 Poster: A snowHead
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Hi,
I am quite new to boarding and just got a new pair of goggles for christmas. I got the Oakley A frames with a VR28 lens. in the description it says 'Medium to bright light. Filters blue light to increase contrast and improve depth perception in a wide variety of conditions.'
I know it will be sunny but on some occasions in the past couple of years it has been pretty cloudy and almost a white out.
Have i got the right lens? Or should i change it?
Thanks
Alex
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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saunders1989, welcome to snowheads.  You don't need any different lens in April than in any other month; I have been out in very bright sunshine the last two days - in January but the visibility will probably deteriorate rapidly when the next depression passes over in a couple of days. The lens you have sounds OK to me - and Oakleys are supposed to be great (I have much cheaper ones!). I think some people faff too much about lenses - in a proper white out nothing will make much difference, frankly. Time to go to a bar.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Hi thanks for your response.
I was just being cautious. I have a pair of Oakley sun glasses with gold lenses for real sunny days. I agree with you a white out should mean time for a bar.
Thanks again.
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Just wear sunnies, you shouldn't need goggles in April.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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April skiing I've had everything from flat light and fog and heavy snow to bluebird powder days. Have got green sol-s lenses in my Smiths for most conditions and a cheap pair of Bolle yellow lens goggles for flat/dull light.
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Hi @davkt thanks for replying. Are my lenses good for most conditions?
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My advice FWIW... If in doubt, go lighter.
I've worn a low light lens in bright conditions and the eyes just adjust - no problem.
On the other hand wearing dark lens on a white out day = nightmare.
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saunders1989, Think they'll do for anytime a pair of yellows aren't needed
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Okay great. Thanks for all your help
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foxtrotzulu, Not so, I've skied in atrocious conditions in April and lived in my goggles - sunnies are hopeless if there is any form of precipitation, i.e. fog/low clouds, snow, sleet, drizzle etc.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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bucking bronco, hmmm, I have some lighter lenses for grim days and found them entirely inadequate against glacier glare in April.
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And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
And love to help out and answer questions and of course, read each other's snow reports.
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under a new name, +1 here. A decent high contrasting tint on a dark lens is almost as effective as a lighter lens in a white out. I've found the opposite is not true. Your eyes may get achy using something that lets too much light through on a sunny day too.
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My new goggles are photocromic - very light, just about clear, on grim days but darken nicely when it's sunny. Not tried them in a proper white out yet - but in the kind of thing people often refer to as a white out (ie when you can see the next piste marker, and possibly even two) they were fine. I don't believe anything enables you to see in a white out.
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You know it makes sense.
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I skied for 5 years with only the persimmon lens, a bit bright in spring sun but bearable with squinting 
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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Megamum, Apologies I phrased my earlier comment slightly ambiguously. I didn't meant don't take goggles, I just meant that there is a good chance you won't need to wear them and can happily ski in sunnies 90% of the time.
I know I've been lucky, but out of the 20-30 weeks I've skied over the years I've only needed Goggles on 5-10 days in total.
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