Broken goggle straps

[Gleshna]

Today I was preparing to challenge my 50 PB, my goggle straps broke.

Questions:

Is there a way to make straps last longer?

Is there something that makes the rubber rot faster?

How often do you go through goggles?

Thanks for any help,

Bob

[Freds4]

>Today I was preparing to challenge my 50 PB, my goggle straps broke.
>

This happened to me with an expensive pair of TYR goggles and I went to the
shop where I bought them and they ordered me a new strap and gave it to me for
free.
I think the chlorine makes them rot and I don't know of any way to prevent it.

Steve Fredericks
Oceanside, CA

[Coach]

Wash them after use.
Dry.
Rub talcum powder into the strap.

Inspect periodically, it may save you problems on race day.

This will not make them last forever but may well extend their life.

Jerry

[Gleshna]

>
>Wash them after use.
>Dry.
>Rub talcum powder into the strap.
>
>Inspect periodically, it may save you problems on race day.
>
>This will not make them last forever but may well extend their life.
>
>

Thanks for all of the responses.

I was able to pick up some extra straps for a buck each.

Now that I think of it, these things might be like wetsuits. To make my
wetsuits last longer I dry them, keep them away from new oxygen (plastic bag)
and away from unneccesary UV(black plastic bag out of light).

I may start doing the same with my goggles along with the other suggestions.

Bob

[James G. Acker]

Freds4 (fre...@aol.com) wrote:
: >Today I was preparing to challenge my 50 PB, my goggle straps broke.
: >
:
:
: This happened to me with an expensive pair of TYR goggles and I went to the
: shop where I bought them and they ordered me a new strap and gave it to me for
: free.
: I think the chlorine makes them rot and I don't know of any way to prevent it.

Rinsing them in the shower or under tap water after each use
substantially prolongs their lifetime.

Jim Acker

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[Ricardo Correia]

James G. Acker wrote in message <6sef24$5...@post.gsfc.nasa.gov>...

>Freds4 (fre...@aol.com) wrote:
>: >Today I was preparing to challenge my 50 PB, my goggle straps broke.
>: >
>:
>:
>: This happened to me with an expensive pair of TYR goggles and I went to
the
>: shop where I bought them and they ordered me a new strap and gave it to
me for
>: free.
>: I think the chlorine makes them rot and I don't know of any way to
prevent it.
>
> Rinsing them in the shower or under tap water after each use
>substantially prolongs their lifetime.

If you are really carefull with your goggles (and have the time for it)
after rinsing them with tap water (without the Clorine from the pool) try
put some baby powder in the rubers (strap and eye strap).

By doing so you'll be able to have a +2 year strap with no problems.

If you are swimming for a while (one month or more) separate the straps from
the lents, since it can stiffen near the contacts points and break.

Luck,
Ricardo

See you swimming
---------------------------
Ricardo Correia
gol...@interacesso.pt
Coimbra - Portugal

[Robby Duffy]

Sweedish goggles are the best invention ever. they cost $2.50 each in bulk.
If I don't lose them they last about 1.5 months. Do what all us USS and
NCAA swimmers do and keep a pair that you use only for competition.

Robby
All Acadiana Aquatics Lafayette, LA
Virginia Tech

Gleshna wrote in message
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>Today I was preparing to challenge my 50 PB, my goggle straps broke.
>