They are purpose built for protection and comfort. They are the definition of function over form. They’re not trying to hide the tabs that hold on to the lens. You look at them, and you know exactly where to stretch and pop. For my first day on them, I would go through the process and then check that I didn’t miss anything and think “Oh, was that it? I did it all right on my first try again?” Part of that is thanks to the unapologetic styling of the Devours. Switching lenses is slightly less clumsy than it is on other replaceable lenses. Still, I liked the clear lens if I was in the trees for half or more of my descent. Assuming that you’re comfortable shopping in the $250-sunglasses department, these will feel no less worthy of their price tag than similar options from Smith, Oakley or one of POC’s own less unorthodox offerings. When going in and out of the trees, I sometimes even forgot I wasn’t wearing a clear lens, apart from the fact my corneas weren’t burning when the trail went wide open. The Clarity lens works well in dappled light, my ultimate standard for a shaded lens. And from a protection standpoint, I appreciated the flush fit against my cheeks, preventing all but the most accurate of debris from shooting up into my eyes. Even if they crept out of that sweet spot, there was still plenty of coverage. The top of these are no more intrusive than a reasonably placed helmet visor.Īnd more importantly, when I’m descending, head up, I rarely thought about it. If my visor is in my field of view, it bugs me. And to be fair, I’m particularly sensitive to this. Of course, I don’t climb fast enough to need to see that far ahead. When my head’s in the right position, they block what’s about 30 feet in front of me. But the vents and the top of the frame are right there at the top of my field of view. On long climbs, I keep my head down and my eyes up. Arms with positionable wire embedded in them might have helped them hold on a little tighter.Īnd I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I wish they were bigger. I’d almost say I wanted to keep them on the whole ride, but for me, they did like to slip just out of their sweet spot with the top of the nose pad flush all the way against the bridge between my eyes. I could feel a little bit of flow from the gap between the frame and lens down at the cheekbones, up past the lens and out the top. It also made them comfortable to wear in the heat. Along with the vents on the lens and the relief in the frame behind them, that bit of a window for heat to rise out of kept moisture from building up inside. These glasses absolutely will not fog up. But it made for something pretty remarkable on the trail. Lacking top and bottom connection cost them some of that “gloggle” sensation. It’s tilted outward slightly, fitting flush near my cheeks but sitting away from my forehead a bit. The position the lens takes on my face is unique, and I didn’t like it at first. They’re surprisingly light, though I wish there was some extra pinch-force adjustability to the arms back at the temple and maybe a height adjustment as well as width on the nose. I wear a size-large helmet, and although I wouldn’t feel right wearing these anywhere without an action-sports context, they at least fit my face. They’re big, and probably unnecessarily so for some people. From the photo she texted me to say she would not be reviewing the Devours, she looked like she was wearing a set of VR goggles. I should have known better, but they first went to a tester who is probably 5-foot-6 and wears a size-small helmet. I was not the first person to get the Devours to review. The nosepiece can be adjusted to two positions for higher or flatter nose bridges, and they come out of the box with both the POC Clarity lens and a clear lens. Those adjustable arms may look clunky, but there is zero flex or wobble in the system. The Clarity lens is every bit as high tech as any of POC’s less polarizing (pun intended) glasses. They seem worlds apart from the very clean, very fashionable, very Swedish approach POC normally takes to eyewear.īut these are no joke. “Look, I can clip my goggle’s replacement lens into this contraption and now I’m all moto all the time!” Before you hold them and try them on, the construction actually looks sort of cheap, and the Harbor-Freight-safety-glasses-style adjustable arm length doesn’t help. The first time I saw these, I thought they might be sort of a joke geared toward the motorcycle crowd. Enter the POC Devour glogg- I mean glasses. I’ll wear them at a bike park, but 50 percent of my reasoning is because I’m also wearing a full-face helmet and I don’t wanna get cancelled for wearing glasses in a full-face. I want to be able to just fit my whole head in there like a pair of VR goggles. Heading out the door? Read this article on the new Outside+ app available now on iOS devices for members!
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