Wiley X Foam Insert - New Design?

[bakunin]

Wonderful news!!

2!!!

Thank you Rebecca!!!

[jlg_uk]

That's also my question. I have two of them.

Same here

Thanks for all your efforts with this Rebecca.

[ebel]

How about the Brick, my principal glasses are bricks...F/G

That's also my question. I have two of them.

[farmgirl]

How about the Brick, my principal glasses are bricks...F/G

Good news! Wiley has thankfully done a 180 and they are going to continue providing original "thick" AirRage gaskets after all. I don't know timing or details yet but I'll let you know.

Wonderful news!!

[Rebecca Petris]

Good news! Wiley has thankfully done a 180 and they are going to continue providing original "thick" AirRage gaskets after all. I don't know timing or details yet but I'll let you know.

L8rgator, sounds like the AirRage doesn't fit you very well - those framestyles have to be "just so", what fits one person like a glove has huge gaps on another. Re: retrofitting more foam on it, another adhesive people sometimes use is the kind you can get from drugstores for attaching false eyelashes. No glue is great around the eyes, and those kinds have formaldehyde, but at least it's 'supposed' to be more eye friendly than some glues.

[farmgirl]

Try Scor-Tape called sookwang available at crafting places, particularly scrap booking or card making places. I use it to repair my foam inserts that are falling apart and it works really well. It comes in varying widths but the 1/4" works the best. It is VERY sticky and doesn't loose it's stickiness easily. I cut small pieces and use it to block off the air vents in the Wiley inserts as well. There is an address on the package www.scor-pal.com if you can't find it locally....F/G

[L8rgator]

I purchased a pair of Airrage last week upon everyone's suggestions, and wondered how others got this to seal as on my face it wasn't even close. I ended up taking replacement pads from tranquileyes and cutting them to the right shape. Then I stuck that right on top of the airrage foam. Still not a complete seal, but at least there are no obvious gaps.

I've been trying out the tranquileyes replacement pads on other patches and sunglasses, but unfortunately I can't quite get them to stick well so far. Even double sided tape doesn't hold. I have trouble getting them to even stay stuck to the tranquileyes goggles. Sigh.

[Rebecca Petris]

UGH.

I got everything they had left of AirRage and Brick - which were VERY few - and I've sold them already before they've arrived. They say they would be able to do a run of them for me... if I can order a few hundred at a time, and >2 months lead time (made overseas, etc)... Not having heaps of cash sitting around gathering dust, I won't be able to anytime soon but at least it may still possibly be an option for the future. Or if there's any fairy godmother reading that would like to be part of resurrecting the old eyecups, I'm all ears

[Rebecca Petris]

It's a strange feeling when you know that if you lose or break the glasses that keep you functional you can't get another one.

I don't think we (dry eye sufferers) are a big market for Wile-X (if much, 1% of their sales I would guess). But, seriously, I think we should write something, as a group, to Wile-X, asking them to, at least, return the option for the larger foam in the market.

Wow, I managed to miss this too while I was browsing the thread! Sorry about that. I think it's a GREAT idea. The more voices the better.

Wiley's market is heavy emphasis on military, and male. I'm sure they know that a lot of dry eye folks buy their Climate Control series but they've never shown the kind of interest that 7Eye has in actually developing stuff for folks with dry eye or at least listening to and trying to meet our needs (like maybe coming up with a frame that is not a variation on the theme of black). But maybe if we keep at it, we can make more of a dent.

[bakunin]

I have been using the clear ear wax for swimming on my glasses...as long as they have a thickish frame to stick the wax on...you can mold it to any face structure. I roll it into tootsie rolls and then press it on and squeezed into any desired height to fit my face. Easy fix and replaceable.

Hi Regina,
thanks for sharing that.
I din't know if it is asking too much, but if you can post a picture I wuld very thankfull.

[regina]

I have been using the clear ear wax for swimming on my glasses...as long as they have a thickish frame to stick the wax on...you can mold it to any face structure. I roll it into tootsie rolls and then press it on and squeezed into any desired height to fit my face. Easy fix and replaceable.

[farmgirl]

i'm planning to order some tomorrow, hopefully my supplier still has the old ones. I know that I need to shove them tight against my face often...F/G

Thanks again Rebecca for all that you do! So much appreciated!

[Rebecca Petris]

Hi guys,

Sooo sorry I didn't see this sooner!! Got SAAG's email but hadn't gotten around to it till this morning. Sigh.

Checked with Wiley and they say they made a slight change to the eyecup to make it lower profile BUT longer lasting. Said they've hardly had any negative feedback about the change till I brought up the fit issue for the dry eye folks here. They had a few left... which (assuming they're left in the morning... I got back to the office late after a meeting) I am hoping to snap up and I will hoard them here for people who really need them. If that's you, PM or call me (or if you already have, apologies, I'm behind as usual). If there are more of you out there who have tried the new seals and aren't getting the protection you need, please post here... I want some way to gauge how much impact this is having. I'll keep in dialogue with Wiley about this... if they can do a special order for example of the old ones that we can keep around in the dry eye shop I'll certainly try.