newbie q's

[scottcamb]

Hi hope this is posted in the right section, will be experienceing my first go at paintballing in july, got a few questions, i wear glasses and im worried about my mask steaming up as it does when im wearing goggles etc at work, is there a mask i can get that wont make my glasses steam up .

 

[scott_peters]

Hello mate from the looks of your username your based in cambridge ? if so give me a call i have got various goggles if you want to try them on mate. I have pmes you my number

 

[baudsenseless]

as scott_peters has said its best to try a few, if you get your own mask it will be better than the masks the sites use. lots of masks use different methods of anti mist for example coatings dual lense etc, best to try a few.

 

[Tom]

In addition to steaming there is also the factor of how well they fit in the goggles.

If you can then take up the offer of trying some, or try to get to one of the retailers to try some on.

An alternate depending on the glasses you already have is to get another cheap compact pair to make them easier to fit in. Or depending on your eyesight consider the need to wear them - if like me I need glasses for distance but can see well enough to see how close I am shooting, so often don't bother with glasses.

Once you have goggles & glasses then there is still the risk of misting, but other options such as fans & anti mist solutions. A decent set that you get will be better than the sites standard set, however some sites will have goggle options to let you upgrade or buy a new set on the day which will be better than the same set that have been used by punters every week.

 

[DJForbes]

i wear glasses and find it isnt the mask that steams up but the glasses i wear. i use a demisting spray on them. it works better but not perfect. most paintball sites sell them and there cheep.

i do recomend a 2nd cheep pair. just last weekend i was lucky not to have smashed them into a million little peices. faceplanted the back right, mask was off and the little rubber nose things were stuck into my forehead. got 2 lovely scares lol but sumhow the glasses survived

 

[3L1TE hax]

This discussion over on McarterBrown another paintball forum, but in America will help you, and anyone wtih glasses alot.
http://www.mcarterbrown.com/forums/dead-zone/122773-i-hate-glasses-so-much.html

it isn't primarily about goggles unfortunately, so theres a little in there about contacts and laser eye surgery but mostly about which goggles fit, which dont, whether they fog. and other stuff you can do to help them not fog...

have an awsome time paintballing if you haven't been paintballing already, its incredible.

 

[holme118]

My empire E-vents mask usually works fine, for some reason my glasses only steam up playing in the rain

 

[paintball pete 94]

I dont have glasses but if fogging up of the mask is a problem, then try find a mask with a THERMAL lense, they do not fog up!