kelpdiver 2 #26 May 12, 2006 worth every penny when it goes as planned. I have no complaints. but...doesn't always go great. somewhere between 5% and 1 in 10000 (yeah, fuzzy numbers there) have issues. Worst cases really suck. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pditto 0 #27 May 12, 2006 Yeah! The guy right after me flinched while they were cutting the flap!! They had to put it back and tell him to come back when it's healed. Glad it happened AFTER me. I think being a contact lens wearer prior to surgery helps. You're already used to sticking things in your eye, so it's no big deal when they do it. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chaoskitty 0 #28 May 12, 2006 I just switched to Oasys and really like them. I jump in Gatorz with no problems. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GrumpySmurf 0 #29 May 12, 2006 Yeah, it sucks to have a more 'vigorous' openning and see one of my lenses smooshed to the inside of my goggles. Makes landings interesting -> since I'm a -6.5 and -7.5. Then the doc told me I've got this karetokonus-type thingy (and here I thought my eyesight was getting better), so no more soft lenses - the hard buggers are pricey - so no more sunglasses jumping Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark135 0 #30 May 12, 2006 I am 20/200 without contacs. I have lost a contact maybe 4 times in 1200 jumps. landing with one contact is no big deal. most of the time it was when I wasnt wearing a helmet. must be somthing about the airflow. Doesnt seem to matter what contacts I wear. It is usually a little breeze in my googles that causes my eyes to water and the contacts float out. Always makw sure the goggles are tight and the vent holes are taped up. If your eyes are drying out and the contacts popping out try relaxing and blink occasionally._______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
magnio 0 #31 May 12, 2006 I started to loose my left lense every 10 jump or so - the right one was like glued to my eye. I usually happened after a few hours, when my eyes started getting dry - kapoof, lense gone somewhere above the DZ. It turned out my left eye is a bit smaller than the right one, so the lense didn't fit as well as on the right eye. Now I am getting a smaller one for my left eye. I got dailies to use during Easter, and they fitted very well too - but due to my weird astigmatism I can only we monthly lenses. I didn't have big problems landing without my left lense, though - my right eye is obviously the dominant one! Distance was a bit hard to measure, but I could easily land, and it was also a relief to me that I could see both my altmeter and the airport from 3000ft without lenses (when I closed the right eye). I had been worried about not being able to find my way back in case both lenses escaped... (I have -5.75 and -6.5 left/right.) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Andy9o8 2 #32 May 12, 2006 QuoteAlways makw sure the goggles are tight and the vent holes are taped up. I always thought the vent holes were designed to equalize the pressure as you descended, especially in freefall. If one’s goggles were very tight against the face, but the vent holes were taped over, wouldn’t that logically make the goggles pull tighter and tighter against the face as one descended? I remember hearing a story (urban rumor? not sure) of someone who wore swimming goggles while jumping, and when he landed and took them off, he looked like a chipmunk. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Ron 10 #33 May 12, 2006 A factory diver (non-flip up) solved my problems before LASIK fixed it."No free man shall ever be debarred the use of arms." -- Thomas Jefferson, Thomas Jefferson Papers, 334 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #34 May 12, 2006 I don't have the holes taped in my goggles. Neither do most of the other jumpers with CLs at the DZ I'm at. Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark135 0 #35 May 13, 2006 QuoteQuoteAlways makw sure the goggles are tight and the vent holes are taped up. I always thought the vent holes were designed to equalize the pressure as you descended, especially in freefall. If one’s goggles were very tight against the face, but the vent holes were taped over, wouldn’t that logically make the goggles pull tighter and tighter against the face as one descended? I remember hearing a story (urban rumor? not sure) of someone who wore swimming goggles while jumping, and when he landed and took them off, he looked like a chipmunk. It's not a problem._______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
mark135 0 #36 May 13, 2006 QuoteI don't have the holes taped in my goggles. Neither do most of the other jumpers with CLs at the DZ I'm at. Whatever works for you guys. all depends on why you are losing them. too much air makes your eyes water and they float out. not enough blinking and they dry out and pop out. Thats my theory and i'm stickin to it._______________ "It seemed like a good idea at the time" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
chanti 0 #37 May 14, 2006 Don't go to a whuffo optometrist - go see a skydiver optometrist! There's LOTS of us out there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
peregrinerose 0 #38 May 14, 2006 Quote Don't go to a whuffo optometrist - go see a skydiver optometrist! There's LOTS of us out there I could not agree more Do or do not, there is no try -Yoda Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
popeyefireman 0 #39 May 17, 2006 Check with your doc and see if your dia. and curve are right. It may be that your sized wrong, or just get lasik like I am. "I Yam what I Yam" I am not afriad to die, only to die without living. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
