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Snowboard Goggles Best Peripheral Vision

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im another +1 for the fishbowls, ive got them and love them

 
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croseks - 30 August 2012 02:20 AM

Unless your nose is abnormally huge or broken or something you wont have problems with the Von Zippers, on my feenoms around the nose it actually has hardly any pressure and i sometimes wear a face mask and slide it into that little slot between the nose and the bottom of the goggles and have no problems.

As with the top and bottom vision there is no issue, looking straight ahead i can see the ground about 1m in front of me and the sky above me, in fact on the top i cant even see the foam of the goggles at all when looking straight ahead, hardly noticeable on the sides, and on the bottom i can see the foam but its not in the way or anything.

Best way your going to find out mate is just buy the goggles that seem the most appealing to you or go to a few diff stores if you have to (if you haven’t got stores near you, next time you go to the snow go and check out their range, im sure they’ll have a whole bunch) and try them on.

 


Comfort is really not a issue with any of the goggles I’m looking at, the I/OX felt good but it comes down to fitting with a helmet it gets a little tricky causing pinching on the top part of the nose because the goggles sit lower then they should because of the helmet (Giro G10), and the I/O felt good with the helmet but that foam on the bottom was really blocking some vision, I want to upgrade to reduce the amount of foam blocking my vision on the bottom part so I can see more of my landings to be able to spot them easier.

Thank you for the info, I will definitely pick up a pair of the Feenoms, well any preference on which ones between the Fishbowl and the Feenoms I’m hearing good things about both

thanks again

 
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Do the fishbowls come with a extra lense or just one?

 
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I have feenoms and my helmet pushes them down, but find them fitting just as well when they are pushed down my face a bit compared to when higher without a helmet.

Giro also make goggles, which are much more likely to fit with a Giro helmet.

If you have a smaller head, like me, goggles are never gonna fit perfect with a helmet, cos most helmets will sit low on your forehead. so getting that extra vertical vision from a big lense is something you might have to sacrifice when wearing a helmet

 
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K2_SnatchCrewSader - 30 August 2012 04:11 AM

I have feenoms and my helmet pushes them down, but find them fitting just as well when they are pushed down my face a bit compared to when higher without a helmet.

Giro also make goggles, which are much more likely to fit with a Giro helmet.

If you have a smaller head, like me, goggles are never gonna fit perfect with a helmet, cos most helmets will sit low on your forehead. so getting that extra vertical vision from a big lense is something you might have to sacrifice when wearing a helmet

Thanx, I’m prolly gonna wait for the Giro Onsets to roll out and then I’ll order them with the fishbowls and make one other pair of interchangeables and see which work the best with my Giro G10 helmet. But I’m staying away from from the huge ones because the I/Ox were not working with the helmet at all

 
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Any one had a chance to check out the quicksilver Hubble goggles, they supposably offer a 160 degree angle of view and state the frames can’t be seem in field of view hmmm that’s a bold statement anyone one that has a pair or tried them on, any info would be greatly appreciated.

http://www.quiksilver.com/product/index.jsp?productId=12687701&cp=2981771.2981777.2978624

 
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I have them. Havent ridden with them yet.
They defiantely have a good field of view with out the frame obstructing it, but you can definately see it. It will depend on how the goggle sits on your face. The are comfy tho and look good. I look forward to riding with them

 
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Have you checked out anon comrade ??

 
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The Hubbles aren’t interchangeable right? And yeah I saw the Anon but havent checked them out in detail yet, good peripheral vision ??

 
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Dont know mate, havent tried or looked them up. Won them. Didnt come with a second lens, so possibly not

 
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So glad i took the Spy’s, 2 lenses came with those suckers!

 
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They have a sweet rose lens on them tho. Perfect for when its a bit dull for my chrome bronze in my zippers. And they at t rice ones so suk it haha

 
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Lester86 - 03 October 2012 07:39 AM

The Hubbles aren’t interchangeable right? And yeah I saw the Anon but havent checked them out in detail yet, good peripheral vision ??

I just got them from reading reviews they seem to be good. I should be getting them any day.

 
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Yeh the reason i wanted them was for the TRICE association…

prick

 
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