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H.I. Yellow or Clear?

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skitheWest.
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I'm looking at getting a new splice lens for night-skiing. It would be used ONLY for night-skiing. I ski at Grouse/Whistler so most of the time it's not snowing too bad, just foggy. I know the H.I. yellow cuts through fog better but is it really worth the extra $$?
Feb 19 2012 7:33PM
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japanada
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Yellow for the flat light amplification.
Feb 19 2012 7:52PM
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ProLens
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HI Yellow or Ruby Clear are both well worth it if you have the extra dough because of how much more versatile they are than the clear lens.
Feb 19 2012 8:07PM
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skitheWest.
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what do you mean by versatile? I would only be using them for dark conditions/night-skiing...
Feb 19 2012 8:09PM
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Session
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Hi yellow is money at night
Feb 19 2012 9:21PM
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Goku
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I have Hi Yellow for my Airbrakes, I would like a clear lens for night though
Feb 19 2012 9:30PM
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Backyard.Skier
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pink irid is the shit, i use it for night skiing at kimberley and i love them still sort of a mirror and they still show tons of depth, and good for foggy/overcast days as well in case you fell like throwing them in mid day.
Feb 19 2012 9:54PM
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TNORTS
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I hear the pink iridium and the yellows are both sick for night skiing. The yellows are def going to be brighter at night
Feb 19 2012 10:01PM
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richard.
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I use pink iridium at night, however I find that (not use if I'm using the right term) it causes glare from the lights because of the iridium coating on the lens. But since its strictly a night lens, you can't really go wrong with clear (can't comment on HI yellow since I never used it).
Feb 19 2012 10:21PM
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skitheWest.
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Feb 20 2012 2:44AM
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remster
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Hi-yellow will give you more definition at night than a clear lens which just keeps the wind out. I use fire iridium because I'm too lazy to purchase a hi-yellow
Feb 20 2012 2:57AM
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skitheWest.
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Feb 21 2012 2:18AM
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doitbig
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I've owned both...i prefer the clear for night due to less glare from the lights.
Feb 21 2012 12:33PM
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Barefootin_Fiend
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I have H.I. Yellow for night skiing and I wish I had clear for the same reason others mentioned.
Feb 21 2012 1:03PM
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Trace.
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I rock my yellow lenses every night I ski, they work great for the low/flatlight
Feb 21 2012 1:21PM
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skitheWest.
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so clear is better for night?
Feb 22 2012 1:00AM
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jdubbs.
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My personal preference would be the yellow. I just find them more useful
Feb 22 2012 2:38AM
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CDdesign
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pink irdidium would be more versitile and more rare, the lights are super bright when night skiing, so its good to have a lens that cuts down the glare a bit
Feb 22 2012 1:58PM
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tDrops
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who gives a shit how rare it is, and hi yellow is sick for non- night skiing as well on cloudy days because you get way more definition from the snow, its impressive how much better you can judge depth with the yellow lense on verses just having no goggles on
Feb 22 2012 5:14PM
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Session
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Pink is not rare. Oakley makes it for all their spherical lenses. The new pink is 50% VLT. It is versatile in the day. But not that good at night.
Feb 23 2012 1:27AM
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doitbig
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got a brand new clear crowbar lens fs check my thread.
Mar 6 2012 10:39AM
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skiRay
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i use hi yellow for about half my season and i think theyre great. clear would be much too bright for a lot of days. basically anything except a whiteout blizard or night
Mar 6 2012 10:43AM
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