Juliet Lapidos is using herself as a sample of 1 when there is no need to do so.

What do competitive athletes wear for goggles? These are the people who are spending hours in the pool every day and using the goggles under demanding conditions (diving starts, flip turns). Seems to me they have long ago winnowed through the choices as to what is practical to use in the long run.

Maybe Juliet was just trying to score some free goggles when she came up with this story idea???