Sport glasses?

evanball

evanball

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So I’ve had problems with fogging on every single goggle I’ve ever tried (lineminer, spy ace, smith squad XL). Basically as soon as I start to get a bit heated up, the lense starts to fill in with fog from the top down. Happens every single time, and no anti-fog coating or other remedys seem to help. I’ve come to the conclusion that I just have a abnormally sweaty brow line. Usually I just go no gogs, but I was wondering if a set of “sport glasses” like the Smith Ruckus would be an effective goggle replacement for deep snow or days where it’s very sunny. I don’t see why not snd they probably wouldn’t fog up because of the extra airflow. Anyone have experience with them?
 
I don't have a very sweaty face, my goggles rarely fog unless I do something stupid, but I do ski in sunglasses a lot. In my experience, the more "racy" Smith glasses, including the Ruckus, are more likely to fog than something like Wildcats. The Ruckus sits pretty close to your eyes, and the lens wraps into your face pretty aggressively, so there's not that much airflow, and any condensation coming off your face fogs them pretty quickly. A wider, less fitted shape like the Wildcat, or any number of cheap knockoffs does a decent job of keeping snow out of your face, and is less likely to fog. In my experience, even a casual, Ray Ban style of sunglasses does better at not fogging that cycling specific glasses.
 
I have some Vuarnet sunglasses and I love them but sometimes sun comes in from the sides. I would suggest maybe some glacier style glasses from Vuarnet or Julbo. Maybe even some Ombraz? Just my 2 cents.

There are also goggles with fans. Even Oakley has some for Line Miners
 
I'm just glad I'm not the only one. Goggles drive me crazy. Unless it's a really cold/snowy day I always ride in sunglasses, but just regular ones.
 
topic:evanball said:
So I’ve had problems with fogging on every single goggle I’ve ever tried (lineminer, spy ace, smith squad XL). Basically as soon as I start to get a bit heated up, the lense starts to fill in with fog from the top down. Happens every single time, and no anti-fog coating or other remedys seem to help. I’ve come to the conclusion that I just have a abnormally sweaty brow line. Usually I just go no gogs, but I was wondering if a set of “sport glasses” like the Smith Ruckus would be an effective goggle replacement for deep snow or days where it’s very sunny. I don’t see why not snd they probably wouldn’t fog up because of the extra airflow. Anyone have experience with them?
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clear pit vipers/low lights lenses work wonders. i use them 90% of the time over goggles
 
Op I Cant not recommend the smith wildcat. Been using them for a little bit and they haven’t fogged once and ive had trouble with fogging in the past. Sometimes when I’m bored on the lift I’ll blow hot air up into the lense just to watch it unfog
 
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