 Poster: A snowHead
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There are loads to choose from but can I get away with buying just one pair for my first trip. I have seen some Trespass goggles with a blue tint in tkmaxx reduced from £45 to £15. Seems a sensible price.
Should I get any particular colour lens?
Will one pair do?
Do you wear sunnies beneath your goggles and if so does this affect your choice?
Any goggle advice is appreciated.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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there are loads of goggles threads. People will tell you that you will probably die without Oakley goggles but, having skied for 20 years - and for all the last seven seasons - I've never yet had a pair of goggles costing more than about £35 and they last AGES. No, you don't wear sunnies underneath - though I suppose you could if the tint you had didn't cut out enough sunlight. some people who have to wear specs for vision correction have "Over The Glasses" goggles, but they're not too satisfactory. There are other alternatives for folk (like me) who need glasses - I have special inserts that I plug in to the goggles. The main reason you need goggles is if it's very windy, or cold, or snowing, or foggy (some goggles help a bit with definition on the snow etc etc.). In those conditions they do add a lot to comfort - I generally wear goggles all the time as I wear a helmet and you will discover if you cruise around Snowheads a bit that there are people who reckon that the combination of sunnies and helmet is just the naffest thing in the whole world. Actually, in anything but super warm weather, I find that my eyes water at any kind of speed and goggles stop that completely.
There are essays to be written on this subject. I'd say the most useful goggle lens is probably one of the orangey/brown style, which help improve definition in poor light. If you only have one pair (which should be fine, though you can get fancy expensive ones with interchangeable lenses) blue is probably not the most useful colour.
I see from your other thread that this will be your first holiday - and possibly the last for a bit because of your family plans (though you may be kidding yourself there - skiing can be more than a bit addictive and there are ways of doing it with small children). So don't get too bogged down in worries about equipment and remember that there are shops in the resort if you find you are short of something vital.
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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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What do you want the for - bad weather, wearing all the time, carrying about in your pocket? I have blue iriduim lenses (I think), wear goggles all the time, and find them fine. Pink lenses are good for flat light conditions, but not so much for sunshine. If you wear a helmet, you need to try your goggles with it before you buy - they don't all fit well with helmets.
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Bolle Sharksfin googles of ebay, cheap chearful nd reliable and look allright if you are a poseur 
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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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Mike-H, Either sunnies OR goggles, depending on conditions.
You really need goggles if it is snowing, and if you get a pair that are suitable for the light conditions in snow, they will also be suitable for "flat light" conditions genarally, but probably won't be very good in bright sunshine.
I doubt a blue tinted lens will be good for that though. Yellow or pink are generally better for flat light.
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Mike-H, throughout my entire ski 'career' I didn't own a pair of goggles until March 2006. I really don't like them but when faced with adverse conditions in Passo Tonale I bought the cheapest smallest pair I could find. Cost €22 and do the trick just fine. They are orange tinted suitable for snow and flat light. However, I'd always rather wear sunnies, so much more comfortable than having a nasty elastic thing round my head.
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Mike-H, what Lizzard says. Helmet compatability is crucial.
You will need goggles if it is really cold, really windy or really snowing. And if you are wearing a lid and don't want to look sad 
(and yes I do wear sunnies with a lid sometimes)
If I had to have one colour only I'd go pink or yellow. Flat light (bad weather and the end of the day) is the most critical time.
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Sounds like the blue ones I saw may not be ideal. I think I will take goggles in case i need them. Not bothered about anything flash - cheap and cheerful will do as long as they have protection in them.
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Blue is for cloud/fog apparently, other lenses it's about the light transmission as much or more than the colour e.g. you can get pink for low light and for super sunny conditions same with orange. If you were sunglasses normally then you'll only want low light goggles otherwise it's a choice between compromise i.e. an all round pair, two pairs or interchangeable lenses.
Generally cheaper goggles are only for use in poor light although you may be lucky and get an ok do it all pair for £20.
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Yup, thats what i wear. Paid the same and had em for three seasons now. Find em comfortable and the lenses seam to give better definition to the piste so i can see the tricky bits.
I have bolle sunglasses as well.
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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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Yup, thats what i wear. Paid the same and had em for three seasons now. Find em comfortable and the lenses seam to give better definition to the piste so i can see the tricky bits.
I have bolle sunglasses as well.
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