Goggles for someone that wears glasses-

hey guys. I wear glasses that are fairly large (not that large) but i find that I cant use them with goggles. I don't find contacts comfortable, so I cant live with them. Anyone have any solutions.. like one thats designed to be worn with glasses? help :(

You should probably try them on and see how it feels with the glasses. I know what your saying how you don't like contacts, but i would bear it and maybe try a different brand/type of contact maybe? Glasses and goggles is just a fogging mess, then considering the movements and what not, i can see it getting annoying quickly.

well... how big are your glasses? i use oakley O frame goggles and it fits ok. the only problem is that when i take my goggles off, my glasses come off with them, but i have a ginormous head, so it's expected

you want to make sure that your glasses dont fog up when you put your goggles on. I had that problem and it sucks!

this isn't exactly what your looking for but I think some eye glasses places can get you prescription goggles. might be worth looking at

those new Oakley Canopy's are designed for OTG.  Look pretty good too.

I saw a guy with some prescription goggles at Killington a couple weeks ago.  They had lenses right in the lens so they were pretty noticeable, so I can verify that they do exist, but they might be pricey.  Unrelatedly, he was pretty high and calling himself scuba steve.

Over the goggles is aka otg. But I say get contacts instead 

Do you not wear contacts? Only problem you may encounter after is if it fits properly

$348!! i would just get some sick looking prescription sunglasses and buy a sunglass neck strap/lanyard, i lost a pair of fake non-prescription aviators a while back at a mountain when i forgot my goggles. it worked great for the 15 min before i lost them  

^well it is dependent on your glasses size, so l wont say o-frames will fit on all. Plus your glasses would be prone to breaking on falls too 

i'm going to a local snowboard shop first that has lots of goggles so I can try to find one that fits. If not, I think i'm going to just buy the prescription goggles. thanks for all of the help guys

Originally posted by MTpow i would recommend trying the contact route again... talk to your eye doctor there are sooo many different styles.. i have astigmatism but i was able to find contacts that work for me no problem.  I also don't leave them in over night or anything like that.... its so much easier when you don't have to deal with glasses...

I dont think my problem is finding the size of the contacts. I can't touch my eyeball. I tried to put contacts before. I can't even use eyedrops, and watching people put eyedrops in their eyes makes my eyes watery...

Originally posted by JerrySpringer Originally posted by heinz Originally posted by MTpow i would recommend trying the contact route again... talk to your eye doctor there are sooo many different styles.. i have astigmatism but i was able to find contacts that work for me no problem.  I also don't leave them in over night or anything like that.... its so much easier when you don't have to deal with glasses... I dont think my problem is finding the size of the contacts. I can't touch my eyeball. I tried to put contacts before. I can't even use eyedrops, and watching people put eyedrops in their eyes makes my eyes watery... sack up and get over it.

I used to wear glasses under my Smith goggles but had issues with my glasses fogging up even though they are fog treated. The extreme cold will fog up anything warm so it's hard to say if glasses is a safe route. I always end up stopping, pull out my glasses and wave them in the air to clear the fog. I have sensitive eyes and I can feel almost anything tiny that touches my eyes. My gf had me try on some Acuvue Oasis contacts and they work wonders (i can still feel them but not irritating enough). Try em! and lose the glasses!

is there a particular brand of goggles that makes the best ones for glasses. My dad is wearing one right now, and I was looking to get him a better one. I dunno what brand he has now

My dad is just using some regular Scoot googles over his glasses :) Farily large ones, but with plastic lens.

- P

I got my perscription goggles. Works a lot better than trying to put goggles over my glasses (because they fog up like crazy)

How much and where did you get them from?
What's the brand of the goggles and how's the lense?
Just curious.