anti-fog for helmet and glasses

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Daakuryu

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I did my safety course this weekend and one thing I found is that I had to ride with my visor up because it kept fogging up and it would also fog up my glasses.

I tried the silicon oil that came with the helmet today but either I used the helmet too soon or it's not working.

Anyway I'm looking for something to protect my helmet and my glasses.
 
Daakuryu said:
I did my safety course this weekend and one thing I found is that I had to ride with my visor up because it kept fogging up and it would also fog up my glasses.

I tried the silicon oil that came with the helmet today but either I used the helmet too soon or it's not working.

Anyway I'm looking for something to protect my helmet and my glasses.
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ok, for Scuba- use your own spit, if that doesn't work spray and rub shaving cream(foaming stuff, not the good stuff) on the fog side. This prevents fogging- also works in the bathroom
 
crack your visor ever so slightly to let some air in/out. helps if you also open up your front vent a bit and breathe through the nose :)
 
Daakuryu said:
I did my safety course this weekend and one thing I found is that I had to ride with my visor up because it kept fogging up and it would also fog up my glasses.

I tried the silicon oil that came with the helmet today but either I used the helmet too soon or it's not working.

Anyway I'm looking for something to protect my helmet and my glasses.
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Pinlock visor

Get contacts (damn serious).
 
I wear glasses n close my visor.


1) you did your course, speeds are below 20/30 km/h not much air to circulate in your helmet and defog the visor

2) most visors in helmet come with an anti fog or a clear view layer. This is meant to reduce fogging or to clear quickly when vented. I strongly suggest you not to apply anything to your visor or you will remove that coating.

3) glasses will always fog, unless you don't breath

Solution: leave your visor open a finger or two during slow speeds, that stops your glasses from fogging n water from hitting your glasses ... as you speed up close it.

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One of my helmets came with an insert you put in that you can shape around your nose. Keeps most of the air away from the visor. Helps a lot.
 
I got contacts when I started riding. Best damn decision I ever made.

I had that same eerie feeling about poking myself in the eye, you get over it in 10 minutes and wish you did it years sooner...

I was also motivated by seeing what happened to my bud's face when he went down with glasses on. Not to mention I absolutely hated the way glasses felt in the helmet.
 
Contacts are the way to go for hassle free riding. I started using them a few years ago for sports and was skeptical especially about being able to place them in my eyes. Got used to it quick and never looked back.

You could try using dish washing soap on the inside of the visor then wiping it off with a paper towel
 
Glasses fogging up? Don't cheap out on spray solutions or contacts. Get Lasik. :cool:

If you can (for your helmet) get a pinlock visor. One of the reasons I was happy with my 'cheaper-option' HJC CL-16.
 
Lots of different anti fog available. They all work on the same premise - prevent moisture from building by filling in any imperfections on the inside of the visor.
I have had good success with FogZero and CatCrap if you want a commercial product.
If you want a cheaper alternative that works just as well - use Pledge furniture polish. Seriously.
Lots of guys I referee and play hockey with use it for the same reason (inc. me).
 
eljay said:
why are these so hard to find? online from UK seems to be the only way to get one?
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Pretty sure I got mine from a dealer on here. Probably Topenz.

Also...one year maybe someone will actually urinate in their helmet. :)
 
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The hard core off road guys in Queensland swear by it - and it gets really humid there in the forest tracks

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Cat Crap is different. It's a green-colored wax-like substance that seems to transform into a near-liquid state as soon as it absorbs heat from a finger.

It's applied by rubbing a very little amount on the inside of the visor. Then buff it out using a clean, soft, dry cloth. It definitely disappears, leaving no trace whatsoever.

I didn't hold much hope that it would work, so I was surprised to find that it actually seems to prevent fogging.

We gave it the "boiling tea torture test", which amounts to holding the treated visor over a pot of boiling water to blast the steam on to the inside of the visor.

The photo on the left shows a motorcycle helmet visor with the treated side on the right (left internally) and untreated side on the left (right side internally).

The boiling water test is a severe test of anti-fogging capabilities, and for some reason, I didn't think the Cat Crap would prevent the boiling water from fogging up the visor, but it did.
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