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Best Goggle Under $175

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evanball
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What googles would you recommend for under or around $175? Lens swapability, clarity, comfortability, etc. Thanks in advance.

Edit: I was stuck between oakley line miners and smith squad XL and decided on picking up the smiths, just because they come with a second low light lens, and the oakleys dont. Thanks for the help

**This thread was edited on Feb 21st 2019 at 5:47:18pm
Feb 19 2019 7:52PM
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OregonDead
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Hopefully you mean $17.50 and if so I'd go for whatever you can get on a good sale from a brand like smith or bolle etc.

If there are no typos in the OP then you obviously need to get some Gucci gogs to go with your LV skis mang.
Feb 19 2019 8:09PM
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evanball
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OregonDeadHopefully you mean $17.50 and if so I'd go for whatever you can get on a good sale from a brand like smith or bolle etc.

If there are no typos in the OP then you obviously need to get some Gucci gogs to go with your LV skis mang.
maybe it’s just because I live in Canada but you can totally get gogs over $175 I’m not sure what you’re talking about. Oakley Airbreak XLs are $330 where I’m seeing them and there’s tons of others.
Feb 19 2019 8:18PM
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Darc
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Smith squad xls if your not talking discounted. Otherwise there are some nice deals on last year's colour ways of a few different Smith and dragons. Try tatics boardshop they usually have killer goggle deals of your somewhat flexible on colours
Feb 19 2019 8:25PM
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OregonDead
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evanballmaybe it’s just because I live in Canada but you can totally get gogs over $175 I’m not sure what you’re talking about. Oakley Airbreak XLs are $330 where I’m seeing them and there’s tons of others.


Oh I’m sure you can pay as much as you want but you can also get the same quality for like $40 easily , even real Oakleys if you put some effort into it.
Feb 19 2019 8:25PM
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cpohl
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oakley line miner is the best goggle imo and are like 100-150 depending where you look
Feb 19 2019 8:45PM
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TimersMix
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Giro axis
Feb 20 2019 2:29AM
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B.Quincy
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The new atomic's for this year were actually really nice at around 150
Feb 21 2019 10:10AM
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Nuno812
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Partial to my electric EG2s. I tried looking at newer goggles from Oakley (flight deck) and Smith and wasn’t impressed by the flat light contrast outside the shop I was trying them on. Both were their highest percentage vlt and didn’t seem worth the $$$. 60$ last years EG2s are great for me, and when the lenses get too beat up I buy another old stock pair for nearly the price of just a lens.
Feb 21 2019 11:02AM
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patagonialuke
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TimersMixGiro axis


I second this. Amazing goggle for the price. Excellent optics, comes with 2 lenses, super easy lens swap (can do it with your goggles on under your helmet), and they look good.
Feb 21 2019 11:40AM
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NickelbackFan420
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i love my Electric EG3s, only thing is that they are pretty bulky.
Feb 21 2019 12:11PM
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DirtYStylE
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https://www.akaso.net/equipments/WinterSports/AKASOSkiGoggles

They are not perfect, but 100% worth the price
Feb 21 2019 1:11PM
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HaydenB
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Wouldnt any gogs over like 100 dollars be nice? I got some off amazon with 2 extra lenses for like 50 bucks and theyve been great for the last 2 seasons
Feb 21 2019 9:58PM
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