Goggles or Sun Glasses

Mike from NS wrote:I like to see as much as possible and require my glasses for distance. I have polarized sunglasses which attach to the glasses with magnets (Easyclip). So for me it is the glasses + sunglasses + goggles (with an orangey tint).

Without goggles clipon shades are a very bad idea, the amount of incident light will do eyes some serious damage with prolonged exposure in alpine environments.

Goggles.

If you want to ski at any speed other then slow, to me they are a must. Skiing fast in sun glasses and my eyes just stream and i cant see a thing!

[Goggles.

If you want to ski at any speed other then slow, to me they are a must. Skiing fast in sun glasses and my eyes just stream and i cant see a thing!
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I agree, although I have to admit, during my first week skiing, I don't think I wore my goggles at all, but once I'd progressed a little, I found that goggles were far better. I've got the same oakley goggles that bandit mentioned, and they're great, and just keep your sunglasses for enjoying the sun whilst sipping a Gluhwein or jaegermeister!!

Who sips Jaeger? :twisted:

ise wrote:

Mike from NS wrote:I like to see as much as possible and require my glasses for distance. I have polarized sunglasses which attach to the glasses with magnets (Easyclip). So for me it is the glasses + sunglasses + goggles (with an orangey tint).

Without goggles clipon shades are a very bad idea, the amount of incident light will do eyes some serious damage with prolonged exposure in alpine environments.

ise,

I wear my glasses with the goggles. On brighter days I use the sunglasses attached to the specs with the goggles as well. The layered effect ! :roll: Can be lots of switching on the chairlift on the course of the day. The only danger here is dropping the magnetically attached shades if struck when lifting the goggles. I dropped the shades one day but they were in tack when I skied down to retrieve them.

:wink:

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

Mike from NS wrote:

I wear my glasses with the goggles. On brighter days I use the sunglasses attached to the specs with the goggles as well. The layered effect ! :roll: Can be lots of switching on the chairlift on the course of the day. The only danger here is dropping the magnetically attached shades if struck when lifting the goggles. I dropped the shades one day but they were in tack when I skied down to retrieve them.

:wink:

I understood that, but this was advice for a newcomer and it's worth mentioning that using clip-on shades is a bad idea, a lot of newcomers do turn up with them so if we can save someone a little discomfort that's a good thing I'd think.

ise wrote:

I understood that, but this was advice for a newcomer and it's worth mentioning that using clip-on shades is a bad idea, a lot of newcomers do turn up with them so if we can save someone a little discomfort that's a good thing I'd think.

Agreed :!: :thumbup: