What is better for skiing Sunglasses or ski goggles?

Question

What is better for skiing Sunglasses or ski goggles?

Answer 1

Depends what the weather is like and how good a skier you are...

If it's snowing a lot and windy then goggles offer much better protection from the elements.

If you are an absolute beginner who is going to spend a lot of time falling over for the first couple of days learning then goggles would be best again as you don't want to be smashing lots of pairs of sunglasses.

If the weather is nice and you can stay on your feet most of the time then glasses are much more comfortable and you won;t come back home with an untanned, massive white patch on the front of your face!

If you buy proper sunglasses made especially for skiing they will offer the same level of protection from the sun as goggles do, don't worry. proper skiing sunglasses are likely to be more expensive than goggles though.

Whatever you get make sure you don't get the cheapest...same for gloves.

Answer 2

ski goggles because they are multi purpose. you can use goggles at night if its snowing, as sunglasses, and to protect your face. sunglasses are only for sunny days, and not at night. and now there is new technology that wont cause goggles to fog up and be cooler. ski goggles are the way to go.

Answer 3

it depends:

ski goggles- keep you warm, protect your eyes (from wind and sun unless you buy the clear lenses which are for night skiing), look good (if you have taste)

sun glasses- look ridiculous

Answer 4

Sunglasses do not give as much  SUN protection as ski goggles. So definitely go for the ski goggles, they also give more protection from the wind etc.

Answer 5

Goggles.....and moreso if you are wearing a helmet

I dont even bother with glasses these days.

Answer 6

probably goggles then they wont fall of if you happen to fall

Answer 7

Goggles: they stay on better and protect more of your face.

Answer 8

Ski goggles

Answer 9

ski goggles sun glasses will come off and will restrict eyesight

Answer 10

I wore both when I went skiing and found that goggles got to hot and steamed up.. so sunglasses were the best for me.

Answer 11

For me its goggles, they feel more secure, I'm too scared that sunglasses are gonna fall off. Not that you should be looking down while skiing anyway but whatever. Mine dont fog up, you can get anti fog ones.

Answer 12

For me it really just depends on how I'm feeling.  If it's really cold and not very sunny, probably goggles when i snowboard.  However, I usually just wear sun glasses because they're way less clunky and don't fog up as easily.

Answer 13

Sun glasses

googles fog up and get to sweaty and hot

Answer 14

SKI GOGGLES!

Answer 15

Ski Goggles.

Answer 16

if there a nice pair goggles if thier c**p sunglasses

Answer 17

goggles. because... goggles.

sunglasses if you have eye problems though because they stop the glare (if they're polarised) but i suggest ski goggles because they are specially designed to stop glare and keep snow out of yours eyes, all the obvious reasons ;)

- OC

Answer 18

ski goggles.....