I HATE goggles! (Page 2)

Speedo Vanquisher works best for me.

Having coached alot of folks, I can safely say no two faces are the same when it comes to google fit. Try to fit as best you can in the store. Make sure you make your adjusts the first few times you wear them, and once you find the right pair you will swear by them.

Good Luck

Could the problem be from your hair or eyebrows in the seal? If they dont seal completely on your skin they WILL leak. My daughter has this problem. As soon as I get the hair out of the way and place them under her eyebrows all is good.

We use TYR.

As many posters have said, goggles are TOTALLY personal preference...

The holding them up to the face to see if they stick trick is GREAT.

But if I can put in one more plug for SWEDES....one of the best things about them is how infinitely adjustable they are.  I don't use the plastic piece between the nose...I use a piece of the elastic band.  That way I can control how wide or narrow they are.  Many goggles come with various size pieces to put between the sockets, but nothing beats the adjustability of a band.  I also have a big nose and elastic over it doesn't hurt nearly as much as a piece of hard plastic.

Anyway, just my two cents.  Swedes are SO adjustable and that really helps me out.

Good luck...you'll find a pair you like eventually!

Finding the pair that fits your face the best is the most important thing.  Once you find a particular brand and model that work for you, you'll never want to try anything else.

For me, it's Vanquishers.  I have 2 pair -- clear for indoors/overcast days and tinted for sunny days.  Swedish have never worked for me.

Another thing about goggles besides fit is to make sure you're wearing them properly.  The strap should be up on the crown of your head, not down at the base of your skull.  If the strap is down on your ears, odds are that the strap is too low.  The strap should not need to be so tight that you get headaches, or your eye sockets get sore.  If it has to be that tight to keep them from leaking, then your goggles just don't fit.  Good fitting goggles will allow a competetive swimmer to start off a block without wearing them like a necklace.

x2   -  I had this problem also.  I tried two different brands and they both leaked.  I finally realized that I was not wearing them properly.  When I finally learned to wear them slightly under the eyebrows, the leaking stopped.  They won't seal right if you are getting hair or eyebrows between the seals and the skin.

Indeed. 

Keep looking for a pair.  All goggles are just plastic and rubber (or something like rubber) that come in all shapes and sizes because people's heads come in all shapes and sizes.  I went through six different kinds before I found some that worked for me.   When I did finally find them, I found a sale and bought eight pair.

If you think goggles are bad you should have been around before they were available. Walking around with dry itchy eyes that created halos around every light. Now that was bad.

The best goggles are the ones that fit and people have made good suggestions. TYR Racetech have worked for me for years.

I am not a Tri competitor...yet.  But I do have an extensive swimming background, and I currently swim quite a bit.

I found the Tyr Socket Rockets (as an above poster mentioned) to be great goggles.  They are a foamless goggle, like Swedish styles, but they have a very nice gasket type material.  They are very cheap too, only 5-6 bucks usually.