Post by bulldog on Nov 8, 2005 13:54:17 GMT -5
I picked up the Digital Woodland Camo Skins from OpsGear for $10 a few weeks ago, and finally got around to installing them for The Bash last weekend...
As you can see, the scale of the pattern is a kinda small, and the tan color is a little off, but overall they look great.
I'd heard horror stories about how Goggle Skins can interfere with your vision, but when I tried these on in the air-conditioned house (that's what folks in the Literary Bizz call, "foreshadowing") they didn't noticeably obscure my view- probably about the same as having a tinted lens.
So then I got out on the field at The Bash, where after some evening showers the weather went to the 90s with so much humidity there was fog in the woods. I then discovered that, while the skins do not obstruct the view on their own, the perforations in them (you are basically looking through thousands of little holes in an opaque camo surface) make great places for moisture to condense and collect.
Though my thermal pane lens and JT fan kept the goggles from fogging inside, the water retained by the skin on the outside caused serious distortion of my vision, and the first time I got shot out I stripped the skin off.
I then found that normal anti-fog/cleaner spray won't cut through the residue of the skins' adhesive, but it scrubbed off well enough that I didn't notice it when the goggles were on.
I didn't have them on long enough to take a goggle shot, so I can't comment with authority on their durability, but they seemed tough enough to take a sub-300fps shot or two w/o tearing.
In summary, I think these things would be great in dryer or cooler climates, but in high-humidity they are a liability.
As you can see, the scale of the pattern is a kinda small, and the tan color is a little off, but overall they look great.
I'd heard horror stories about how Goggle Skins can interfere with your vision, but when I tried these on in the air-conditioned house (that's what folks in the Literary Bizz call, "foreshadowing") they didn't noticeably obscure my view- probably about the same as having a tinted lens.
So then I got out on the field at The Bash, where after some evening showers the weather went to the 90s with so much humidity there was fog in the woods. I then discovered that, while the skins do not obstruct the view on their own, the perforations in them (you are basically looking through thousands of little holes in an opaque camo surface) make great places for moisture to condense and collect.
Though my thermal pane lens and JT fan kept the goggles from fogging inside, the water retained by the skin on the outside caused serious distortion of my vision, and the first time I got shot out I stripped the skin off.
I then found that normal anti-fog/cleaner spray won't cut through the residue of the skins' adhesive, but it scrubbed off well enough that I didn't notice it when the goggles were on.
I didn't have them on long enough to take a goggle shot, so I can't comment with authority on their durability, but they seemed tough enough to take a sub-300fps shot or two w/o tearing.
In summary, I think these things would be great in dryer or cooler climates, but in high-humidity they are a liability.
