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Choosing The Right Dive Mask
How to pick a dive mask for prescription lenses HISTORY OF DIVE MASKS Long before the early rebreather and open circuit pioneers such as Jacques Cousteau perfected their underwater breathing devices, humans had been exploring the underwater world with breath hold diving. The human eye has evolved to see in air. Water is a different […]
Can you really do all prescriptions in different masks? (And is there a gap?)
Some of the frequent questions we get from our customers are “can you put my prescription into a mask I already have” and “I have a really strong prescription, are you sure you can do it?”. We have done prescriptions up to -28 sphere (yes that is a -28!- For reference, my personal prescription is […]
Texas Diving Spots
Some of our customers are surprised to hear we are based in Houston, Texas. Texas boasts a large population of divers, and over the last several years, over 10,000 divers are certified a year in Texas! So where do all us crazy Texas divers go diving The top of my list will probably even further surprise […]
Obtaining your Prescription for Dive Mask Lenses
We love our eyes and agree with the recommendations to get an annual comprehensive vision exam. Did you know the FTC requires your eye doctor to give you a copy of your prescription following your exam. If you don’t have a copy of your prescription handy or if you misplaced the one provided by your […]
Why We Only Use Zeiss Glass Lenses
Ever since my mom showed me how she developed film negatives in the laundry room of our house, I have been interested in photography. From that moment, I have been passionate about taking pictures on land and underwater. About a year ago, I purchased one of my dream cameras – a Hasselblad 500c, a medium […]
Free Shipping for Texas Customers
Texas Law requires we charge customers living in Texas sales tax. As compensation for this, all our customers living in Texas are offered free shipping. As we use UPS ground for all shipping, most shipments should be received by our labs within 2 days. Please note, this does NOT include our laboratory time.
Why Bonded Lenses?
When you receive your mask back from our lab, you will notice the front tempered glass of the mask has not been replaced. We bond high-quality Zeiss glass lenses into your mask with an optically clear chemical bonding agent. By bonding glass lenses into your mask (or one of our masks if you buy a […]