Zeal Optics Beacon Asian Fit Goggles

Review by Erin Trail

Initial Impressions

Zeal Optics Beacon Asian Fit Goggles offer a wide field of view and allows the user to see in highly variable lighting conditions.  They also look super cool.

Detailed Review

The Zeal Optics Beacon Asian Fit Goggle offers a lower nose bridge than their mainline Beacon offering.  This allows for a flush fit for lower, flatter bridges and while keeping airflow out.

These goggles also offer Zeal’s Observation Deck Technology, which consists of a tilted cylindrical lens that allows the wearer to see every inch of the line below them with zero distortion, all while eliminating glare.

Other features:

• 100% UV protection
• Permashield Hardcoat
• Helmet Compatible
• Over the Glass Ready
• Triple-layer Face Foam
• Polarized lens option
• Everclear Anti-Fog
• Upper Lower venting

I wore the Zeal Optics Beacon Asian Fit Goggles on a cloud-free, but cold, day with lighting conditions ranging from bluebird sunny to complete shade.

Fit

I was given these goggles to review from another Engearment writer. She is of Asian heritage, but found that the Beacon Asian Fit goggles were too big for her face. I am not of Asian heritage, but I tried on the goggles and found them to be a good fit for my facial features. 

The frame fit is described as medium.  I found the overall lens size to be on the larger side for me, but not too large where they felt bulky or uncomfortable. The goggles never felt like they were smashing my nose down; the fit was light and comfortable while also keeping the elements out.

Zeal Optics Beacon Asian Fit Goggles are helmet compatible. I have an Anon Wavecell helmet and I found the goggles to generally fit well with the helmet. There is a slight gap at the helmet-goggle interface, but it was so small that I didn’t notice any wind or cold on my forehead. Even with the large lens face and my smaller head, the horizontal fit against my helmet was perfect.  

For me, the true test of goggle comfort is how much I have to fiddle with my goggles throughout the day.  I often experience pressure on my nose or sinuses, or get dreaded brain freeze if the goggles migrate down my face, exposing my forehead. The Zeal Optics Beacon Asian Fit Goggles were incredibly comfortable throughout an entire day of skiing.  I didn’t feel any facial pressure and the goggles stayed put.

Visibility

The Zeal Optics Beacon Asian Fit Goggles I received had a polarized lens with Phoenix tint.  I used them on a day with variable lighting conditions – ranging from full sun to complete shade.  The Beacon lens performed wonderfully.  They were plenty dark and protective in the full sun.  But what really impressed me was how they performed in the shade.  The day I tested them was a perfect zoomy groomer day. I had a few runs where I was zipping along in the sun and was plunged into darkness.  It only took my eyes a few seconds to adjust to the shade, and I found that I could see every detail ahead of me and felt confident enough to continue at my rate of speed.  With other goggles, I usually get spots or just can’t make out the terrain.  My vision, as it changed from sun to dark, was so impressive that I repeated that run a few more times just to make sure what I was experiencing was real.  And it was.  

The goggles never fogged on me and I also noticed that the outside surface of lens stayed smudge-free.  I also love the highly mirrored finish of these goggles.  I prefer lenses where no one can see my eyes, and these did exactly that. 

Closing Thoughts

The Zeal Optics Beacon Asian Fit Goggles deliver in fit, function, and style.  These goggles fit me well (I have a medium sized female face) but they may not work for those with smaller faces due to the large lens.  I love the highly mirrored finish of the goggles – they just look cool. And I really appreciated how they performed in quickly changing light conditions.  No matter the light, I was able to ski without slowing our pausing to give my eyes time to adjust. 

Erin Trail

Erin Trail’s hobby is collecting hobbies. She’s a 5th Generation Coloradan and grew up exploring the outdoors on family camping trips and hikes.  Her first backpacking trip was at eight years old to Grizzly Reservoir – she proudly carried all of her own gear those 3 miles from the main parking lot to the Reservoir.

Erin is an adult-onset athlete who started as a Masters Swimmer and then developed into a triathlete.  She completed 5 Ironman races and nearly 20 x 70.3 distance Ironman races, including the World Championship in Lahti, Finland, in 2023.  Somewhere along her triathlon journey, she picked up a deep love of cycling.

Cycling encouraged her to see landscapes in a new way, learn new skills and to develop self reliance; now she often goes and does Type 2 rides just to see if she can do it.  She’s got all the bikes: gravel, mountain, fat bike, time trial and road.

She is even known to combine her love of camping and cycling and go off on solo 24 hour overnight bikepacking trips in the mountains of Colorado. In addition to bikes, she teaches yoga, lifts weights, skis, SUPs and has recently purchased a campervan.

Erin is a former Montana park ranger with a degree in environmental engineering.  She loves getting into technical details while putting her gear (and herself) through the paces. She shares her home in Colorado with her husband, Will, and her 3 cats (Zipper, Brewtus, and Simcoe).

2025 brings some exciting things.  Erin has qualified to be on Team USA for USA Triathlon and will be competing in a World Championship off-road triathlon in Pontevedra, Spain in June. To prepare for this event, she’s got several mountain bike races and training weekends planned in the months leading up to the big day.  Additionally, she’s racing Ironman Boise 70.3 in July.  Once her race schedule closes out in July, she’ll be moving to more adventure based activities (bikepacking, vanlife, and mountain bike festivals).

When not adventuring, she can be found on a sunny patio somewhere, drinking beers with her husband.