prescription glasses - best helmet set up
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You can or can't wear contacts, if so I would wear them if not I have ridden with a guy with the fan in his goggles, it work well. I don't know what brand they were.
There is also the option of prescription goggles. I ran pro view goggles and that was a big step up over wearing glasses under goggles
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Haber Vision sells googles w/the fan. I have several pairs of them.
PM milehighassassin about Haber Vision.
I hate riding with glasses. Fortunately I can see with out except distances, but will have contacts for this season.
PM milehighassassin about Haber Vision.
I hate riding with glasses. Fortunately I can see with out except distances, but will have contacts for this season.
The best setup I have tried has been a klim f4 helmet and 509 aviator goggles. Mostly the helmet though, I always had fogged up glasses with the fly helmet I had before, but it seems the venting on the f4 helped a lot.
I have not yet tried the goggle fan, but i do want to get one. I also have a set of klim goggles to try this year as well, and they will fit over glasses just fine .
I have not yet tried the goggle fan, but i do want to get one. I also have a set of klim goggles to try this year as well, and they will fit over glasses just fine .
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sno_mo_racer
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I do recommend the contacts over glasses and prescription goggles. Less hassle. Not a worry if you find the right type of contacts. For riding aggressive glasses wouldn't work, also tried a pair of prescription goggles but due to the need of different lens colours for different lighting settings found prescription goggles were going to get to expensive. So once I have found the right contacts never used glasses again for riding. Just cannot beat contacts over glasses. But do know some people cannot use contacts so am glad I can use them.
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volcano buster
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Helmet and Smith goggles more me. Nothing fancy, but apparently I don't sweat too much in my helmet, plus I try to leave my goggles on when I stop to keep the water off my glasses. Not always perfect but it works for me.
I wore glasses for over 30 years. My eye sight was over 20/200 with out glasses.
No combination of helmet / goggle will work correctly ALL the time.
I tried the "fan" goggles and they either removed too much moisture or froze the goggles or too little making it too moist.
You are gonna sweat ! If you don't sweat then you will be fine.
I used to use OBA glasses for riding ... gas mask glasses.
Coating the lenses with baby oil to keep them from fogging was normal practice for me. The baby oil gives off little vapor so not to irritate the eyes.
Contacts would dry and pop out becase of Astigmatism.
Since the military now provides laser surgery I thought it was time to get it myself ... by a private physician.
I sprung for laser surgery from www.jsei.org and now have 20/15 vision but gave up my reading vision. So I buy a $1 pair of reading glasses.
No combination of helmet / goggle will work correctly ALL the time.
I tried the "fan" goggles and they either removed too much moisture or froze the goggles or too little making it too moist.
You are gonna sweat ! If you don't sweat then you will be fine.
I used to use OBA glasses for riding ... gas mask glasses.
Coating the lenses with baby oil to keep them from fogging was normal practice for me. The baby oil gives off little vapor so not to irritate the eyes.
Contacts would dry and pop out becase of Astigmatism.
Since the military now provides laser surgery I thought it was time to get it myself ... by a private physician.
I sprung for laser surgery from www.jsei.org and now have 20/15 vision but gave up my reading vision. So I buy a $1 pair of reading glasses.
This comes up a lot. Glasses are just one more lens to fog and they sit really close to the face so your warm face creates the perfect fog making environment. I see that you can get prescription goggles now and because the there is only the one lens and it's farther from your face they should work better but as the other poster said you would need 2 pair. A low light/flat light yellow or rose lens and a darker or photocromatic lens for bright days. Contacts are much better if you can wear them and as the other poster said laser correction is far, far, far and away the best option. Laser eye surgery is one of the best things that ever happened for me. Sweating is what really fogs up your goggles too. Being in shape is the best anti-fog. I have ridden with guys who never take their helmet or goggles off the whole day, even digging out. That's when you know you are in good shape! Also, the under hood goggle bag is your friend. I only carry 2 pairs of goggles(carry different lenses for different conditions, I only buy goggles that you can easily swap out the lenses) and swap them back and forth from the bag under the hood that dries out a set while I am wearing the other.
Want to add I used baby oil on lenses since the early 80's and still carry it around for family use today.
For you to get conditioned get some unscented baby oil ... hypo allergenic and put it around one of your eyes. See if you can handle it and eventually get used to it so you can coat lenses with the oil.
I carry 2 zip lock bags with a glasses lens tissue. One clean and another saturated with baby oil. If it fogs on the next stop whip out the baby oil lens tissue coat the fogged area and then partially wipe off with dry lens tissue.
For you to get conditioned get some unscented baby oil ... hypo allergenic and put it around one of your eyes. See if you can handle it and eventually get used to it so you can coat lenses with the oil.
I carry 2 zip lock bags with a glasses lens tissue. One clean and another saturated with baby oil. If it fogs on the next stop whip out the baby oil lens tissue coat the fogged area and then partially wipe off with dry lens tissue.
