Fog and misting up

[noobRider]

Just went for a morning ride and there was a lot of fog about. I was thinking that it was thick when I realized that my glasses had misted up badly Visor up or down didn't make any difference, everything just fogs up really quickly. I was having to wipe my visor every minute or so and stopping now and again to clear my specs.

How does everyone else deal with this? I didn't like driving blind much
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[promufa]

I got really fed up of this... Ended up getting contact lenses. Probably the best bit of kit I ever got
As for the visor, I have a pinlock so no misting there.. was just my specs.
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[noobRider]

I don't want to go with contact lenses. These Pinlock inserts work then? I'll check them out.
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[U_W v2.0]

any reason for the anti contacts approach?
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[noobRider]

[Turkish]

Have the same problem but pinlock doesn't help with the specs fogging up.

Try this. It works by creating a fairly good seal around your nose and cheeks, which directs breaths downward. It's made of a thick neoprene.

It's a bit of a marmite product. I'd never ride without mine, because I can't see for more than 20 seconds otherwise, but some people dont like the way it feels when breathing or they don't have much success.

It is a bit of a pain to get it set up right, bit once you get the nack it's no problem at all. The misting problem started when I bought a new lid, hjc fg-15, if you wear glasses avoid this lid like the plague imo.
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[iMark]

Glasses should clear up if you open your visor, apart from when your sat still at lights or something.

I use comfys which redirect the breath back up towards my glasses most of the time, so they steam up quite often but clear up when I have my visor open a bit..
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[noobRider]

I usually keep my visor open a tiny bit but this morning everything was just getting covered in water droplets and fog. I need a heated helmet
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[Ribenapigeon]

I wear some oakley specs for riding and I just pull the off my face a few millimeters so air can circulate behind them which works well for stopping fogging.

Misting is a big problem, imalready making plans to make a heated air blower to fix to my helmet to warm the visor, either electric or using a heat exchanger that wraps around the exhaust pipe or radiator hose. Have to see what I can fettle.

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[Islander]

[U_W v2.0]

yeah but connecting it to the exhaust/radiator then to your helmet, just sounds rather risky lol. electricly, all well and good if its on its own power or a ciggy lighter socket. easy disconnect in an accident ect.
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[Ribenapigeon]

I did buy some resistence wire earlier in the year. I read about making a heated visor on a norwegian BMW GS forum. They were dealing with -20 temps though. Trouble is I can't get a spare visor to experiment with anywhere.

As for ahea exchanger. It shouldent be too difficult to do maybe wraping some tubing round a radiator hose. After all that's how car heaters work.

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[Asharin]

I too went the contact lenses route, not due to glasses steaming up though, just got fed up of taking glasses on and off every time I wanted to take helmet off lol.

As for misting, I don't use a pinlock, I just rub Fairy liquid (the original green one) into the inside of the visor until it's clear again..stops it misting up for a few weeks until I have to re-apply. Some say it doesn't work but it does for me.
Not tried using Fairy on glasses, but I suspect it might work as well, best test on an old spare pair of specs though, in case it damages the lenses.
Worth a shot anyway, after all fairy liquid is cheap and has multiple uses

Other cheaper detergents don't work though, sadly.

[Spudly]

Interesting, I wonder whether you could get enough charge from a couple of piezo transducers to do the job.
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[DonDino]

I'm using pinlock too, and it works great, no misting on the visor. It DOES mist underneith the pinlock insert though sometimes, which means I have to tilt my head down more than normal to see the dash, but that's a minor thing.

I'm also using specs and not sure about contacts - can't be touching my eyes!! Specs mist up when I stop at lights, traffic etc, so open visor until I get moving again - once you're moving, specs should clear up. If they don't, your helmet is not letting air in/out, open the ventilation holes (if it has any).
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