Using Bangerz Eyewear

Since the mandate of eye protection for high school Field Hockey players in April by the NFHS, Bangerz Sports Eye Protection has been inundated with requests for eyewear. It seems as those Bangerz polycarbonate lens goggles have been the choice of most players and coaches due to the better downward and peripheral vision players receive as compared to wire goggles. Plus, the US Field Hockey press release recommending Bangerz polycarbonate goggles and prohibiting wire goggles has fueled the interest in our products.




Now that the season has started we are getting many phone calls and e-mails about the goggles. It seems as though many players have not practiced or played with their eyewear on over the summer and figured them out as they would with a new stick or other new piece of equipment.



Generally what happens when the goggles are first put on, an athlete starts running around and warms up, fogging will occur between the cooler goggle and heat being produced by the athlete similar to the windshield of your car or other glass surface when it is introduced to a temperature change. The high humidity we are experiencing, with all of the rain we have had recently, exacerbates this situation. But as the temperature of the goggle reaches the temperature of the athlete the fogging will diminish and everything will be OK.



We have had this discussion with many coaches and players, because one of the biggest reasons people won't try polycarbonate goggles is because they say they fog. Yet when we ask teams that wear polycarbonate goggles on a regular basis if fogging is a problem, they always reply that it is not and often add the comment "they fog a little bit when you first put them on, but then they are OK...." We have Yale University lacrosse players wearing them on frigid spring days with snow piled up around the field and fogging has not been a problem for them. Teams in New York and the New England states, who have been playing with a field hockey eyewear mandate for over 5 years, have been wearing the entire line of Bangerz goggles with success.



To help limit fogging Bangerz recommends applying a dab of liquid dish detergent or soap to the inner and outer surface of the goggle lens and wiping it clean with a soft cloth. We have an Anti Fog spray, item #HSAF that is a mild soapy solution that also works.



We met with a local HS team last week that has been a perennial Pennsylvania state championship contender that had concerns about fogging. They e-mailed us on Tuesday and by Thursday night's meeting were already getting used to their goggles. They had purchased liquid Johnson’s Baby Soap and were applying it and were having success limiting the fogging.



A few players also commented on the excess sweat that was building up around their eyes and how they started wearing a headband or cloth hair band over their forehead and around their brow to absorb the sweat.



The bottom line is, while there was a sense of panic on Monday, especially in the humid states of Pennsylvania and New Jersey, as players learned about and got used to wearing their goggles, by Friday most of the problems and concerns had gone away.



We appreciate all of your calls and e-mails. If you have any additional tips that you think can be helpful please write us at info@bangerz.com.



Thanks, and remember - PROTECT YOUR EYES - WEAR BANGERZ!