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Can't take that money with you when your string is pulled Dan............just buy them and forego the drama. lol
Oakley Prizm or Smith Chromapop technology
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Can't take that money with you when your string is pulled Dan............just buy them and forego the drama. lol
Caper11
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Thats a great deal!!! You wont be disappointed.
C of Red
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Based on the prices others are posting I feel abused.
pete gads
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Got a pair of oakley miner infernos with rose lens for 209.00 to my door from amazon
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Picked up rose prism Flight Decks at Sport Check last week for $165. Couldn't be happier, they're amazing and fit my 509 helmet great.
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So since this has basically turned into a where to get the best deal on Oakley thread, I’m assuming that the answer to the original question is that the Prizm lens is better than the Chromapop?
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I have a pair of both and they are both great in diff ways, oaks are pretty much good to go all the time, fog up and click a button a bam you can see, I have the rose lens and they are great in all lights and just plain work! The pops are great too, they make thngs pop and stand out more , meaning the trees look nice and green and you can see more shadows and aspects of terrain. They are both great and both work awesome. But the oaks are the champ for one reasons, defrost with a click of a button. Only thing I don't like is they only fit certain helmets good, I have a tld and they don't fit the best but worth it.
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I tried to post a few pics so you can see the difference between the two, but for some reason it won't let me? I can send them to someone if they like and they can try.
94YJ
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Here are the oaks, great lens in all light but are a bit darker than then pops. Here are the smith pops, they are a better lens I think and make things just stand out, especially in low lights and really foggy conditions. They do fog up but once in a while but they are great lens and work awesome all the time especially when you can't see anything.
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Do those goggles fit in klim helmets? i have klim f4helmet and my Scott giggles fit alright in them, but my 509 aviators fit like crap. Air gets between the outside edges, don’t fit snug against my face. Was seeing some goggles with raised straps that are away from the main body of the goggle itself which look like that would fix the problem.
tmo1620
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How big is the opening? Fits great if the opening is big, my helmet has a 210 degree field of vision to fit the goggles that come with it so lots of room and the infernos take up all of it
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My Oakley Airbrake XL's fit great in my Klim helmet.
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Seems the Klim f4 has a smaller opening. The Scott iX goggles are snug in there but fit well.
The aviators don’t fit very well. If one of these two goggles everyone’s talking about fit well my aviators are going to be for sale. Only worn twice.
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they are they I07 with a rose lens,
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First ride with my new set of inferno line miners in hi pink this weekend in revy. Blue bird skys up top made it so i only rode with them at dusk and on the way up through the ice clouds.
I have the skidoo carbon helmet, the older version from 2011-2012.
PROS
- I usually ride with yellow lenses and the hi pink did seem better. i need a more socked in day to truly test them and there claims.
- the heated lenses rocked through the ice cloud, the rest of the guys had to stop or ride without as the ice built up... i was all clear and hauling ass.
Cons
-Strap is to short for a helmet, had it maxed out and had issues with the clips coming out from side of goggle (i use quickstraps on my other goggles so im going to find a way to modify these to work.
-the foam on the goggle for your face feels like single ply **** paper. For a $300 goggle they should put some soft foam on these. My 509 aviators feel like silk compared to these. Also a mod im looking at doing
-the goggle doesnt fit my helmet to well, i can get it to sit on my face with a small adjustment
-not an overly good looking goggle
Overall, if you struggle with fogging up all the time, these goggles are worth it even with the issues, if you only have small fogging every once in a while.... save your money.
I have the skidoo carbon helmet, the older version from 2011-2012.
PROS
- I usually ride with yellow lenses and the hi pink did seem better. i need a more socked in day to truly test them and there claims.
- the heated lenses rocked through the ice cloud, the rest of the guys had to stop or ride without as the ice built up... i was all clear and hauling ass.
Cons
-Strap is to short for a helmet, had it maxed out and had issues with the clips coming out from side of goggle (i use quickstraps on my other goggles so im going to find a way to modify these to work.
-the foam on the goggle for your face feels like single ply **** paper. For a $300 goggle they should put some soft foam on these. My 509 aviators feel like silk compared to these. Also a mod im looking at doing
-the goggle doesnt fit my helmet to well, i can get it to sit on my face with a small adjustment
-not an overly good looking goggle
Overall, if you struggle with fogging up all the time, these goggles are worth it even with the issues, if you only have small fogging every once in a while.... save your money.
tmo1620
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The foam may not be soft but it lasts and doesn't break down as fast, used my infernos all last season and the foam still looks like new, my previous 509's from the previous season were used for one year and the foam did feel nice to begin with but its falling apart already and now feels worse than the infernos. As for the strap issue and fit in your helmet, thats not the goggles fault. My strap is more than long enough for my xl size ckx titan helmet and they fit perfect in the opening. As for look....... thats all personal preference
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