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  • No, in any sport that relies heavily on viusual acuity it's akin to doping.

    3 11.11%

  • No for another reason. (please explain)

    12 44.44%

  • Yes, an aid like this would improve my performance and they look cool too.

    10 37.04%

  • Yes for another reason. (please explain)

    1 3.70%

  • Other (please explain)

    2 7.41%
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Thread: Nike MaxSight

  1. 03-14-2006 09:06 AM #1
    gtmac
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    Nike MaxSight

    Would you wear these if they made them for indoor sports?

    http://www.nike.com/nikevision/main.html#section=home
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  2. 03-14-2006 11:37 AM #2
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    It's definately an interesting concept, but I'd want more evidence of an improvement before getting new contacts (and besides, they don't come in even close to my prescription yet.)

    EDIT: My mistake; they do come in my prescription; I mistook the polarity of it.
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  3. 03-14-2006 11:52 AM #3
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    Voted no, I don't wear contacts. Just don't want them.
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  4. 03-14-2006 02:29 PM #4
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    I had actually tried to get a set, but it turns out they don't have a tauric version, just spherical. So my eyes were incompatible. I was very dissapointed.
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  5. 03-15-2006 04:07 PM #5
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    What do you mean by indoor sports? I don't know about the rest of you, but I have little problems with sun glare while indoors...
  6. 03-15-2006 04:33 PM #6
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    What color would you focus it for? Gray for blades? Whitish for uniforms?
  7. 03-15-2006 08:27 PM #7
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    I think its just another con that gets us to buy expensive products from nike. As long as I can see with my regular contacts in, I think I'll be fine.
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  8. 03-16-2006 11:37 AM #8
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    Quote Originally Posted by gtmac
    Would you wear these if they made them for indoor sports?
    No. Simply because they wouldn't be made anywhere even remotely close to my perscription...
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  9. 03-18-2006 09:20 PM #9
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    Quote Originally Posted by Epee Scherma
    I had actually tried to get a set, but it turns out they don't have a tauric version, just spherical. So my eyes were incompatible. I was very dissapointed.
    just close your astigmatism eye

    plus walking around with orange eyes might be weird...
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  10. 03-20-2006 06:47 AM #10
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    i hate contacts. too troublesome. washing sucks. really.
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  11. 03-20-2006 08:29 AM #11
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    Quote Originally Posted by howardroark
    I think its just another con that gets us to buy expensive products from nike. As long as I can see with my regular contacts in, I think I'll be fine.
    It would proberly be cheaper to buy a vision 200 mask and tint the lens the right colour.
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  12. 03-20-2006 09:32 AM #12
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    Quote Originally Posted by EpeeBunney
    It would proberly be cheaper to buy a vision 200 mask and tint the lens the right colour.
    'Might be a bit obstructive when biking though...
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  13. 03-20-2006 05:39 PM #13
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    True, but at lest it would stop all the twig and branches hitting you in the face. Plus you could scare little kids by doing bad Cylon improessions
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  14. 03-20-2006 11:51 PM #14
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    Don't you know? Cylons look like people...
  15. 03-21-2006 12:10 AM #15
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    No for two reasons.

    1. MONEY
    2. contacts suck in sports because I tend to rub my eyes at breaks because they get dry without contacts.....
  16. 05-24-2006 03:59 AM #16
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    They don't seem like they'd do anything beneficial...
  17. 05-25-2006 05:12 AM #17
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    I need to wear glasses to correct my vision, but I don't really like contacts. I've never tried using contacts while fencing though, but I don't think I would like it. As for my glasses, I usually don't wear them while I fence because they don't fit into my mask!

    Looking through the website, Nike's got sport glasses as well. The ones for baseball appear to be the most likely candidate to be able to fit into a fencing mask; if they can fit underneath a baseball helmet, why not a fencing mask?
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  18. 05-26-2006 03:14 AM #18
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    I'd rather fence with uncorrected vision than fence with glasses, something on my nose just completely throws me off I don't know why.

    I don't need to see the blade, I can sense it coming...

    That and I can distance parry....
  19. 05-26-2006 09:52 AM #19
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    I may see about getting the free trial just for kicks. If I do I'll let you all know what it was like.
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