PRODUCT USE REVIEW
The day I spent riding was a CLASSIC Island Park overcast day.
Low clouds, snowing, gentle breeze all day long.
Absolutely FLAT light that varied from bright to dim to dark over the course of the day. Should have been IDEAL testing conditions, and very normal winter riding for me.
I was comparing these goggles to my
KLIM Radius Goggles with Rose Lens.
This is the normal goggle I ride with in these conditions.
So right off the bat please know that I have a strong preference for
ROSE colored lenses in FLAT light conditions. I thought this would be a good head to head comparison.
2 of my riding companions were wearing YELLOW lenses, and one was wearing a CLEAR lens.
Putting the googles on in the parking lot for the first time I did not see anything remarkably different between the Oakley and the KLIM. For the most part the view "appeared" to be pretty darn similar.
First thing I did notice about these goggles is that they flow MORE air.
I would guess that they are a Alpine Skiing design with a lower density foam that allows more air to pass through them. My first thought was that my face was "
Cold" in areas I was not used to. As the day wore on and the riding became increasingly physical this ceased to be an issue. In fact getting MORE AIR into the goggle was a good thing as body temperature went up and sweating increased.
An odd thing I noticed was that I could FOG the OUTSIDE of the goggles.
Don't think I have ever encountered this before, and I am NOT sure of why this was happening. At first I thought I was fogging the inside of the goggles with each breath. The fog would appear and then vanish with each exhalation. But when I touched the goggle to adjust it I realized that the fogging was on the outside of the lens! It could be the Size, the Shape, the location in my helmet, that allowed some of my breath to pass over the outside lower corner of the goggle and condense. It was never an issue or a problem, but it was "odd".
After riding a couple of miles from the parking lot we stopped and I asked each of the members of the group to switch between the OAKLEY and the KLIM while looking out over a large field and comment on any differences they saw in terrain resolution.
Again, I could see no substantial difference between the goggles.
The two riders wearing Yellow Lenses saw a major change just going from yellow to pink, but not from one pink to the other. Similar comments from the rider wearing glasses with a clear Over the Glasses goggle on.
We rode up the mountain into the clouds and fog and snow.
The goggles continued to be cold and I could always feel more air flowing across my face when riding at speed. When playing in the trees it was a NON-ISSUE, only noticed it at speed.
Rode and played on trail, meadows, trees, creek bottoms, ect. Lots of varied terrain and transitions from bright to dim lighting conditions, but more or less always under overcast skies.
