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x2 on the Swedes/Socket Rockets. Virtually leak-proof.

try ones with a rubber seal. The foam ones leak like crazy, or so I have found ........ the hard way

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Seems like we go over this every few months - swedes are the answer. Trick is to not make them too tight.

The rubber seal ones make my face break out in a rash.

I'm a swedes user all the way.

Aquasphere Kaimens... Never had a leak issue.
I just can't get comfy with the eye socket type goggles...

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Blue Seventy have worked for me - they make two different styles (one had a bigger lense) but they both work great. I prefer the smaller ones but that's because I'm used to that style.

I swear by Aquasphere Kaimen. They've never leaked, always keep a tight seal, easy to adjust. You can't go wrong with these.

Every time one of these threads comes up, a common theme is to use swedes or socket rockets or the like. Why do they work? because you wouldn;t dare push them onto your eyes like a gasketed pair of goggles. I used to have goggles that would start to leak - my reponse was to tighten them a bit more - made the leaks worse, of course, I interpret this as the goggles being shot. Finally gave in and tried swedes, just place them on my eyes, straps only tight enough to hold them in place - no leaks. Now, any goggles I use, swedes or otherwise, I set them on my eyes - NO PUSHING - adjust the strap only to hold them in place - no leaks.

I have found the zoggs to work really well

Aquasphere Kaimans. $12 at Wal-mart.

Jeff

x4 on the Aquasphere Kaimens. Solid, though I did have trouble with one pair leaking.

Thanks for the advise. I think that might be my problem. I push on the goggles an create so much suction inside the lenses that sometimes I think my eyeballs will be sucked out. I'll try what you do and just sent them on my face next time.

Thanks to everyone else for all the recommendations. I'll definately try some of them.

Dana

Swedes or Socket Rockets for me too. They are basically the same thing.

jaretj

TYR Socket rockets

I just got so frustrated with the pair of Kaimans I'd been using that I threw them out - the right side wouldn't stop leaking no matter what I did (including not pushing them on). My brother swears by them but put me in the no Kaimans camp.

Yeah, goggles are really an individual thing. I tried those swedes and found them to be absolutely unbearable.

LOVE the Swedes.

(dig the Swedish goggles, too)

They took a little minor adjustment to how I put them on when I started doing dive starts, but other than that they're the best goggles I've used. I'm curious about the ones Rappstar reviewed, but am not into dropping $50 to try something new when I'm perfectly happy with what I've got.

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I've been swimming all my life, and was a die hard swede user... still am for practice... but for racing in a pack, swedes area bit dicey - it only takes a moderate bump and they leak, a strong kick and you might get cut around your eye, and I take a bit of time to adjust my swedes when I put them on.. don't have the time luxury in a race of course.

I tried out the Speedo Vanquishers and absolutely love them. Best thing about them is that you can reset them onto your eyes comfortably in no time flat. They also take bumping without leaking better than swedes. Unfortunately, they cost 4x what swedes do, so I have both types around. Speaking of them, someone took my twice used pair of smoke vanquishers out of transition at the Breezy Point Triathlon in Virginia a few weeks ago... hope they are enjoying them...

Given that Swedes cost ~$3 (~$12 for mirrored), that isn't quite as bad as it sounds... Well - for the regular ones, anyway. 4x the price of mirrored Swedes and you're in Rappstar Review territory. :p

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OK people! I finally got brainwashed by all of you and ordered some swedes goggles online. They'll arrive tomorrow.

By the way, I got 5 pairs for 17.00 at trisports.com (using the slowtwitch coupon).

If you like them, and decide to start using them full time, you can also order replacement straps. It takes a little while but they will wear out.
I think my googles are about 6 years old, I replace the strap every year or so.

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You can also cut up an old innertube into thin strips and make replacement straps that way. One 700c tube will get you about 15 spare straps... :p

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Wow. Those are like the Rolls Royces of goggles. Rappstar makes them sound so cool, I almost see myself shelling out $50 for goggles.... wait, nope, not *quite* yet. : )


I like the idea of cutting old bike tubes into goggle straps!!

Sable. They really are that much better.

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Surprised no one mentioned this yet, but since every face is a bit different, no telling which goggle will seal best for you until you do the dryland seal test. Just pop one lens on with minimal pressure, and see how long it sticks to your face.

If it drops right off, don't buy, if it stays on for a couple of seconds, it'll probably slowly leak in the pool, if it stays on for 5 seconds or more, its pretty much not going to leak while you swim - assuming the nose piece can fit comfortably over your nose. You don't necessarily need the swedes, and don't assume they'll work for you, I find them unbearably uncomfortable after about 10 minutes. The second day, even worse, plus its a pain to fit new rubber nose piece through those tiny holes.

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Aquasphere Kaimans

I agree that each face is different, and some goggles with work for some and not for others, no doubt about it. Swedes were very painful to adapt to - but it only takes a few days (maybe a week... well, swimming 2 hours a day) to get used to them - to build up some eye socket callouses I guess. : ) Yes, the nose pieces on swedes are tedious to install. That is why most people don't use them, but instead use a small strip of the head strap.

Edit - also, always buff the edges of swedes when new. I just use the pool deck to do this.

I don't agree with your dry socket test. Swedes wouldn't stay on my (or any because of their lack of a gasket) face for a second, but they don't leak at all for me when adjusted right. I think people put way to much stock in goggle suction.

I come from a swimming background, and have only worn Swedes for the past 16 years.

I've just recently started swimming in a pair of the Sable goggles, and they are amazing. It took me a couple of swims to get used to the different feeling on my face (I had, after all, only worn swedes) but after a swim or two, I love them. No leaking at all, no fogging, and the vision is outstanding. No problems sighting during open water swims.

I'll be wearing them the rest of the season.

best goggles ever used:

speedo speed socket, michael phelps uses it too.
http://www.wiggle.co.uk/...et%20mirror%2006.jpg

and of course sweeds. btw for sweeds absolutely DO NOT USE THE STRAP AS THE NOSE PIECE. use the nose piece they give you.

sweeds are the best bang for your buck, and if you want to be a hardass, go metallic.

dug,

thanks for the advise about not pushing on the goggles. I swam tonight and just set the same goggles I tried that leaked last time and they didn't leak a drop. Thanks again

Dana

Let me second those Speedos. They are the first goggles I've ever used in my life that I had not a single moment's trouble with. The moment I put them on, the seal is perfect, every time. And I've tried many, many types.

I had identical problem with the Aquasphere, started great, but then started to leak like hell on the right side. Binned them today. Looking for something better now. Sore eyes after this morning's leaky swim

Can someone post the link to Rappstar's goggle review? I must be blind, but I don't see it and can't find it with the search function....

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