goggle tint?

[HiWaYman92]

You will probably hear 100 different theories and opinions here. I think you might just have to buy a couple lenses. I prefer orange as a multipurpose lens, I can wear it almost all the time. I have blue which is nice for sunny days, I have pink, which gives me a headache and is too dark, I have yellow which is pretty decent but not as versatile as orange, and I have clear. Honestly, clear is just about as good as it gets on those "cant tell if I'm going uphill or downhill" days.

 

[HawkShot99]

I have found that the best lense for me overall is the Smith Sensor mirror. It is yellow based with a mirror flash to it. Looking in at them they look kinda purple.

Works great at night, afternoons when the light gets flat, and most days. On the East coast we dont get alot of bluebird days, so a dark mirror is useless for the most part. I do have some mirrors for when it is bright, but I always take the Sensor mirror as a backup.

When it is snowing heavy, I use a Smith Prodigy Turbo with the Sensor mirror. The built in fan keeps the goggles totally clear when I start working and sweating. I dont wear them all the time, as the fan is annoying to listen to.

 

[wildcard28]

Hello again , I have found that for good visual days and bright sunny good light days orange worked the best for me but foggy, overcast later in the after noon I had to go back to clear.

509 Sinisters, non polarized lenzes.

Wildcard

 

[ndmeathead]

yellow has my vote, on a work day basis required to where safety glasses i prefer amber on an indoor outdoor high light little light. after reading this post an orange lense will be tried on my fist ride of the season, hopefully next weekend!!!

 

[summ8rmk]

scott 89xi yellow and rose. they are both great for all conditions day and night, the yellow is a little better at night. i dont like the 509 sinister goggles at all jmho. orange/amber is too dark for me and blue sucks when its flat light, after watching my brother run into alot of giant snowballs half the day in real flat light i stopped and switched goggles with him(his blue and mine yellow) and i couldnt believe the difference, with the blue the giant snowballs were invisible. lol i gave him a spare pair of rose goggles to ride the rest of the day and he stopped running into stuff.

 

[milehighassassin]

On a day that is cloudy, the polarized yellow lens seem have an advantage. My polarized yellow lens seem to make it harder to see on a snowy/foggy day than just a plain yellow lens, so i carry 3 pairs with me. Plain yellow for snowy/foggy days, polarized yellow for those cloudy days, and polarized blue tint for the sunny days.

Polarization doesn't help in low light. It also does not hurt.

Polarization removes indirect light from entering your eyes or "glare". On days where there is not much light out you won't have glare. When the sun is out and you get that feedback from the snow, polarization really helps.

Hope that helps clarify Polarization a little.

Edit... I was beat to the post already but yes.. polarization on flat days doesn't help.

 

[sledheadd]

In flat light conditions I prefer orange the best.

 

[mt st helens]

When did vermillion become a color? I don't know if I could say the word in front of my riding buddies.

 

[EagleRiverDee]

FYI- I ride with 509 Sinister goggles, and was pleased to see that they added a polarized yellow lens which I thought would be the cat's meow for low light/flat light days. I ordered a new set of goggles for spares, and a polarized yellow lens with them, a few weeks ago. As soon as they arrived, I knew the polarized yellow wasn't going to work the way I'd hoped. The lens is DARK yellow. It blocks way too much light. Just a heads up. It'd probably be good for bright days, but for heavy overcast snowing flat light conditions, they're hard to see out of. The stock lenses that come with 509 (yellow mirrored, I think ) are much lighter and allow more light transmission. I don't know if polarizing just makes the lens darker and is unavoidable or if 509 picked an unfortunate choice of tint but it really needs to be lighter to be of any use in flat light conditions. I already had the polarized brown which are my favorite for bright light conditions, and the yellow lens is nearly as dark as the brown.