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Permalink Reply by Yaniv on December 28, 2010 at 8:44am

i bought a pair of these http://www.rei.com/product/744424 at the beginning of the season and love them. I needed something that would fit over my glasses (contacts freak me out). They keep out the wind, cold, and snow/rain exceptionally well. They don't fog up and the tinting is and added bonus on bright winter mornings. I haven't had any problems with the tinting at night in city thanks to all the street lights, using them on unlit streets might be a different story. Periphery vision is impacted, but it's worth it to me if i can bike without crying. These have changed my winter biking immensely. I can now bike without my glasses fogging up and the cold doesn't hurt my eyes anymore.

Permalink Reply by Jenny on December 31, 2010 at 7:14am

I found these at Rapid Transit Cycleshop:  http://aebike.com/page.cfm?action=details&PageID=30&SKU=EW2700

 

The fold up into the pouch and don't look nearly as dorky as they seem.

 

They're great...until you start breathing (this is with a balaclava on).  They fog up and don't de-fog quickly at all.  Think I'll stick to sunglasses during the day and nothing at night.

Permalink Reply by Jenny on December 31, 2010 at 2:33pm

But...they did work fantastically well in today's downpour!

Jenny T said:

I found these at Rapid Transit Cycleshop:  http://aebike.com/page.cfm?action=details&PageID=30&SKU=EW2700

 

The fold up into the pouch and don't look nearly as dorky as they seem.

 

They're great...until you start breathing (this is with a balaclava on).  They fog up and don't de-fog quickly at all.  Think I'll stick to sunglasses during the day and nothing at night.

Permalink Reply by Nick Butterfield on January 2, 2012 at 7:16am

rapid transit has essentially these

for $35. they don't fog up too badly until you really start working up a sweat, and then only when there isn't much wind and they more or less fit over my glasses. not a perfect solution, but i'm not sure a perfect solution was ever in the offing.

Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on February 14, 2015 at 8:46am

I suspected you were right.

SO...looks like the night lens ski goggles are the only real solution. If you can't turn your head well I guess the only solution is warmer weather.

igz said:

told ya so.

Eduardo Acosta said:

Same here. I just got my Kroop's and tested them out this morning. There's enough pre-drilled holes to get a rush of cold air to your eyeballs and start watering your eyes thus fogging up the goggles. After limited used, the plastic lens gets soiled very easily from moisture and facial oil that they have to be wiped after every use to obtain the crystal clear vision.

 

Bummer, I really wanted these to work perfectly. I'll have to try racquetball goggles next.
H3N3 said:

Oops- wrong info above. I took a closer look and it seems they substituted a cycling model for a skydiving model intentionally or unintentionally. The skydiving model has no vent holes at all.

Today I found the fogging to be a real problem on teh ride to work, and on the way home the cold breeze was just right to send a constant jet of cold air at my eyeball via the little holes (I noticed this once or twice the other night). So I'm going to downgrade my rec of the cycling goggle for winter use.

I'll try the undrilled ($9.95) model next to see how it does.

Permalink Reply by Irvin Steinert on February 14, 2015 at 9:13am

Maybe we could challenge an equipment manufacturer like Bern to make something like a ski goggle that wraps around and gives the same fog free operation but also nice peripheral vision. 

Permalink Reply by Glenn Bradford on December 1, 2016 at 7:02am

Hi Everyone!

I still have not solved the winter glasses thing. Most of the time, my regular bike glasses with clear lenses are fine. Get down to zero or below, and they all suck. My snowboarding goggles fogged up too. Part of it is to not get so geared up that I overheat, but I am still in search of a good solution for really cold weather. Anyone tried these - they look promising: https://www.kroopsgoggles.com/products/oregon-cycling-goggle

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