This is about both the goggles and how my vision is with the lenses on days with very flat light. I see blobs in my vision when in fog or other very flat light. I know that some other skiers see this also. My ophthalmologist thinks it may be due to my early-stage macular degeneration, but I'm not sure, the blobs appeared 5 years ago before the MD was apparent. Any lens with a rose tint or red or rose flash causes the big rose blobs. Yellow lenses create small yellow blobs. Amber or orange lenses work best for me in low light.
SPY OPTICS MARAUDER ELITE: SPY is a label of the well known Bollé group. The Marauder goggle lens is cylindrical, and the Marauder Elite is toric, shaped like a combination of cylindrical and spherical. The vision is very clear and it has a very wide field of vision. The frame is very well made with both magnets and locks holding the lens in place. Switching a lens is easy and secure. The problem is that there are very few replacement lenses for the Elite version, and Marauder lenses don't fit Marauder Elite frames. I tried the Happy Low Light Gray Green lens. It has great contrast if even a very weak shadow shows, but it isn't the best if there is no shadow. I'd like to try the Persimmon lens, but they aren't available for the Elite. SPY has their "Happy" lenses which are said to improve one's mood, and they have the Happy Boost said to increase color perception. Both are very good. For my eyes these worked very well until the no-shadow very flat light, everything looked even when it wasn't--no blobs. 4-stars due to the lens limitation.
SMITH I/O MAG: Well known and highly regarded goggles. The Chromapop lenses are the favorites of many. The lenses are held in by magnets and a clip that is kind'a fiddly to get unlocked, but it works well. The design changed in 2020...before that the frame had 8 magnets, and 2020 to present the frame has 7 magnets, and the lenses aren't interchangeable between pre-2020 and 2020 to date. For me the Chromapop Storm Yellow Flash worked pretty well except the red flash on the outside of the lens causes some pink blogs. 3-stars due to the lens change and lens color limitation for me.
OAKLEY PRIZM: Prizm lenses are liked very much by many, but any rose lens creates huge distracting rose blobs in my vision. Not for me! No stars for me, maybe 5 stars for you.
DRAGON NFX2: Medium sized frame, lever locks to hold the lens in place, easy to change. The Lumalens series of lenses shows up contrast very well. Lumalens Amber is the best lens yet for my vision. Amber seems to work quite well for me, and these give me the least blobs to date. I like Dragon goggles very much. 5-stars.
XEVO XR2: These are locally assembled and seem to be high quality. I'll test them next week. Everything looks well made, and priced moderately. The lenses are interchangeable, but it's not easy to do it.
Discount code POWDERPOOBAH worked for a 50% discount last week. https://www.xevooptics.com/
Any of these are very good goggles. My favorite is the SPY Marauder with the wide variety of lenses. Also my favorite is the Dragon. I suggest a test where anyone buying goggles gives them a look through a shop window in snow country on a very gray day. One foggy day at Whistler 6 of us went into a shop, and with permission of the clerk, took several goggles to look out the window. There were 3 favorites among all we tried. My eyes aren't your eyes...find what's best for you.
SPY OPTICS MARAUDER ELITE: SPY is a label of the well known Bollé group. The Marauder goggle lens is cylindrical, and the Marauder Elite is toric, shaped like a combination of cylindrical and spherical. The vision is very clear and it has a very wide field of vision. The frame is very well made with both magnets and locks holding the lens in place. Switching a lens is easy and secure. The problem is that there are very few replacement lenses for the Elite version, and Marauder lenses don't fit Marauder Elite frames. I tried the Happy Low Light Gray Green lens. It has great contrast if even a very weak shadow shows, but it isn't the best if there is no shadow. I'd like to try the Persimmon lens, but they aren't available for the Elite. SPY has their "Happy" lenses which are said to improve one's mood, and they have the Happy Boost said to increase color perception. Both are very good. For my eyes these worked very well until the no-shadow very flat light, everything looked even when it wasn't--no blobs. 4-stars due to the lens limitation.
SMITH I/O MAG: Well known and highly regarded goggles. The Chromapop lenses are the favorites of many. The lenses are held in by magnets and a clip that is kind'a fiddly to get unlocked, but it works well. The design changed in 2020...before that the frame had 8 magnets, and 2020 to present the frame has 7 magnets, and the lenses aren't interchangeable between pre-2020 and 2020 to date. For me the Chromapop Storm Yellow Flash worked pretty well except the red flash on the outside of the lens causes some pink blogs. 3-stars due to the lens change and lens color limitation for me.
OAKLEY PRIZM: Prizm lenses are liked very much by many, but any rose lens creates huge distracting rose blobs in my vision. Not for me! No stars for me, maybe 5 stars for you.
DRAGON NFX2: Medium sized frame, lever locks to hold the lens in place, easy to change. The Lumalens series of lenses shows up contrast very well. Lumalens Amber is the best lens yet for my vision. Amber seems to work quite well for me, and these give me the least blobs to date. I like Dragon goggles very much. 5-stars.
XEVO XR2: These are locally assembled and seem to be high quality. I'll test them next week. Everything looks well made, and priced moderately. The lenses are interchangeable, but it's not easy to do it.
Discount code POWDERPOOBAH worked for a 50% discount last week. https://www.xevooptics.com/
Any of these are very good goggles. My favorite is the SPY Marauder with the wide variety of lenses. Also my favorite is the Dragon. I suggest a test where anyone buying goggles gives them a look through a shop window in snow country on a very gray day. One foggy day at Whistler 6 of us went into a shop, and with permission of the clerk, took several goggles to look out the window. There were 3 favorites among all we tried. My eyes aren't your eyes...find what's best for you.