bathroom mirror with shaving foam & clean it off it prevents it misting up (It actually works)
 
Maybe it could work on your glasses? Not abrasive either.

[darrsi]

Get your eyes lazered,
Best thing I ever did!

Lasted 10 years for me, need glasses again now. 

Oh they dont tell you that in the adverts do they.
You know how your brain is good at compensating for vision issues - so could you just have one eye lazered  and let your brain use that eye for the correct focus, Still knowing my stupid brain it would probably use the wrong one

Fella who comes into my work has had monovision laser surgery, one eye corrected for reading, the other for distance.
He said it takes a bit of getting used to but after a while it's okay.
Personally i think that would drive me mental but each to their own.

[fazersharp]

Get your eyes lazered,
Best thing I ever did!

Lasted 10 years for me, need glasses again now. 

Oh they dont tell you that in the adverts do they.
You know how your brain is good at compensating for vision issues - so could you just have one eye lazered  and let your brain use that eye for the correct focus, Still knowing my stupid brain it would probably use the wrong one

Fella who comes into my work has had monovision laser surgery, one eye corrected for reading, the other for distance.
He said it takes a bit of getting used to but after a while it's okay.
Personally i think that would drive me mental but each to their own.

How does that work then - does he shut one eye to read and the other eye to see distance. ------- no wait a minute that would mean both eyes are now shut, you know what I meant

[darrsi]

Get your eyes lazered,
Best thing I ever did!

Lasted 10 years for me, need glasses again now. 

Oh they dont tell you that in the adverts do they.
You know how your brain is good at compensating for vision issues - so could you just have one eye lazered  and let your brain use that eye for the correct focus, Still knowing my stupid brain it would probably use the wrong one

Fella who comes into my work has had monovision laser surgery, one eye corrected for reading, the other for distance.
He said it takes a bit of getting used to but after a while it's okay.
Personally i think that would drive me mental but each to their own.

How does that work then - does he shut one eye to read and the other eye to see distance. ------- no wait a minute that would mean both eyes are now shut, you know what I meant

http://www.optimax.co.uk/treatments_explained/monovision_surgery.aspx

[darrsi]

One of the main things they do stress about eye surgery is that if you expect everything perfect, have OCD or are the worrying or impatient type then you need to seriously consider everything before getting it done.
I had 10 good years of great eyesight, although i was expecting it to last longer than that, but everyone is different and your body changes as it ages, there's no real guarantees about anything where any surgery is involved to be honest.

[BIG MAC]

I have compensatory eyesight (lazy eye) so one eye does the work of two and that one is getting a bit ropey..I daren't have surgery on it as if it went wrong the consequences would be too serious

[Simon.Pieman]

I had laser surgery about 8 years ago and bought the package that gives you unlimited aftercare and remedial laser surgery if your sight gets out of kilter. I am ok for the time being but my near vision requires increasingly stronger reading glasses each year so maybe I might get lasered again to tug it back a bit.
 If you go for laser surgery get a package that pays for remedial lasering for the rest of your life. Most of the peeps who have probs with their laser surgery bought the cheaper packages.
You pays your money.......

[Dead Eye]

Lots of responses, thanks to all for your comments

Regarding laser eye surgery - this has been something I have considered for several years, but being young they are often not too keen on the idea until you hit your mid-20s and your eyesight levels out a bit - mine is just getting worse I need to go in for a new prescription, but lack of money is forcing me to delay it a bit - not ideal I know.

The reason I don't use contacts now is because I sit in front of a PC all day and the contacts irritate my eyes a fair bit. Also, apparently one of my eyes is a slightly odd shape which increases the cost of the lenses as they aren't completely spherical.

For now, I'm going to give a breath deflector a shot - I think I have something around somewhere and I totally didn't consider using it for this purpose. I would normally use it for warmth :P


Punkstig; When did you have your eyes done?

[Exupnut]

Before he stacked it into a lorry so I'd save ur pennies and spend it on a bird.... That'll definately improve ur eyesight :-))

[fazersharp]

I had a breath deflector/ guard that came with a lid a long time ago and all it did was direct it up to my glasses as it did not fit tight to my cheeks
I wonder if a DIY dust mask would work better and be cheaper

[Aegis Bearing Mel]

One of these may help?

[Dead Eye]

That is very close to what I have Aegis Thanks for the link

[chaz]

I wonder if a DIY dust mask would work better and be cheaper

I don't think a dust mask would work, when using one when grinding out for repointing it makes your goggles mist up as it never seals around the nose, what I used to do was just put it over my mouth and only breathe through my mouth.

[chaz]

dito

[darrsi]

Back in the day Fairy Liquid put on the visor  then simply rubbed off with a clean cloth would prevent fogging, I presume it would work with glasses.
I also bought some soapy type stick from a bike show before that was okay for visors but brilliant for bathroom mirrors.
Wax on wax off as matey used to say.