Best goggle types

Former Member
Former Member
Can anyone help me out here. Is goggle type really that important in competition? There's performance, competition, recreation, etc types. Right now I'm using Speedo Hydro Spex and everywhere I read that they're for fitness swimming and recreation. I like them alot. They really don't fog at all and stay on real well at meets(haven't had them around my neck yet).
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    I was using a plastic surgeon for some other problems and he noticed, when I had my glasses off, that the skin was losing the fat pad from the pressure (daily) of the goggles. And I guess the skin seemed thinner than the rest of my face (which eye skin is normally but I guess mine was even thinner than normal). I had to press the goggles into the eye socket and I always had racoon eye from the pressure. I was in my late 30s early 40s at the time. The goggles had just a plastic gasket around the eyes and the fit wasn't quite right. I switched to a speedo padded type (black open cell foam) and developed an allergy to it. I finally went to a Baraccuda and now it doesn't look (face wise) as if I've been swimming. I haven't had an allergic reaction to their closed cell foam BUT I do wash it down with Phisoderm every couple of weeks. I wasn't looking to have cosmetic eye surgery in the next 10-15 years so I changed goggles.
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  • Former Member
    Former Member
    I was using a plastic surgeon for some other problems and he noticed, when I had my glasses off, that the skin was losing the fat pad from the pressure (daily) of the goggles. And I guess the skin seemed thinner than the rest of my face (which eye skin is normally but I guess mine was even thinner than normal). I had to press the goggles into the eye socket and I always had racoon eye from the pressure. I was in my late 30s early 40s at the time. The goggles had just a plastic gasket around the eyes and the fit wasn't quite right. I switched to a speedo padded type (black open cell foam) and developed an allergy to it. I finally went to a Baraccuda and now it doesn't look (face wise) as if I've been swimming. I haven't had an allergic reaction to their closed cell foam BUT I do wash it down with Phisoderm every couple of weeks. I wasn't looking to have cosmetic eye surgery in the next 10-15 years so I changed goggles.
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