terrible design obviously NEVER tested

By powpowPete Ranked #1327 - Goggles December 24, 2009

1. The OTG notches on the sides of the goggles are built-in to let the glass frames through have very thick foam padding. Sure, the notches let in your glasses, but the foam does NOT. This pushes your ear pieces into your head and becomes excruciatingly painful after just two hours.

2. Frames are extended outward to allow room for the frames of the glasses. Unfortunately this design has two MAJOR flaws. Regular sized glasses that are NOT "slim and trim" like Raybans or Oakleys will NOT fit properly and will be pushed into your nose. Very painful. Also, the outward extended frame has very thin foam covering the vents, very thin foam. As a result, ANY headwind going faster than 10 mph will flow easily into the goggles, searing your eyes with cold air. Your eyes will tear up faster than when you spilled your first milk in preschool. I had a major problem with my tears freezing up inside the lenses, and after just an hour of this BS there was too much ice inside the goggles, and I had to stop boarding for an hour just to get the gunk out and let the lenses dry out.

3. There is absolutely no peripheral, up, or down vision with these goggles since they extend outwards. It's same the difference between looking out a window standing next to it and then looking out standing 3 feet away.

4. Do not ever buy these goggles. If you do, it will be PAINFULLY obvious that Oakley did absolutely no research or testing when designing this atrocious product. Be warned consumers. I love Oakley goggles, but these are a sad, sad failure.

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