Best foggles or hood w/ Headset and Glasses

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 wear glasses and a headset, and these protective goggles are usually
quite flexible and comfortable, and work as well as any foggles or
view-limiting devices I have used. I can see the panel fine, but
nothing over the top, unless I actually try to cheat (which I could do
with most other goggles.I used these on a checkride, and the DE had no
problem with them. These typially fold up quite well and fit fine in
my flight bag, and if I lose them, it hurts a lot less than losing a
$20 pair.

Cheers,

Cap


Jeff Saylor wrote in message ...
If you are a pilot who uses both a headset and eyeglasses, what IFR
trainng device works and fits best for you? The generic foggles, like
Sporty's sells? The Jeppesen JeppShades Flip-Up hood? A particular
model of hood?

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

Andrew Gideon wrote in
online.com:

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.

Those new tiny lenses may be stylish, but they're not very practical. I'm
still using larger lenses, although somewhat smaller than my old ones,
because the small lenses just aren't big enough for my variable bifocals
and looking straight ahead also. My bifocal lens is about the size of the
glasses they sell now, and I just can't live with that.

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Regards,

Stan