HUUB - Burnell Swim Goggles - Black/Gold

HUUB - Burnell Swim Goggles - 2020 - Black/Gold

Goggles designed with insight from elite competition

Jack Burnell is considered to be Britain's best open-water swimmer. He sets high standards in all his gear, and when he accepted an invitation to work with HUUB and devise its latest line of swim goggles, achieving perfection proved to be a long haul.

But then. when Jack is swimming over 30km a week, his equipment has to stand the test of training and racing. The resulting new Burnell swim goggles bring performance materials and fit to all.

GARMENT FEATURES

• High-tech, low profile, watertight, minimal drag design
• Curved, high clarity lens shape which increases peripheral and frontal vision
• Anti-fog coating for crystal-clear underwater visibility
• Three interchangeable nose bridges

The Burnell Swim Goggles are also available in a black/silver design as well as this black/gold model.

Choosing the right swim goggles

Selecting a pair of goggles isn’t easy, there are so many choices and without trying them all on it's hard to know what will suit best. There are a few things to consider to narrow down your selection, all of which will be individual to the swimmer and the 'swim'. The ideal scenario is to find a google that suits all, however as a triathlete, you will find yourself in varying locations, from the pool to the sea.

Fit

Perhaps the most essential part of getting the right goggles for you. Everyone’s face is inevitably unique, so all goggles will sit slightly differently. Goggles with a larger socket or seal usually fit a wider range of people due to a softer and broader rubber seal that will shape around your eye socket. When you look at the goggles with a smaller and sleeker socket, it gets more important that you make sure the fit is right. Making sure the goggles come with varying nose bridge sizes gives a much greater chance of getting that perfect fit. The worst thing you can have is a pair of leaking goggles, or one that aggravates eye socket and nose. Additionally, when swimming in the open water your awareness is crucial, the majority of which comes from your vision, so you don't want to impede that with goggles full of water!

Lens

The most undervalued aspect of a pair of goggles, people don't necessarily always think about light conditions and sighting. You could be swimming at the crack of dawn when the sun is rising, or you could be swimming in overcast and gloomy conditions. Each of these conditions will have a lens which is most suited. For cloudy conditions the best choice would be a clear lens, however, this doesn't necessarily have to be non-colour, it has been found that certain colours such as yellow in fact highlight features such as buoys and coloured flags and make them stand out in gloomier conditions. Mirrored lenses are the best option for strong sunlight and bright days. Sighting while swimming is hard at the best of times, so you want to make sure you have the best visibility and do not have to squint to see where you are going!

Shape

Similar to the fit of a pair of goggles, the general rule of thumb is that the bigger the goggles the increased chance of it being comfortable. HUUB has looked into all aspects of making a swim faster, and one of these is drag and streamlining - your goggles have a sizable impact on this. If you are all about speed then you want goggles with minimal drag that almost sit within the eye socket without impacting vision too much. Some would argue that these goggles aren't as comfy as a more traditional bulky pair, but this isn't always the case. A final thing to consider is your proximity to others when swimming - in essence how likely is it that you're going to get clonked around the head? A pair of goggles with a bigger seal and a malleable frame will be able to absorb the impact more easily, and will have less chance of being dislodged.

The Brand: 

At the forefront of sports science and design, HUUB produces triathlon clothing worn by the very best elite athletes, and counts the Brownlee brothers and Helen Jenkins as among its keenest users. It is constantly researching innovative ways to maximise the potential of the athletes who wear its products.

Call us at MyTriathlon today on 0207 183 4116 for friendly, expert advice and for answers to any sizing or other specific product queries you may have