OTG goggles

[tsonka 0]

I have been looking for some over the glass goggles but have not actually wore any yet that I really like.

I am willing to spend up to $100 or so on goggles but have reservations on spending that much without atleast hearing some good things from an actual user of them, even if it is on a message board.

The most important thing to me is function, style is semi important, but as long as they are not goofey looking or look like a pair of hardware store goggles then im pretty much happy.

Has anyone tried thoes goggles with RX lenses? Id be willing to spend the xtra if they are actually worth it.

I have a relatively light prescription on my glasses so I dont wanna get contacts, but jumping without my glasses does mess with my depth preseption.
I tried a full face helmet but felt too restricted

[DeNReN 0]

Try using the search function...you will find several threads on percription goggles and such.

I presently use a pair of Flex Z's( there great and cheap) but do plan on buying percription goggles this spring.

BTW...filling out your profile goes along way in these fourms

[GravityGirl 0]

If the price is not a put off, then I would suggest goggles with perscription lenses.

Flex-z goggle and some others work, but the stick out a bit far. They can catch air and fly off or up.

What kind of script do you have? What style frames?

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[riggerrob 643]

OTG goggles have always been problematic.
May I make a couple of suggestions?
First of all, try buying prescription glasses with the smallest metal frames. Most small-frame glasses will fit under regular goggles. That is what I wear inside by Bonehead Havoc (full-face) helmet.
Secondly, buy a pair of prescription racketball glasses. Those geeky, clear plastic frames are the only frames that survive loving students jamming my head into the door frame. That is what I usually wear while doing tandems.

[FrogNog 1]

I started out with Kroops over my glasses. It was ugly but it sorta worked.

Then I went to Scott ski goggles over my prescription glasses. I got a pair of Scott goggles that had a lot of space in them for just this purpose. The first downside is they look funny - but better than the kroops. The next downside is they restrict peripheral vision; seeing handles is difficult. The upside is in the Winter they keep yer face pretty warm.

Finally I chose some prescription goggles. I saw lots of goggles with foam ocular mating surfaces but I chose Barz goggles (from Australia, dealt to me by a local dealer) because they use a rubber flap gasket. The upsides are they look nice, I can see everything - vision like a bird in these - and I don't have much durability concern with the adjustable gaskets, although they have loosened enough that I have to be careful not to peel them off right before exit . The downsides are they're expensive like almost all prescription goggles, and inconvenient to alter the strap tension to balance the security needs of different jumps (H+P vs. belly vs. freeflying) vs. comfort and fogging in the plane. (Once the door is open, I've never had a fogging problem - the Barz hydrophobic fog resistance and fog recovery are great once there is any airflow.)

Basically I would say $100 is about half what prescription goggles will cost, but $70 may you OTG non-prescription ski goggles if you go to a ski shop and try out what they have.

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[mjosparky 4]

I have been using Flexvision goggles for years. They are cheap and last a long time.
You can find them here.

https://www.square1.com/Catalog/

Sparky

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