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I have a pair of Oakley A Frames, which match your spec, if not the price.
For low light go with a yellow or orange lens (Persimmon/VR28 in Oakley terms). In bright sunlight, I use the black iridium lens.
I noticed a problem while skiing in Whistler recently: The air vents would clog up with snow/ice, then the lenses would mist over. This made me switch to wearing either Cebe goggles with a fixed, dark lens (around 1/2 price of the A frames) or Oakley Twentys with Fire Iridium lenses for low light. Once I was used to having more of my skin exposed to the falling snow, and the fact that I had to keep moving or the lenses steamed up, everything was fine.
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I would recommend the Smith Triad Regulator. It is usually around $89 and works well for low light conditions. Actually if it is a snow or foggy day you will love these, they have a yellow lens and cut through crappy conditions quite well. Also they fit nicely with a helmet because the strap attaches to the goggle on the part of the frame that sticks out from the face. the two regulator vents keep the goggles from fogging up... i have never had them fog up and if they do fog up just open the vents and they unfog themselves, its actually quite impressive. For sunny days i have a pair of regular smith regulators with an orange lens, they usually dont fog much but on sunny days you dont have to worry about that usually.
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GREG
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My entire family uses the Scott ACS goggle. You can get it in amber, rose, yellow or clear (though most shops will only carry one or two tints). Not only is it a functional google but it is priced so you can afford a couple pair. Nothing works better after lunch on a snowy day than a clean, dry pair of goggles.
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Philpug 
A thread resurrected from 12/01?
Meh. goggles haven't changed that much since then. It's all good.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by
Mike B
Aight I'm looking for some goggles that must have the following:
- Must not fog up (at least not lots)
- Not too expensive (no more than some V3 Regulators)
- Interchangeable lenses
- Good lenses (except hopefully not as expensive as Oakley lenses)
- They also must look at least half decent, and not be some budget low quality P.O.S.
And one question about lenses:
What color or variety of lens is the best for low-light conditions?
Any suggestions?
<FONT COLOR="#800080" SIZE="1">[ December 19, 2001 08:06 PM: Message edited 1 time, by Mike B ]</font>
I suggest you forget about the interchangeable lenses and get a couple pairs, one for storm days and one for sun. On tramdock.com, high end Smiths (Prodigy & Phenom) as well as offerings from the other, inferior brands, come up often for $45 or less.
I recommend a pair of sensor mirrors, and a pair of platinum mirrors.
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twice. The first time the handle of my pole smashed into my lense and scraped it to s*&^. The second time, i had wrecked, ejected, and landed face first on my binding. 