Anti fogging - what do you use?

[janno]

Cat crap vs Fog off mask vs pinlock visor insert vs anything else I might have forgotten.

What is your preference and why?

I can get away without one in Brisbane over winter, I'll have to sort something out when I get back to UnZud. I have a Shoei helmet.

[sAsLEX]

Used Fog City inserts for years in Auckland commuting in the rain and general crap weather as well as sweaty spirited riding on the loop in summer.

$15. And do what they say on the box perfectly.

So why that one? Cheap and easy, fits all my helmets, effectively the same as pinlock but like I said can work on any helmet. You can even get tinted ones to save buying a tinted visor.

[Biff]

I've a fog city thingy on my primary visor. When I can be arsed I wipe the interior of my rest of my visors with a cut potato. The starch works wonders.

[riffer]

I have a nightmare of a time with riding in the dark in winter anyway so the fog city type visors give me the shits.

I use an Oxford Huff and have had good results. The only complaint I'd have about it is that its a bit pressing on my nose, but you can leave the visor down on a freezing cold morning at the lights in the pissing down rain and the visor won't fog.

[Marknz]

You know those small bottles of shampoo that they leave in hotel rooms for you? Smear the tiniest bit of shampoo on the inside of your visor, spread it around in a very thin layer with a tissue or cloth, and your fogging issues are solved. That is what the V8 Supercar drivers use on the inside of their windscreens, and I've used it ever since I was told that. Works a dream.

[zadok]

I found Rain-X to be good, but just bought one of those Nolan N102's mentioned in another thread, that has an anti fog insert. Seems good so far.

[janno]

Lots to think about!

I ride at night a fair bit, and my eyesight has changed over the years so perhaps a Fog City jobbie might not be the best.

I'm thinking about getting a fog off mask, AU$35, but here's another person who has complained about pressure on the nose.

I'm a cheapie tight-arse at heart, so I'll try the smear of shampoo first of all.

Thanks guys!

[sAsLEX]

I have found no issues with Fog City inserts and night riding.


Except with a very dark visor and trying to follow MR in a van at night in the rain..........

[Street Gerbil]

I use HJC HQ1 helmet. 100% fog free out of the box. The best lid one could dream of, not very expensive, light like a feather, and it is CARBON FIBER!!!

[scracha]

Cat crap vs Fog off mask vs pinlock visor insert vs anything else I might have forgotten.

Poofta kiwis. Get a shoei visor and leave it open a tiny bit. Learn to breathe through your nose.

[scumdog]

You know those small bottles of shampoo that they leave in hotel rooms for you? Smear the tiniest bit of shampoo on the inside of your visor, spread it around in a very thin layer with a tissue or cloth, and your fogging issues are solved. That is what the V8 Supercar drivers use on the inside of their windscreens, and I've used it ever since I was told that. Works a dream.

As I don't use visors bugger-all I can't vouch for this BUT beware if you have done the above trick and are riding in heavy rain on the open road, I've been told you can get tiny droplets of shampoo/water blown into your eyes when you lift you visor a little, - result? - lots of tears, - just when you don't need them.

[Zapf]

shoei pinlock does the trick for me

[onearmedbandit]

Hmmm, I just put up with it. I keep my visor open late at night, keeps me alert.

[Sanx]

After having tried various anti-fog stuff, including Cat Crap (lose the Cat, and it's an accurate description) and the Smith's anti-fog cloth (also f'ing useless) I bought a ProGrip light-sensitive antifog insert. it's advertisied as being photochromic, like spectacles.

And it's bloody brilliant. You have to line it up carefully on Shoeis, as the insert's not much smaller than the visor so it can interfere with the rubber shields. The photochromic bit is bollocks, it's not at all, but it works a bloody miracle in keeping fog away. About $33 from Motomail.

[slopster]

Generally a good quality shield will have an anti fog coating on it when its new which will eliminate most fogging. It only last for about 6 months though and excessive cleaning of the inside of it makes it wear off faster. Likewise I've found that those fog city inserts dont last very long either and I cant figure out any reason why not if they still have their seal. The only failsafe way I've found for real cold conditions (desert rd in winter in early hours of the morning) is to tape something like an iceblock stick under the visor to stop it closing completely leaving about a 2mm air gap. Makes it noisey as hell and lets a bit of cold air through but will never ever fog up.