Every time I dive in for a race, my goggles fall off or leak. I have tried many different types of goggles. Any suggestions to alleviate this issue. I have a race in four weeks and don't want this to distract from my swim.:blah:
Thanks so much. I will get some low profile goggles at the swim store. And then try the vaseline at practice this coming week and see how it goes. Do you ever have a problem of getting vaseline in your eyes?
It's a good idea to try it out in training first. Look in a mirror with your goggles on, so you can see where they seal around your eyes. Take your goggles off and put a thin coat of Vaseline where the seal will go. Then, make sure to wipe off your fingers! I have never gotten Vaseline on a lens or in my eyes. And, after awhile, I got used to putting it on without a mirror.
I do exactly what Allen Stark does. I keep a pair of goggles for meets only that are as tight as I can tolerate. I put them under my cap. By using them just for meets, I don't have to adjust them at every meet. I am confident that they will stay on.
I do exactly what Allen Stark does. I keep a pair of goggles for meets only that are as tight as I can tolerate. I put them under my cap. By using them just for meets, I don't have to adjust them at every meet. I am confident that they will stay on.
My son used to have bad problems losing goggles on starts, and this approach solved it (meets-only goggles, tight, put them on under cap). In his case the single most important factor was putting it under the cap.
Had this problem back in high school (20 years ago). Solved by wearing sweeds. Haven't had them fall off on a start ever since. They cup in so far into the eye socket, my eyebrows actually stick out more than the goggles do. Try them if you haven't. They're cheap to try.
I have tried the Swedish goggles and I found them to be very painful. Maybe I should give them a try again, though. I just couldn't stand the way they felt and became preoccupied with it.
Had this problem back in high school (20 years ago). Solved by wearing sweeds. Haven't had them fall off on a start ever since. They cup in so far into the eye socket, my eyebrows actually stick out more than the goggles do. Try them if you haven't. They're cheap to try.
Does anyone have any experience with those bungee-type straps? I find that the straps on goggles have changed a lot in the 15 years I'd been away from the sport and they are quite hard to adjust. (And where do kids write their names on their goggles these days?)
Does anyone have any experience with those bungee-type straps? I find that the straps on goggles have changed a lot in the 15 years I'd been away from the sport and they are quite hard to adjust. (And where do kids write their names on their goggles these days?)
I love my bungees. So easy to adjust and they don't break (unless you buy silicon bungees)
In his case the single most important factor was putting it under the cap.
I agree. This is key. I don't make my goggles any tighter for meets, but when I put them on under a cap never have problems with them coming off.
I never had a problem in high school - we didn't use goggles!
More recently, I had no problems with my cheap speedos. However my wonderful new prescription goggles came off first time I tried them in a race, and I'd tightened them, too.
The under the cap suggestion sounds like a winner, thanks.
