Help with goggles.

[pres10]

I am 28 and just getting into airsoft. I've played paintball in the past and always gad a fogging issue with the masks.

I am looking for a good step of goggles in the $20-$30 range that works with glasses.
I'm looking at the avengers turbo fan on evike. But I'm not sure if a cheap set with a fan is a good idea, maybe skip the fan idea?

I'm looking foreward to your responses and am hoping to order something quickly as my G&G CM16 Raider-L will be here in a few days!

[Ogre]

Look for some Revision Desert Locus goggles on Ebay. They are a great goggle, provide excelent field of view and I believe work with glasses, if not I would recomend Flak Jacks with OPS drops.

[Coldwave]

ESS NVG's or Smith Optics boogie regulators. I've never had a problem with the NVG's fogging, and I just worked out in my boogies (to test the fogging) and there was none. They don't work with glasses unless you were to get an Rx insert. But if you ever get contacts or if you do wear them I'd recommend these. But with glasses FlakJaks with the foam covering the vents removed will be your best bet and they're cheap.

[Snarf]

Best bang for the buck: ESS NVG's. I picked some up on Amazon for a little more than $8 including shipping. Remove the foam around the vents and they work like a charm. I also have Flakjaks, which work well, but are harder to find as cheap as the ESS due to those being in surplus at the moment.

[guitardrumr]

Bolle Tactical X1000 OTG. Lenses are molded to allow room for glasses, though they will pinch the arms in a bit. They run about $21 with free shipping on Amazon here (be sure to select the OTG version). As a certified large person, I can tell you that if you sweat a lot, your glasses will fog inside the goggles, but I've had very little fogging on the goggles themselves (I did remove the foam from the ventilation holes). I'm looking into anti-fog wipes for my glasses, and will report back after this weekend to see how they do. Note that because of the deeper lens, some peripheral obstruction is there, but no more than what you're likely used to as a blind spot out the side of your glasses anyway.

I also ran some borrowed Revision Desert Locusts when it was a bit cooler, and had no fogging issues whatsoever. My glasses also fit under them reasonably well. I suspect in the higher temps of summer, I'd have a similar issue with my glasses fogging inside the goggles.

I suspect my issue is the lenses on my glasses being pushed much closer to my skin than normal, and the extra heat and closeness to the source of moisture is where the fogging comes from.

EDIT: To give you an idea of the size of my glasses, the full width of the frame is about 5.25". You can figure yours out pretty quickly as well, you should have two numbers stamped into the bridge of your glasses (typically in a 57|17 format). The larger number is the width of your lens, and the smaller is the width of your bridge, in milometers. So, in my case, 57*2 + 17 is 131mm, or 5.15". Since the mount for my arms is a bit wider than that, I'm figuring 5.25" total.

[evanwormer]

I can attest to the Smith Optic Boogie Regulators
They are the best goggles I've owned ever
Waaaayyy better than my ESS NVGs. They have never fogged for me and they look a lot better than any other goggles I've seen. They are also relatively cheap for good goggles that you can use for more that just airsoft.
They are very very low profile and do not fog

[Coldwave]

Yeah I paid $40 so take that as you will.

[evanwormer]

I got them for $28 BNIB from eBay so it's not bad

[pres10]

Thanks for all the replies! I'm still trying to decide but I'm leaning towards the bolle's. I'll do some more research and let you all know when I decide.


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[bobbunny]

I'm about 10000% sure boogie regulators won't work with glasses.
I've great things about both the Bolle X1000's, as well as the ESS Land Ops. Personally, Flakjaks and NVG's don't fit me very well, they always grab my lens or break my nose.

[Luther]

I have the Flakjacks, got them off ebay for 26 shipped. I wear glasses and they fit fine, but I has to remove the entire top vents to get my goggles and glasses not to fog. I wear a helmet so I have no worries that a BB will get in there.

[Derpy]

Save Phace Grunt series are nice, never had them fog for me, only 18 on evike too.