Any way to beat glare from headlights in the wet?

[Pol Anorl]

Pretty sure everyone here gets major ammounts of glare when a car comes towards you when its raining leaving you semi blind, i tend to panic and wack the visor open not always good when its chucking it down, ive tried rain x and aquapel but im either doing it wrong or they don't work well enough

is there any way to stop the glare or see through it ?
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[Rebel]

It helps if you don't look at the headlights. I focus on the nearside kerb which stays pretty visible and provides a reference for your steering.

[iooi]

Treatments, while making water easier to displace off a visor.... Will not stop it sitting on there, if there is no wind to remove it. Mine seems to need around 40 mph before it kicks in ans clears the visor.
Turning you head to one side often helps a lot to clear water.

So if you have a screen, then you may need to reasses angle etc.

As to being blinded.....

You have to train yourself to LOOK AWAY from the light source.
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[soforene]

Don't go into the light .....
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[Rncv]

this is for the water, it's worth its weight in gold.
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Helmet-Visor-Wiper-Clear-Vee-Wipe-Medium-NEW-/280786763662?pt=UK_Motorcycle_Helmets&hash=item416031ff8e#ht_500wt_1413

as for glare, try some anti glare glasses.
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[andys675]

a newer visor helps, you shouldn't put rain x on a visor as its for glass not plastic/lexan visors and it degrades the material, I usually go for a light tint visor in the winter, I know they're not supposed to be used in the dark but its my choice

[Robby]

Just look away. You're not a rabbit, you can resist reflexes.

Whenever people complain about being dazzled by oncoming traffic I always find them staring right at the bright lights.

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[Teflon-Mike]

Always amazed when I had teh shop how people would pay silly money for an expensive hat, but not pay a few quid for a new visor now and then.

As said, they are plastic, they scratch and degrade. You'd me amazed how just normal riding dust etches them and then dirt gets engrained in the 'pores' of the etching.

I have a wonderful little divice;
https://www.weewilly.com/images/wee_willy_in_hand_best_1wvv.jpg
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I was given as a sample when I had the shop, been my most faithful riding buddy ever since. Fill it with washing-up-liquid & water, and use it to keep the visor clean, before you ride. Every now and again, remove visor and wash properly in a sink; avoid 'scrubbing' the visor with your glove or anything, when riding, and when you clean it, do so gently, and dont 'polish', you are as likely to scratch it as make it better. Wash, wave excess of water off, then wipe dry with soft cloth/towel.

If the visor is clean, water will more easily 'bead' and run off if you just tip your head.

Got a lot of visor preps to evaluate when I had the shop; I still have some-where a box of 1/4 empty bottles, that were not that great; The Rain-X preps are amongst them. There was a

Crystal-Glo or some such name, that was a panacia polish; an american valeting stuff; supposed to clean and shine, 'custom' paintwork, without any abrasive, where most wax polishes have 'some' abrasive content... had a clear acrylic polymer in it that was supposed to put on the shine like wax; Worked Curiousely well on visors! I had about a dozen bottles of the stuff; because it was not a wonderful 'polish' for paintwork, and three times the price of anything else! So we never sold it!

Other than that; though; only other 'thing' I have ever rated as 'useful' was a Fog-City Shield.

Was given first one for evaluation; think that Pheonix, the Aria distributor put it on the market eventually; popped it on a brand new Bob-Heath visor, and there it stayed and worked brilliantly for nearly ten years; that one visor kept specifically for the really crap weather.

So, conclusion is common sense and old fasioned hygene.

/ Get a new visor; and replace them regularly, if you do a lot of bad weather riding.

/ Keep your visor clean, with GENTLE cleaning. Washin-Up-Liquid, water and soft cloth. Wee-Willy for when you are out and about.

/ Dont 'fixate' on the lights when confronted by them; keep your eyes on the road and look past. TRAIN your BRAIN to focus where you are riding, NOT on 'distractions', whether bright lights or anything else!

/ Make sure your OWN headlamps are clean, and properly adjusted!

Last one? Well, bright lights ahead, if you are chucking light into the road you are riding, the contrast between what oncoming traffic is lighting and what you are lighting is less; it will be easier for you to look at what you need to. And like your visor, your headlamp is getting as wet and dirty as it is.
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[Teflon-Mike]

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[salty21]

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[BIKEVIDDER]

Keep the visor clean, replaced if scratched & look towards the nearside kerb.
When I clean my visor I cover it with wet tissue paper, leave it for a short while for the crud to soften, gently wipe the visor with the wet tissue paper slowly rolling it up so fresh clean bits of paper is used to mop up the crud.
I then wipe clean with visor cleaning stuff bought in the shops while the visor is still damp.
I also clean the inside when the outside is done.
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[Pol Anorl]

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[Walloper]

Get your eye tested too.
Sometimes glare is a side effect of an eye problem.
Maybe wearing prescription glasses at night would help.
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[Jefr0]

Bringing this thread up again as this morning was horrible with the rain and constant filtering.

When going between traffic the brake lights cause a lot of glare with the rain droplets on my visor.

As I've got pinlock I saw a yellow insert, are these used for anti-glare?

Also not sure what to do with the water droplets staying on the visor, I keep having to wipe with my glove to see.
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[goto10]

For beading water off the visor, I'm currently using Nikwax with good effect:

https://www.demon-tweeks.co.uk/Product.do?method=view&n=1567&p=172338&utm_source=Google&utm_medium=Base&utm_campaign=Helmet%C2%A0Cleaning%C2%A0Products
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[Oldie]

Resistant to scratching by what?? Kitten fur??

Brilliant