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After not riding much the past few seasons, I bought a new bike to put the spark back in it, and now I need to update some stuff.
Looking at goggles. I like the trend of the larger field of view which leads to a few:
Looking for suggestions and what you like about them. I ride off-road so abuse and affordability of replacement lenses is a concern as I change them often.
Dragon NFXS and NFX2. Seem well built and a nice lens system but crazy expensive replacement lenses. But "optically-correct" injection molded lenses). Upwards of $50+ just for a lens for the NFX2. NFXS isn't so bad but a smaller goggle.
100%. Look good. Seemingly wider field of view. Good pricing all the way around. Apparently everyone and their brother wears them.
Scott Prospect. Great looking and wide field of view.
EKS Brand S. Out of support for Pulp. Good pricing.
EDIT: I wear a size Medium Troy Lee Air helmet.
I run the orange / amber lens all the time in every condition - the only one above that doesn't seem to have that option is the Prospect. Other than that, I'm leaning toward 100%
Looking at goggles. I like the trend of the larger field of view which leads to a few:
Looking for suggestions and what you like about them. I ride off-road so abuse and affordability of replacement lenses is a concern as I change them often.
Dragon NFXS and NFX2. Seem well built and a nice lens system but crazy expensive replacement lenses. But "optically-correct" injection molded lenses). Upwards of $50+ just for a lens for the NFX2. NFXS isn't so bad but a smaller goggle.
100%. Look good. Seemingly wider field of view. Good pricing all the way around. Apparently everyone and their brother wears them.
Scott Prospect. Great looking and wide field of view.
EKS Brand S. Out of support for Pulp. Good pricing.
EDIT: I wear a size Medium Troy Lee Air helmet.
I run the orange / amber lens all the time in every condition - the only one above that doesn't seem to have that option is the Prospect. Other than that, I'm leaning toward 100%
EKS brands fit like old scott 89s to me. But super good comfort and they have good foam and lenses for the cost. Id run them also because of Pulp.
100% would be my second choice if I didn't already wear scotts. Wider field of vision compared to the EKS brands and they have a good roll off system also. Tons of colors and lens choices which is nice to have.
Scott has lens coming out along with some other color ways coming out very soon.
I'm not a fan of the 100% goggles. They pinch my nose and the lenses are not good(probably the worst on the market), they get easily scratched and are the only lens that have ever cracked while i got hit by a rock. The forecast roll off system looks good though, i never got the opportunity to try that since i switched to the Airbrakes before they introduced that product.
The Scott Prospects are the ones i would recommend if you can't justify full retail for the Airbrakes or can't find a set that is discounted. Great field of view like with the Airbrakes but with a non injection molded lens.
The Shop
I now run the Scott prospects. They're pretty big but I like them. I don't really care about the lens because I don't ride hard pack so no stones. Price/quality ratio of the prospect is pretty good in my opinion.
Another important thing, the goggle has to fit in your helmet. Which helmet do you run? Because some goggles and helmets just don't work together.
Out of all of them I absolutely love my Dragon NFX2's and NFXS. Foam to face contact is always good, their foam layers are seriously the best on the market. The only complaint I have on Dragon is the NFX2's ionized tinted lens need more R&D, they are kind of squirrely in certain light conditions. (I believe Dragon has already begun incorporating their lumalens technology into the NFX2 series, which is the equivalent of Oakley's prizm technology)
That is what drew me to the Dragons - the quality of the lens, but I've raced and ridden my whole life in non-ANSI-rated lenses from Smith. And I like the "frameless" concept of the NDX and Airbrake etc.
One one hand $125+ seems nuts for goggles (thanks snow industry for bringing over your higher price standard) but you're protecting your *eyes* so maybe the $55 lens of the Dragons isn't such a terrible burden to pay. Kind of.
A buddy of mine has the 100% Racecraft - I need to throw those on and see how they are. I usually don't put much weight on "what the pros wear" but if the 100% are "cheap" are guys like Musquin running some modified Racecrafts for example? And the dozens of other top pros running them?
And yeah I assumed Scott would have to be coming out with more lens color options soon (orange, etc).
My new love is the frontline with Prizm lens.
http://www.oakley.com/en/mens/goggles/mx-goggles/front-line-prizm-mx-go…
Probably better stuff out there, but I can't justify spending the money on the other stuff. 100% is everything I want/need.
I'm not gonna sit here and claim they're the best out there, I have no idea since I've only worn a handful of goggle brands over the years, but for the price point I'd say you really can't go wrong. I'd recommend running a tearoff at all times just to protect the lenses from branches, roost, etc, it really helps prolong the life.
1. Oakley Airbrake
2. Oakley Front line
3. Scott Prospect
But most important factor how the goggles fit your face & helmet combo. Don't buy without trying first or you'll have goggles full of dust or fogged lenses.
Pit Row
I do really like the Prospects as well and if you dig around, they are priced about the same as the 100% Racecraft that so many people wear.
Was just curious if you had a good online source. I'm sure my local dealer won't squeak anything under retail and even 10% isn't enough.
What usually messes up the lenses on this goggle are people cleaning it incorrectly. Take care to remove dirt/sand from the lens carefully and it'll last longer than you'd believe. Don't let crap that gets between the tear-offs and lens stay in there...get it out of there...I actually carefully remove my tear-offs and get the dirt out...& then put'em back on. Also, I only run tear offs when they're really needed.
I believe they are still MADE IN THE USA. Heck I'm Canadian but I'll support a North American product vs something from China whenever I can (pretty hard to do these days though.) Support your own first boys! (and girls)
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