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Ski and Snowboard Goggles

UV Protection

Polycarbonate Impact Resistant Lenses

Frame Material & Style

Polarized Lenses

Lens Color

Goggles

Prescription Lenses

Recommended Styles

 

Most of the eye injuries that occur from skiing or snowboarding happen because of a bad choice in ski goggles, or no goggles at all. If you take a serious fall with improper goggles on, the lens can shatter and the pieces can cut your eye. If you aren't wearing goggles, a low branch can injure your eye. The right kind of lens can also help you see better on the snow. Light reflects of the snow, creating enormous glare. Proper goggles can both protect your eyes, and absorb the glare helping you see better altogether. Ski goggles also control wind coming to your eyes preventing wind burn and excessive blinking.

UV Protection: Ultraviolet light can cause a variety of eye disease as well as premature aging. The higher you go in elevation, the higher the UV concentrations. UV protection is a must. (For more information, see  UV and its Effects on the Eyes). Make sure your ski goggles have 100% UV Protection.

Polycarbonate (PC) or Trivex Lenses: This is the lens that you should wear. Both glass and plastic lenses can shatter upon impact, and lens particles can penetrate the eye. Polycarbonate lenses are the most impact resistance, and will not shatter upon impact. Polycarbonate also is more resistant to fogging than any other lens. Plastic gives adequate protection, but still can shatter. Avoid glass lenses if at all possible. If doing prescription, use CR-39 plastic lenses inside behind the front goggle lens as that front lens has some impact resistance but for the best possible protection, select Polycarbonate or Trivex lenses as well for the prescription insert.

Frame Material & Style: Choose a plastic frame if going for sunglasses instead of ski goggles. Plastic frames fare better in the cold. Metal frames become brittle in the cold and may snap. Also, upon a fall, the nose pads on a metal frame can poke an eye. For frame style, wraps are popular, as they wrap around your eye to keep out wind and snow (important for contact lens wearers). They also help block out incidental light from the sides, helping to cut glare. For ski goggles, choose goggle frames that have good venting to prevent fogging.

Polarized Lenses: Glare manifest itself in what is called polarized light. Glare is most noticeable on high reflective surfaces such as water and snow. Regular sun lenses do not offer adequate absorption of glare. Polarized lenses absorb 98% of the glare reflected off the snow. Note: Polarized lenses absorb so much glare that you may not be able to distinguish patches of ice from regular snow. Polarized and Photochromatic lenses are popular choices. They change with lighting conditions.

Lens Color: When skiing in bright sunlight, you will choose to wear a sun lens. Choose a lens that is brown or amber as this will offer the best contrast against a white background, and is better for lower light conditions (as in when the sun goes behind the clouds). A photochromatic lens may also be useful. Photochromatic lenses change color with changes of light. Thus, they will get darker in bright sunlight, and become lighter in an overcast sky. Vermilion or rose based lenses are good for overcast to flat light. In a low light condition, yellow will help create contrast. Clear lenses are recommended for night skiing as using a tinted lens at night can reduce reaction time.

Goggles: You may choose to wear a sunglass when skiing in sunlight, or wear a goggle while snowing. Use the same lens color guidelines as above. Make sure the goggle is well ventilated. Vents in lenses is preferred. If you wear contact lenses, you need to make sure that your goggle is well ventilated so your contacts do not dry up. Remember to blink a lot, as well, to help keep your contacts moist. For fogging, goggles with a fan inside can help create constant airflow to keep them defogged.

Prescription Lenses: Prescription lenses can fit in most sunglasses, including wrap styles. Yet, if you have a high prescription, stay away from wrapped frames, as the vision will be distorted on the periphery. For goggle wearers, an insert can make up with a prescription to fit behind a goggle lens. Also, goggles that are to fit over your glasses, this is often uncomfortable, and glasses tend to fog easier. Make sure to add a fog coating to the prescription lenses to help with fogging.

 Recommended Styles: For goggles,  Bolle Ski Goggles, Julbo Ski Goggles,  Smith Ski Goggles ,  Hilco Prescription Ski GogglesRudy Project Ski GogglesUvex Ski GogglesSpy Snow Goggles meet all the above requirements and all these brands have some styles are available with a prescription.

For sunglasses Native are all Polycarbonate polarized.

Bolle  also makes some polarized styles and PC lenses.

Rudy Project makes PC lenses and some styles are available polarized.

Julbo   also makes mountaineering sunglasses with side shields for extra protection. All these brands also have prescription lenses available.

 

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