 Poster: A snowHead
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I use a range of OTG goggles, and for a photochromatic goggle the SCOTT icon bronze seems a perfect goggle for this time of year - flat light in the morning punctuated with bright periods or layers. The Amplifier lens is as good as any yellow tint, but darkens nicely when the sun hits.
But I bother about my kids. They ski flat light and out of bounds, and they need the same kind of versatility and protection which I enjoy. But I just can't find any light sensitive goggles for them (age 7 and 9) and boy have I looked, in shops and on line. If I put them in cat1 yellows at the beginning of the day for when the light is flat flat flat, I can't expect them to know when to switch to a cat3 dark tint - and come to that, there aren't many cat3 dark tints out there for kids.
any ideas?
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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valais2, have you tried looking at some of the brands which do adult models specifically for smaller faces? A couple which come to mind are Smith Anthem and Smith I/O S. not sure what the lens options are but I think they do a photochromic. My son is 8, he now uses a Smith Stance, which fits well (not as deep) and came with two lenses, a yellow one and a red sol x mirror, I make a call in the morning and change the lens at lunchtime if needed. To be honest for myself, I use a smith ignitor mirror in all conditions and it works well, I'm not sure I've ever changed it for the other lens which came with the goggles. So maybe a really good all conditions lens might work?
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valais2, Try searching Google for Spy Targa kids goggles. Grown-up quality for smaller faces. My kids use them and I believe they do a range of lenses.
As a search term try: spy targa goggles kids lenses
Be prepared to pay £25-£30 a set.
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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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yes we have a pair of Bolle ones from Costco that fit my 10 and 13 year old, in fact was thinking of trying to find a 2nd pair as one between two doesn't work that well
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slikedges, I had an eyetest last week and I was pleasantly surprised  The hubby had just got reading glasses but my vision was still nice and sharp all round thanks to my laser correction a few years ago.
Megamum, we had some Spy Targa, decent quality, but didn't fit well so flogged them off on ebay for more than I paid in the end (very cheap in TKMaxx).
valais2, the Smith ones I picked up for my son were very cheap in an end of season sale in the US.
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sarah, slikedges, sarah many thanks - this is really helpful - the photochromic red lens on the stance looks like it's exactly what we need.
Slikedges - not quite sure I agree - yes their acuity is up on mine, but they need the high transmission lens for flat light off piste, they need to see every obstacle - hidden rocks and trunks, tree pits, drop offs, etc etc and although all good lens are UV reducing (uv400 rated) they get sore red-eye if they use the yellow and orange lens in the bright easter sun - hence the need for a lower transmission lens. I don't think this is 'cossetting' the kids, it's just giving them the same level of equipment that I expect to have.
kitenski, many thanks, I'll take a look at the Spy range
Thanks for all the helpful pointers...SH at its best....
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valais2, if you find a Smith goggle with an ignitor mirror lens as standard try that first before buying any more lenses, you might be pleasantly surprised, it really is an excellent all conditions lens.
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sarah, many thanks - on your advice and the various on-line reviews, I just bought a pair of smith small-med frames with ignitor lems - will give that a go and see how it pans out - many thanks again
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valais2, fair enough if they're having problems. It's not just acuity though - younger people can discern contrast not perceptible to older people at both higher and lower lux levels.
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| slikedges wrote: |
| valais2, fair enough if they're having problems. It's not just acuity though - younger people can discern contrast not perceptible to older people at both higher and lower lux levels. |
This is really interesting and I didn't know that. Might explain why my son is just not fazed by flat light conditions and skis on near normally whereas I slow down and pick my way and generally don't much like it.
valais2 sounds good, I might try to get an ignitor for the Stance rather than swap the lenses, hope they workout ok for you.
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FWIW I've been using a pair of Scott Black Chrome spherical amplifier lenses. I think they out-perform my Oakleys with their Hi-Vis yellow lens in low light, and I've used them in sunny conditions without too much issue.
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You know it makes sense.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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slikedges, fantastic, I have yet another excuse for why my son skis so much better than me 
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Poster: A snowHead
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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| sarah wrote: |
| valais2, if you find a Smith goggle with an ignitor mirror lens as standard try that first before buying any more lenses, you might be pleasantly surprised, it really is an excellent all conditions lens. |
Think that is down to the user as I can't see a thing in my ignitor mirrors in flat light and in fact don't use them even if it is reasonably bright but with cloud cover.
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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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Resurrecting old thread.
My 6 year old struggled a bit on Saturday with the light (or lack of it) at Cairngorm. He complained he couldn't see properly and he had a few falls that dented his confidence a bit. My Bolle's with photochromic lens were excellent. I had no problems at any time. It made me think that the answer could be a pair with photochromic lenses for my son, however, there simply doesn't appear to be such a thing on the market. He has a fairly large head so one option would be a woman's pair so long as they were not girlie!
Has anyone had any luck finding kids photochromic goggles?
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