So I love my Oakley Flightdeck XM prizms.. the contrast is amazing and I feel like I lose vision clarity when I look through other lenses.. even my MTB glasses are prizm.
But holy shit on a stick, those flight decks are terrible at keeping moisture out of the space between the lenses. I've now "ruined" three different $95 lenses because I wore them on days the snow was coming down.
"It's because you're storing them wet!"
No im not. Screw you.
"It's because you're keeping them too close to a heat source!"
Nope! Go shove a pineapple up your ass.
"Stop wearing them on your forehead!"
I don't. And even if I did, that would just cause the interior lens to fog, not the space between them.
"Don't ever try to clean the inner lens!"
I don't. And see my previous response.
So I'm 99.9% sure it's the seal between the lenses that's breaking down and letting the moisture in. Why do I think that? Because 1. It's really the only possible explanation, and 2. the Oakley flight decks don't even try to cover that seal up. That whole "minimalist" approach to the goggle looks cool, but I'd really like some plastic between the seal and the rain/snow that is coming down onto the goggle.
See attached pic for an example of how the goggle doesn't even try to keep snow away from the seal. (In case it isn't super clear, the snow you see on the lens is actually behind it - wedged between the lens and the plastic frame insert... so when it melts it'll go straight to the seal between the lenses)
Anyway, I've given up on Oakley. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, f&$@ my bank account.
What do you guys recommend for days when it's raining or snowing hard and there's no way to keep snow / water / ice away from your goggles?
For context, I'm going to whistler in a week and it'll be snowing the whole time I'm there... really don't want to fog up for that trip.
But holy shit on a stick, those flight decks are terrible at keeping moisture out of the space between the lenses. I've now "ruined" three different $95 lenses because I wore them on days the snow was coming down.
"It's because you're storing them wet!"
No im not. Screw you.
"It's because you're keeping them too close to a heat source!"
Nope! Go shove a pineapple up your ass.
"Stop wearing them on your forehead!"
I don't. And even if I did, that would just cause the interior lens to fog, not the space between them.
"Don't ever try to clean the inner lens!"
I don't. And see my previous response.
So I'm 99.9% sure it's the seal between the lenses that's breaking down and letting the moisture in. Why do I think that? Because 1. It's really the only possible explanation, and 2. the Oakley flight decks don't even try to cover that seal up. That whole "minimalist" approach to the goggle looks cool, but I'd really like some plastic between the seal and the rain/snow that is coming down onto the goggle.
See attached pic for an example of how the goggle doesn't even try to keep snow away from the seal. (In case it isn't super clear, the snow you see on the lens is actually behind it - wedged between the lens and the plastic frame insert... so when it melts it'll go straight to the seal between the lenses)
Anyway, I've given up on Oakley. Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, f&$@ my bank account.
What do you guys recommend for days when it's raining or snowing hard and there's no way to keep snow / water / ice away from your goggles?
For context, I'm going to whistler in a week and it'll be snowing the whole time I'm there... really don't want to fog up for that trip.