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[dizzyblonde]

unfortunately your stuffed if your prescription is quite strong. it may have changed but when i tried them the max was -3.75 which i just qualified for. even if i wanted to try them again its-4.25 now in one eye. they don't fair very well with complicated prescriptions

I ride in glasses all the time. Never had a problem with them steaming up of their own accord. The only way that happens is if you get them wet, or get any water inside your lid . Then you're knackered. I have a pinlock insert, and my lenses are plastic not glass, but I don't see why that should make much of a difference in the long run.

As for comfort, I have a shoei XR1000 and it's perfectly comfortable, I can't feel the arms at all. No trouble getting the glasses on either.


I tried contacts once a few years back, though not on a bike. I trialled them for a few weeks, but couldn't get on with them. Too much faffing about putting them in and out. Also sometimes I'd blink and they'd shift, losing about 3 dioptres of vision, though I do have quite a strong short sightedness and some astigmatism. None of this really wants to make me try them again.

Originally Posted by mac99

The only way that happens is if you get them wet, or get any water inside your lid .

You mean like moisture... like in your breath

I understand what you mean - but it's the breathing that mists up my specs, nothing else.

[dizzyblonde]

ditto to the sight and astigmatism. I once sat for half hour scratching my eye out for a lense that that had disappeared. Contacts feel poo in summer on the bike cause they get kack in and dry out. think i prefer to put up with specs,even if in winter they're a bugger to keep from misting and such

Originally Posted by WRCSixtyThree

You mean like moisture... like in your breath

I understand what you mean - but it's the breathing that mists up my specs, nothing else.

Ahh, that's where you're going wrong. I simply take a deep breath at the start of each trip and hold it till I get off the bike.

Dunno what the difference is then. My lid does have pretty good venting, which could be it. At traffic lights in winter I do have to consciously breathe lightly and downward, or crack open the visor. It's only when sat still though.

[dizzyblonde]

[quote=mac99;1213978]Ahh, that's where your going wrong. I simply take a deep breath at the start of each trip and hold it till I get off the bike.

I've always worn glasses on my bike, have a Shoei Syncrotec II (flip front) which you can put on whilst still wearing your glasses. Although I have recently bought a Shoei Raid II (I must like the sequels), and now have to put lid on then put glasses on, but not finding it too much of a pain.

I use Bob Heath visor stuff on my glasses and don't have a problem with misting (have pinlock on the visor too).

Speccy four eyes here. Tried contacts but can't actually get them in my eye without freaking out (I have a "thing" about eyes).

Dunno, they're a pain for sure but they do feel re-assuringly safe, like you're wearing safety goggles all the time. That said, every time I come off and bang my head I always seem to end up with cuts around the bridge of my nose/eyebrows where glasses frames move.