Lense Life...

[Halliday]

I replace my JT Spectra lenses every winter, weather they nead them or not.

[SG Avenger]

Before I changed mask frames to a Proteus w/new lense. I had a Spectra Mask/Lense which i'd used several times in 98/99, then started using a lot oh, 2 months ago [grin] I forgot about lense life. it worked though. I wouldnt want to chance that again.

[Bad_Dog]

well before I played today I replaced the lense ($20)

no biggie, the old ones were all scratched up anyway...

I just wonder what does cause the inner lense crack like that?? is it due to stress? or temperature?

well whatever it is, I'd rather just replace it than risk it...

[MayAMonkeyBeYourPinata]

1every -2 years is recommended for replacing lens,and i like my eyes so...

[Bad_Dog]

after closer inspection of my old lense i just realized how bad they really were...

I took a picture but not all the cracks are visible so I highlighted them...

[SyntaxError]

I wonder if it has something to do with JT's being purchased by BE? I've noticed my pre-BE lenses never cracked like these do...

[logamus]

Originally posted by Halliday
I replace my JT Spectra lenses every winter, weather they nead them or not.

you change your lenses like i change undies.

[Halliday]

Ewww.

[Bad_Dog]

yah, but once you soil the lenses, you can't just turn them inside out and put them back on...

[Taco]

disgusting

[magnj]

I had scott lenses for my hottshot and they were ****

I know have the JT proflex lenses for like 4 months now and i dont see 1 scratch

[Siress]

we really didn't need that last one, BAD DOG, NO BISCUIT...sorry, I'm new, I had to do it

I let the local fluke-up use my gogs for a game and he managed to make my padding smell like a wet dog and break the gasket in my thermals. I had to replace them to play and the only ones there were some dark tented color relfection lenses...bad idea if you EVER play in the woods. I can't see a thing in the woods. On the speedball field its nice for the tent, but still more difficuilt to see than with clear lenses. I have never had mine crack as they are also pre-BE, if that has anything to do with it. I am getting some yellow tent fade lenses REAL soon, its amazing what that will do for your game. No joke, in the woods espically. Orange tent is about the same. Another thing about the reflective coating on the lense, I was running throught the scrub brush and a little branch hit the lense and scraped off some of the coating, so now it looks like a bad scratch or something. I will never buy a lense like it again.

As far as life, I had the clear ones for 2 years with no problems, ever. I think two years, it was whenever the proteus FIRST hit the scene. I use plexus on them if the get splater on them, I also clean them with a soap/water mixture regularly. I have a big bottle of it at the field. I also store my goggs in a Ronnan gog bag. I highly recomend something like that, I credit it with my gogs looking like new still.

One more thing, I hate to get shot in the gogs because you have to take the lense out to get them REALLY clean.