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Check out the all new AVIATOR goggles from 509 - PM me for a free set!

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OK I've been biting my tongue on these new goggles for awhile..................... when do you need a pair of snowmobile goggles while flying a fighter jet? they look cool but their marketing strategy has you all douped! I have a pair of 509 and love them but come on, really?
 

03rmking

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OK I've been biting my tongue on these new goggles for awhile..................... when do you need a pair of snowmobile goggles while flying a fighter jet? they look cool but their marketing strategy has you all douped! I have a pair of 509 and love them but come on, really?

Uh, what?

You don't need a pair of 509's to fly a jet. The marketing strategy makes the connection based on the similarity in "STYLE" to that of a jet fighter pilot...

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03rmking

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Do you have any actual pictures of these in a helmet in real time? Not the photoshop lenses. Need to see a real picture before you make a $125 believer out of me...

-Nolan

Photographing a mirrored lens is a tricky task. The most accurate way to replicate the mirrored effect is by touching them up in photoshop. That being said, they do look even better in person.
 
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can a guy get just the goggles without any strap at all and just get the quick strap pieces instead, i don't see the point in wasting a good strap by cutting it if it's not going to be used anyways. Not trying to make a big deal about it, just a suggestion.
 
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Photographing a mirrored lens is a tricky task. The most accurate way to replicate the mirrored effect is by touching them up in photoshop. That being said, they do look even better in person.

Yea I can see that. But still would be nice to see these on an actual person wearing the helmet. They managed to get a picture of the fighter pilot....?
 
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they look cool, I might buy some when there's more lenses available but the price is still a deterrent. It doesn't seem that long ago a guy could get a set of 509s on special for $50 ;) ;)
 

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Got my 509 swag pak..couple decals and a cool little chrome sticker thrown in too...THANKS Tom.

One thing I did notice is, unlike other goggles, you barely see any of the frame in your field of vision. Except for a little at the bottom your view is unobstructed. The lens also don't seem as "bronze" as the digital ones on the ad.

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Can't wait to test them out on the hill...

Thanks again
-diz
 
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