Mask with Glasses
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Topic: Mask with Glasses
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Subject: Mask with Glasses
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 1:58am
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I wear glasses. Right now I am wearing a JT with thermal lens and a fan. The glasses stay fog free with the fan being an absolute necessity. But the hinges hit the lens pushing the glasses hard against my face. And getting the glasses through the foam edge of the goggles is difficult...really not enough room. My wife and son bought me a Proto "Flex?" for Christmas. The fit was worse and the very expensive cool looking fan was a joke which couldn't keep glasses or lens clear (yes, I know, the lens is supposed to be super fog proof...not with the humidity my sweating face produces) Now, what brand and model of goggles out there fit over glasses, have a thermal lens and a fan that works? Let me add that I have modified the openings around the goggle edges on the JT so the fan works 300% better than original. The same mods on the Proto did little because the design of the fan is really a joke with no consideration for actual air flow. (but the fan looks cool! Yes, my background is mechanical eng.) I would love some constructive input. I am not likely to get contacts or have Lasik surgery. |
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Posted By: Wildgoat
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 3:51am
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I would strongly suggest contacts. I have not worn anything other than JT so, I can't offer any other type of mask. I currently use a flex 8 but have never worn glasses. Sorry couldn't be much more help ------------- 
Hitler of the 21st century!!! |
Posted By: Monkey Dust
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 5:13am
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Yeah, i agree with wildgoat. Contacts is the way to go. But failing that just get a mask that is not so close to your face. ------------- a new breed of dracula!!!!!! |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 7:14am
| Have you tried the Vforce Morph? It has that massive bubble type lense that your glasses should be able to fit inside. I have never teried finding a fan for it though being as the google have never fogged on me. |
Posted By: Justice
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 8:35am
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Morph may be a good solution. Go to your local pb shop and try a few
on. You can allways modify your mask to have fans (radio shack). But you may have to reconcider using contacts just when you play. ------------- 
-JUSTICE http://www.myspace.com/outkastpaintball - Outkast Myspace |
Posted By: merc
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 1:21pm
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vforce is a bigger mask i think they are the best if you have glasses ------------- saving the world, one warship at a time. |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 1:56pm
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I have played with some very small laptop computer fans and could probably make such a design work. The Proto goggles did not have enough room along the edge to attempt placement of a modified fan design without getting into some heavy duty, pull out the calculator, re-design work. May have to go that way. My son is now wearing soft contacts, a solution not available when I started contacts as a teenager. It appears that even with no adaptation time I could wear such with no detrimental effects to my eyes for a day of play. Still, there have got to be some goggles aimed at glasses wearers! |
Justice wrote:Posted By: NasdaQ
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 2:19pm
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Yea i went threw a good 1-2 month research frenzzy
lookin for a good mask to buy. i ended up buying a V-force Morph. I cannot say enought about it. It has NEVER fogged up for me, and someties i play cenario games that g on for good 1-2 hours so i think thats pretty good. if you really want the fan there is PLENTY of space on the top of the mask where you hook up the forehead guard to the mask. And about the room for the glasses, the morph has about 2 1/2 - 3 inches space in the mask between the googles and your face... so you have plenty of room for glasses. i have wore sunglasses with them and the glasses dont even touh the mask. and theres always the advantage that i love about almaost all V-force masks is that you can remove the lenses in like 3 seconds. and clean the really easy with eges to worry about. and its supper easy to just buuy new lenses when you need them. SORRY for the long post but i beleive in sharing something good when i find it. OOO anddid i say that it only costs $40 ?? ------------- No Sprinkles! for every sprinkle I find i shall kill you. Stewie Grifin |
Posted By: Rambino
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 2:30pm
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I would definitely recommend any of the V-Force masks, regardless of fan solutions. Everybody I know that plays with glasses prefers the V-Force masks for that purpose. ------------- [IMG]http://i38.tinypic.com/aag8s8.jpg"> |
Posted By: NasdaQ
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 2:54pm
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yea. exacly but i am serious when i say that my morph has never fogged so i dont even think you need the fan unless you really want it. ------------- No Sprinkles! for every sprinkle I find i shall kill you. Stewie Grifin |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 3:41pm
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I wear JT Spectra Thermal and i can wear sunglasses under it fine. My friend wears Tippmann Armour goggles, and he wears glasses. Find something with a soft inner foam, that could be your problem. My spectra goggles don't push the glasses against my face at all. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: Shub
Date Posted: 15 February 2006 at 3:47pm
| I know a couple people that comfortably wear glasses under v-force goggles. |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 2:26am
| Well, I have grabbed every paintball mag in the house looking at players with V-Force goggles. There appears to be a LOT of space, plenty of distance from the face to the inside of the lens. Tomorrow I will see is I can find a local shop that carries them and try them on. Thanks everyone. I have looked before but it didn't register that there was that much room inside! |
Posted By: Snake6
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 8:06am
| Yeah most shops sell V-Forces... |
Posted By: HaydenTubbs
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 8:46am
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I wear glasses and use a V-force shield,and I can't say enough good things about it! It has never fogged,is very comfortable to wear and is easy to get on and off...
Hayden ------------- Tippmann A-5,Stealth CR-15 Response Trigger Flatline Barrel Collapsible T6 Stock Expansion Chamber Red/Green Dot Sight w/off set adapter Woodsball lovin'! |
Posted By: iridianwlfDante
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 10:18am
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raven may make a model that supports glasses ------------- wdp 4 life |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 3:20pm
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Now, since my local shop dos not carry the V-Force at all I figured it a good idea to order a spare lens when I purchase the Shield. Anyone know the difference between the rental lens for $10 and the standard clear lens for $20 (and mirrored lens that cost as much as the mask!!!) |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 16 February 2006 at 11:38pm
| Got in contact with V-Force and was told that the Morph has NOT been discontinued. They just cannot keep up with demand and it will be several weeks before manufacture of the next batch. |
Posted By: dodan44
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 11:05am
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get a morph. they never fog. you dont need a fan with one anyways. ------------- i pawn noobs |
Posted By: NasdaQ
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 1:06pm
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Ya the morph has not been discontinued..... i doubt it will be discontinued unless they come out with a new line of masks.... which they havent. I know you are planning on trying one out before you buy it but if you are going to buy it i suggest you shop online or on ebay.. i have seen one for 10 bucks used and free shipping. with a deal like that all you have to do is buy the spare lens... ------------- No Sprinkles! for every sprinkle I find i shall kill you. Stewie Grifin |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 2:18pm
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BTW, I forgot to add that they told me that there is no difference in the $10 lens for the rental Morph/Shield goggles and the $20 "regular" lens. |
Posted By: Zesty
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 2:45pm
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OK, I wasn't even gonna bother because the majority of the users on this forum are unappreciative of the game I spit, but you seem respectable so I won't punish you for their shortcomings.
The solution is simple. Get the V-Force mask. I have the Shield and love it. If you want a flexible face then get the Morph. It's the best deal in paintball masks. Then, forget all the geeky-ass homemade fans and gimmicks that will give your position away, and buy some http://catcrap.com - Cat Crap ....this will work for BOTH your eyeglasses AND goggle lenses! So yeah, buy a V-Force and some cat crap and thank me later for being so slutions-oriented. ------------- "People who see the future earlier than others are always feared and misunderstood." - Jose Canseco |
Posted By: Tae Kwon Do
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 3:44pm
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I hear rubbing a potato on goggles keeps them from fogging. ------------- 
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Posted By: Gabster08
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:02pm
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i have the same problem with the glasses thing. i am gettin contacts soon. hopefully. ------------- Setup: Super Blue Nexus Ego Ul barrel 45/45 pmi vlocity |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 6:13pm
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And I'm not? |
Posted By: Ilford Rule
Date Posted: 17 February 2006 at 11:35pm
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my friend plays all the time with a V-Force rental shield (i think its the shield, point is its a v-force.) all the vforces have bubble lenses so they can take glasses no problem :) ------------- CPro (w/ polished internals) 14" Bigshot BT SBS Various Rails NcSTAR D4B Macro AA 68/45 
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Posted By: cus98tom
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 10:13am
| Bruce , I suffer the same fate as you , Just tried on a V-force "morph" with my prescriptin RayBan Wayfairer's and the mask fit quite good. |
Posted By: MrFett
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 6:23pm
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i wear glasses and i have no probs with my jt nvader mask. i just pull the straps wide when i put it on and gently work my glasses past the foam. only takes a couple of seconds. if you have big lens frames on your glasses, that could be the problem too. i don't have a thermal lens on my mask but i think you could get one for it. the vortex fans are a joke, but with anti-fog spray on both the lens and your glasses, you should have no problems.
------------- 98 custom flatline barrel 14" 32 degrees whisper barrel expansion chamber polished internals jt nvader goggles jt universal sportscomm system jt vortex fan Marine City, MI |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 8:42pm
It is not the fan, it is the edge of the JT goggle frame that is the problem. I can show you how to modify the goggle so the fan blows a gale past your glasses lenses. I can play in the rain, have so much fog that cannot see my hand in front of my face and when I flip the fan switch everything is clean in 20 seconds. As for working my glasses into the goggles, sure, I do that right now. My prescription lenses are in a medium wire frame resembling pilot's sunglasses style with cable temples. And as I said, the outside corners where the temple hinges are, touch the goggle lens. This pushes the glasses frames hard against my nose purches...a bit painful after three hours of play. Scratches the tens also. A friend of my son's demonstrated today that with his glasses on he can remove the Shield mask with one hand and the glasses stay on his face. I tried it and it worked for me also. A nice feature when your hands are full of marker and pod belt and you can't see past the paint on your lens to get to the staging table once outside the net. |
Posted By: RavenGuard
Date Posted: 18 February 2006 at 11:12pm
...Who was it who called this guy an idiot? He so just proved you wrong. ------------- Tippmann A-5 Polished Internals E-Grip Ape Board JCS Blade Trigger QEV 8" Bigshot + Apex Ricochet R-5 / Tac Cap Palmers Stabilizer 68/4500 Crossfire |
Posted By: chronic future
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 1:19pm
| I have contacts now but when i did have glasses, they fit fine in my JT proteus. |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 5:42pm
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Great to hear! Mine don't. |
Posted By: MrFett
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 8:41pm
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yah, that sounds cool. hook me up with the info. ------------- 98 custom flatline barrel 14" 32 degrees whisper barrel expansion chamber polished internals jt nvader goggles jt universal sportscomm system jt vortex fan Marine City, MI |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 19 February 2006 at 11:57pm
Give me a day or two to put together some pictures. |
Posted By: whack-a-mole
Date Posted: 20 February 2006 at 11:46am
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My little brother wears glasses and he uses the extreme rage 20/20 mask. It has a thermal lense and a fan. He loves it and hasn't had any problems with it. ------------- NASA and the Americans spent millions of dollars and hundreds of hours to develop a pen that would write in space.....The Russians used a pencil. |
Posted By: MrFett
Date Posted: 25 February 2006 at 7:09pm
hey bruce...how's those pics coming along? did you forget or were you just busy?
------------- 98 custom flatline barrel 14" 32 degrees whisper barrel expansion chamber polished internals jt nvader goggles jt universal sportscomm system jt vortex fan Marine City, MI |
Posted By: Bruce A. Frank
Date Posted: 26 February 2006 at 1:52am
Sorry, have been busy. Soccer tournament this weekend and I assist the coach...I will get them out and will let you know when I post them. |