Here's a silly question-- what color are your goggles? I've had a blue tinted pair for a long time, this morning the strap broke and rather than take the time to fix it I grabbed my back up pair. Same brand and type only the tint is 'smoke'. It was weird but I found them totally disorienting for the first couple of hundred yards. They were fine after that but it made me wonder anyone else has a color preference or loyalty.
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I have recently been using Tyr Velocity clears and loved them. I tried to go back to my previous preference which were Nikes (blue/purple) and a Speedo (goggle clear). I noticed the disorientation too but I attribute it not to the visual color, but the clarity of the plastic lens. I
t seems as if that since I last purchased a pair of Nike goggles, the quality of the plastic has gone down and I was getting a lot of distortion. And I could see the same type of distortion in my speedo's. These weren't the bargain basement priced goggles either!!!! These were their "top of the line". I don't know if the colorant effects the clarity in the plastic extrudate or not for the NIke's there was not a clear lens choice for that model at the store. The Speedo goggles however were clear and had distortion too!
I just went back to the Tyr's and have not had to change 'focus' (pun intentional).:cool:
I have recently been using Tyr Velocity clears and loved them. I tried to go back to my previous preference which were Nikes (blue/purple) and a Speedo (goggle clear). I noticed the disorientation too but I attribute it not to the visual color, but the clarity of the plastic lens. I
t seems as if that since I last purchased a pair of Nike goggles, the quality of the plastic has gone down and I was getting a lot of distortion. And I could see the same type of distortion in my speedo's. These weren't the bargain basement priced goggles either!!!! These were their "top of the line". I don't know if the colorant effects the clarity in the plastic extrudate or not for the NIke's there was not a clear lens choice for that model at the store. The Speedo goggles however were clear and had distortion too!
I just went back to the Tyr's and have not had to change 'focus' (pun intentional).:cool:
