I used the sphera for a couple years and never had any issues with comfort or the frame cutting me. I took some pretty good heels to the face as well. I also had the nylon strap-on and the mask was pretty tight to my face, that and the relatively large skirt area made it a pretty decent mask for fit and not usually having flooding issues in shallow bash fest games, or scrums on the goal lip, and the vision is un-matched. The cuts i've seen were a bit debatable in my mind weather they would have happened with any other mask as well.

The major downside I see is the longevity of the mask. Sure they are kinda cheap, but I’ve found superocchios on sale for the same price or less ($10 on EBAY) and have gathered them up when I see them cheap. While using the sphera for the time I did I ended up going through 5 frames… granted I have two that are still usable right now, but two broken frames one that just doesn’t hold the lenses anymore, and one ripped skirt. The issue was when the frame would get mashed a bit and the lenses popped out once, they were likely going to pop out again… and probably in the middle of a game… and that’s just what they did. Nationals a few years ago.. I couldn’t keep the lenses in, went back to the superocchio for the rest of the tournament and haven’t looked back. Maybe occasionally during a weekend day game in an outdoor pool when the sun is blazing I’ll use the one with tinted lenses… but mostly I find the sphera just not durable enough, and the chance of catastrophic failure at the worst time the final nail in the coffin.

Personally I like the frame of the sporasub h. desault better then the cressi, but the sporasub leaks on my face… don’t know why.