For anyone that requires visual correction and participates in sports then the decision to wear spectacles or contact lenses is always a consideration.

So what are the options when you go skiing?
Until about two years ago I decided not to wear any correctional devices at all on the slopes, even though I go through life with a prescription of +2.50. But things were starting to get messy! Not being able to read the sign posting or see the fantastic view clearly was one thing, but when it got the stage where lumps and bumps in the snow were throwing me over, I knew action had to be taken.

Suddenly being able to see clearly was a revelation and I realised I should have made some changes way before. Now I could see the distant mountains with clarity and I found my skiing improved, as I could actually see where I was going! It sounds ridiculous, but I just always thought it wasn’t necessary to bother with glasses or contact lenses when I was skiing. Now I knew how wrong I was.

So now there are two choices to make, one to wear spectacles underneath your ski goggles and the other, to wear contact lenses. However you look at it, contact lenses win every time – when you wear spectacles under you goggles they steam up easily, feel a little uncomfortable, look ‘geeky’ when you take your goggles off (I’m merely speaking for myself here!) and you risk damaging what’s perhaps an expensive and non-replaceable pair of glasses.

When you wear contact lenses, none of those things apply. Put them in first thing before you head out and forget all about them, no steaming up, no looking geeky and no worrying about losing or breaking something valuable.

One of the other key advantages to wearing contact lenses is that you can interchange between sun glasses and goggles without thinking about having prescription models.

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