In high school I showed up to the first day of swim practice with a pair of super-cool, over-priced, metallic whatever goggles… before we were done warming up I already hated them. (Hey I was new to this. I was only there to learn how to swim so I could race triathlons.) Fortunately our team was made up of genetically engineered swimming mutants who’d been born, raised and conditioned to be swimmers, only swimmers and never anything but swimmers. They all unanimously agreed “Swede” goggles were the way to go. After I bought my first pair I admit I was annoyed that I had to assemble the things myself, but hey – for three bucks, whataya want? I still wasn’t sure these Spartan, cheap, tiny shells of non-padded plastic were legit, but the next day at practice I was amazed. No slipping, no fogging, no shifting… I’ve never used another goggle since. Sorry super shiny, NASA anti-fog technology, ultra comfort elastic headband blah blah blah; these goggles work amazingly, stay on during violent tri starts and, let’s face it, there’s something totally hard-core about padless goggles.