Man this is a problem....for starters... I have buggy eyes...that being they protrude a bit...enough that my eyes touch the lenses on regular goggles. After trying various options I found a goggle from TYR that looks like a smaller version of a scuba mask. Actually very comfortable, and not at all bulky/anti streamline (although they probably look pretty goofy) but leakage around the edges is problem. When I put them on the seal is great, they adhere to my face well, and you must pry up an edge to take them off. But during swim one or the other will allow water in, sometimes enough so that they are ineffective. I have tried to tighten them down, moved the straps to different positions on my head, to varying degrees of success, but still the water comes in....I can function this way, but does anyone have any ideas as to how the leakage can be minimualized? Or is this just the deal? Thanks in advance.
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I use large goggles for training. Some are what would be used for open water swimming. There is the acqua-sphere, there are extra large Hammerheads and even larger than normal Speedos and Arenas. No diving into water with these big ones though. I have tinted and clear ones. For competition if I am swimming short I will wear nothing. If something longer than a 100 I might try some swedes or the smaller models of any brand. You might look at the package and it will be written "training" or "competition". I started swimming way back when there weren't goggles so learned to enter practically on my belly. The chins meeting the chest enter is something I am gradually learning. I have trouble with that because all my goggles come off when I dive. I did the unthinkable and jumped feet first in a 800 freestyle race. Didn't make much of a difference in my time. Most of my training with the team and coach is done from a inside the pool start. I have lots of trouble with fogging. So I always wash my goggles in baby shampoo and use the speedo or anyother antifogging stuff. When I played tennis I spent tons of money with equipment and balls. So what is a little here and there for goggles. I have about five in use right now plus assorted others with some scrapes that I still use. Take care, I am off for a noon one hour session, in the sunshine, without the coach, with fins swim in a very empty pool. Heck, being Friday, I might even read a newspaper and get some tan at the side of the pool. One of the true wonders of the modern world: mobile (cell) phones, billy fanstone
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I use large goggles for training. Some are what would be used for open water swimming. There is the acqua-sphere, there are extra large Hammerheads and even larger than normal Speedos and Arenas. No diving into water with these big ones though. I have tinted and clear ones. For competition if I am swimming short I will wear nothing. If something longer than a 100 I might try some swedes or the smaller models of any brand. You might look at the package and it will be written "training" or "competition". I started swimming way back when there weren't goggles so learned to enter practically on my belly. The chins meeting the chest enter is something I am gradually learning. I have trouble with that because all my goggles come off when I dive. I did the unthinkable and jumped feet first in a 800 freestyle race. Didn't make much of a difference in my time. Most of my training with the team and coach is done from a inside the pool start. I have lots of trouble with fogging. So I always wash my goggles in baby shampoo and use the speedo or anyother antifogging stuff. When I played tennis I spent tons of money with equipment and balls. So what is a little here and there for goggles. I have about five in use right now plus assorted others with some scrapes that I still use. Take care, I am off for a noon one hour session, in the sunshine, without the coach, with fins swim in a very empty pool. Heck, being Friday, I might even read a newspaper and get some tan at the side of the pool. One of the true wonders of the modern world: mobile (cell) phones, billy fanstone
