EKS Brand Goggles

EKS Brand Goggle test

      

Art, with mx43.com laid a set of EKS Brand goggles on the table where I was sitting at a recent club meeting telling me to talk with him after the meeting.

So after the meeting I did and Art said these are for you and before he could finish I started bitching about the color, they were green and I ride orange and white/blue bikes. (As if that should make any difference at all, I am far, far from every being a color coordinated rider, but I complained none the less.) Art says these are yours to keep, but I want you to evaluate these goggles and write a report about them. Well I said, this is right up my alley, but I’ve only used Oakley’s for years because they have a high nose piece and I can breathy through my nose. (I’m a nose breather) Art says so am I and I’ve been wearing these and they work as well as the Oakley’s. Since I do have a much bigger nose than Art I told him I was skeptical, but free goggles are free goggles.

So with the green goggles clashing with my blue helmet I tried them, I was pleasantly surprised. My blue helmet is a Bell Moto-9 and they fit within the opening well and sealed where they should seal. They did allow me to breathy through my nose. Even my Oakley’s will slide around a little requiring me to typically push them up. The EKS goggles seemed to have stayed in place longer before I needed to move them, I’m not sure if it was because they were just new or what. I rode for an hour or so and after awhile wasn’t aware I was wearing anything other than my Oakley’s. I have a yellow Troy Lee SE4 helmet I use for riding my MX bike (White and blue Husky) so I want to test these green goggles with this helmet. (More color clashing) 

You know the thing about wearing a helmet and goggles that clash is you don’t see it so it doesn’t matter to the one wearing the ensemble. The green EKS goggles and the yellow Troy Lee SE4 helmet worked every bit as well as the blue Bell helmet. The thing is I wasn’t even aware I wasn’t wearing my Oakley’s, truth be told they were a bit more comfortable than the Oakley’s

Overall I liked these goggles a lot. The fit was very good, vision was good and they were clear with no distortions and the quality looks like they will last as long as any other goggles. The foam part that presses against your face isn’t as wide as the Oakley’s but certainly wasn’t a problem. I took the lens out just to see how difficult that would be. The EKS were ok to change not more or less difficult than any other goggle.

I went on their web site and was blown away by the number of goggle selections and lens color options. The prices were very reasonable especially when they work for us nose breathers. $26- $65 for the goggles (The kind I’m trying are $26) Tear off’s $8, replacement lens $10, $45 for a sand/desert goggle and $35 for a roll off system.

I’m going to order some tear off’s (I understand the tear off’s work very well) and a roll off system, I’ll let you know how they work.

Doug 21J