I joined masters about six months ago after years of more casual lap swimming. When all I did was swim laps, my vision was good enough, but now that I need to read the white board, optical goggles would be very helpful. I was able to try on the men's Speedo Vanquisher 2.0 at a local store, but not the junior. None of the other brands of optical goggles are available for me to try on. The men's vanquisher is too large, even if I switch the nose piece. I'm guessing the junior will be too small, but don't really know. Looking online a few brands come in a junior but none in women's. My best fitting goggles are aquasphere women's Kaiman. I have a drawer full of unisex goggles that leak.
Does anyone have suggestions of optical goggles that run similar in fit to the Kaiman? I have need both for indoor goggles that will stay on during flip turns and diving as well as tinted ones for the upcoming open water season.
Thanks
I'm not sure if this will help. I've been using vanquisher 2s for many years. I recently decided to try a few other pairs because the vanquishers were very tight, giving me a headache, the anti-fog had long since worn off, and they were leaving raccoon eyes.
I just bought two new pairs of goggles - the Barracuda Ultimate, which I've been using for about three weeks, and the Aqua Sphere Kaiman Exo, which I have not used yet and do not have an adjustable nose bridge. The Barracuda Ultimate google is very similar to the Kaiman Exo, but I don't know if it comes in smaller ladies size or with optical lenses. I do know Barracuda has goggles with optical lenses.
You can check out Barracuda H2RX with corrective lenses here: store.barracudausa.com/.../goggles_corrective-lenses. The medalist and standard RX goggles are nice goggles too, but bigger and I think would be less likely to fit.
I have had success using the Sporti optical goggles. These have a small gasket size:
m.swimoutlet.com/.../
I like the Sporti Pro II model, a little larger and a better fit for me.
Well I ordered and sent back the TYR goggles. They were way too large and leaked badly. I got the adult (i.e. men's) Speedo Vanquisher 2.0. WIth the second smallest nosepiece they fit well and don't leak on me. I do believe that the TYR goggles were actually better quality for those whom they fit correctly.
