Goggles or Sun Glasses

Mike from NS wrote: I always want to be on the look out for those critters (leaks) that Pavel says hide in the mogals. :mrgreen: Almost hit a squirrel once. (sorry Hirsty - but I was moving at speed and this guy comes right out in front of me.) :shock: Glad I missed him :!:

Was it one of those black ones?

Thet are my nemisis. One of those little blighters jumped out in front of me when I was in Whistler. If I hadn't managed to jump over him I would have skewered him and we would both have gone sideways down a 15ft drop.

Trencher wrote:I don't know why people use tinted lenses for poor light. Best option is clear lenses. No special tint is going to make you see better. What you might gain in contrast from a tint, you'll more than lose from loss of light transmition.

Trencher

agreed, I always carry both sunnies and goggles with me on the slopes just in case but skiing after a heavy snowstorm in january this year I found that the light was that bad I resorted to nothing, clear lenses would have been the order of the day had I had them.

freezywater wrote:

Trencher wrote:I don't know why people use tinted lenses for poor light. Best option is clear lenses. No special tint is going to make you see better. What you might gain in contrast from a tint, you'll more than lose from loss of light transmition.

Trencher

agreed, I always carry both sunnies and goggles with me on the slopes just in case but skiing after a heavy snowstorm in january this year I found that the light was that bad I resorted to nothing, clear lenses would have been the order of the day had I had them.

If I don't have clear lens goggles, I use work safety glasses (which are normally 100% UV and very cheap)

Trencher

Hirsty wrote:
Was it one of those black ones?

Thet are my nemisis. One of those little blighters jumped out in front of me when I was in Whistler. If I hadn't managed to jump over him I would have skewered him and we would both have gone sideways down a 15ft drop.

No Hirsty, the little guy was a brown one - just like your avatar. We don't seem to have the black ones in Nova Scotia - at least that I've seen. Have seen some in Toronto. A little too large and too friendly as well - and always hungry. :mrgreen:

Mike

Hi,
Both unfortunately-sunglasses most of the time but in windy/ snowy conditions goggles to protect your eyes-they can become very dry and sore if it's been windy.

I would have to go with both. If it is snowing you are going to have problems with the glasses. I don't think that speed is a huge issue for sunglasses. Especially, if you are new to the sport. BUT, fashion sunglasses are not ideal! You want something big and ugly. :) Good sport glasses do a very effective job of redirecting the wind. And, on warm days - goggles can get really uncomfortable. As far as tint: if you are only getting one pair, I would go with a yellow, persimmon, etc. Unless you never do any night skiing. I ski in the Eastern US, and we go 'til ten at night. A little bit of contrast helps then too, but black might be too dark.