Absolutely Worthless
If I could describe this product in two words, it would be: absolutely worthless. I originally bought these for my Firefighter II class last fall. Since the majority of the class is truck related tasks (ventilation, extrication, forced entry, etc), I figured I would get heavy use out of these.<br /><br />When they arrived, I noticed they were flimsy and cheap looking. The eyecups looked shallower than the picture. But, given the price, I gave it a pass. I eagerly packed them with my school stuff.<br /><br />The next day we were doing ventilation drills with chainsaws. I put these on and watched my instructor draw the cut pattern. I guess, to be more precise, I watched a cloudy version of my instructor as the lenses began to fog up. Wait… weren’t the lenses anti-fog? I chalked it up to being in the warm apparatus bay, but brought along my regular safety glasses just in case. I checked the vents and one of them had slid closed, so I reopened it. I wiped the lenses with my thumb (since I was in full gear) and put them back on. While I was waiting for my turn to cut, they started fogging up again. So I put them on my helmet and used my glasses.<br /><br />I took them home that night and brainstormed how to make them work. I liked the way the amber lenses cut out the sunlight and they looked cool. I really wanted to make these work. I reasoned the vents closing (they had slid closed again several times) was the problem. So I removed the covers so they were always opened.<br /><br />A couple of days later we were doing extrication work on a MUCH colder day (in the teens or so). I slipped these on and they still fogged up off and on. But when I started doing any kind of work, they fogged over again. So I retired them to the back of my helmet for the rest of the class.<br /><br />The plus side is since I put the goggles on my helmet backwards, people started calling me Wildcat. I've noticed the poor reviews of this product, and its similar iterations. I wish they existed before I bought these; I wouldn't have wasted my money.
Rating: 1 stars