Current Events > Any of you here know a lot about Swimming Goggles?

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Or you swim a lot? Has like tyr easily surpassed speedo, in sales and quality? like 25 yrs ago speedo might have easily been king. Iirc most olympians now wear tyr. Another thing, are these goggles that are like 35 bucks much much better than like 15 buck walmart ones?

I swim for real. Tyr and speedo are both good for goggles. I buy a new pair every year and basically just buy them at random and have no problem. I wouldn't buy cheap walmart ones though. Get speedo or tyr, they haven't let me down in like 15 years.

SketchDog posted...

I swim for real. Tyr and speedo are both good for goggles. I buy a new pair every year and basically just buy them at random and have no problem. I wouldn't buy cheap walmart ones though. Get speedo or tyr, they haven't let me down in like 15 years.

You buy a new tyr, one every year, they wear out that fast? Never tried like 40 buck swimming googles. Actually bought a dollar tree one for 1.25 plus tax, was useable , a litte more than useable.

Smallville posted...

You buy a new tyr, one every year, they wear out that fast? Never tried like 40 buck swimming googles. Actually bought a dollar tree one for 1.25 plus tax, was useable , a litte more than useable.

They don't wear out that fast I just feel like buying a new one every year. I think you'll notice a big difference between dollar store junk and real ones. It depends what you're doing. Are you going to be doing a real swimming workout - get a real pair. Are you just lounging around in a pool - it probably doesn't matter then.

SketchDog posted...

They don't wear out that fast I just feel like buying a new one every year. I think you'll notice a big difference between dollar store junk and real ones. It depends what you're doing. Are you going to be doing a real swimming workout - get a real pair. Are you just lounging around in a pool - it probably doesn't matter then.

I swim in like an la fitness 25 foot swimming pool for like 35 mins every few days. Never tried super premium swim goggles . The dollar tree ones were surprisingly good like much much better than a pair for 6 bucks from menards. The dollar tree ones had no elastic band though. The band could not stretch at all around your head, elastic. But even like this no elastic it could keep out water. You swim like a whole whole lot, are you really good swimmer? I can only do the backstroke.

Smallville posted...

I swim in like an la fitness 25 foot swimming pool for like 35 mins every few days. Never tried super premium swim goggles . The dollar tree ones were surprisingly good like much much better than a pair for 6 bucks from menards. The dollar tree ones had no elastic band though. The band could not stretch at all around your head, elastic. But even like this no elastic it could keep out water. You swim like a whole whole lot, are you really good swimmer? I can only do the backstroke.

I'm a good swimmer because I've been doing it for so long and someone trained me, basically. If you're doing backstroke for 35 minutes that's good enough to get a real pair of swimming goggles. You'll notice a difference.

SketchDog posted...

I'm a good swimmer because I've been doing it for so long and someone trained me, basically. If you're doing backstroke for 35 minutes that's good enough to get a real pair of swimming goggles. You'll notice a difference.

How much do you pay, you prefer tyr? Like amazon? Personally got the regularly 30 buck vanquisher 3.0 for 20 bucks. Maybe i should open it now and keep it. I meant the speedo vanq....

Huh. I should invest in a proper pair.

i was under the impression they do nothing

viewmaster_pi posted...

i was under the impression they do nothing

Damn it I was too slow!

Smallville posted...

How much do you pay, you prefer tyr? Like amazon? Personally got the regularly 30 buck vanquisher 3.0 for 20 bucks. Maybe i should open it now and keep it. I meant the speedo vanq....

Yeah vanquisher is a good one. I pay about the same. Amazon is fine.