Favorite Goggles for Training and OWS?

[KSH]

Love my Speedo Pro's. The fit on the OUTSIDE of my eye socket and have cushion around them, versus just a plastic liner that digs into your eye.

I have worn them for about 20 years now. I'll die if they stop making them.

They do start the fogging business after 3 months though. Then I just get out a new pair. I've been stock piling them like a nuclear war is going to come.

[withm]

If Mark Phelps can smash world records wearing goggles that are filling up with water... oh why do I even bother to try to swim? Those guys swim 3-4x faster than I ever did on my best day.

[colby]

It's fun to watch, though, they are so sleek. The distances they are going are much shorter, but he swims something like 6 miles a day in the end with all of the warmup/cooldown and racing he's doing. Someone said he has to eat 8-10k calories a day.

Back to goggles....

I didn't mind so much the water in my goggles when I was pool swimming, even competitively. In open water it's terrible, though. (See, I tried to get it back on topic...)

[wavedancer]

I have the Aquasphere Seal XP mask. It fits my small face well and has excellent peripheral vision. I also like the Kaiman goggles (youth size), but they give me raccoon eyes. I have used a bit of baby shampoo which seems to work pretty well to prevent fogging.

[colby]

Well, I tried the spit technique out of fear of changing something else on race day, and still got serious fogging. I'll try to perfect my spitting.

I also bought a pair of the Kaimans which I'll try out next time I OWS to see how I like them. They will always be good in the pool either way, and if I figure out the Spit Technique I can go back to the Seal for OWS.

I wish you could try goggles before you buy