For those who wear glasses ...

[johnphilip]

Spend more on the glasses.
With specs it always seems less costs more.
I have frameless specs with bendy rather than hinged side bars. The specs are so light that the slight side presssure on your head from the springy ear hooks is enough to stop them sliding off however you invert your noddle. They never need pushing back up your nose and I thoroughly recommend them. Still use a "lLarry Greyson string when sailing though (providing I remember)

 

[ChattingLil]

I sometimes resort to my prescription lens swimming goggles...

 

[rob2]

Neoprene retaining straps are quite comfortable in use, but the main thing is to degrease the glasses and your nose before starting so they're not so inclined to slide around!

Rob.

 

[Bru]

Neoprene retaining straps are quite comfortable in use, but the main thing is to degrease the glasses and your nose before starting so they're not so inclined to slide around!

Rob.

What should we use to degrease our noses? Wire wool? Solvents? Petrol? Just wondering ...

 

[Davy_S]

The easiest and most secure way is to superglue the bridge part onto your nose, you can undo a tiny clevis pin to remove the glasses when not in use. Any of you familiar with the way a seagull engine can be detached from the transom will understand. Of course the bridge part takes some getting used to, but no different than a hearing aid sticking out of your ear.

 

[oldsaltoz]

Move the straps to the front and try running the strap under you chin.

 

[Ripster]

Try contact lenses. No, I am not taking the P$$$. They solve all the glasses getting in the way and moving and falling off and allow you to wear protective goggles too.

 

[alahol2]

Try contact lenses. No, I am not taking the P$$$. They solve all the glasses getting in the way and moving and falling off and allow you to wear protective goggles too.

Don't they slide round the back when you are upside down?

 

[oldbilbo]

I rather like this thread...

Now, has anyone yet suggested a pair of little wire 'ooks which fasten to the specs' bridge, then 'ook into your nostrils? An up-market version has the 'ooky ends embedded in soft plastic plugs, which are much more comfortable to wear when shoved firmly into one's blowholes.... or so I'm told.

 

[Hydrozoan]

Thanks again for all the further suggestions. My own preferred solution would be to hand all such tasks to Mrs H, as she is short-sighted and removes her glasses for close work, but that's an option to be used sparingly. Expensively-framed reading glasses for diy would not be a great option as I regularly break, lose or drop them - my excuse being that I came to glasses late in life. And whilst I did say I would be prepared to make a spectacle of myself, Davy's superglued nasal fitting would be a ... er ... bridge too far - not to mention that his Seagull analogy is truly disturbing, given their (alleged) tendency to drip rather freely.

In emergency, the tape down the nose (terminating appropriately) seems fine, but

Move the straps to the front and try running the strap under you chin.

is real lateral (or dare I say inverted) thinking from down under, neatly avoiding more demands upon the nose - and for complete immobility one could use two elastic straps, one normally and one under the chin.

 

[michael_w]

I'm searching for a pince-nez. Won't fall off, case small enough to fit in a trouser pocket and suitably unfashionable for a grumpy old fart.

None of the opticians visited so far know what I'm talking about.

 

[Davy_S]

I knocked these out earlier.

 

[Alpha22]

I've worn glasses all my life and never had a pair fall off..... even playing rugby, though my sports master used to have kittens.
When dinghy sailing, I tie a short length of whipping twine around the back, a marline spike hitch at both ends, just to prevent them getting swiped off with a wayward rope.