Anti fogging - what do you use?

**ajturbo** · 7th July 2007, 09:07

Originally Posted by scumdog

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.

well....
i have used that system for the last 20 years...
and i really needed it last weekend when Buellbabe was setting a good pace and through the desert road....
rode in a LOT of cold AND rain... no fog on INside of visor...

no bubles

just sweet smelling dishwashing liquid.....

only problem was.... the rain was so heavy i couldn't see as there was so much water on the OUTside of the visor...

**janno** · 7th July 2007, 09:07

Originally Posted by scracha

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

Actually this is my current modus operandi and the cold is not the issue, I find it had to get the air in at 100K or above.

**imdying** · 7th July 2007, 09:56

Normally I leave the visor open one click, although I do have some antifog stuff that I use on tinted visors. I'll dig it out and post it up... came from a trade show about 10 years ago, so not sure where to buy it.

**MattRSK** · 7th July 2007, 10:14

I ride with my eyes closed.

**Big Dave** · 7th July 2007, 10:18

Pinlock visors.

Shoei, Arai, most of the reputable manufacturers - they all use and recommend them.

So do I. The best system I have used.

**pritch** · 7th July 2007, 10:19

I have a Shoei with a pinlock visor and that works fine. I also have a Shark with an anti-fog coating and at six months old it still works fine.

Shoei also have that little lever on the left side which just tilts the corner of the visor up a fraction to keep it fog free. Not needed if you have a pinlock but better than riding with the visor up one click which can let water in.

Previously I had used the Scott anti-fog liquid and it worked, but after a couple of days it would go smeary and need to be applied again.

With all the crap weather we've been having lately it is really nice not having to even think about fogged up visors. There are enough options available now so that this should be a thing of the past. (Said he hopefully).

As for the rain on the outside I really do like the windscreen wipers on the "Held" brand gloves, some of which I see are now being imported into this country.
Highly recommended.

**Big Dave** · 7th July 2007, 10:23

Originally Posted by pritch008

As for the rain on the outside I really do like the windscreen wipers on the "Held" brand gloves, some of which I see are now being imported into this country.
Highly recommended.

When Dolds gave me the brief to put together an advert for them I asked for some cues for the headline.

'These gloves are the ducks nuts' the sales manager told me, I wanted to use that as the headline - but more 'conservative' copy was employed.

Very well specified, german made, kangaroo leather.

**Rashika** · 7th July 2007, 10:41

Cat crap works fine... but you DO have to reapply it often. So if you dont ride often its a good cheap alternative, but you would have to reapply. Or if you have helmets you only use occasionally... like me for racing.
For normal riding I have a fog city in my main helmet but they are a little more expensive than $15 nowadays, more like $30-45 depending where you look. Best to get a new one every season, cos they do get scratched and difficult to see thru, which defeats the purpose.
Before those (many moons ago) I used to have my helmet open a smidge (a shoei helmet) but it would still fog a fair bit. I would like to try the pinlock system, but dont have it in this Shoei helmet, maybe for the next one...
Must try the old washing liquid trick, had never heard of that one, sounds like a good emergency one

**NighthawkNZ:Me** · 7th July 2007, 11:39

I use the Nolan anti fog system as well a CATCRAP, they worka treat never had a fogged up visor yet...

The only time I thought it did fog up was coming back from Glenorchy Rally earlier this year... I lifted the visor and realised I still couldn't see jack... pitty the Anti Fog doesn't get rid of actual fog... :slap:

**Mr Merde** · 7th July 2007, 11:56

Originally Posted by 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.

I have been using similar.

Little bit of liquid shower soap wiped sparingly on the inside of the visor.

Started using it on my helmet after trying it on the shaving mirror in the bathroom, they always fog over and the soap stopped that.

**Skyryder** · 7th July 2007, 17:24

Originally Posted by 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.

They have to be lanolin based. I use them myself.

Skyryder

**Skyryder** · 7th July 2007, 17:32

Originally Posted by Big Dave

When Dolds gave me the brief to put together an advert for them I asked for some cues for the headline.

'These gloves are the ducks nuts' the sales manager told me, I wanted to use that as the headline - but more 'conservative' copy was employed.

Very well specified, german made, kangaroo leather.

http://www.heldusa.com/nero.htm

Skyryder

**babyblade250rr** · 7th July 2007, 18:18

Originally Posted by 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.

yeah im using the progrip light-sesitive antifog insert from motomail too i love it!! it doesn't tint as much as i would like (Completely black!!) but it is very effective and you can wear your sunny under it with comfortable vision

**Clivoris** · 7th July 2007, 18:56

I have an X-lite with pinlock insert. Absolutely brilliant at not fogging. The only problem I have is that the insert can rub against the visor and scratch. This is exacerbated by the seal pressing against the insert as the visor is opened and closed. This shortens the life of my visors.