Visited the headquarters of Abom Goggles today and my engineering colleague Vince O'Malley (CTO of Abom). Vince set me up with new Heet frames, new strap, and a quiver of lenses for further testing.
I've been an Abom Goggle tester for the past couple of years. Hands-down the best goggles for skiing. Heated lenses for fog-free operation all day long.
One set of lenses is the military grade, so I can take some small shrapnel shots to the face (about 700 fps) and protect my eyes. Very handy for dealing with the road-raging gun-toting ski commuters.
Vince is testing the resistance of the lens coating. This is carefully controlled to get the correct heating of the lens.
He also showed how they test the heating with a FLIR thermal camera and it easily shows how the lens is uniformly heated across the surface.
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Here is the test dummy. Moist air is injected through the slots in the face to fog up the goggles. Then press the Abom button and "presto!" the fog disappears.
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A shelf collection of older prototype goggles and work in progress.
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Busy workbench to test and inspect circuits, frames, lenses.
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Display showing cold-weather protection goggles, military, and snow-sport goggle models.
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Heet model "Gear of the Year" award display.
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My own goggles with lens quiver.
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The new strap has just the right amount of sticky backing to hold it to the helmet, yet allow easy adjustment and lifting up off the helmet. I like the new strap.
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