 Poster: A snowHead
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I know this has been discussed before  I am looking for the ultimate flatt light lensed goggles . . . one that will give the best definition. I have read up about it, and yellow, hi yellow, hi blue (which is yellow) or purple/pink seem to be the best from what I can gather, but some personal opions from sHs eown xperiences with their lenses would be useful, as my skiing really suffers in poor light.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've the Oakley Hi Blue, which is yellow. It confused us punters, so they renamed it Hi Yellow.
I rate it myself, but haven't tried others for a good few years.
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IncogSkiSno, I've tried lots of different colours, yellows, oranges, browns, pinks and clear. None of them stand out as being much better than the others. I now try to focus on keeping centrered on my skis as my tendency is to lean back when the light is flat and that makes control even more difficult.
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IncogSkiSno, Absolutely no doubt in my mind the yellow Alpina ( cant remember the model) are the best. They actually seem to improve vision in 1/2 light but do try them first ( Fenlandskier hated the 'yellowness'). RachelQ has same but different frame.
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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#m guessing it's called Hi Blue beacuse the yellow tint to the lens cuts out the Blue spectrum.
anywaym i use plain old Persimmon in all conditions, haven't worn sunglasses in 4 years now (last time was the original EOSB) and I can honestly say that visibility may havw slowed me somewhat but that was because of the snow falling, not the goggle lenses
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Another vote for Oakley Hi Yellow in VERY LOW light.
Your vision is worth the money.
I have some a-frames for sale with a hi persimmon lense. A beefed up persimmon as it were. They are in buy&sell so research the lense and see what you think. Im not trying to sell you something necessarily but its worth a look.
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The Quattroflex is what we have . Looks Orange here !IncogSkiSno, 's personal Turquoise undoubtedly available !
I think they're cheaper in resort too .. this was just a random 'Google'
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None of them stand out as being much better than the others.
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that's my experience too. In genuinely flat light (the sort where you look down a slope where you KNOW there are big moguls and can't see any at all) nothing seems to help much. Go for a vin chaud (staying centred on your skis, as advised - I suspect a lot of us tend to sit back in those sort of conditions; I certainly do).
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pam w, stay centred in the bar is my advice 
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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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| IncogSkiSno wrote: |
| rob@rar I noticed you were wearing yellow lenses when we were skiing with you in Tignes, so you don't think they were any better than say amber or persimon ? |
I think I've tried Oakley's persimmon as well as Hi Blue and a range of others, as well as lens colours from other brands and for me none of them are that much better. Perhaps I was just looking for a magic solution when none exist. Rather than fretting about the seeing conditions I now try to focus more on my basic technique and that seems to have more of an impact on how comfortable I am in flat light than getting stressed about not seeing things. That, and using The Force 
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You know it makes sense.
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rob@rar, agree with you there: pretty much anything is next to useless in a pea souper. As long as it's relatively high contrast (cuts out blues) they're fine.
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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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| rob@rar wrote: |
| ... That, and using The Force |
But do you have any colour preference when it comes to light sabres?
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Poster: A snowHead
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I prefer a pale pink lens. And I go along with rob@rar about good basic technique being key.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| sloop wrote: |
| rob@rar wrote: |
| ... That, and using The Force |
But do you have any colour preference when it comes to light sabres? |
Must be blue. Anything else makes you look like a gaper (is that the correct use of the term?).
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I was recently told on a ski course, that in flat light, if you keep your uphill pole in contact with the ground, it gives you more perspective.
Seems to work for me.
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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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Agenterre, have to concur about the Quattroflex, best all round visbility I've ever had in both low light and bright light. Only problem is my pair tend to mist up when it gets wet (or I've faceplanted too much) and then I can't see a bally thing. But in terms of visbility when they're not misted, then I've not seen anything to beat them.
Bonhomme de Neige, dunno about perspective, but it means you can tell up from down - reduces disorientation a bit
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JT, 
Bonhomme de Neige, I do that, by instinct more than anything else, pretty much all the time. Flat light or not.
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eng_ch, That's strange .. mine dont mist up at all. Then again I dont spend time in powder and they rarely get removed when I put them on. I have the 'Remtitan' ( or something like that)
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rob@rar, glad it's not just me. For some reason I have it in my head that it's something one shouldn't do
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Agenterre, think I've got the Spice frame... not entirely sure.
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pretty much anything is next to useless in a pea souper.
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pea souper is not the same as flat light. Completely different, but both unpleasant.
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