 Poster: A snowHead
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I've used The Eye Shop (based in Chamonix, but with an excellent mail order service) a few times. They have an excellent website covering a range of brands, including lots of info about lens choice.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I can also recommend The Eye Shop
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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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cathy
you might well have met me in BW then, or some of the group. I was with snowskool doing the instructor qualifications. i was the one in the fake spyder jacket (see "is this a hoax" thread  ) It's a brilliant resort, apart from the - ahem - "low cloud"! But the snow is the best i've skiied on & the variation of skiing, with all the open terrain is just great. enjoyed it immensely & skied almost every day - funny how you just don't get fed up with it. trouble is it makes 6-day euro holidays seem hardly worth the effort..
i'm going back to BW again next year for a few weeks. Just hope i don't pick foggy ones!
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i was looking at the Oakley hi-blue which someone recommended. In the pictures i've seen the lenses are yellow.. Que?
Anyway, i don't want to be buying 2 or 3 pairs of expensive goggles so if anyone has tried orange, yellow, pink, (& blue?) lenses in fog/flat light i'd be glad to hear which one you found best (though i suspect there won't be much in it & it will depend somewhat on your eyes too).
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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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I have used The Eye Shop too. Excellent service.
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riverwhy, the hi-blue lenses do appear yellow - it's due to the coatings on the lens surface I believe. They're supposed to be very good for low light.
Personally I've got G30 lenses in a pair of A-Frames - little bit darker so perhaps not quite as good when the murk really descends but they're possibly a tad better in partial sun. I bought them primarily for use in -15 temperatures and lower so all-round versatility was key, rather than absolute low light performance. Brilliant lenses though!
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riverwhy, those are the hi- blue lenses. The blue tinge comes from refraction off the surface of the lens, but they are yellow when you look through them.
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snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
snowHeads are a friendly bunch.
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If you ever get the chance to test a set of Carerra Kimerik goggles with the rose tinted lens, you would definitely buy them over any goggles Oakley put out. I retail both Oakley and Carerra myself, but the ease with which Oakley lenses scratch is disturbing, the optical quality of the Carerras is better in the long run, given also that the Caerrra goggles are Polarised to reduced the effect of flat light, the frame has adjustable vents and a decent amount of volume of air within the frame, they are compatible with almost all helmets and certainly very comfortable.
I have tested both the HI blue Oakley up against the Kimerik on the same day at Whistler in both white out conditions and bright sunny conditions, and the HI blue Oakley's didn't even come close, and they cost more than the Kimeriks.
One of the major causes of goggles fogging is the air behind the lens becomes saturated with water vapour, this is less likely if the frame of the goggle allows more volume of air, also if the volume of air can be exchanged for dryer air quickly enough to prevent fogging, so it is not all just about the lens, the frame is also important to prevent fogging.
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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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thanks for that whitethorn.. hmm.. so if you retail them, how much are they to snowheads??
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| thanks for that whitethorn.. hmm.. so if you retail them, how much are they to snowheads?? |
By the time they got from Australia to you, the price would double, due to the shipping costs.
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You know it makes sense.
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oops.. didn't notice that.. d'oh! i'll look out for them at the ski show then 
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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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I've always found that beer ones work fine 
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Poster: A snowHead
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LARGEZOOKEEPER, large faces, small sharp ones need whisky.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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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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II, No expertise claimed but I have tried Smith, Cebe and my latest pair are Bolle xp with the photocromic lens. I used them in a good variety of light conditions last year and they were excellent. They cost around £40 which made them the cheapest pair I've tried. (and no messing about swapping lenses).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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FAQ
now have a short list to try when I next head over to Inverness.
