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  1. #1
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    Goggle Lenses for a snowy flatlight winter

    What google lenses do people seem to think are the best when it doesn't stop snowing and you can't see anything?

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    Hahahahaha. Nice beer goggles, 'Chup.

    I uses yellow lenses, which are similar to beer goggles. They seems to improve what little shadow exists in flat and low light. I keep them on for apre ski in case some torn up bobcats catch my scent.

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    Besides the very effective one above, someone here a while back raved about the Bolle Modulator Vermillion. I got some and they're money even in the PNW perpetual greyness.

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    Sorry 'bout the giant pic.

    I like Smith sensor mirror for flat light.

    Not as good, but a lot cheap (like $15 for the goggle), Scott amplifier rose-tint lens works.

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    I like rose lenses for flat to semi bright. The old Suncloud sunglasses are great for any condition.

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    Personally I like the TECH TALK JONG! (someone had to)

    Oakley HI Yellow or HI Persimmon are $$$. Look for a lens rated for high light transmission and increased contrast.
    "Those 1%ers are not an avaricious "them" but in reality the most entrepreneurial of "us". If we had more of them and fewer grandstanding politicians, we would all be better off."
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    Scott Lite Amp es lo mejor.
    "I knew in an instant that the three dollars I had spent on wine would not go to waste."

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    oakley high yellow or high persimmon
    i use the high persimmon and it's great in flat light and holds its own in the sun too, surprisingly good all around lens
    but high yellow for snow and no visibility
    pricy though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Arty50 View Post
    Scott Lite Amp es lo mejor.
    I've had great luck with this lens in all kinds of crappy light conditions. Only maybe 6 days in the last 3 years have I wished I had a darker lens. I'd rather squint a touch when it's full bore sun than ski off cliffs accidentally in the flat light. I also live in the east and like skiing in storms a lot.

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    hi or regular persimmon lens

    also do a search
    this has been covered in a few different threads

    last i checked, marshal and a few others were reccomending some sort of Blue tinted lens. makes sense.

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    Quote Originally Posted by a11r2east View Post
    oakley high yellow or high persimmon
    i use the high persimmon and it's great in flat light and holds its own in the sun too, surprisingly good all around lens
    but high yellow for snow and no visibility
    pricy though
    Agreed. I use the HY only on socked in days when I know I am not going to see the sun at all. In variable conditions the HP rocks.
    it's all young and fun and skiing and then one day you login and it's relationship advice, gomer glacier tours and geezers.

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    Pech- wouldn't u want to get rid of blue light in that situation (hence the light blue reflection of smith sensor mirror and oakley hi lenses)?

    Fwiw I vote scott lite amp too, but in truly horrid above treeline whiteout I'd have to say sensor mirror is better, but I find if u get any water on tbe lense it ends up with blue ghosts everywhere.
    'waxman is correct, and so far with 40+ days of tasting them there is no way my tongue can tell the difference between wood, and plastic made to taste like wood...but i'm a weirdo and lick my gear...' -kidwoo

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    yea about the blue light someone on here posted why blue lens work
    do a search on flat light goggles and look for a discussion between summit and someone else

    might as well throw in "blue" in the search criteria

    found it to save you and everyone else the trouble
    https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...1&postcount=24
    Last edited by pechelman; 02-09-2008 at 10:51 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pechelman View Post
    yea about the blue light someone on here posted why blue lens work
    do a search on flat light goggles and look for a discussion between summit and someone else

    might as well throw in "blue" in the search criteria

    found it to save you and everyone else the trouble
    https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/s...1&postcount=24
    Um, that post correctly explains why blue lenses are not good for flat light conditions. Yellow/red/orange lenses remove the blue light so you can focus on the reds & greens better... Blue tinted lenses would exacerbate the problem of flat light.

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    Mayor, your reasponse?
    'waxman is correct, and so far with 40+ days of tasting them there is no way my tongue can tell the difference between wood, and plastic made to taste like wood...but i'm a weirdo and lick my gear...' -kidwoo

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    my response

    i didnt read the thread fully

    i saw summit's post of what seemd to be agreeing and since I know summit's a lot smarter than me with photography \ optics type stuff, i just figured blue was the way to go. ITS SUMMITS FAULT!

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    I use the darkest lens out there (prolly 12-15%) in all conditions. I used the sensor mirror one a cloudy day or two and didn't notice enough of a difference to warrant having two pairs of goggles.

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    Quote Originally Posted by funkendrenchman View Post
    I use the darkest lens out there (prolly 12-15%) in all conditions. I used the sensor mirror one a cloudy day or two and didn't notice enough of a difference to warrant having two pairs of goggles.
    You don't notice a difference skiing with sunglasses on without sunglasses?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Conway View Post
    You don't notice a difference skiing with sunglasses on without sunglasses?
    Yea, that's what I said.

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    Quote Originally Posted by funkendrenchman View Post
    Yea, that's what I said.
    you must be cool then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Conway View Post
    you must be cool then.
    Tres....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Hugh Conway View Post
    you must be cool then.
    no not really

    hes just related to this guy


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    anon's website will tell you all about it
    Skiing rules when you are the best one on the mountain
    That's more like every day

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    Quote Originally Posted by davep View Post
    Um, that post correctly explains why blue lenses are not good for flat light conditions. Yellow/red/orange lenses remove the blue light so you can focus on the reds & greens better... Blue tinted lenses would exacerbate the problem of flat light.
    Agreed,

    I wear my Hi Yellow's 90% of the time.

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