Fluid goggles?

[Gombessa]

Liquivision X1 Home

I had until now never heard of this type of goggle. I assume they're not very common, but why aren't they? They sound intriguing.

 

[Bobbin-along]

I have a few free divers who use them, which is who they are for. I'm not a freediver, so I don't have the problems of "wasting" air to equalize my mask.

 

[Coelacanth]

It doesn't seem like having your eyes open and submerged in water for a long time would be very good for them...

 

[Bobbin-along]

You fill them with saline solution, so it's not too bad for the eyes.

 

[skresch]

Expensive and unnecessary

Liquivision X1 Home

I had until now never heard of this type of goggle. I assume they're not very common, but why aren't they? They sound intriguing.

 

[Ana]

They don't have a nose pocket so they definitely don't use any air to equilize, unless someone can blow air thru their eyes.

 

[Gombessa]

They don't have a nose pocket so they definitely don't use any air to equilize, unless someone can blow air thru their eyes.

Well, the point of them being liquid-filled is so you don't have to equalize

But it does make sense that this would be more of a freediving thing rather than for scuba.

 

[Coelacanth]

Wouldn't they make everything extremely blurry? I'm just thinking opening your eyes underwater versus having a mask/goggles.

 

[Tom Winters]

I'd try a demo pair be kinda cool if they worked. You all can breathe through your reg without a mask on, right?
$295 is a little on the pricey side though. Good to see lots of open-minded experts posting here.

 

[OceanObsessed]

They are widely used for competitive freediving. A freediver diving deep pumps alot of air into his mask as the mask compresses onto their face with increasing depth. This air could have been used for ear equalization... which is usually what limits a freedivers ability to dive deeper. Switching from a traditional low volume mask to the fluid goggles can help deep diving freedivers to go much deeper.