Lemme Ogle your Goggles!

[EmilyD]

The best choice for goggles are the USGI sand, wind and dust goggles.
The are designed to accomodate glasses under the goggles, they fit well,
and they will absolutely keep the playa dust out of your eyes.

When it comes to your eyes, function wins over fashion every time.
Do your self a favor, and use a pair of goggles designed for the military,
for the very same environment you'll find yourself in.

They come in a box with a clear and grey lens, and you can find them
new for about $15.00; do not pay more than $17.00, and ensure that
they are new, not good used.

Save yourself the misery, and potential temporary blindness, and pick up a pair for your adventure.

If you want to bring 'fashionable' goggles, just don't use them in the dust.

For those that have not seen them before:
http://www.olive-drab.com/images/swdg_01_700.jpg

I do not suggest you purchase them at the above site, but this will help you identify what you need.

See ya'll out in the dust!

Rommel
Gigsville-Lahontan Korps

I second these. I picked up a pair off eBay for $8.99 last June. I popped in the dark lens during the day and the clear lens before heading out at night.

Do a search on eBay for "SUN WIND AND DUST MILITARY".

And could these go over prescription glasses?

[geospyder]

The best choice for goggles are the USGI sand, wind and dust goggles.
The are designed to accomodate glasses under the goggles, they fit well,
and they will absolutely keep the playa dust out of your eyes.

When it comes to your eyes, function wins over fashion every time.
Do your self a favor, and use a pair of goggles designed for the military,
for the very same environment you'll find yourself in.

They come in a box with a clear and grey lens, and you can find them
new for about $15.00; do not pay more than $17.00, and ensure that
they are new, not good used.

Save yourself the misery, and potential temporary blindness, and pick up a pair for your adventure.

If you want to bring 'fashionable' goggles, just don't use them in the dust.

For those that have not seen them before:
http://www.olive-drab.com/images/swdg_01_700.jpg

I do not suggest you purchase them at the above site, but this will help you identify what you need.

See ya'll out in the dust!

Rommel
Gigsville-Lahontan Korps

I second these. I picked up a pair off eBay for $8.99 last June. I popped in the dark lens during the day and the clear lens before heading out at night.

Do a search on eBay for "SUN WIND AND DUST MILITARY".

And could these go over prescription glasses?

I was curious myself since I was planning to get a pair for my brother-in-law who is coming over from the Netherlands. He wears glasses. I went up to my storage box in the garage and dug them out. I put on a pair of "reading" glasses, normal size, not the skinny ones. The goggles fit over them great. Opening the box brought back memories with the fragrance of Playa dust

[EmilyD]

Coool, thanks for the laboratory test!

[Rice]

Good question... I wear glasses. Motocross goggles with clear and tinted lenses. One needs a balance between fashion and function! I chose the latter:



They seemed to work quite well, even while wearing glasses. (I spent several hours in each dust storm with no issues...)

Rice

[ygmir]

this looks like a good buy on goggles:

http://www.sportsmansguide.com/net/cb/n ... 17448&pn=1

[teardropper]

Taking Rommel's advice I looked around to find those goggles, the US Army Sun Wind and Dust goggles,and to find out more about them. I found them on a couple of internets sites from $15-20 apiece plus shipping. Then I looked on eBay. I don't know how this board thinks about linking to live internets auctions, but there are a ton of those over there, I used the keywords "us army goggles". The bids starting at $1 and BIN for $10. Plus shipping. And that varies. it seems that these are the same one spoken of in the post. And maybe at decent prices. I have no interest in this except to score some good goggles maybe at a good price and to pass on said deal.

As I am studying goggles I realize that all goggles are not created equal. Some, lie ski goggles, are more open. Thier problem is fogging up so they build them with ventilation. Similar in road motorcycle goggles; fogging up is an issue. Fogging is unlikely to be an issue on playa goggles. Letting in any dust is. I can tell you what did not work for me last year. Rommel can tell you what worked for him. Taking advice from both of us might get you a good, cheap pair of goggles.

[illy dilly]

Its really good to hear that some one has tried the Sun,Wind, and Dust army goggles. They have some at my local Army Surplus, and I wasn't sure. I'll grab a pair next time I'm there.

[EmilyD]

http://www.activeforever.com/s-404-safety-goggles.aspx

Very reasonable prices and you can search for the features you want.

[archeolojust]

Victorian! You can find lenses for those type of goggles in every color on etsy for pretty cheap. I ordered a couple pairs in green and light blue. They were about 5$. They don't seem great for sealing out the dust though. My goggles wouldn't, that's for sure. And I've stitched a leather covering all around them to make them fit better and look awesome..still no seal-age.

[phil]

http://bob-basset.livejournal.com/129758.html
has lots of photos different views of these goggles:

[Ugly Dougly]

A matching pair for you and Louise, or just one?

[ricochet]

Last time (2008, sigh) I got smart and took a Dremel to an old pair of glasses. Shaped them to fit inside biker goggles, wedged them in with plastic tubing, and plugged up the vents. Worked great, MUCH better than big ol' goggles over glasses.

I had one pair for day, one for night.

Oh, and of course there are all kinds of precautions about grinding glass: don't breathe it, and don't get it in your eyes. But it was easy to do.

[Elorrum]

http://www.majorsurplus.com/US-Tactical ... C2145.aspx

2 pairs for twenty dollars... but they have dark glass/plastic. not sure if his would be a great idea for a dust storm though

[AntiM]

http://www.majorsurplus.com/US-Tactical ... C2145.aspx

2 pairs for twenty dollars... but they have dark glass/plastic. not sure if his would be a great idea for a dust storm though

I picked up some too, but not everyone can get this sale price unless you're already in their system. Sales gal asked me if I had the promo email.

We'll see how they do, Genius says many rangers swear by them for dust.

[ygmir]

http://www.majorsurplus.com/US-Tactical ... C2145.aspx

2 pairs for twenty dollars... but they have dark glass/plastic. not sure if his would be a great idea for a dust storm though

I picked up some too, but not everyone can get this sale price unless you're already in their system. Sales gal asked me if I had the promo email.

We'll see how they do, Genius says many rangers swear by them for dust.

I just ordered them online, 2 pairs, 20 bucks, no code asked for.
11.00 shipping and tax........seems a great deal.

[AntiM]

LOL, maybe she was sweet talking me, making me feel "special".

[ygmir]

you are special.

[shroom]

I have ogled your goggles and now I can't decide which ones I want.

[teardropper]

But, boy, do you have some choices and varied, but great advice.

[theCryptofishist]

A matching pair for you and Louise, or just one?

I think it's one of those new "auto-zombie" devises where you can suck your own brains out.

[epic_elite]

vintage motorcycle goggles ftw.


you can find really nice ones on ebay for less than $50, or you can get crappy one's for around $5. some of them are frankensteined together to refunctionalize broken one's, also uber cheap.

[epic_elite]

these look really fun!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NEW-VINT ... erchandise

[AntiM]

http://www.majorsurplus.com/US-Tactical ... C2145.aspx

2 pairs for twenty dollars... but they have dark glass/plastic. not sure if his would be a great idea for a dust storm though

I picked up some too, but not everyone can get this sale price unless you're already in their system. Sales gal asked me if I had the promo email.

We'll see how they do, Genius says many rangers swear by them for dust.

I just ordered them online, 2 pairs, 20 bucks, no code asked for.
11.00 shipping and tax........seems a great deal.

My order just arrived. They are too wide for my face, and leave a huge gap around my nose. I think they should fit most men quite well. I ordered one pair of stealth goggles ($14.95), and they fit me fine. Supposedly go over glasses, they do, but smoosh them into the bridge of my nose.

[Elorrum]

how dark are the lenses on the goggles?

[AntiM]

The tactical goggles have two lenses, clear and a light/medium dark. A little light. The stealth goggles are darker than most fashion sunglasses, but not uber-dark, not welder dark. Dark enough for me.

I'm still going to wear my prescription sunglasses most of the time, they're really dark.

[ricochet]

The tactical goggles have two lenses, clear and a light/medium dark. A little light. The stealth goggles are darker than most fashion sunglasses, but not uber-dark, not welder dark. Dark enough for me.

I'm still going to wear my prescription sunglasses most of the time, they're really dark.

AntiM, really, consider cutting down lenses from an old pair of glasses. If your eyes haven't changed that much in the last few years you really won't notice the old prescription, especially with the dust and all.

And otherwise, yeah, I wear prescription sunglasses when the wind isn't blowing.

[Elorrum]

I have a pair of polarized goggles, small with separate eye covers, like sunglasses. and a very small set of clear goggles. These small goggle types I find hard to wear for extended periods as they seem to fit too closely around my eye. I thought a larger pair of single coverage goggles would be more comfortable. Really I could do well by just adding a clear comfortable goggle for night. Glad to hear the sale 2for1 goggles come with a clear lens, as the item description for the tactical version was "extra dark" lens. Now for the size issues... I might just go with a single pair of the M44 sun wind and dust. no hurry. thanks AntiM for the update.

[AntiM]

The stealth goggles have foam all the way around and fit me comfortably. I think I will like them!

[EmilyD]

The stealth goggles have foam all the way around and fit me comfortably. I think I will like them!

AntiM so what are you planning to use for nighttime goggles? The stealth ones would be too dark right? I'm thinking they would work for me, and I may do the old-glasses-lens thingie to them but what about night for us small-headed, glasses-needing folks?

[AntiM]

The stealth goggles have foam all the way around and fit me comfortably. I think I will like them!

AntiM so what are you planning to use for nighttime goggles? The stealth ones would be too dark right? I'm thinking they would work for me, and I may do the old-glasses-lens thingie to them but what about night for us small-headed, glasses-needing folks?

There's less dust at night. Less being a relative term, and sometimes you do need the eyewear. I'm quite near-sighted, so I got a pair pf prescription work glasses/ sport goggles. Pricey and I look like a dork in them. No offense, Dork. But you can get clear goggles which fit over glasses, I just haven't found ones which fit my face.

Most of the time I view the playa in soft focus.