Orange Ski Goggles
Orange is the one color at Corlin where the frame and the lens are built for opposite light. Reuben Orange is the goggle, and it ships with a Category 3 lens for bright sun. Reuben Lens Orange is the Category 1 lens you swap to when the sun goes in.
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What are orange ski goggles?
Orange means two different things here, and they are not for the same day. The frame is Reuben Orange, which arrives with a Category 3 lens fitted for bright sun. The lens called orange is Reuben Lens Orange, a Category 1 tint for flat light and falling snow. An orange frame does not come with an orange lens. See the orange frame and lenses
Orange magnetic ski goggles: the frame and the lenses
Corlin makes one orange goggle and two lenses in orange. Reuben Orange is the frame, and it arrives with a Category 3 lens fitted for bright sun.
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Reuben Orange Orange frame, Category 3 lens fitted 1 599 SEK
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Reuben Lens Orange Category 1, for flat light 499 SEK
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Reuben Lens Revo Orange Mirror finish, fits Reuben frames 499 SEK
Orange lens or Revo Orange?
Two Reuben lenses carry orange in the name, and they are not the same lens. Reuben Lens Orange is a plain Category 1 tint, the one made for flat light, and it is the lens the rest of this page is about. Reuben Lens Revo Orange is a separate product with a mirror finish on the outer face. Both fit Reuben frames only, so the choice between them is the finish and the light you are buying the lens for.
What a Category 1 orange lens does
An orange lens filters blue light. Blue is what flattens a snow surface when the sky closes in, so taking some of it out lifts the contrast between a bump and the shadow next to it. That is the whole job, and it is the opposite of what a dark lens is for.
Reuben Lens Orange is Category 1 under EN ISO 12312-1. Category 1 lets through considerably more light than the 8% to 18% of a Category 3 lens, which is why it works on an overcast day and why it is the wrong lens in full sun. The category describes light transmission only. UV is separate, and every Corlin lens carries UV400 whatever its tint.
A Category 1 lens is the most common second lens, because it covers the half of the season a Category 3 lens cannot. Orange is not a first lens: if you are only ever going to own one, own the Category 3 that comes fitted.
When the orange lens is the right one
Put the orange lens on when the light goes flat: an overcast day, falling snow, fog coming up the valley, or late afternoon when the sun has left the slope. Those are the days the Category 3 lens leaves you guessing where the surface is.
Leave it in the case in full sun. A Category 1 lens lets through far too much light for a bright day above the treeline, and wearing it there is uncomfortable rather than dangerous. Floodlit night skiing wants the clear lens instead, which has no tint at all.
Because the lenses are magnetic, none of this has to be decided in the shop. Both lenses fit the same frame, the swap takes seconds, and one of them lives in your jacket pocket.
How the lens comes off
Magnets in the frame hold the lens. It lifts off and seats itself back in a few seconds, gloves on. How the magnetic lens system works
Questions about orange ski goggles
What is the difference between an orange ski goggle frame and an orange lens?
The orange frame is the goggle itself, Reuben Orange, and it ships with a Category 3 lens fitted for bright sun. The orange lens is Reuben Lens Orange, a Category 1 tint for flat light, bought separately.
They are for opposite conditions, so an orange frame does not come with an orange lens. Because Corlin lenses are magnetic, the frame and the lens are two independent choices.
Do Corlin make orange ski goggles for Claude?
No. The orange frame is Reuben only, and Claude comes in black, brown and silver.
The orange lens is a different story. Claude Lens Orange exists and is Category 1, the same band as Reuben Lens Orange, so a Claude owner can have the orange lens without the orange frame.
What is an orange ski goggle lens for?
Flat light. An orange lens filters blue light to lift contrast on an overcast day, in falling snow or in fog, which is exactly when a dark lens leaves the surface hard to read.
Reuben Lens Orange is Category 1, so it lets through much more light than the Category 3 lens that comes fitted.
Is an orange lens good in bright sun?
No. Category 1 lets through far too much light for a clear day, and on open snow above the treeline it is uncomfortable. Bright sun is what the Category 3 lenses are for, and one of them comes fitted in the box.
Can I put an orange lens on any Corlin goggle?
Only within its own family. Reuben Lens Orange fits Reuben frames and Claude Lens Orange fits Claude frames. The two frames take different lens shapes and there is no adapter, so check which frame you own before ordering a spare lens.
Does an orange ski goggle lens protect against UV?
Yes. Every Corlin lens carries UV400, which blocks 100% of UVA and UVB, including the clear one.
Tint and UV protection are separate specifications. A light Category 1 orange lens is not less protected than a dark Category 3 one, it simply lets more visible light through.
Are these snowboard goggles too?
Yes. Ski goggles and snowboard goggles are not built differently, and these are the same frames, lenses and fit either way. The same orange setup works for both.
What comes in the box with orange Corlin ski goggles?
The goggle with a Category 3 lens fitted, a protective faux-leather case and a carton box. Shipping is free worldwide, returns are open for 30 days, and there is a one-year warranty.
Where to go next
Lens categories refer to the classification in EN ISO 12312-1:2022. For specifications and current availability, see the individual product page.