What do you do if you wear glasses and want to swim?

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I'm desperate to lose weight and the only form is exercise I enjoy is swimming. I have really bad eyesight and the thought of being without my glasses scares me.

How do I get to the pool? How do I see others in lanes/pool?

I can't wear contacts (specifically told not to do this by a professional) so not a case of I just can't put them in...

Sounds so silly, I know

It’s expensive but you can buy prescription goggles

I always wear my glasses swimming...but i dont put my face in the water

You can buy prescription goggles - would that be an option?

I'm not a 'serious' swimmer and I manage by wearing an old pair of glasses in the pool - it's not ideal but I can see better with them than without them.

You can get prescription goggles pretty cheaply on amazon. About £20 I think. It'll be same prescription both eyes but should be enough for the pool.

I keep my glasses on, can’t do anything without them. I was told by an optician that wearing contacts in the whole is absolutely not recommended as there’s a much higher risk of eye infection from the water if you’ve got a lens in there

I got prescription swimming goggles for DC, they have made such a difference. The optician was able to order separate lenses and make the googles up to DCs prescription and I think they might have been £40ish? Worth it.

I bought prescription goggles from amazon and they're fantastic. I chose the right prescription for each eye and they sent me the eye pieces, strap and different sized nose pieces to make my own goggles that fit perfectly, and meant I could learn to swim properly

As others have said prescription goggles are good. We found a company called butterfly healthcare very helpful

Just wear your glasses (or an old pair of you have one). Personally I hate the feel of goggles

Decathlon prescription goggles are pretty good and cheap

Prescription goggles, they're not expensive.

I'm another saying prescription goggles. There are comparatively cheap ones available online, and you can have a different prescription in each eye if your eyes need it.

Prescription goggles for sure! I get mine from here, small UK business, they offer different prescriptions in each eye and are still under 20 quid. goggleyed.co.uk/

Prescription goggles. They aren't expensive. I got mine from amazon for 20 quid.

Prescription goggles! Genius.

Best of luck with the swimming.

Think I got dds from here:

www.prescription-swimming-goggles.co.uk/swimming-goggles

I always thought prescription goggles were really expensive, this is such good news! I'm getting some. Centre parcs is going to be way more fun!

My local optician sells prescription goggles for about £20.00

Another one for prescription googles, I got mine from Specsavers for £27 and they were made up to my prescription. They have been a revelation for swimming pool use as I can now see the lane signs and everything! They were also fab at water parks on holiday.

My prescription Goggles were £20 from specsavers. This is for basic prescription only and although I have complex with several astigmatism they found the best fit prescription so my sight is improved even if not perfect

I'm so glad that I came across this thread. I've always just walked around in a complete blur. I hadn't realised that you could get prescription goggles.

I swim regularly & got my goggles from here:

www.prescription-swimming-goggles.co.uk/

They were about £20/25 & are not an exact match for my specs but good enough to see everything fine.

A friend of mine just swims in hers.

I'm with Specsavers, and they do them. When you do buy 1 get one free (which seems to be the only way to do it) you can get goggles as your 2nd pair I think. There might be an extra fee, but could be worth checking out, especially if you're with Specsavers already.

My prescription goggles were £10 off amazon. I'm -6. They do the job so you don't have to pay a lot.

I get my goggles from Prescription Goggles as mentioned upthread - I need different powers in each eye so like the Aquasphere Eagles but do have a few different sorts as I wanted tinted for outdoor swimming