Where to buy swimming goggles with prescription lenses in Bangkok?

[thailandsgreat]

Hi

My old swimming goggles are gradually getting rugged and strange on the inside resulting in poor visibility. Maybe too much use in the small but good pools that you find even in some moderately priced guesthouses in northern Thailand

I pass Bangkok soon. I called some sports shops but no one carried swimming goggles with prescription lenses. I found no phone numbers to Central World so maybe I go there and look.

Does any one know where to find swimming goggles with prescription lenses in Bangkok.

For those who have not seen them, they are sometimes found in sports shops with swimming profile. You don't test you eyes, you just choose a suitable pair. For me -4.50 on both sides would be fine.

Thanks

[Aussieroaming]

Thanks for the explanation, I've never heard of them

[thailandsgreat]

They're worth the money if you are nearsighted and go swimming

[impulse]

I got my diving mask cut with bifocals at Surawong Optical. (Surawong Road, about a block from Charoen Krung in Chinatown- 5-10 minute walk from BTS Saphan Taksin.

They also had swim goggles on display. It's been about a year, but the place looks like it's been in business forever.

Bring money. It ain't cheap. But the work was great, and he redid one lens that wasn't quite right- instead of trying to convince me it was like happens so often here....

[thailandsgreat]

Thanks. Looks like Google maps found it, almost under the toll way. Will try.

[thailandsgreat]

Just called them. Like you say. At the right price they seem to make make good work. 2000-3000 baht for "simpler model" swimming goggles including eye sight testing.

Edited October 20, 2014 by thailandsgreat

[thailandsgreat]

Just if someone else needs: Super Sports in Central World had a good supply. 10% discount made the price 1080.

[CaptHaddock]

Cheap at ~$21 from amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/Speedo-Vanquisher-Optical-Goggle-Diopter-1-5/dp/B001HBHVWQ/ref=sr_1_1?s=sporting-goods&ie=UTF8&qid=1413951482&sr=1-1&keywords=vanquisher+optical+goggle

You'll have to pay shipping, but probably not customs.

[thailandsgreat]

Only question is why my old pair developed a rugged opaque coating on the inside within one year. I rinse them after use and never touch inside.

An old trick, kind of last resort, is to polish with toothbrush and toothpaste. It has worked before, but these just got worse

Will maybe rinse new pair in mineral water inside.