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I/ox vs i/o... sizing question.

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M.M
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need some help deciding on whether i get i/o's or io/x's, in my house i have oakley splices, crowbars, and von zipper feenom to compare for sizing and my buddy has some i/o's, which goggles are the closest fitting to the io/x's?
Sep 10 2013 7:44PM
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FreeVillain
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you need to have the nose of a jew to wear the iox. i have a pretty big face and head and they didn't stay in place and always fell down. if you have a medium to smaller face go for the io
Sep 10 2013 8:58PM
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M.M
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haha, my nose is not big by any means and neither is my face, i just think the io/x's look a little better but by the sounds of it there gonna be huge, going with darkness i/o's and matte black maze this season
Sep 11 2013 8:29PM
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Balto
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while mine never fall down, I do not get a good seal around my nose and get air blasting me in the eyes some time
Sep 11 2013 10:01PM
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Blake.P
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If you don't have a huge face, just get the I/o's. I have a pretty big face and crowbars were too small for me, but I/o's fit fine. I think the I/ix's would be a bit big for you
Sep 11 2013 11:45PM
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Contender
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well i/ox is an "oversized" goggle so I would say they compare to the EG2s and Dragon APXs.  I've never tried them on but seen them close up in person at a shop.  It would definitive be helpful to go to your local shop and check if they have a pair to try on.

Other then that, I've had the i/o for three years now with the same 2 lenses since day 1.  Not a problem to report.
Sep 12 2013 9:45PM
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MartianMan
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i/ox's are freakin huge, and if your face is anything but ginormous, youll look pretty funny. Go with the i/o. I have them myself, and they fit all faces sizes very comfortably. Best goggles that I've ever owned.
Sep 14 2013 12:19AM
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Balto
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The Dragon APX has a smaller FOV then the IOx, which is smaller then EG2's, which are smaller then EGb2's

Sep 14 2013 1:02AM
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Mag
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Ignoring the sizing issues aside(which I never found a problem with either the I/OX or the I/O), the I/O's are so damn much better for lens changes, the I/OX's have a much larger view, or so It seems to me, but changing lenses is so damn annoying, so in pretty much every way I/O's are better.
Sep 14 2013 11:58AM
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bieberhole69.
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How is changing lenses harder on the i/ox?
Sep 15 2013 1:08AM
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Mag
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With I/O's you just flip the two tabs at the top frame of the goggles and pull the lens out, with the I/OX's you have to flip the tab, and then spin the outriggers around, which is often annoyingly hard and doesn't work the first time, it's the same way the I/Os's are done.
Sep 15 2013 10:04AM
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Balto
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no it sounds like you just suck at changing lenses, it's no harder, i do it multiple times a day sometimes
Sep 15 2013 12:22PM
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Mag
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Well you must be very proud.

Either way, they're slow as fuck by comparison
Sep 15 2013 12:26PM
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.AR6rider.
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I went from Splices to I/OXs last year and I love them. I don't get why everyone is saying they're so enormous. I don't think they're much bigger than the Splices. Certainly not larger than Canopies or EG2s. Great goggles.
Sep 15 2013 3:59PM
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Balto
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canopies are smaller then IOXs in lens size/frame size/fov
Sep 15 2013 4:05PM
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.AR6rider.
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Really? When I tried on the Canopies they seemed obnoxiously large on my face, but the I/OX seems pretty normal. Maybe I just have a weird face.
Sep 15 2013 4:09PM
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ProLens
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Yeah they're not really that big compared to APX's or EG2's. I'll post this again even though the IOX isn't on it.

Click for larger image

Again, wish I knew who originally made this to give credit where credit is due.
Sep 20 2013 12:35PM
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