goggles and masks...

[Simmons99]

Another goggle question - which one should you use with contacts. I am scared to death to use goggles (rely on them) and just don't open my eyes under water (or my contacts will come out in the pool water).

Is there a specific model that is really reliable for contact lens wearers?

I guess I could take them out - but then I might as well be close my eyes b/c I won't be able to see anything without them in!

[Dr. Spike]

I wear contacts. So far I have had no problems with any of the goggles I have used. All have been cheap goggles too. I use the kind with the soft clear rubber seal not the foam rubber looking seal. They seem to let less water in.

[sevver]

I don't really use goggles, but I have kids that do, and the cheap ones are not the way to go. have a sister in law who is on a swim team, and she uses the speedo ones, and I like the look of them, they seem to be made well.

[Dr. Spike]

I should really try some better goggles someday.

I am blind without my contacts, so I hate swimming without goggles.

All I can say about all the cheap ones I have had, is that I have not lost any contacts because of them.

They do have their downsides though. For instance, they don't last long, they are uncomfortable, and they don't last long.

[KirstenHW]

I don't wear contacts, so I can't speak to that. I would think that a mask might be more accommodating for contacts. I prefer them to goggles myself.