What to do for steamy mirrors & visors?

[IronMaiden]

Help please guys! I am living in London which is vveeeeeeeeeeeery cold right now (and it's not even Winter yet..God help me) and my mirrors keep misting up. I try wiping them with my gloves while riding which is not very safe and does not really work.

Also my visor is misting up even with the vents open. If I lift up the visor I freeze my face but if I close it I can't see jack shit.

Any ideas, products I can use to stop this?

Cheers!!

[0ni]

I clean my mirrors and visor with Castrol Bike Polish - absolutely magic stuff. All it takes is one wipe of the mirrors in the morning and thats me for the trip.

I really should use the polish on the rest of the bike as anyone who has seen her would testify..
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[Blau Zedong]

Agree. Polish / wax your mirror glass to solve the misting problem. I also find doing the same with the visor help to (inside and out).
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[Yoshi]

I've been meaning to try those fogcity visor inserts.
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[dainesefreak]

Pinlock

[IronMaiden]

[scott666]

Rub a small amount of washing up liquid onto both your visor and mirrors but make sure it all gets rubbed in. This will stop them fogging up.

[ram_doom]

[krebsy]

Got a stick on fog city visor insert for my KBC helmet. Bar the fact that he top edge catches when opening (meaning I need to put a bit more force into it when opening and closing) it's been an absolute gem. I picked up one of the Light reactive ones as I wear glasses and don't have spare sunnies or reactorlite lenses. Well worth it, especially for winter. Last year I had to leave the visor open a bit to keep the fog at bay. I could see but couldn't feel my lips...

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[colin1]

just have the visor open a little

3mm or a bit more

thanks krebsy, i didnt know you could get light reactive visor inserts

i think i'll get one
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[krebsy]

Mine was 30 quid I think. Pop your visor off, give it a good clean and polish (BTW: That QUIXX paint scratch repair stuff is great for polishing plastics as I found out on my mobile phone screen that had a scratch in it so might try and repair an old visor with it) and then stick the thing in place.

Well worth it.

K.
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[Louise]

I have a 'Foggy' Mask. Cost me a tenner from Ebay. Works a treat

[Arfdog]

I have some ideas about making a battery powered hot air blower, to deliver a stream of warm air via tubing up through the helmet padding, and blow out downwards onto the visor inside. This should keep it demisted, and make your face all warm and cosy.

I'll post some pics once I've finished the prototype.
I've searched extensively and could not find anything of the kind in existence.

Please let me know if you'd be interested in purchasing one, should it work like a bomb. Then I'll turn it into a professional looking product.
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[becyorks]

Dont waste ya money on a fog shitty i mean city visor insert, i know from experience that they are generally rubbish ( i used to work for a bike mail order company). Ive always found fairy liquid does the job perfectly!

[becyorks]

Dont waste ya money on a fog shitty i mean city visor insert, i know from experience that they are generally rubbish ( i used to work for a bike mail order company). Ive always found fairy liquid does the job perfectly!

[kawashima]

I use anti fog visor film. I bought this type film because there wasn't pinlock for Arai tour-X, but I'm pleased with it's performance. (I'm still searching for anti rain drop one though...)

[becyorks]

Dont waste ya money on a fog shitty i mean city visor insert, i know from experience that they are generally rubbish ( i used to work for a bike mail order company). Ive always found fairy liquid does the job perfectly!

[Graham88]

[Brick_Top]

I use a velcro-in foggy mask, made of neoprene. Does the job just fine and only costs about £10 i think, had it since last winter.

[feef]

[Arfdog]

Yep heating anything requires a fair bit of power..


I figure that the air need not blast through, a trickle will be fine for demisting, and for warmth, since the air is effectively trapped between your face and the visor. Also, the temperature need not be very high.

So, I'd reckon 5 watts of heat power would do the trick. A pack of 8 AA batteries should be the biz for close to 4 hours. Of course, the whole heater would have to be easily portable so you could take it inside and plug it in for a recharge whenever you like..
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[atom]

I seem to remember seeing a Helmet on the Net somewhere from the 70's with integral heating strips, like the ones on the back window of a car. To keep it from misting up.
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[feef]

I might see if I can adapt one of these:
https://www.helmetsetc.com/detail.asp?product_id=836-361

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[GearboxGeezer]

Put a bit of fairy liquid on a damp ( not soaking weat ) cloth, only a little bit.

Wipe on inside of visor, just keep rubbing till all the smear goes. Dont wash off with normaly water.

It may smell a bit, and it may give you a bit dogdey vision for a little while ( just keep rubbing it in ) but it works pretty effective and will last at least a full days riding ( used to do this when I was racing karts )