Tint on Goggles (?)

Harvey

Harvey

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My wife asked me what I want for Xmas. I've been wanting prescription goggles for a long time. I can ski fine but I know I'd enjoy my days more if the scenery was more in focus. I found a place that offers them but I never considered that I had a choice on tint.

The yellow always seemed to help see bumps on a flat light day, but these guys have two kinds of yellow.

What do you think about Goggles for an Eastern skier, who likes the trees and bumps?

These are the choices:

http://www.ski-prescription.com/Tints.php
 
I would go with one of the ambers. IMO, amber and yellow work best in flat light conditions and I think those conditions are the most critical. Amber works fine in sunlight as well, however those photos don't seem to do much justice to reality.
 
I think you guys are both much more experienced than I am, but I always wear sunglasses or photogreys, so I'm accustomed to using different tints.
I'd echo Sharon on the preference for one of the ambers (I'd go with the amber shield, personally).
The brown might be interesting. I've had both grey and brown sunglasses, (Ray-Ban, Serengeti and Carrera); they're a good compromise, and fairly color-neutral.

I know it's not your original question, but what about using goggles that fit over your glasses? I'd be petrified of damaging the prescription goggles for what they cost.

Tom
 
pointpeninsula":21fguyfi said:
I think you guys are both much more experienced than I am, but I always wear sunglasses or photogreys, so I'm accustomed to using different tints.
I'd echo Sharon on the preference for one of the ambers (I'd go with the amber shield, personally).
The brown might be interesting. I've had both grey and brown sunglasses, (Ray-Ban, Serengeti and Carrera); they're a good compromise, and fairly color-neutral.

I know it's not your original question, but what about using goggles that fit over your glasses? I'd be petrified of damaging the prescription goggles for what they cost.

Tom
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Tom...funny you should ask. The goggles I have have lasted 10 years. They are starting to fall apart. And anyone who's skied with me knows that I'm know to take a tumble. My glasses are 400 bucks and I can't drive without them. The prescription goggles are $150. I also feel like glasses would be more likely to hurt me if I fell than goggles.

Do you think the perscription goggles are more fragile than regular ones?
 
Harvey44":1is1radk said:
Do you think the perscription goggles are more fragile than regular ones?
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Assuming apples to apples on frame design, etc. -- no.
 
I recommend that you get Rx inserts for Smith Turbo fan goggles. If you go that route, you have a ton of lens options and a goggle that won't fog.

I use their Phenom Turbo goggle (it's the frame that happens to fit properly with my helmet). I use their Sensor Mirror lens most of the time (rose tint) and a vanilla yellow lens when it's socked in. Both lenses let in about 70% of the light. I also have an RC36 for western bluebird days. They make ten different lenses for the goggle from clear for night skiing to super-dark ones that only let in 10% of the light.

Smith makes an "Ocular Docking System" for their fan goggles.
http://www.smithoptics.com/ODS_25_422.html

With a brief web search, I found this site that will put Rx lenses into Smith fan goggles and I'm sure there are many others:
http://www.sporteyes.com/smgturb.htm
 
BTW, I didn't know that you could get Google(s) in a tinted version. I only knew about web, news and image searches.
 
Admin":29txbkq7 said:
BTW, I didn't know that you could get Google(s) in a tinted version. I only knew about web, news and image searches.
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All my web searches are rose-colored. ;)

I just hit eBay to review a seller for an Arc'Teryx shell I bought for 40 cents on the dollar. A quick search for 'Smith Turbo' turned up several pairs of new fan goggles at a substantial discount. You'd still need to get the Smith Ocular Docking System and Rx lenses but eBay would help keep your costs down.
 
Every single time I typed the word Goggles in came out Googles. Funny thing is most people looked right over it. A sign of the times. As fanatic a skier as I am I use the word Google in my life/work 100x more than the word Goggles.

I changed it in the original post.
 
That's funny; I never noticed the Google/Goggle either. It's like Paris in the
the spring, I guess.

Good point about the cost of the eye wear, Harvey. Now you got me all worried about killing my $400 glasses!
I do like the idea of the exchangeable lenses. I did have a pair of rose-colored goggles at one time (that don't fit over my glasses, so I quit wearing them), but I did like the tint for those flat light days.

Tom
 
Drifting my own thread.

Nothing wrong with being positive.

As far as I'm concerned the real season starts when the trees open up.

In early December ANYTHING frozen is a move in that direction.

For the eastern forum:

ICE is the antidote for Dr. Buzzkill.
 
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