COLORS: Community Service and Maverick

PRICE: $79.95 (Community Service and Maverick)

MOTOCROSS.COM RATING:8.5 (Community Service); 9.5 (Maverick)

CONTACT: Visit www.scottusa.com

            Often times when anyone mentions any form of eye protection, Scott goggles is one of the first companies to come to mind. For quite some time now, they have been producing goggles that for all intents and purposes have been at or above the top of the heap when it comes to goggles. And every year they come out with newer and cooler designs to help bridge the gap in the ever-competitive market.

            For 2008, Scott has introduced two new limited edition colorways, which will no doubt be a huge hit this holiday season. The Community Service and the Maverick. The Community Service is modeled after Scott’s NoSweat Xi goggle, but with a slightly different twist on the graphics. This goggle features stylish reflective TPR patches, highly visible colors, an Amp Yellow WORKS lens, woven in warning labels that are actually quite comical, a Xi nose guard, Xi ventilation visor, articulating frame-strap clips, and the always important triple layer NoSweat face foam. As for the Maverick, it is built around Scott’s Voltage goggle frame, and features all of the same benefits of the regular Voltage goggle with a far more stylish color design. Some of the performance features, included in this goggle are the next generation triple layer NoSweat foam, silicone lined strap, double buckle strap adjustment, and the highly ventilating RAM system.

            Out on the track, we preferred the Maverick goggle to the Community Service. We found that the Voltage frame of the Maverick is much smaller than that of the No Sweat Xi frame of the Community Service goggle, as it fits better inside most helmets and onto most riders’ faces. The Community Service goggle just seemed a little too big and bulky, however, we guess that it depends heavily on both the size of the rider’s face and the type of helmet that they ride in. We rode with the goggle in both a Bell Moto 8 and a Shoei helmet, and found that fitting the Community Service goggle inside both was a little tight. We did, however, really like the yellow lens that comes standard, as it helps brighten everything up significantly, even on a cloudy day. In contrast to the Community Service, the Maverick goggle fit much better onto our small face, and seemed to fit better inside most helmets. One thing that we can say that we do like about both goggles, though, is the new colorways. They are new, innovative, and a nice change of pace from regular solid colorways.

RATING

            We decided to test both of these goggles together, and in the end we, came away more pleased with how the Maverick performed. For us, it’s just more comfortable, breaths better, and looks just as cool as the Community Service. If you prefer a larger goggle, though, the Community Service is no doubt one you should take a look at.