To all Hind Compy HATERS: Maybe somebody experienced in physics or evolutionary genetics could field this question. Exactly how significantly has the goggle evolved over the last 30 years (roughly when the compy was created from primordial slime)? I mean does the plastic of today have a different drag coefficient or has it been equipped with flagella or something? I've been wearing the same two compy (one clear, one smoke--one for when I'm happy and one for when I'm sad) for the last two years. It is my humble opinion, that the foam gaskets are much more comfortable and definitely not significantly less durable than silicone. I have replaced my smoke (sad) goggle elastic once with a 1 dollar silicone strap. The antifog of today's goggles is a joke and usually lasts only a few weeks and can be remedied with a single drop of antifog. I am certainly down with paying too much for something just because it's the best (see my bike), but I'm not sure where the technology is improved for the 10-15 dollars extra. The only advance I can tell has been more affordable correction lenses...so back off haters!
Apparently they're gone for good. I can't find them anywhere online anymore, and one of the last stores online that carried them said last summer that they were being discontinued. I have a little stockpile for myself...don't know what I'll do when they're gone!
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Water Gear is making them now using the same molds as Hind and with the signature green strap. You can get them several places online including Amazon.
I don't wear these, because they don't seem to work for me. You can find them here:
www.swimx.com/com1swimgog.html
I'll wear any type of goggles that work for me. I have a couple of pair (Cayman) that I purchased at Big Lots, and Wallgreens. They work, I paid $5.00 and they have lasted more than a year without defects.
Speedo has these new $90.00 goggles that feel real nice in the store. Too rich for me. I'll keep my current goggles thank you very much.
store.speedo.com/.../goggles
I use Johnson & Johnson Baby Shampoo as my anti-fog solution for my goggles. Works just fine.
I loved my compy's back in the day. When I returned to the pool a few years ago, I couldn't figure out where all the neoprene eye rubber went. I still can't tell the difference in all the goggles these days. They all look the same to me.
I find spit works great as anti-fog
I'd like to add no spitting on the sidewalk to the PAC.
So, with this thread resurrected, I bought a few pairs of the Water Gear (Amazon.com: Water Gear Competition I Swim Goggles: Sports & Outdoors) goggles that claim to be based upon the old Hind mold. Even with shipping fees that are more than the cost of the goggles, they're cheap. Plus, I got a pair of red and a pair of orange ones to add a bit of a psychedelic vision to my workouts.
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I had completely forgotten about Hind Compys! They were my first goggles. At some point I switched to the Speedo Sprints, which served me well throughout the rest of my swimming career. When I got back in the pool earlier this year, I discovered that the Sprints of today are not the same. I was pretty happy with the foam gasket Speedo GCGs but they seem to have been discontinued. Now I use Vanquishers, but maybe I should get some of these for old times sake.