Best EG2 Lens for coudy/overcast conditions - Snowboarding Forum

Extremo · 03-03-2009, 07:09 PM

I currently have the orange with silver chrome but it is really too dark to ride in low light conditions. So I want to buy a new lens online but I'm not sure which one would be best. The options without chrome mirror are orange, rose, and bronze. What one would be best for creating contrast on cloudy days.

03-03-2009, 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Extremo

I currently have the orange with silver chrome but it is really too dark to ride in low light conditions. So I want to buy a new lens online but I'm not sure which one would be best. The options without chrome mirror are orange, rose, and bronze. What one would be best for creating contrast on cloudy days.

You want yellow. I know you did not mention that choice here but its the lens of choice out here in the PNW IMO... I suppose orange given the choices you offered.

Technine Icon · 03-03-2009, 08:15 PM

Yellow is the way to go. I have also heard that a clear lense with a light blue tint is good.

iKimshi · 03-03-2009, 08:24 PM

yea yellow would be good i borrowed a pair of my friends yellow lenses and they work nicely

03-03-2009, 08:54 PM

Or you can chk Zeal optics photochromatic goggle lens.. changes tint depending upon the amount of light availbale.

Extremo · 03-04-2009, 12:36 PM

Yellow over rose? I've honestly never heard of anyone using a yellow lens. I thought that it was strictly for night riding

markee · 03-04-2009, 03:42 PM

A plain yellow lens is good for heavy overcast/blizzard/night conditions. I have a yellow lens with a blue mirror finish that works well on the lighter overcast days too since it has less VLT than plain yellow. I don't think Electric has such a lens so I voted for rose since it's the perennial cloudy lens. My cloud lens was rose before I picked up these yellow/blue ones.

03-04-2009, 06:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Extremo

Yellow over rose? I've honestly never heard of anyone using a yellow lens. I thought that it was strictly for night riding

Best lens for low light, flat light and no light.. IMO It is the standard out here in the PN west.

only lens for me that really provides contrast while allowing as much light as possible to pass thru the lens to your eyes.. Nothing better out here.

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Extremo -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NH Posts: 3,121	Best EG2 Lens for coudy/overcast conditions I currently have the orange with silver chrome but it is really too dark to ride in low light conditions. So I want to buy a new lens online but I'm not sure which one would be best. The options without chrome mirror are orange, rose, and bronze. What one would be best for creating contrast on cloudy days.

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03-03-2009, 08:15 PM	#3 (permalink)
Technine Icon Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: CT Posts: 1,252	Yellow is the way to go. I have also heard that a clear lense with a light blue tint is good.

03-03-2009, 08:24 PM	#4 (permalink)
iKimshi Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 378	yea yellow would be good i borrowed a pair of my friends yellow lenses and they work nicely

03-03-2009, 08:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
oneplankawanka Guest Posts: n/a	Or you can chk Zeal optics photochromatic goggle lens.. changes tint depending upon the amount of light availbale.

03-04-2009, 12:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
Extremo -LIFETIME MEMBER- Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: NH Posts: 3,121	Yellow over rose? I've honestly never heard of anyone using a yellow lens. I thought that it was strictly for night riding

03-04-2009, 03:42 PM	#7 (permalink)
markee Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 687	A plain yellow lens is good for heavy overcast/blizzard/night conditions. I have a yellow lens with a blue mirror finish that works well on the lighter overcast days too since it has less VLT than plain yellow. I don't think Electric has such a lens so I voted for rose since it's the perennial cloudy lens. My cloud lens was rose before I picked up these yellow/blue ones.