I stopped by the Hydroptix Masks booth to see if there was anything new to see. I’ve seen these mask, read the reviews but never used one myself. The mask is curved, which expands the field of vision and allows a diver to see the correct size and distance underwater. The rub is that you have to be far-sighted to use it correctly. This is fine for those folks who are already far -sighted but for people with correct vision, you need to put contacts into your eyes to make you far sighted. I’m not a big fan of putting things into my eyes.

They had a water tank that you could stick your fact into and see the difference. Now, the thought of sticking my face into a huge tub of water where over a 100 people had done so before me, wasn’t appealing, but I suffer for my art.

I was able to see how the field of vision changed, it was blurry because I’m not far-sighted but it does expand the field of vision.

They have a hybrid mask coming out for folk who don’t want to deal with contacts but the mask is LARGE.

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