Scott 87 OTG goggles

[DavidMember]

Hi all,

As i get older it appears that my eye sight gets worse (who new?) :laugh:
I was recently told that it had become time for me to wear glasses or contacts while riding.
As i am a “huge nancy boy” i struggled with the whole contact lense in the eye thing :unsure: so it was going to be glasses.
I know that there are lenses available for your goggles but when you take them off, say at a stop or a snotty hill you can’t see, i was also concerned about fogging :unsure:
Wearing my day to day glasses under my goggles came with two problems: 1 was that my glasses didn’t really fit under my goggles, 2 when i stood up on the bike and looked up the track i was looking over the top of my glasses. (sort of defeated the purpose really) :dry:
So i picked up some safety glasses (the metal rimmed type) and removed the side sheilds so they fitted my helmet.
They make me look a little like a bug :laugh: but they are big enough so i don’t look over the top when riding.
Next was off to Suttos to talk to Mal about some OTG (over the glasses) goggles.
Mal had a new pair of Scott OTG goggles with an exhaust fan fitted :huh:
I was worried about fogging and this looked like a good idea so i bought them to give them a try. :unsure:
The goggles have a fan unit mounted in the top that at first appears bulky but with the goggles on you don’t notice it.
There are 3 fan settings: 1 is off, 2 is a sensor setting that senses the moisture level in the goggles every 15 seconds and turns the fan on if required, 3 is on all the time.

The first outing for the new vision set up was the Watagans trailbikre rally , lots of single track.
The goggles worked perfectly

On normal fire trails i had the sensor setting on and switched over to the on all the time setting on the single track.
The fan does make a small whining noise but you don’t notice it when the bike is running.
I didn’t experience any major problems with fogging :cheer:
Occasionaly i did get some fogging but this cleared up very quickly and was certainly better than standard goggles i have used.

The goggles are easily cleaned, the fan unit is water resistant but not water proof so i remove it when i wash the goggles, it’s very easy
The battery lasted all weekend and is still working now, you can store the goggles in sensor mode so the battery will last and you don’t have to remember to turn them on and off.
I would highly recommend these goggles to anyone who wears glasses while riding.
They were $129.00 retail when i bought them but Mal did give me a nice OBT discount.
Mal also asked if i could give him some feedback so this is it.

Rebore,

P.S. would like to have attached some pictures but i haven’t quite worked that bit out yet!

[ChrisMember]

Hmm… Now that’s a kick butt report!!!!

[MalMember]

Good report rebore.

I was reading about these googles in a mag the other day and wondered if they really worked. I use twin lenses all the time but the fan is an interesting concept.

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