Originally Posted by
HerrKaLeun
Very good point. For summer night riding I just used some clear construction site glasses. Main reason to not have insects hit my eyes in summer. now it is getting colder and they work OK as long as i ride fast (forced ventilation). but once i stop or slow down they fog.
I looked for some cross-country ski goggles, but most are called "snowboard". but many talk baotu antifogging.
I also realized I need 2 pairs. One tinted for daytime, one clear for the (longer) winter nights or cloudy days. It seems most ski-goggles have around 20% VLT (visible light transmittance). I don't want to lose 80% of the light at night or in depressing foggy winter days. I guess skiing is not a night activity. so ski goggles may not be very appropriate for bikes?
I have a pair of old cheap ski goggles I used when walking to work back then in winter and remember it fogged a lot when walking.
Edit: I may try
these safety goggles, have good reviews for winter biking
So I got those goggles and over 30°F they were fine with no fogging. but once I put my balaclava on they fogged up. so did my other glasses, and also my normal sunglasses. The glasses all were fine when I pulled the nose part of the balaclava down, but that gets cold and defeats the purpose of the balaclava. So the problem here don't seem to be the glasses, but the balaclava.
Google tells me no-fog balaclavas are a real thing. Problem is some of them are over $50-70 with mixed reviews regarding fogging. I figured what really is needed is to deflect the exhaled air away from the goggles.
I found
this deflector for $13. You can get similar deflectors for $50....
Does anyone have experience with that and have a better solution? Reading through this thread makes me think the balaclava, and not the goggles, is responsible for the fogging. You can throw expensive goggles at the problem, but as long as you blow moist air over a cold surface, you will have condensation.
I know this is a goggle thread, but the goggles may not be the sole problem here.