Goggles: Futile? Useless?
 

It snowed here last night (it's snowing still) and it was great to have a pair of goggles between my baby blues and those stinging, blinding flakes. So I thought until they fogged up so bad rendering them completely useless after about two miles. Unlike what I've heard they were fogged up in motion as well as at stops, didn't clear up at all.

As a diver I spit on them, rubbed the saliva in with my fingers, that never seemed to do much good, did it anyway. Then I heard to coat them with dishwashing liquid, let it sit, then buff them with a rag, again to no good effect. Should I waste my time rubbing them with potatos, lemons and other such homespun notions?

They do have air vents on the side, I thought this was going to make a difference. It did not.

I thought at this point there would be some sort of anti-fogging spray. I've searched and gather that there is no such thing yet.

Half way home I was going to chuck em as junk, figure I'd post here and see if you guys have something on this.

if you buy the cheapie ones, they dont work as well. use the combat goggles ones. they're designed to be fog proof. link

I got these Goggles . Sounded good.

Here's what I do. It has been VERY effective for me, and I also wear regular glasses underneath the goggles, so it can get quite foggy.

Wet a bar of soap by rubbing your finger on it, then spread the soapy water on the lens. Let this dry into a film (takes a few seconds). I usually do this twice so there is a thicker layer. Then I buff the film off with a lens cloth (or a soft towel...not a tissue or paper towel) so that it's crystal clear.

Let me emphasize that you're not wiping the soap completely off, you're just buffing the film so that the moisture won't tend to settle there.

bk

Edited to say I usually use a little hotel bar of soap. Any kind of generic bar of hand soap will work.

Thanks.

I thought I was doing pretty much the same with the dishwashing liquid, maybe there's a difference, and maybe I wiped too much away. I'll try it again.

Yeah you may be right, I've never tried it with liquid soap. good luck,

bk

Why not use clear lens sunglasses (well, I guess they really wouldn't be sunglasses, but you get the idea). I use a multilens system- even at night I like to have eye protection.

Having double-paned goggles will be a big help. As Filtersweep said, clear sunglasses can work, too. I just got the M-Frame Heater glasses and love them (don't get the "Sweep" version, they're too small). They've worked at 20F. Today, I'll try them ay 15F.

Those M-frames are way more than I want to spend.

Then focus on double-paned goggles. Go to a ski shop for a better selection.

x2 if you have the money ... go for it

I wear a pair of clear lensed glasses. You can get a pair of interchangable lensed glasses from 50$ up to 250$. I prefer sunglasses over goggles because the frame is easier to see around or under while riding. The pair I currently ride actually don't have a frame around the bottom half and once I experienced that kind of view I couldn't go back.

Not certain what it was, the soaping technique or that I loosened the band a bit, but I was entirely in the clear from Dtwn Bklyn to Columbia and back.

Probably you had the thing too tight. Glad that we won another convert for goggles.

Enjoy your warm brain

Ok....Here is what you need to do.

Find a nice pair of double lense snowboard goggles on sale and they won't ever fog. (I promise) I've found several pairs for around $35 on ebay or overstock.com and used them for years.

You will look cool and enjoy clear vision in all of your snowsport endeavors.

Problem Solved

Go to your local hardware store and get some cheaparoo safety glasses. They work great, and the have enough ventilation so they don't fog up.

I just placed an order for ESS land ops goggles. We'll see how it performs when I get it. I don't think I'd like to have soap coated lens, specially when it's on my eye side.