goggles

[scottp]

What colour and brand of lenses are the best for cloudy days. I have Smith goggles with yellow lenses and they have very poor definition. You can't tell if its a hill or a wall coming up.
Thanks

 

[sicamoose]

I have always used Smith for sledding and snowboarding. Odd you find the yellow lenses not suitable for cloudy days as that is what I would recommend for cloudy days. You may have better luck with clear?

I always ride with my normal polarized lenses then yellow for cloudy and clear for night riding.

I think pretty much any brand of goggles will have the same options as far as lenses. Go to the Smith website:

Products | SmithOptics.com

 

[paulw22]

I use SPY omega 2 with the yellow lense. Most of the time they are fine, but some days nothing seems to work.

 

[08154XP]

I run with a set of smith goggles with red/rose lenses and they seem to work fine in the flat light. They at least provide some definition but yellow or red is probably going to be your best bet for lenses.

 

[summit1974]

you need an amber for the flat light days...i have a pair of yellow smiths and they are usless .the thing is on realy flat days nothing works.

 

[teamgreen]

Ok, so I am looking at a couple of pair of goggles, both have the extra foam above and below to help seal them against the helmet. One is the progrip and they have light sensitive lenses, the other are Smith and have yellow lenses, which lenses do people prefer?

 

[Trax 2 Treadz]

I have a couple of options for low light conditions:

Habervision - has a vermillion lens for high contrast on low light days. These lenses come in both polarized and non-polarized. Haber optics are polarized to exactly 180 degrees. You can also get a gun flash with this lens color or not.

Zeal - has a broad spectrum lens this lens takes you from your orange color base to your grey color base. These lens are also polarized to 180 degrees and come in photochromatic as well. I just recently tried out a set of the polarized photochromatic and they simply flat out rock! The conditions were snowing and very very low light.

Uvex - A couple of cool features with these goggles are their Variotronic model switches from light to dark with just a tap of a button no more waiting for the UV rays to change the color of the lens. They also sell a take off model - the same idea instantly goes from light to dark simply by taking off the magnetized top lens. They also feature a "regulator membrane" on all of their goggles instead of foam in the frame. The idea is that this membrane acts kinda like Gore-Tex or E-vent not allowing humidity/snow into the goggle but still allowing venting to happen to not build up humidity within the goggle.

Hope this helps if you have any questions about these lines please let me know.

Jan

 

[whisper creek log home]

What colour and brand of lenses are the best for cloudy days. I have Smith goggles with yellow lenses and they have very poor definition. You can't tell if its a hill or a wall coming up.
Thanks

i have tryed lots of them for me and my boy we found rose bud to be unreal

 

[ZRrrr]

For flat light it is either Rose or AMP Blue for me. I test both and usually one will be slightly better than the other depending on conditions. I also run the Orange on occasion but seme to stick mostly with Rose or Blue.

 

[mountain_tamer]

I would go with the Smith goggles but get the snow sensor lens for them, I run them all the time except for really bright sunny days I use my 509 Sinister Black Ops for those days.

Wont be dissapointed with the sensor lens they work really good.

 

[trench]

Yellow, orange, rose, blue, tried em all, some days you just can't see. Hold on tight and hope for the best.

Trench

 

[zeebs]

I have scott goggles and run the light sensitive lens and they work great! they turn from clear to yellow to blue and everything in between. very seldom is there a time when you can't tell whats coming but unfortantly like most people have said somedays just weren't meant to be able to see. The thing I like about the light sensitive lens is I have only one set of goggles and one lens I can leave in the morning and ride in overcast, sun, and complete darkness and never have to change goggles or lens! A guy I ride with has a rose lens in his and he b!tches that we can't stay out too late cause he can't see in the dark very well with his goggles. Seems like a raw deal to me!:d

 

[tmo1620]

Ok, so I am looking at a couple of pair of goggles, both have the extra foam above and below to help seal them against the helmet. One is the progrip and they have light sensitive lenses, the other are Smith and have yellow lenses, which lenses do people prefer?

Ive owned my fair share of goggles, smith, spy, dragons, oakleys, scotts etc. Just bought those progrips with the light sensitive lenses and wow! what a difference. Yesterday we rode all day and in the morning it was snowing and by afternoon we had the sun breaking through and those goggles worked well all day. No fog and I could see the bumps and whoops easily in every lighting condition. Also a very comfortable fit and a nice wide angle view out of them. The price is also right, at $70 you get the goggles and an extra lens with a shammy/case for them.

 

[mur190]

509 avitators and sinisters.... either with a yellow or blue tint for cloudy days.

 

[BC Sno-Ghost]

I agree with the guys who mentioned above that some days nothing works in flat light. I'm presently using the 509 polarized smoke lens. Good in the bright but very dull in the flat light. I also have the yellow 509 not polarized and they're better in flat light.

 

[S.W.A.T.]

I use the aqua blue lens in low light. Smoke lense in bright situations.

 

[Jemeda11]

i got oaklys and they have a slight rose or pink tint polarized but when looking through them it looks smoke tint. best ones i ever had in any light conditions even at night. my buddy got the transition lens go from clear to a darker blue he likes them too.