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DESIGNERDIVER

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Hi everyone,
I am scheduled to do my checkout dives in december and in the meantime am researching gear. I plan on buying my own right after my certification. One thing that seems to be a challenge for me is SEEING the gages. I wear reading glasses but see distance fine I was told you can have a mask with prescriptions put in but being ONLY 44 (LOL) i do not want to permantly alter my mask beside I do not think i will like that in my mask. Can anyone reccomend a computer/gage that has large lit data but dosent cost $800.00 also seeing the compass is a concern as well. any reccomendations or experience would be helpful
thanks in advance for all your help and input:D
 
You can get little "stick in" magnifier bi-focals for your mask. I need reading glasses too, so I have a Trident Dive Optix magnifier stuck in the left side of my mask so I can see my computer readout.
 
thanks for the reply putting it only on the left side is a great idea and easy
thanks!
 
You can also look at a computer such as the Suunto Gekko which has a fairly large face. Another choice might be the sherwood wisdom 2 air integrated console which you can pick up for less than $500 from LP.
 
I'm blind as a bat (20/400 on the right eye and astigmatism on the left). My first several dives were with my basic mask without prescription lenses. Can't see squat above water but underwater I was OK. I didn't have any problem with reading the numbers off the pressure and depth gauges (no computer then), and definitely no problem with reading the compass. I only lose out on some fine details but I was fully functional with the magnification of the water acting as corrective lenses. When I got my good masks, I put prescription lenses in them and that makes it more comfortable out of water and seeing the finer details, but otherwise I didn't gain any functionality.

PS I'm now using the Sherwood Wisdom 2 because of the large displays. Very easy to glance at and decipher everything.
 
https://www.shearwater.com/products/peregrine/

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