Aside from the need to go polarized in the spring sun I initially picked the Dragon Rogue Jet Stealth/Jet Polarized because of the plain black strapping and frame color. Dragon is at the cutting edge of ski and snowboarding goggle design but I've always been a laid back, conservative goggle person quite happy to stealthily wear black frames - with a black Dragon head logo on a black strap on my black matte helmet - as long as it performed.
Dragon Toric Lens Technology
Performance is the key word here and Dragon makes more than sugary eye candy. I'm to understand that Dragon's Toric lens technology - that's a type of lens where the surface is a combination of a sphere and a cylinder (trust me, I looked it up) - is responsible for the exceptional clarity.
The polarizing lens I wanted in the Rogue model was 15-20% VLT. VLT is a measurement indicating the amount of light that reaches your eye (trust me, again) and offers 100% UV protection. To me that meant when moving into bright sun from tree and cloud cover there was no bright shock from direct or reflected sun.
I wanted polarizing lens for just this reason - the sun off the snow is effectively more glaring than off sand and water. To me, the water gives the spot blindness but the snow causes a full range of side to side squinting.
The Rogue comes with an adjustable, wide strap, triple layer face foam strips and micro fleece lining that allows a comfortable helmet fit without that being pushed down by the hard helmet. I also was very much aware that the lens vents were keeping the Rogue fog free as the afternoon warmed, which is a problem I encounter a lot wearing a helmet.
With the excellent clarity provided by the polarization for full sun skiing and a comfortable fit, the Dragon Rogue Jet Polarized goggles made me forget I was wearing goggles - what more can you ask for - besides a nice plain black finish for stealthy skiers like me.
