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#58700 - 01/19/06 10:35 PM Re: Goggles
benjammin Offline
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Registered: 02/06/04
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Loc: Anchorage AK
These worked pretty darned good during Iraqi dust storms (think talcum powder in a 5 mph breeze).

https://www.wileyx.com/EcommSuite/ProductListing.aspx?ActivityCode=TACTICAL&SeriesCode=175

I have a pair of the XL-1 glasses config, and they are far superior to anything else I've ever seen. In fact, these are my edc sunglasses now.
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#58701 - 01/20/06 01:33 AM Re: Goggles
Susan Offline
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Registered: 01/21/04
Posts: 5163
Loc: W. WA
I just carry a pair of rigid plastic safety lenses with a soft flexible surround, with the vent holes covered with clear packaging tape. I found them at the local Dollar Store, they fit fine over glasses, are quite comfortable, and I am sitting here wearing them now, and they still haven't fogged up yet.

Living here in the volcano capital of the U.S., blowing ash could be a real possibility, and they would also be useful for smoke or debris dust. They will even flex enough for my dog to wear <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" /> and might do okay for kids, too.

Why spend a fortune on cool tactical sunglasses for a kit that may never be used?

Sue

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#58702 - 01/20/06 02:06 AM Re: Goggles
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Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
I have a pair of Wiley-X SG-1s and for the most part I think they're awesome.

I think the only thing I don't like is that while wearing them with the earpieces on, as I tend to on an EDC basis so I don't look like a complete kook, my peripheral vision is greatly reduced. However, I keep the goggle straps in my pocket and when I switch out the earpieces for them, they're just about perfect.

The seal isn't seamless in either mode because the foam around the lenses are vented, but for me this works perfectly. I can steam up a pair of goggles in seconds, even fog resistant double lens models that have been hosed down with antifog spray.


Edited by Nicodemus (01/20/06 02:16 AM)
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#58703 - 01/20/06 04:44 AM Re: Goggles Mil Tec
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Try the goggles similar to those used by our troops in dusty Iraq. Blackhawk products

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#58704 - 01/20/06 01:59 PM Re: Goggles Mil Tec
benjammin Offline
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Registered: 02/06/04
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I gotta say I saw SG-1s on most of the troops I came across. I dunno if they were issue or not, but that's what most of the rat patrol wore.

Something I learnt from female japanese oyster divers, wet tobacco rubbed on the lens is an antifog application.
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#58705 - 01/20/06 05:03 PM Re: Goggles Mil Tec
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Registered: 10/30/05
Posts: 1341
Loc: Virginia, US
I tried wet tobacco, spit, bubble formula, fog-tech (I think it's called) and a few other options on my Paintaball Goggles. Perhaps I have extra sweat glands in my eyelids or I am such a sensitive guy that when I shoot someone out that I have to have a good cry. LOL

Luckily some of the goggles that came out in the last 5years are domed and newer models even have sweat wicking foam... There's that and the huge fan I have constantly sucking air through the goggles. LOL
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