Aqua Sphere Vista Lady Swim Mask Goggle, Made In Italy

About my purposes and the fit:Most week days, I spend half of my lunch hour swimming laps in an outdoor pool. I'm a petite woman with a narrow face and small nose, so all goggles and masks I've tried leak instantly around the sides of my nose or at the top of my cheeks near my temples. According to the picture and reviews, the Aqua Sphere Vista Lady Swim Mask seemed like a solution. I've had this for about two weeks and though it beats any goggles I've had, it still leaks a little near my temples. My silicone swim cap is thicker than latex ones, so I have to wear it far up on my forehead or the edge of it causes the mask to leak above my eyebrows. To customize the shape of the mask, when not using it, I wrap a rubber band around the whole mask from each end, near the latches. This curls it slightly inward to help it stay sealed.About facial indentations:These don't mark my face nearly as much as goggles. The wide and flexible edges disperse the pressure over a larger area. It leaves a small line on my forehead and cheeks, and one between my eyebrows, but I prefer that to indented circles around my eyes and it only lasts half an hour.About the lenses and view:This does allow a much wider range of vision than most swim goggles, which helps while swimming back stroke and looking for the edge. I wish there was an option of tinted lenses, because for back stroke, the sun is blinding. (Some sites do offer the very similar "Aqua Sphere Seal XPT Ladies Swim Mask Tinted Lens".) The lenses of mine seem like they'd scratch easily, but I keep them in their hard plastic case and I'm not often in sandy environments. They fog up just a little. For me, in around 15 minutes, about half a teaspoon of water leaks in, which is OK because with the roomy inside, it doesn't get into my eyes. Before draining it, I face downward to clear them. The wide and flexible edges allow me to drain them just by lifting a little at the top of my cheek.About the latches:The mechanism is extremely easy to use! To loosen, push on a small tab that allows the ribbed bands to slide freely. With the mask on and straps in place, simply pull the ends of the bands outward and the latch automatically catches. One problem is that mine won't stay extremely tight. On one side, the band tends to pull back out a few notches. Each end of the band is single and wide, splitting into a dual area in back. There's a plastic bracket of some sort around each side of the band, but I don't know its purpose. Maybe I could somehow push the loose ends through the brackets to keep the ends from flapping at the sides of my head, but it would not be easy, and the ends don't really bother me. (Any clues would be appreciated.)About the appearance:These are more bulky than goggles, but I'm no racer so it's OK by me. Amazon & most stores only offer the color combination that they call "Clear/Fuchsia TR/Light Smoke". The rims of the lenses alternate between translucent gray and translucent dark pink. I did find a few sites that offer the accent color of solid blue, solid red, or solid pink.About the price:I paid about $30.00 for the mask. That's a considerable expense to me, but adjusting the mask every 10 laps, as opposed to every other lap, saves valuable workout time.Overall, this mask works quite well!

I rarely, rarely write review, but I am so passionate about swimming that I thought that I wouId write a review to give my feedback for comparison on the different Aqua Sphere models as far as the fit for a woman. I am first going to compare this to the regular Aqua Sphere Seal which I have been wearing for more than 20 years and overall have been happy. When I started wearing them, it was the only product on the market where it sits on the facial structure and not in your eye sockets. What I don't like with the regular Aqua Sphere Seal is that it goes very high on my forehead and pretty wide on my face which would result in some leaks if I didn't put it on dry onto a dry face. This would be a problem if I had to take my goggles off to defog them in the middle of a swim. Then leaking could be a problem.I had always wondered about the other models. I have a small face, so I decided to try this mask to see if it might fit my face better since it is made for a woman. I am so glad I decided to try it! This goggle is a pleasure and an improvement on what was already a good goggle because the size was more appropriate to my face so it is more comfortable!! It is smaller, so yes, there is less view, but what you lose is at the far range of eye movements, and it is painful to look that far at an angle anyway. The Ladies Vista provides an EXCELLENT field of vision, and functionally speaking, it is as good as the regular Aqua Sphere. I swim for 40-60 minutes and it remains comfortable. I also have been in a lake where I was swimming and doing work on my dock where my head was in and out of the water. The Ladies Vista remained comfortable and vision was clear even after an extended period (at least 90 min) even when my head was out of the water. NO LEAKS! This is important to me because I wear contact lens. The quality seems comparable to the regular Aqua Seal, so I expect that I will get a year out of them, maybe more because they fit better.One bad thing--it fogged up immediately with the first use. No big deal, anti-fog coating doesn't last that long anyway. Spit or no fog drops work just fine.I'm not sure if I rules out the Kayenne on the basis of reviews here or if I tried it on in a local store.I ordered the Seal XP for ladies at the same time as the Vista. The angle of the silicone skirt dug into my skin and was not comfortable at all. They are going right back to Amazon. FYI, the field of vision is as good as the Ladies Vista if they happen to fit your face. Everybody's face is a different shape.The Vista Ladies is so much more comfortable that I'm going to use it as my primary goggle. My regular Aqua Sphere is going in the closet as a back up.

I like these goggles a lot, before I bought these I had the traditional small cup goggles. However, over time I noticed I was getting subtle bruising under my eyes even though I was trying not to have the goggles on to tight . So, I decided to go with a more full-face goggle and that has eliminated the black eyes. That said, I am an older person, over 60, and maybe I was getting bruising because my skin is getting thinner. These goggles provide a larger viewing area and really "suck" to the face. Occasionally I have had some leakage, as with all goggles, but am gennerally able to figured out the cause e.g. I bit of my swim cap is under the mask preventing a perfect seal. I am giving the goggles a 4 rather than a 5 as I have noticed they are losing a bit of the fog protection. I have been very careful with the goggles keeping them in the box between swims and have been careful not to touch or rub the inside and rinsing them off after swimming. It is normal for the protection to gradually wear off but I've only had the goggles a couple months. That said, I'm not overly concerned with that as there are other products I can put on the goggles if the fogging continues or apply some spit. Right now using in the pool but look forward to trying them in open water.

Love these worth the price. No soggy eyes they don’t leak..

Love the goggles. I bought these based on a doctor's recommendation as I have an eye issue that is aggravated by chlorine but also the pressure from my old goggles. These ones are prefect, keep the water out and don't hurt my eye.

Took a long time for delivery but it's gorgeous and looks authentic and quality is great! It is actually cheaper at Sporting Life so if you have one in the area, better to purchase it there.

Love these goggles, I swim with them regularly and they never let water in. They fog up at the beginning, but it's because I'm coming out of the sauna, I just wipe them with my fingers after the first lap and we are good to go for an hour after.

Fits well, does not leak.