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Captain Wubba wrote:
This may sound silly, but I take a $0.99 pair of clear protective goggles (from Sears or Home Depot, or wherever), then put duct tape over the top half of the lenses, and along the sides. I got tired of losing $20 foggles. I hope I don't have to go this route. I'm lazy. But it may be what I do. When I did my IFR training, I used foggles. They were terrific for me, my glasses, and my headset. After receiving the rating, I managed to find enough poor weather to stay current w/o the foggles. In the meantime, I got a new pair of glasses which dip less low below my natural sight-line than my previous pair. That is, there's more uncorrected visual space when I look down my nose, for example. A few months ago, I tried to use foggles, and found it very difficult. The clear part of the foggles is only partially corrected for my vision by my glasses. I've only a little trouble with the instruments (although I need to move my head too much), but charts on my lap are just impossible to see. I need to find something with which to replace the foggles, but I've not figured out yet what. I'm afraid that anything close to my glasses (ie. something which clips on) is going to have a similar problem. So I may have to fall back on something like a hoodlamp or traditional hood. I'm disappointed, though, as I liked the ease of the foggles. Anyone have suggestions? Thanks... Andrew |
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