POC Lobe Pink with Gold Mirror Lens - Review

I love snowboarding.

A lot of people assume that because I'm a veryy girly girl that loves to knit and do my nails, that I would hate being cold and doing any physically strenuous activity.

I do hate being cold, but I really love to get out on the slopes. Being in a city where cold weather is half the year, it is so utterly boring during these months without boarding. Its so cold people have to run for cover, and there very few places were people could go and stay warm - Home, Mall, Restaurant.

Ive been skiing since I was 7 years old but stopped after a huge accident when I was 17. Then I took up snow boarding and have been in love with it since.

Now that I'm good enough to snowboard and worry less about surviving and more about looking good, I decided to update my super vintage Carrera snowboard goggles I got when I was 10 and switch to these gorgeous looking POCs.

I first heard of POC from my ski-crazy friend named Sean. POC is a Swedish company that specializes in racing gear. Their designs usually have very clean lines and simple black and white background with accent colours like bright pink, green, vivid blue. Very Swede, so au courant!

POCs have a variety of goggle designs, mine was the 'Lobes'. Unlike the 99% of the models that are out at the moment, POC Lobes are very distinct in that:

• They have the goggle lens on the outside of the frame
• The lens is spherical in shape, like the eye of a bug, which helps eliminate distortion

The spherical lens reduces distortion from regular lenses and offers a larger range of view.

From Backcountry.com, I found out that:

POC Lobes Goggles was inspired by Swedish architect Sigurd Lewerentz who put his windows outside the facades

Ooooh, architectural elements applied to goggles? I'm sold!

Comes in a box that I found to be a little bit flimsy but good to show off the lens.

Thought the lens was scratched but it was actually the plastic casing, the lens was fine.

I bought the Pink with Gold Mirror lens. 

It is made in Sweden.

The lens is very spherical, the little dot screws around it are so cute.

 I also love the pink band, simple, minimal but makes an impact.

There are small vents on the bottom to let out steam and prevent fogging.

The mirror lens is very mirrored and from the front view others can barely see your eyes.

The gold mirrored lens is good for medium light conditions, 

they have VLT (Visible Light Transmission) of 50-55%

I love the pink and orange together. 

The orange foam creates a comfortable, dry seal between the goggles and the face.

Can't wait to wear these on the slopes!

For more information, visit the POC site here.