realskiers

Byron,
My OSBE came from OSBEusa.com. Very quick to ship. Easy to deal with when I found the first helmet size too small. I think they run slightly small, so any question on size, order up. The visor change is the simple addition of a foam air dam at the bottom of the visor that closes some of the space between the visor and the face/nose. My son has a pre air dam version. He liked the additional air dam when he tried one of my visors. OSBE has provided 2 foam air dams to modify his visors to be like mine. Jim's comment about changing the visors is valid about not wanting to change them outdoors. Would be easy to do indoors. Requires no tools to change the visor.

My eyes have teared up behind the visor and my glasses with the OSBE system. My eyes have also teared up with my fan goggles, Wiley-X's with foam gaskets to seal against my face, traditional sunglasses and regular glasses. Tearing is normal protective response of the eyes to wind and secondary drying of the eyes. Tearing is not uncommon for me, I do tend to move along as I ski  .

I have not tried goggles with a lens carrier for prescription RX. I have used lens carriers with sport glasses (Rudy Project) that are smaller than traditional frames so there is decreased field of vision through the rx portion. I have gravitated away from them towards the Wiley-X glasses for biking and spring skiing. I would think you would have similar fogging issues with a pair of goggles with prescription lens carriers as you do with traditional glasses and goggles. The fit issues of wearing glasses with their temples and placing goggles over them would be the only benefit of the integral lens carriers. As Jim pointed out, you would then need to carry a pair of glasses for the times you take the goggles off.

I look at the current OSBE system cost as equal to a new helmet and new goggles. The OSBE does come with both a yellow/amber visor and a dark smoke visor. I am interested in trying the mirror visor.

I know many people who use contacts for skiing and other sports. The price and potential aggravation of occasional contact lens wear would make the OSBE system seem cheap.

I agree with Jim. Wear the helmet - did I mention I have been run into by a ski instructor  .

Jim 2