OTG goggles

[yamtx73 0]

Ok, here's my problem... finding a pair of goggles that fit comfortably over my glasses.

Any recommendations?

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[bob.dino 1]

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[masterrig 1]

There are several types, out there. Check the various dealer's web-sites or Para-Gear, Parachute Equipment, etc. There is one type, that is totally clear and has a rolled edge... comfy. They will really take a beating and are hard to scratch-up. Contact Gravitygirl here on dizzy.com. They really aren't hard to find.


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[beowulf 1]

As far as I am concerned there are no comfortable goggles that fit over glasses. I have perscription goggles. They are not that expensive. Check out www.sportrx.com

[riggerrob 643]

OTG goggles are available from all the major dealers of skydiving equipment: Square One, Para-Gear, Aero Store, etc.
I have tried all the different brands of OTG goggles, but never found any that were truly comfortable and consistently stayed on my face.

The first step is attaching a sports strap to your regular glasses. Back in the days before Geckos and Crookies, etc. I made hundreds of jumps with a few rubber bands tying the ear pieces of my regular goggles together.
Sorry, but you are going to have to spend some serious dollars at your local optometrist.

The second step requires buying regular glasses with small lenses and frames - frames small enough to fit under regular skydiving goggles. With a little wiggling, you should be able to find a pair - with wire frames - that fit gracefully under a pair of regular skydiving goggles. Don't be shy. Take a pair of skydiving goggles to the optometrist's office when you try on various frames. Hint: the goggles with fat rubber tubing arond the edges are the easiest to fit over goggles.

The third step requires investing in a set of impact resistant sports glasses made for racketball or basketball. The main reason that I have worn dorky basketball glasses - for my last couple thousand skydives - is that my loving students have a bad habit of slamming my head into the door frame.

Similarly there are several models of industrial safety glasses that provide similar protaction, but a bit more fashion. Just be sure that they have a strap that wraps all the way around the back of your head.

The fourth step involves finding a full-face helmet that fits over your regular spectacles. I had to get a Bonehead HAVOK because it was the only full-face that would fit over my glasses and huge jaw, but now several other manufacturers make similar helmets with tilt-up visors.

The fifth step involves poking yourself in the eye every morning that you wear contact lenses.

The sixth step involves laying under a laser beam that reshapes your corneas.

[GravityGirl 0]

Our most popular selling OTG Goggles are the Flex-Zs. Sorry they are not listed on our web site.

Otherwise, you may want to consider getting some perscription goggles at some point. They will be lower profile. The Wiley-X work well for that.

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[ltdiver 3]

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Check out www.sportrx.com

A word of caution here. I ordered their model G101 and although it has served me well the past 4 years (two different set of goggles...changed the first pair after 2 years), the foam on the inside of the frame tends to come unstuck quite easily. I used rubber cement to reattach the foam and this lasted for about a day....then the foam came off again.

I e-mailed back and forth with sportrx's customer service about this. They knew about the problem and suggested that I go with a different model....their Wiley X SG-1.

Although the picture only shows the goggle having plastic ear pieces, they said it also comes with elastic as well. Next time I order I'm getting these. The harder foam, they said, does not peel off like the G101's does.

Hope this helps.

(looks like they updated their web picture for the SG-1's. It now has a picture which includes the elastic band with the product)

ltdiver

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[Falko 0]

OK if you go with the prescription goggles, also have a look at the XKross1 Snowsurf.

That is, if you get to visit Germany/Austria/Switzerland soon.
I looked and tried (not in freefall though) the XKross1 at a Pink Boogie recently, has interchangeable polycarbonate visors and prescription inserts. It's very well foam sealed and comes with both rubber band / earpiece.

I will buy one soon, just didn't find the time yet to visit the optometrist in my area who has them in stock. I'll come back and post a review.

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[ZigZagMarquis 9]

I've always used the Flex-Z goggles that Gravity-G suggests. I've never gotten around to investing in a perscription pair of goggles, but that seems like a good idea too if your perscription isn't really strong.

[yamtx73 0]

Thanks everyone for your input... I've seen several that appear comfortable but I wasn't sure... Looks like it's going to be the flexz's

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[Andy9o8 2]

I have always found goggles over glasses to be uncomfortable, and I don't like jumping with contacts in. I recommend some kind of prescription sports glasses. They're really not very expensive. I agree that SprtX is one good brand. Myself, I wanted to try something on for the feel, before I bought, so I went to my regular optometrist & tried on a couple pairs of their prescription sports glasses (used for basketball & raquetball). I wound up buying those & I like them a lot. But I do a lot of belly-flying, where the airstream usually hits the lenses straight-on. Foam inserts like they have on SprtX & similar brands is good extra wind protection for freeflying.