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Smith uses its spherical Carbonic-X lens to give you super-clear vision when you ride with the Prodigy Goggle. A Vaparator lens with adjustable vents helps you regulate airflow and eliminate fogging while the spherical shape increases peripheral vision. Smith added an Articulating Outrigger Positioning System to create an excellent fit whether you prefer a helmet or just roll with a beanie.
Bottom Line: Precise fit, excellent vision, and fog-fighting performance.
Sensor mirror or Platinum mirror or even Ignitor mirror. What is the difference? I've been reading and people are talking about them. But I'm a little slow. I wanna buy these goggles but don"t know which lens. I ski in all kinds of conditions. What's flat light? Heard that term quit a bit. But lets just say i am leaning towards the Ignitor or the Platinum lens. What's the real difference between the two. Does the difference in light make that much of a difference? Please help. Thanks.
If Smith still sells their polarized lens for this goggle, that would be your best bet. Sure it costs the most, but once you go polarized, you never go back. Say flat-light conditions exist, you wouldnt be able to see that catwalk cutting across the trail until its too late... Sensor mirror is great in flat-light, no doubt. Polarized is great for sunny days or if you hate glare. Personally, I rock my Prodigy Polarized on sunny days, and switch to my Smith I/O's for everything else (yellow, sensor,ignitor, platinum, clear)
The sensor mirror is the best all around lense ever made......from blue bird to pea soup. flat light is when the light and elements make it all but impossible to see any kind of terrain definition essentially "flattening" everything out into one plane. ie. skiing on white snow in a cloud= didn't see that coming.
Smith has arguably the best venting system on the market and it is clear (no pun intended) with these goggles. Smith's lens quality is seconded to none. The goggles fit great and fit seamlessly with smith helmets. If you have a medium to large face they fit great. If you don't they can be a little overwhelming, especially with certain helmets.
Bottom line: Top notch goggle, for medium to large size faces.
Like a million bucks. These goggles are the bomb. I hike in em, shred pow, sunny, windy, I trade out lenses from time to time - these goggles are tested. Approved.
This is my favorite piece of ski equipment I own. No gripes and all praise.
I have had these goggles for 2.5 winters now and they are still close to as awesome as the day I bought them. The only damage to the frame and lens is tree induced and completely my fault and less then I would expect from what happened. (I ran into a large evergreen limb with lots of little sticks on it with my face) The sensor mirror looks cool while providing the best visibility from a goggle lens in the widest range of conditions. I have skied days that ranged from torrential downpour to sunny bluebird and not once have these goggles let me down. The times I doubted them, I took them off my head to find out that I could only see worse without them on my face. They also fit great. I have a bigger head so I bought these and they have fit my head and two different helmets perfectly. The face foam is great, its fleece lined and wicks sweat away from your skin on those warm spring days while sealing out cold wind in the middle of February. I ski 100+ days every winter and I take these goggles with me every day. I have gotten way more use out of them than I ever expected, the zeals i had before them hardly lasted half a season before the inter lens seam failed, and when the face foam finally falls apart (its starting and I'm kinda sad) after what I expect will be around 400 days on the mountain, I will happily buy another pair of these goggles.
Oakley crowbar for sure. I have a pair and they work fantastic. If you wear a helmet the Crowbars are the absolute best goggles on a helmet. The Oakley optics are a million times better than any lense Smith can make. Thats my personal opinion, but i encourage you to do further research on both before you make a purchase.
Personally I prefer Smith over Oakley any day. The Crowbar is by far the nicest offering from Oakley, fits with most helmets, and has great optics, but the Prodigy is much nicer in my opinion. The optics are spot on perfect, the lenses you can get with it are awesome, and they fit with almost every helmet I have every tried them with. They are great with visor or full face helmets too, thansks to the break-apart on the back of the strap.
Someone commented about the ease of lens change. Lens change isn't that bad, I've had 4 pairs. Field of vision in these is comparable to EG2s, but with actual effort put into lens technology. (Electric lens' are shite, they fog easy and have a bit of distortion). If you want really easy lens change, spring for the I/O.
I have the Sensor and Ignitor Mirrors with my Smith I/O's, and they pretty much cover all conditions I see where I am. Ignitor for pretty much anything (35% VLT) and Sensor for the bright days (70% VLT)
One word...ventilation! These will not fog up. If they do for some unknown reason, they dispense the fog just as well. Smith has done it again with an amazing goggle that offers looks as well as the best tech out there. Everyone knows they've been doing goggles, first...and the longest right?!
Love the goggles. Fit on my helmet great (no surprise the helmet is a smith also), have no problems with fogging, and do not obstruct my vision at all. Happy with my purchase.
Just wondring on the Ignitor Mirror lense, is this a pretty good all around lense and can they see your eyes? Then also they have one gold lense but it just says gol. does anyone know which gold lense it is? Thanks.
Ignitor mirror is a good all around lens but doesn't perform all that well in real flat light. According to the Smith website, the only gold lens that comes stock in the Prodigy goggles is the Gold Sensor Mirror.
I bought my first Prodigies 3 years ago and loved them so much I bought another pair with the polarized lenses. These are great goggles for sure, I've never had a fogging problem even on long hikes. They also fit my G10 helmet great! no gapper gap at all. Defiantly one of the best goggles out there.
Husband needs over the glasses goggles with clear lens for night skiiing. Out retailer said to order Smith on line, but the many choices confuse me. Help!
The shape of the prodigy's have a more box cut (compared to an Oakley A-frame) and as a result fits great with the cutout of my helmet. Alot of helmets I see have a cutout that's more square than round, so a goggle like this sits flush.
I've got Sensor mirror lenses: Amazing! Had them in a 0 vis day back-country in clouds. Anything your naked eye can detect without them on gets the contrast boosted with the goggles on. Not to say your eye couldn't see them if you really tried hard, but if you're going down a run, you want any crud to stand out and the sensor mirror does that.
You can also customize the frames' look with removable "highlight" pieces (one at the top like a uni-brow, and one under each eye on the bottom). Seems less sturdy when you flex it in your hands since there are removable parts but it's of no concern. I switched mine to straight black for a solid black frame and like it alot.
Great goggles that give you reat ventalation, great cover, and a great view of whatever snowsport your doing. They dont scratch and work great with your helmet. My only problem is the price, pretty expensive for a pair of these babies.
I disagree with the platimun mirror answer, this lens does not let a lot of light through. So, unless you're skiing a southwest fave at sunset and staring directly at the sun, you need something that lets a lot of light in while increasing contrast. So, I reccomend the sensor mirror. It enhances contrast in almost all variable light conditions I have experienced, including, the super fast last bump run to the car at the end of the day.
I have never had a fog problem with these goggles when I have with numerous others. The graphite igniter lens does a great job in lower light conditions but will also do ok in bright light. Would recommend a darker lens for super bright days though.
The sizing chart has a list of all the lenses and what they're good for, but either the sensor mirror or ignitor mirror sound best.******************EDIT: Gold or Gold lite are your best bets for low and flat light. They allow 42 and 55% light transmission respectively, so you'd want a lens for sunny days too.
These are some well-made, sharp-looking goggles, with a nice selection of lenses available. Also larger than average, so people with big faces/heads will be happy. (Although the strap seemed unusually small; it was awfully tight going around a Giro Omen helmet.) The wide selection of colors/patterns means you can probably find something to match your outfit, no matter how steezy.
The lenses are nice. The problem is, I really wanted goggles with easily interchangeable lenses. And while the lenses in these ARE interchangeable, it's NOT easy or quick. You have to pry out SEVEN little plastic pieces from around the frame, then wrangle the lens out, then reverse the whole process with the new lens. Good luck doing that with gloves on, let alone on the slopes. (Also, extremely poor/nonexistent instructions on how to actually remove the lens.)
If you only rarely want to swap the lenses, or just want them with a single all-around lens, they'd probably be awesome. I'm gonna try the Smith I/Os instead.
Go to the smith website and there is a lot of detail. Platinum mirror is one of the darkest regularly available lenses (but I still ride with them 99% of the time); Ignitor is a bit lighter with more contrast; Sensor is the lightest of the "Mirror" lenses. RC36 is sorta like the old-school orange/rose tint lense.
i love these goggles, and the lenses are super easy to take in/out. I have two pairs, and 2 hop-up kits. combined, you never know what they're going to look like! the spherical tech is AMAZING! if you rock an ol' school Giro helmet, you'll end up with a little goggle gap, so heads up gapers!
This goggles are incredible in the way you are able to view the area in front and around you. The peripheral vision this gog provides is unreal, as well as the anti-fog. I am never going back to Oakley
I like these goggles so much I have 2 pair! The lenses are best in the business, the comfort is amazing and the look...well, you will turn some heads with these on your face! Smith knows how to make some top notch goods!
The ski goggles all advertise that they don't fog and that may be true for those that don't need glasses yet. I tried three of the newest hi-teck goggles last year and they all fogged up. The only ones that work is the ones that really don't fog are the Smith Turbo Cam goggles with the 2 speed fan. I've had them for about 6-7 years and hope I can buy another pair or some different color lenses. I added Velcro strip to make the strap longer for use with the helmet and because Smith uses the worst clip and for the price you don't want to loose them. A simple piece of velco adds assurance if you put the goggles up, on a warm day they won't unclip and get lost.
theses fit my face, hands down, they work. not much fog, killer view, love the sensor mirror, for just about all conditions (not for super bright light) i get a little gap with my G10 MX, however, i make do.
I love the easy adjust vent on this helmet you can adjust it while skiing. I'm comfortable in all temperatures. Inaddition to the safety you stay dry in the rain or wet snow that you run into occassionally. The speakers in the ear muffs need more padding, I may just take them out since I never use them.
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