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Oakley flat light/overcast lens

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scottishskier
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Which lens should I go for when skiing flat light/overcast

H.I. Yellow Iridium

VR50 Pink Iridium

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Dec 13 2011 4:10PM
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Triple_Strum
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Both of those are okay. The yellow lens allows for more light transfer, thus would be best for darker condition. If you can only buy one lens though, the Pink Iridium is a great lens.
Dec 13 2011 7:46PM
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Jibboholics
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I mainly skid night and evening where I'm from and I got the H.I. Yellow lens They work amazing, they brighten everything up and for me really improved the clarity of everything. If I were you I would defenitly get the H.I. Yellow lens
Dec 13 2011 8:11PM
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Dmarc
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I personally think pink iridium is the best night lense on the market they are my personal favorites they are practically clear
Dec 13 2011 9:28PM
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richard.
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Also like them a lot
Dec 13 2011 9:37PM
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CassiusClay
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get pink, use clear at night
Dec 13 2011 9:42PM
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Dmarc
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i actually use my pink for night and they work great
Dec 13 2011 11:53PM
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MottsGetsYouTots
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i use my pink for night or shitty overcast days. works great
Dec 14 2011 12:48AM
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stickerman
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check this thread out

https://www.newschoolers.com/ns/forums/readthread/thread_id/663663/
Dec 14 2011 8:15AM
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skiRay
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H.I. Yellows are awesome. i used mine everyday last year (well then again i destroyed my g30s) but theyre great in low light and flat light. and snowy days. i think theyre rates at letting 95% of light in or something like that. theyre great for east coast
Dec 14 2011 8:59AM
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CDdesign
Posts: 1015 - Karma: 92
G30.
Dec 14 2011 10:05AM
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smuggs
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hi amber polarized is the best lens for everything if u got the dough
Dec 14 2011 11:36AM
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scottishskier
Posts: 167 - Karma: 15
hmmm i live in europe so i never really go night skiing. lifts shut around 4-5. im thinking yellow. whats the g30 like?
Dec 15 2011 4:08PM
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Whatsonboss
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Go with yellow, basically 1 up from clear on a % of light scale
Dec 15 2011 4:10PM
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CDdesign
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the G30 was made for golf... it was supposed to be a lens that would aplify your contreast to read the fairways/greens better. 

it makes things pop, i have IO's but a pair of splices with G30 just for overcast.  Lance Armstrong uses em In his jawbones, and rory mclroy uses em in the his tours.  IMO the most versitile lens on the market... i have used mine from sunny to night and eveything in between!

Dec 15 2011 4:36PM
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