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Polarized Snowboard Goggles
Hello,
I need a new pair of snowboard goggles. Bright days - things are pretty good, however cloudy or flat light situations sort of suck with my $29.99 Smith goggles with the orange tint - but otherwise quite good. Are polarized lens going to help? Suggestions on a good pair of snowboard goggles and/or info on polarized lens? Thanks, Tmuld. |
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Polarized Snowboard Goggles
On Dec 21, 4:29*pm, Tmuld wrote:
Hello, I need a new pair of snowboard goggles. Bright days - things are pretty good, however cloudy or flat light situations sort of suck with my $29.99 Smith goggles with the orange tint - but otherwise quite good. Are polarized lens going to help? Suggestions on a good pair of snowboard goggles and/or info on polarized lens? Thanks, Tmuld. I doubt that polarized lenses are worth the high cost. At Oakley, I think they are around $80-110 more than the equivalent non-polarized lens. I used polarized glasses out on the water on my boat and there they do cut down the glare and make it noticeably easier to see. But that is on bright days. Riding, I don't have a glare problem on bright days. The problem is seeing the contours on grey, flat light, overcast days, etc. For that, the best I've found so far is Oakley High Intensity Yellow, though they are not perfect either. A resort employee that rides a lot and has the same HI yellow, told me he thinks yellow without the HI feature is actually better for these conditions. I like the Oakley A Frame. They are one of the few goggles that fit well over my glasses. And I've found them to be fog free. The best solution is likely going to be 2 pairs. One for low light and one with less transmission for bright days. I had the Oakley Fire Iridium for bright days, mostly because they look cool. But they were damaged, so I'm trying to figure out what to get next myself. |
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Polarized Snowboard Goggles
On Dec 22, 10:09*am, Christopher Cox
wrote: Tough one. How much expendable income do you have....:-) I have found polarized lens do help you see features in gray lighted days and when they are blowing snow. I wear them even during night riding. It makes for dim lighting, but you will not miss a feature. But the Oakley A Frames with polarized lenses are outrageously expensive. You will be spending an additional $170 over your Smith's to purchase them. For that kind of money, you could buy several types of goggles for varying conditions! Yes, I own a pair of A Frame's with polarized lenses, as does my son. They do fit over my glasses rather nicely. But the cost still makes me wonder why I purchased them, I actually feel guilty about the purchase. Chris Which polarized Oakley lens do you have that you say is good for the low/flat light conditions? Have you compared them to the same color lens without the polarization? If they really help significantly, then I would consider getting them. Tmuld wrote: Hello, I need a new pair of snowboard goggles. Bright days - things are pretty good, however cloudy or flat light situations sort of suck with my $29.99 Smith goggles with the orange tint - but otherwise quite good. Are polarized lens going to help? Suggestions on a good pair of snowboard goggles and/or info on polarized lens? Thanks, Tmuld.- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - |
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Polarized Snowboard Goggles
On Dec 24, 12:41*pm, Christopher Cox
wrote: Which polarized Oakley lens do you have that you say is good for the low/flat light conditions? Have you compared them to the same color lens without the polarization? If they really help significantly, then I would consider getting them. Hello trader4, I own the H.I. Amber lens while my son has the VR28's. It would be best for you to test drive a polarized lens to see if they would be worth it to you. You could wear a much less expensive set of polarized sunglasses to experience the effect before making a large investment. Thanks for the suggestion. I don;t know why I never thought of that. I do have a pair of polarized sunglasses so I can easily try it out! My friend just got a pair of the non-polarized HI Amber, so I can try them too. It is my experience the polarized lenses do make a difference in flat lighting conditions. I believe this is because your head is always in motion while boarding. A polarized lens will block/allow different polarizations of light as your head moves. Your brain builds images based on this information with the end result being seeing features that you may have missed in poor lighting conditions. RAMBLING INFORMATION LCD monitors use polarized light. While you rotate a polarized lens in front of a (on)LCD monitor, you will see the monitors display disappear and reappear depending on the rotation of the polarized lens. You will notice this while looking through two colorized lenses as well. This is how I test to see if the lens I am purchasing is really polarized or just some marketing hype. /RAMBLING INFORMATION Hope this helps! Chris |
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