Anyone Try This Stuff For Helping With Eye Protection Fogging?

Mark#1

Hi All,

I rode motorbikes for 10+ years, commuting and for fun, and tried a few anti-fogging methods in that time, but thankfully landed on Bob Heath Anti-Fog Spray pretty early on, and ended up using it on my helmet's visor all the time, and it really worked very well. It was a small white metal can, and it was a foamy-type stuff, not a liquid.

My helmets were an Arai Giga and a Giga II, both pretty resistant to fogging anyway, but whenever I had to seal the visor tight, they would fog to some extent, even with the vents at the top of the visor fully open, particularly in cooler weather.

I'd thoroughly wash the visor (especially the inside) with warm water and a tiny bit of washing up liquid, using a soft cloth (possibly a J-cloth IIRC), then thoroughly rinsed the visor with cold water, and finally fully dried it off with kitchen roll. Anything else used to dry the visor never produced as good a result as kitchen roll.

I'd then spray the Bob Heath stuff onto a crumpled up piece of kitchen roll, and apply it to the inside of the visor, sort of like I was polishing it.

Once a week was usually good enough to keep me fog-free, more in winter, when the temp difference was bigger between the air outside the visor and inside my helmet.

I'm talking completely fog-free here - not even a hint of fogging anywhere.

Motorbike helmet visors are polycarbonate, so the Bob Heath stuff would be fine on the usual polycarbonate lenses used in airsoft goggles.

Not sure where sells the stuff in Ireland now, but I always got mine from Mountjoy Motorcycles in Dublin. Here's a place in UK selling it:

http://www.tilleysmotorcycles.co.uk/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=366


My son is using mesh goggles for now, but I'm not letting him continue - I'm researching now to find the most appropriate fog-resistant, polycarbonate, full seal, reasonably-priced goggle for him.

Currently of interest are:

Smith Optics Boogie Regulator - http://www.landwarriorairsoft.com/acatalog/Smith-Optics-Boogie-Regulator-Gogle-Clear-EB_BRG01CL12.html#.Ug1Fe21SPCY

Bolle X90 - http://www.military1st.co.uk/15632500-bolle-x90-bpsi-tactical-goggles.html

Bolle Tracker - http://www.military1st.co.uk/15645000-bolle-tracker-glasses-clear-black-frame.html


Anyway, hope the Bob Heath stuff idea is worth checking out for some of you guys.

Mark

Untamedlemon

I use the bolle tracker II's and I just apply a little bit of this abbey anti fog and I'm clear for a whole days gaming. Obviously you may need to re-apply if you sweat a lot but one coat in the morning seems to do me just fine.
Goggles:http://www.airsofteire.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=586&category_id=83&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26
Anti fog: http://www.airsofteire.com/index.php?page=shop.product_details&flypage=shop.flypage&product_id=857&category_id=84&manufacturer_id=0&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=26

I'll make sure to try out some of that bob Heath stuff if I see it in Ireland.

Mark#1

I resent that EirsoftEire's price is €20, when The safety Supply Company's price is €9.

http://www.thesafetysupplycompany.co.uk/p/4256771/bolle---tracker-ii-safety-goggles---clear-anti-scratch-anti-fog-lenses---en170-and-en1661ft-or-en1661b34-with-strap---bo-tracpsi.html#.Ug1RM21SPCY

Leaving aside the cost of shipping from UK to Ireland (cost for each of the two businesses to buy them in must be similar), how can EirsoftEire (or any other Irish shop) justify charging over double the price?

Anyway, the Tracker II looks like it could work really well for me once I get playing - the prescription lens insert is a great feature. How do you think the Tracker II would fit on a 13 year-old's face, in combination with a mesh lower face-mask?


Mark

brenak47

I use to use that one my helmets years ago forgot all about it.I must check if my local bike shop in naas still does it as it is good stuff.Thanks for the reminder as i have tried a few different types and nothing seemed to work.

brenak47

Just found it here in cork.I must also look out next time the bikes are in mondello park as im 5 min walk away. Heres the link http://www.motorcycleshop.ie/bob-heath-anti-fog-spray-1787-p.asp

backthephilup

I use http://www.airsoftguns.ie/goggles-glasses/664-usmc-airsoft-x800-tactical-goggle-glasses-gx1000-clear.html with my half face mesh mask. Have yet to fog up on me at all despite all day gaming in hot weather. Can't recommend enough

Mark#1

Brenak47 - the bottle is different, but that probably is the same stuff.

Backthephilup - you reckon those would work on a 13 year-old's face? I imagine most guys go through a few different products before finding the right one for them...


Mark

Untamedlemon

Mark#1 wrote: »

I resent that EirsoftEire's price is €20, when The safety Supply Company's price is €9.

http://www.thesafetysupplycompany.co.uk/p/4256771/bolle---tracker-ii-safety-goggles---clear-anti-scratch-anti-fog-lenses---en170-and-en1661ft-or-en1661b34-with-strap---bo-tracpsi.html#.Ug1RM21SPCY

Leaving aside the cost of shipping from UK to Ireland (cost for each of the two businesses to buy them in must be similar), how can EirsoftEire (or any other Irish shop) justify charging over double the price?

Anyway, the Tracker II looks like it could work really well for me once I get playing - the prescription lens insert is a great feature. How do you think the Tracker II would fit on a 13 year-old's face, in combination with a mesh lower face-mask?




Mark

It's extremely adjustable, and I'd doubt that there would be any problem with it fitting your sons head. I use a strike mesh lower face mask as well with mine and i leave my mask resting slightly over the nose piece of the googles, it keeps the mesh from rubbing off your face.
As for prices........I've no idea and I often wonder the same thing.

backthephilup

Mark#1 wrote: »

Backthephilup - you reckon those would work on a 13 year-old's face? I imagine most guys go through a few different products before finding the right one for them...
Mark

The strap is adjustable so I see no reason why not. I have had quite a few different pairs of googles/masks before I settled on my current set and am always on the lookout for a better/more comfortable solution. Unfortuneatly the monies I set aside for new gear always seems to find its way into the "Hey lets just buy one more pistol/AEG" fund.
I would say I have a problem but I enjoy it too much to regard it in a negative light

airsofter232

+1 on http://www.airsoftguns.ie/goggles-glasses/664-usmc-airsoft-x800-tactical-goggle-glasses-gx1000-clear.html I use them with a lower face mesh guard and never had a problem. they dont fog up either and seem to be the only ones that work properly for me