Excellent competition goggle with shatter-resistant, polycarbonate lens with UV potection, anti-fog coating, and hypoallergenic soft silicone seals. It comes with a silicone double-length head-strap for more secure fit. Very popular Speedo goggle style!
Product Details
Product Length:
6.5 inches
Product Width:
2.0 inches
Product Height:
1.5 inches
Product Weight:
0.3 pounds
Package Length:
7.5 inches
Package Width:
2.3 inches
Package Height:
1.8 inches
Package Weight:
0.2 pounds
Average Customer Rating:
based on 67 reviews
Customer Reviews
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Take Time to Adjust the Goggles Feb 27, 2010 These are the best selling men's swim goggles but I am not sure if they are the most air-tight. Based on my experience with swim goggles for years, I think an ideal goggle has these qualities, in order of preference: Air-tight seal, after all, the main function of goggles is to protect your eyes from irritants in the pool water; Comfortable to wear, without any irritation and the commonest source of irritation is the nose piece; Clear vision; Look good; Very little drag - now this could be the top priority for a competitive swimmer.
Vanquisher can become an ideal goggle but need a lot of adjustments over multiple sessions. To get leak proof seal with most comfort, you will need to spend some time making the appropriate adjustments.
ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE THE FIRST USE
1. Press the googles against your orbits, without the straps, and see if you get a feeling of suction and how the nose piece feels.
2. Then put the headstraps on at 45 degrees angle so that they go to crown of your head. Get the feel.
3. Adjust the headstraps to get the most snug, not the tight, feel. You may need a blunt object like a key to get the headstraps out of the clips.
4. Adjust the nose piece to get suction and the comfortable feel. There are four nose pieces that come with these google. The nose pieces come out of the goggles with a twisting movement.
ADJUSTMENTS BEFORE EACH USE
1. Put the goggles on before getting into the water to get air-tight seal.
2. Press the goggles against the orbits, without the headstraps, to get suction and air-tight seal.
3. Then put the headstraps on at 45 degrees to angle so that they are over the crown of your head.
4. Then get into the water.
For me it took fine tuning the strap and the nose piece after abot 5 sessions of swimming to get the right snug air-tight fit
TO MAINTAIN OPTICAL CLARITY
1. Need to store the goggles in a case, preferably water draining, with nothing rubbing against the goggles to scratch them.
2. Periodically, depending upon your use, spray them with anti-fog coating.
3. Wash them after each use to prevent chemical damage.
Of course, even with anti-fog spray, sooner or later all goggles lose their optical clarity.
After, you make the right adjustments, these Vanquisher goggles, are pretty close to the ideal goggles. I just found the following two problems.
1. The nose piece is hard plastic, and nose pieces come in different sizes, and you cannot carry them all in case you need to make in adjustment while in the pool. I preferred the soft rubber adjustable nose piece in my old Speedo goggles, which had different notches for adjustment. It was soft and comfortable on the nose and you could adjust it while in the pool.
2. The case for goggles is big and hard plastic which does not drain water. Soft plastic self draining case would have been nicer.
With these minor caveats, I think these are good pair of goggles although I liked my old Speedo goggles better for the reasons mentioned above, but they are no longer available.
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Just have to leave 5 stars. Feb 19, 2010 They do what theyre suppose to do and well. Once the tension is adjusted right they're are really comfortable.
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Great Goggles. Jan 18, 2010 Used by my triathelete son.They seal well without having to overtighten. Good field of view. Best goggles he's used.
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Only goggles I trust. Jan 03, 2010 Used these when I was on the swim team in high school and for the past 2 years doing triathlons. These are the only goggles that never: leak, hurt my eyes, fog up*, fall off while diving. This is my second pair and my first pair lasted me 6 years until I lost them. The straps on my first pair lasted me a good two and a half years before snapping from overuse, so I ended up buying a bungee replacement strap (excellent product by the way) which did the job. These goggles come with their own neat little case that you can put in your backpack and store them in for when you're going to the gym/practice as well as different size nose pieces.
*The fog proof layer on the inside lasted about 15 uses before wearing off. I figured it would be impossible for them to stay fog proof forever anyways so I wasn't disappointed. The real solution isn't buying expensive towelettes to smear on the inside but by just using your own spit! Just spit in on both sides, smear it around a bit, give them a good splash to get out the excess. Once their empty of all water just put them on and you shouldn't have any problems! Ask your local divers about this I'm 100% serious this works!
Great Goggles Jan 03, 2010 These are really good googles for swimming and they really are water tight. I use these in our pool and I quickly forget that I have googles on and just enjoy swimming. Over time they will make my eyes a bit sore from the airtight suction that keeps the water out, but that takes a while to occur and meanwhile, they are comfortable and allow me to see underwater and avoid any chlorine sting.
I got the clear model and highly recommend these googles to anyone that is looking for a comfortable pair of swimming googles.
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based on 67 reviews
Take Time to Adjust the Goggles Feb 27, 2010
Just have to leave 5 stars. Feb 19, 2010
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