Coloured lenses

Yellow, grey, blue, clear - what's that all about then?

It isn't just a fashion statement so why the need for different coloured lenses in goggles?

It's something that I've been thinking about. I've always used orange lenses for bad light conditions but I've noticed a lot more blue ones around now, particularly in the world cup races where I'd expect fashion has far less of an impression.

Hello neighbour :thumbup:

Yes, it was the ski-jumping that got me thinking about it.

Conditions didn't seem to change much during the competitions but the variety of goggles was obvious.

We might be getting some blue lenses next week for the girlfriends Shred goggles. She reckons the blue will clash less with the 'Nastify Pink' frames than the orange ones!

Still, if blue's good enough for Didier Cuche then I'm sure they're good enough for her :mrgreen:

I work in an optician's and we do have certain occupational lenses for different sports. Generally they are to increase the contrast against certain colours. eg clay pigeon shooting, tennis, even golf. However I have never heard of anything for skiing, but then again I don't live in a ski area (unfortunatly!). I will look into it at work tomorrow just to see. One thing I do swear by is to have polarised lenses. They cost more but are far better than normal lenses to reduce glare and also to see the bumps in the snow!

yeah it all depends on the conditions and lighting. Pretty simple really, orange/yellow coloured lenses are for the flat light/snowy days when visibility is low and you cant see very much definition in the snow.

Dark coloured lenses are pretty obviously for the sunnier weather! Often the black/blue iridium ones or the ones that look orangey reflective on the outside. Some people even have completely clear lenses for the days when you really cant see anything!! But ive never struggled with my orangey ones.

bennyboy wrote:yeah it all depends on the conditions and lighting. Pretty simple really, orange/yellow coloured lenses are for the flat light/snowy days when visibility is low and you cant see very much definition in the snow.

Dark coloured lenses are pretty obviously for the sunnier weather! Often the black/blue iridium ones or the ones that look orangey reflective on the outside. Some people even have completely clear lenses for the days when you really cant see anything!! But ive never struggled with my orangey ones.

It's the blue ones that I find odd. It's the opposite of orange but used in the same conditions???