I got a pair last summer. I like them as riding glasses for all the reasons discussed, and can confirm they work well with the Forefront helmet. I'll use them for ski touring whenever we get enough snow and imagine they'll be great for that, since that's their intended use.
The one drawback to the photochromic Pursuit lens is that they don't get quite as light as I'd like when the light gets low. Given the high albedo of snow, the VLT range is shifted darker than MTB photochromic lenses. I also have a pair of Shift XLs, and these are the ones I reach for in fall and winter. The Shift's grey photochromic lens isn't mirrored. It gets light enough that when you're indoors, the only way you can tell it from the clear lens is the "photochromic" stamp at the bottom.
Jan. 16, 2024, 7:59 a.m. - evasive
I got a pair last summer. I like them as riding glasses for all the reasons discussed, and can confirm they work well with the Forefront helmet. I'll use them for ski touring whenever we get enough snow and imagine they'll be great for that, since that's their intended use. The one drawback to the photochromic Pursuit lens is that they don't get quite as light as I'd like when the light gets low. Given the high albedo of snow, the VLT range is shifted darker than MTB photochromic lenses. I also have a pair of Shift XLs, and these are the ones I reach for in fall and winter. The Shift's grey photochromic lens isn't mirrored. It gets light enough that when you're indoors, the only way you can tell it from the clear lens is the "photochromic" stamp at the bottom.