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Leaky goggles, I did a 1.2 mile swim last week with my leaky goggles, the left side. I went out and bought a new pair, 16 dollars worth ridicules, anyway I had my RR swim today and the new pair is worse than the old !!!

 

I had a few replies as your best recommendations to swim goggles and thought to post this to get the REST of EN's best choice for a swim goggle sooo. any input would be appreciated.

Thx D

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  • mattsullmattsull

    Speedo Speed Sockets work for me. I just replaced a pair that was three years old. No leaking problems at all. I train and race in them.

  • Cary BlancoCary Blanco
    I like Aquasphere Kayenne, HOWEVER that's what works for me goggles are extremely personal. You'd be best off to go to a shop and try a bunch on to see what works with your face. A good shop will have people that know how to fit them and can make recommendations based on your facial architecture.

    Things to figure out: Do you have deep eye sockets, are they narrow or wide, is your face more flat or curved? These things may make a difference when selecting goggles..

    Also, have you tried a swim with a freshly washed face vs. throwing them on after sweating and such?

    And remember, no fit is going to be 100%, I believe Michael Phelps did one of his gold medal swims with a leaky set of goggles.
  • tgarsontgarson
    Like Cary said, everyone has their own pair of favorite goggles that they swear by but it's highly individual. A lot of people love Aquasphere's but they never worked for me. FWIW, I went through 5 or 6 pairs of goggles before I ever found one that I truly liked, the BlueSeventy HydraVision.
  • Bob IrwinBob Irwin
    I found the best for me are speedo super seal goggles. I think they just started making them again. I tried about 10 different types before I found one I like. When you find one, buy several pair - you never know when they may discontinued.
  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    A key tip: adjust the nose bridge width if you can. Any pair of goggles can be made to be leaky with a bad nose fit.

    I am limited with my goggle choices, since I need "optical" goggles, and I buy the speedo vanquisher optical ones. (For an extra few bucks over the regular ones, they come with lenses that ....sort of... work like glasses) It comes with 4 nose bridges, of which the 2nd largest is pre-installed. I have to go to the 3rd largest, and then I am golden.

    The other caveat is to avoid the goggles with old-style foam padding, but I doubt you are using anything like that.
  • Keith WickKeith Wick
    These are the best googles I've ever owned. They are large without being gigantic, soft outer material that forms an awesome seal and reseals easily when they get knocked a little by the lane markers (so i've heard). They are a little more expensive, but well worth it. TYR Nest Pro Nano

    http://www.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=4230947&cp=4406646.4413887.4417884.4417895
  • William JenksWilliam Jenks
    My son (a high school swimmer) also digs the TYR Nest line, though he has recently taken to swimming with Swedish style goggles.
  • tgarsontgarson
    Just remember to NEVER do a tri wearing swedes. I used to swim in swedes for one reason or another until I took them out into a sorta-race OWS, the 2.4 mi MOWS last year on the IMWI swim course. As soon as the gun went off I took a high elbow to the eye socket and the entirely rigid, padding-free swedes delivered all of that kinetic energy straight to my eye socket and voila, instant black eye.

  • John WithrowJohn Withrow
    I like the TYR technoflex 4.0 metalized, but I went through about 7 different kinds before I found them... Slightly better fit for me than the Nest Pro... http://www.tyr.com/shop/technoflex®-metallized-goggles-p-855-c-68_70_72.html
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