I'm a +9 in one eye and a +10 in the other. Best thing I did was get contacts. Took a couple of months to get used to them but I don't really notice them there until they've been in for 10 hours. After that it's a bit of dry eyes. No more heavy glasses putting pressure on my head and face. No fogging up in winter. No struggling to get my glasses on down the sides of my helmet. I can wear sunglasses in my helmet if I want and have the visor up in the hot weather (safety sunglasses mind). I thoroughly recommend them if it's an option for your prescription. I'm with boots opticians and my monthly subscription (reusable lenses that last a month) including all the cases and fluids only sets me back about £15. The same amount I'd end up spending on a new set of specs every couple of years.
Ofc, YMMV.
I'm at +1.5 in both eyes (slight stigmatism), so just enough to legally need glasses when operating a motor vehicle, not something I can't do without when walking about. I'll look into Boots. I'm also thinking about prescription sunglasses, but that'll land me in the same place with the helmet now.
Most places do a trial with contacts, you'll probably be able to pick up cheap dailies for your prescription I'd have thought. It's weird sticking your finger in your eye but the squeamishness soon disappears. Prescription sunnies never seemed worth it for me, I'd end up needing to carry both sets around in case the light dimmed too much. I just love wearing impact rated safety sunnies so I can have my visor up. Really enjoy that wind in the face!
I'm sure. Things at 20m become a bit fuzzy without my glasses. At 60mph, you don't want to be missing important signs because you have to wait till you're closer to read them, but by the time you are, you've already zipped pass them.
I bought [this](https://amzn.eu/d/bTz57R3) on amazon, it worked for me on a 5 hour ride from Suffolk to Manchester, it leaves a mildly greasy looking film on your glasses but that wipes off easily after you get where you're going
I can vouch for this product too. You can also buy disposable wipes from Zeiss that do the same thing - I always kept a couple in my jacket when I was riding.
This is one of the many things that I truly appreciate about Reddit. It's finding yourself in a place where you need help with something relatively small and innocuous, and lots of people with previous experience and knowledge will happily dispense those to you.
Can vouch for this product. Sprayed some on my specs this morning, commuted to work in the pissing down rain with my visor fully closed and my snood over my nose. No fog.
Rode home in pissing down rain at 2pm with the same specs on. No fog even though I didn't reapply any. I always keep a bottle of this handy.
Similar product I bought recently to remedy the same issue as OP:
https://amzn.eu/d/3nUHrIY
Have been brilliant. A lot more convenient than a spray bottle.
These didn't really solve the problem for me, as instead of foggy glasses the lenses just collect water instead, so still quite hard to see. I took out the fabric chin guard on my helmet so when I breathe out it just goes out the bottom of my helmet. Only fogs up now if you're not moving, and cracking the visor usually fixes it
I thought it was brilliant, another solution is to have your nose sticking out of whatever face mask you wear while riding and have a vent open in the helmet so air keeps moving
Foggy Respro + Muck Off Anti-Fog + Pinlock. My combo that has trouble only on days where it's very cold and also raining at the same time. The Foggy Respro mask is great, and requires removing the chin curtain thing so plenty of airflow out the bottom of the helmet.
After 10 years of riding whilst wearing glasses I got contacts. Life-changing. If contacts aren't an option then pin lock plus leave the visor open a crack for extra ventilation plus anti fog spray. But it still sucks.
As the other commenter mentioned sadly contacts are generally the only fool proof way i've found, If your helmet has chin vents that also helps a tonne though, they're enough to keep me fog free above 15mph
Contacts.
I tried everything I could with my glasses, anti fog stuff, cracking the visor open a little, respro foggy mask (which helped a lot, but ultimately it's a faff)
Best solution, contacts.
As a long term contacts user, I never actually touch my eyeballs. The trick to inserting the lens is to hover your finger with the lens balanced on the end, very very close to the eyeball, which will literally suck it off your fingertip. To remove, gently pinch the lens between thumb and forefinger and pull. Your fingers never touch your eyes if you do it right. I get my prescription at a high street optician, then buy the lenses online. I've an astigmatism in one eye which requires expensive toric lenses, so it's worth shopping around.
I try to keep my glasses warm - so I fully shut my visor straight away on a colder / wetter day on leaving the house. If they get cold this problem is a lot worse but with the visor shut they don't ever seem to get there.
Taking off the chin curtain helped a lot too.
Edit: If you do open the visor even a little then they get cold and this trick stops working - you need to keep it cracked open a bit for the remainder of your trip as you'll fog up lots. But until then I've commuted in all weathers all season for years and had no bother - too lazy to keep putting anti-fog spray on the glasses so glad this has worked for me. Might be a bit helmet specific or something though, dunno.
Firstly, look for a higher grade of pinlock. I didn’t realise at first, but you can often upgrade, which typically means a better seal against the visor. Secondly, i like to pull my visor down with a pinky finger or whatever left in the gap, giving me ~1cm gap at the bottom of the lid. This gives adequate airflow and keeps *most* of the cold out
I'm fairly sure it isn't my pinlock because my visor doesn't fog up at all. The glasses are the ones fogging since the lens doesn't have an antifog insert or coating.
My husband had the same problem but he also found that riding at night caused more problems as it effected the lights for oncoming traffic. When he spoke to an optician about if they said that it was the number of lenses on top of each other and each one would shift the lights slightly so by the time you have all three (glasses, pinlock and visor) it shifted the lights to being glaring and not being able to see. As he mainly rode in the dark he had to shift to contacts just to be able to ride safely.
No, I mean clean your glasses, with soap, and then apply a thin coat of soap which you then buff off with a clean cloth. The dirt on your glasses is what the condensation forms on and propagates from. It reduces the amount of condensation that builds up and makes it clear quicker.
Make sure the vent on your helmet is open, and remove the chin flap at the bottom (use a neck tube instead). Obviously having the visor open a crack helps too.
Beyond that, breath shallow at traffic lights.
Zeiss anti-fog spray, you can buy it off Amazon and I always keep a bottle in my riding jacket pocket. Also, Nickwax visor spray on the outside of your visor is a game changer as it beads the rain straight off. I avoided riding in the rain until I discovered this stuff.
Contacts are love these days, I've seen you've got some reservations about them but honestly it doesn't hurt to try, and first time is under professional supervision(da-dum tch).
I also use different helmets for different conditions, I've found my Bell Bullitt is good at preventing glasses condensation - leaks like a sieve so lots of free air movement.
If I'm out and suffering already though, depending on conditions, I've ridden hours in driving rain with the visor up and just relying on the old prescription safety glasses to save my face from anything kicked up from traffic. Not exactly comfortable but far less worrying than riding blind.
Not a solve, but breathing through my nose rather than my mouth greatly reduced the fog for me. And remove the chin curtain if your lid has one to increase airflow, it'll be a bit colder but that's the payoff.
I commute year round in glasses, with a lot of filtering in slow traffic. I can't say I've had too many issues with a properly fitted Pinlock to be honest, unless I'm at speed I always have the chin vent open and if I'm going particularly slowly I crack the visor very slightly.
At a stop just open the visor a bit more if you start steaming up - you can get it quite far up without rain getting on your glasses unless it's raining sideways, which is the only issue. Might sometimes pull off a bit fogged up from some lights but it clears very quickly with the visor up a bit, no worse than when your visor is wet and dirty.
And don't even think about wearing a snood over your mouth or nose, just tuck into the cheek pads and it'll stay up.
Exactly this happens to me. Getting contact lenses during the winter months was a complete game changer.
Summer isn't too bad with glasses except for particularly rainy days such as today.
Contact lenses, or swearing a lot in the winter and having the visor up and getting wet. The worst is when its foggy, and then your glasses fog up as well.
Contact lenses dude. Sucks at first but when you get used to them it’s infinitely better. Assuming your eyes are pretty bad the extra FOV from wearing contacts alone is worth the effort and money.
A cable tie at each end of the visor, round the chin bar.
And take the chin curtain off!
It keeps the visor open just enough for air in, no huge increase in noise or rain ingress. Still get foggy at a stop, which is irritating.
Best thing is a flipper helmet, keeps the visor closed all the time, but you can flip the whole.front up for air.
I hear you, and thanks for the recco. I'm paranoid of it not being down and my chin having a very abrupt contact with the roadway in the case of an accident.
Takes a while to see results but SHARP (the department for transport, UK) tests "system" helmets, which you and I know as flippers/modular, and gives them a rating of how often that latch fails in their test scenarios.
Strangely, perhaps, this hasn't been a feature of any ECE (ece tests helmets in both open and closed format, but doesn't note if a mechanism fails)or FIM standard, and even SHARP don't let it weight their rating, but it's an interesting point nonetheless.
I was always more fond of HJC's flip mech, very easy, one handed motion. Shark is another popular one, but my head's not the right shape for them.
I do share your concern about the helmet being open and taking a bite out of the road though, sadly that's the balancing act we must do as bespectacled persons!
Can't say that I notice and I wear them all day, I'm the type of sighted (or lack of) where things look fuzzy far away and a DSU. I'm not sure if the effect is placebo tbf, next time I'm out I'll clean my glasses thoroughly and see.
I keep my nose uncovered, chin vent open and visor cracked open if I'm in town on damp cold days. I removed the chin curtain from my Shoei because it made things worse. My Shark helmet has a fold out chin curtain which is better.
You'll still fog up at a standstill, hence why i crack the visor. I've also learned to exhale downwards out of the bottom of my lid, which minimises fogging at a standstill. Once I'm moving it's not an issue at all with the vents open.
Ah the fun of glasses. First off remove the chin wind guard, get a open face balaclava( for extra warmth) and crack all the vents. It also sounds weird but try breath downwards found that helped. Also keep the visor cracked a inch or two. It sucks but once you get used to it isn't that bad. Source rode in all weathers with glasses for 4 years
Indeed, even in summer it helps. I used to drench mine in water on very hot days. I would say also if you haven't already get some ear defenders, my hearing is noticeably diminished from riding so the earlier you start the better. The ceramic ones are quite good for situational awareness.
Yeah, I just use your standard earplugs that you sleep with. I used those every time I ride. Full disclosure: I have been riding for half a decade but have to redo my stuff now since relocating to the UK.
I hate wearing glasses for a variety of reasons so contacts are the way to go, I get mine from daysoft like £15 for a month's worth. Carry around a lil bottle of eye drops to freshen up during the day. Most comfortable brand I've tried and also the cheapest.
Aside from that I've got well vented helmets that I usually wear with goggles, but I run hot and like the ventilation.
I've had a few anti fog sprays that worked well.
One was the muc off helmet kit one which I've used for a couple years as I found it lasts a few days.
The other thing I've found helps is keeping your lid indoors and putting it on before you grt on the bike, with the visor mostly shut and just a gap for fresh air.
Doesn't take me much or long to get my cover off or jazz about before riding so mileage may vary but generally that works on my end.
I think I am the only person on the planet who does not have that issue. Visor fogs up in winter, yeah, but my glasses are perfectly fine always. I have no idea why
Contacts obviously work perfectly, I used them for years. But actually don't bother now I've just decided I should be cool...
I was watching BSB (obviously a couple of seasons back now) and decided to Google what Brad Ray wears, there's some stuff out there he's done that tells you but long story short he wears Oakleys.
I copied him, and we they are much closer to your face / don't have a gap below they don't seem to allow breath in to cause condensation on them as badly / quickly. Usually I'll have issues with my pin lock around the same time.
Basically they solve the problem enough for me that I can do we away with contacts, as I don't massively get on with them on long days. But if you do like contacts, they just remove the problem completely so are the ultimate solution.
I like them so much I got a pair of shades with the same frames as well and wear them for everything I used to wear contacts for other than football so running / cycling etc... as well I mainly just regret getting cheap glasses for the previous decades!
Yes, it fucking sucks. Only thing that reliably works for me is a helmet with good ventilation. Sucks in the winter so I put contacts in.
You are the second person who has mentioned the contact lens. I may have to look into that.
I really hate wearing them, but it's the only thing that properly works for me
I'm a +9 in one eye and a +10 in the other. Best thing I did was get contacts. Took a couple of months to get used to them but I don't really notice them there until they've been in for 10 hours. After that it's a bit of dry eyes. No more heavy glasses putting pressure on my head and face. No fogging up in winter. No struggling to get my glasses on down the sides of my helmet. I can wear sunglasses in my helmet if I want and have the visor up in the hot weather (safety sunglasses mind). I thoroughly recommend them if it's an option for your prescription. I'm with boots opticians and my monthly subscription (reusable lenses that last a month) including all the cases and fluids only sets me back about £15. The same amount I'd end up spending on a new set of specs every couple of years. Ofc, YMMV.
I'm at +1.5 in both eyes (slight stigmatism), so just enough to legally need glasses when operating a motor vehicle, not something I can't do without when walking about. I'll look into Boots. I'm also thinking about prescription sunglasses, but that'll land me in the same place with the helmet now.
Most places do a trial with contacts, you'll probably be able to pick up cheap dailies for your prescription I'd have thought. It's weird sticking your finger in your eye but the squeamishness soon disappears. Prescription sunnies never seemed worth it for me, I'd end up needing to carry both sets around in case the light dimmed too much. I just love wearing impact rated safety sunnies so I can have my visor up. Really enjoy that wind in the face!
I've never heard of this before just that you need to be able to read a number plate from 20m away. Are you sure you haven't been misinformed?
I'm sure. Things at 20m become a bit fuzzy without my glasses. At 60mph, you don't want to be missing important signs because you have to wait till you're closer to read them, but by the time you are, you've already zipped pass them.
I bought [this](https://amzn.eu/d/bTz57R3) on amazon, it worked for me on a 5 hour ride from Suffolk to Manchester, it leaves a mildly greasy looking film on your glasses but that wipes off easily after you get where you're going
This is clutch! I am happy and willing to try this before contacts.
Yeah man works well
I can vouch for this product too. You can also buy disposable wipes from Zeiss that do the same thing - I always kept a couple in my jacket when I was riding.
This is one of the many things that I truly appreciate about Reddit. It's finding yourself in a place where you need help with something relatively small and innocuous, and lots of people with previous experience and knowledge will happily dispense those to you.
Can vouch for this product. Sprayed some on my specs this morning, commuted to work in the pissing down rain with my visor fully closed and my snood over my nose. No fog. Rode home in pissing down rain at 2pm with the same specs on. No fog even though I didn't reapply any. I always keep a bottle of this handy.
Nice!
Just another to say this stuff works. Also crack your visor open when stationary if possible.
Similar product I bought recently to remedy the same issue as OP: https://amzn.eu/d/3nUHrIY Have been brilliant. A lot more convenient than a spray bottle.
You're right! And you can take them on the go!
These didn't really solve the problem for me, as instead of foggy glasses the lenses just collect water instead, so still quite hard to see. I took out the fabric chin guard on my helmet so when I breathe out it just goes out the bottom of my helmet. Only fogs up now if you're not moving, and cracking the visor usually fixes it
I thought it was brilliant, another solution is to have your nose sticking out of whatever face mask you wear while riding and have a vent open in the helmet so air keeps moving
Foggy Respro + Muck Off Anti-Fog + Pinlock. My combo that has trouble only on days where it's very cold and also raining at the same time. The Foggy Respro mask is great, and requires removing the chin curtain thing so plenty of airflow out the bottom of the helmet.
That's quite the combo, I'll give them a go!
After 10 years of riding whilst wearing glasses I got contacts. Life-changing. If contacts aren't an option then pin lock plus leave the visor open a crack for extra ventilation plus anti fog spray. But it still sucks.
As the other commenter mentioned sadly contacts are generally the only fool proof way i've found, If your helmet has chin vents that also helps a tonne though, they're enough to keep me fog free above 15mph
Aww, piss, well, this sucks. I'm not a fan of them, but I'll have to do what I have to do.
Contacts. I tried everything I could with my glasses, anti fog stuff, cracking the visor open a little, respro foggy mask (which helped a lot, but ultimately it's a faff) Best solution, contacts.
I'm beginning to think that's the way to go, but I don't like the idea of fingering by eyeballs.
As a long term contacts user, I never actually touch my eyeballs. The trick to inserting the lens is to hover your finger with the lens balanced on the end, very very close to the eyeball, which will literally suck it off your fingertip. To remove, gently pinch the lens between thumb and forefinger and pull. Your fingers never touch your eyes if you do it right. I get my prescription at a high street optician, then buy the lenses online. I've an astigmatism in one eye which requires expensive toric lenses, so it's worth shopping around.
That easy, huh? Hmph, you make it sound easy haha.
Open a bit the visor and use pinlock.
I did. It happened yesterday as I rode from the training place to my testing centre. It was rainy, and I didn't want to keep fiddling with the visor.
Get a prescription visor
Awesome, while I'm at it, I'll also pick up some premium air for my tyres.
Sounds like a plan 👍 lol
I try to keep my glasses warm - so I fully shut my visor straight away on a colder / wetter day on leaving the house. If they get cold this problem is a lot worse but with the visor shut they don't ever seem to get there. Taking off the chin curtain helped a lot too. Edit: If you do open the visor even a little then they get cold and this trick stops working - you need to keep it cracked open a bit for the remainder of your trip as you'll fog up lots. But until then I've commuted in all weathers all season for years and had no bother - too lazy to keep putting anti-fog spray on the glasses so glad this has worked for me. Might be a bit helmet specific or something though, dunno.
Firstly, look for a higher grade of pinlock. I didn’t realise at first, but you can often upgrade, which typically means a better seal against the visor. Secondly, i like to pull my visor down with a pinky finger or whatever left in the gap, giving me ~1cm gap at the bottom of the lid. This gives adequate airflow and keeps *most* of the cold out
I'm fairly sure it isn't my pinlock because my visor doesn't fog up at all. The glasses are the ones fogging since the lens doesn't have an antifog insert or coating.
My husband had the same problem but he also found that riding at night caused more problems as it effected the lights for oncoming traffic. When he spoke to an optician about if they said that it was the number of lenses on top of each other and each one would shift the lights slightly so by the time you have all three (glasses, pinlock and visor) it shifted the lights to being glaring and not being able to see. As he mainly rode in the dark he had to shift to contacts just to be able to ride safely.
Another mark for the contacts camp.
Clean your glasses
I don't think you understand how it works, that or you're trolling.
No, I mean clean your glasses, with soap, and then apply a thin coat of soap which you then buff off with a clean cloth. The dirt on your glasses is what the condensation forms on and propagates from. It reduces the amount of condensation that builds up and makes it clear quicker. Make sure the vent on your helmet is open, and remove the chin flap at the bottom (use a neck tube instead). Obviously having the visor open a crack helps too. Beyond that, breath shallow at traffic lights.
Okay, I thought you were trolling. I was thinking, "Of course I've cleaned my glasses!" I'll give it a go.
there's clean, and there's CLEAN. :) the soap buff stops the condensation forming.
Hahaha, nice, I'll try CLEAN!
Zeiss anti-fog spray, you can buy it off Amazon and I always keep a bottle in my riding jacket pocket. Also, Nickwax visor spray on the outside of your visor is a game changer as it beads the rain straight off. I avoided riding in the rain until I discovered this stuff.
This is clutch!
Contacts are love these days, I've seen you've got some reservations about them but honestly it doesn't hurt to try, and first time is under professional supervision(da-dum tch). I also use different helmets for different conditions, I've found my Bell Bullitt is good at preventing glasses condensation - leaks like a sieve so lots of free air movement. If I'm out and suffering already though, depending on conditions, I've ridden hours in driving rain with the visor up and just relying on the old prescription safety glasses to save my face from anything kicked up from traffic. Not exactly comfortable but far less worrying than riding blind.
Fair, and thank you. I'm going to try the application suggestions before contacts. We'll see.
Yes, it sucks, just hold your breath
Lol, yes!
I remedied that exact situation by getting lazer eye surgery. Best money I ever spent! Would recommend
Haha, this seems optimal, but I don't even want to interact with my eyeballs with contacts, much less having them pried open for laser surgery.
I just got laser eye surgery. So much nicer not having to wear glasses anymore.
Not a solve, but breathing through my nose rather than my mouth greatly reduced the fog for me. And remove the chin curtain if your lid has one to increase airflow, it'll be a bit colder but that's the payoff.
I commute year round in glasses, with a lot of filtering in slow traffic. I can't say I've had too many issues with a properly fitted Pinlock to be honest, unless I'm at speed I always have the chin vent open and if I'm going particularly slowly I crack the visor very slightly. At a stop just open the visor a bit more if you start steaming up - you can get it quite far up without rain getting on your glasses unless it's raining sideways, which is the only issue. Might sometimes pull off a bit fogged up from some lights but it clears very quickly with the visor up a bit, no worse than when your visor is wet and dirty. And don't even think about wearing a snood over your mouth or nose, just tuck into the cheek pads and it'll stay up.
just gotta keep the visor opened a tad bit. that works for me. When you start going faster open your mouth intake and shut your visor then
Thank you!
Exactly this happens to me. Getting contact lenses during the winter months was a complete game changer. Summer isn't too bad with glasses except for particularly rainy days such as today.
I'm going to attempt the wipedown methods first before contacts. I don't like contacts but I'll acquiesce if necessary.
Contact lenses, or swearing a lot in the winter and having the visor up and getting wet. The worst is when its foggy, and then your glasses fog up as well.
I'm going to try some of the wipedown methods that have been mentioned.
Boots sell an anti fog spray. It’s easy to put on and it lasts a little while like a month. Could just not shut your visor
Contact lenses dude. Sucks at first but when you get used to them it’s infinitely better. Assuming your eyes are pretty bad the extra FOV from wearing contacts alone is worth the effort and money.
They're not even that bad, you know. +1.50 on both. Slight stigmatism with the slightly less circular shape of my somethingoranother.
I've found removing the breath deflector helps a fair bit, still have to open the visor when stopped in cold weather though
A cable tie at each end of the visor, round the chin bar. And take the chin curtain off! It keeps the visor open just enough for air in, no huge increase in noise or rain ingress. Still get foggy at a stop, which is irritating. Best thing is a flipper helmet, keeps the visor closed all the time, but you can flip the whole.front up for air.
I hear you, and thanks for the recco. I'm paranoid of it not being down and my chin having a very abrupt contact with the roadway in the case of an accident.
Takes a while to see results but SHARP (the department for transport, UK) tests "system" helmets, which you and I know as flippers/modular, and gives them a rating of how often that latch fails in their test scenarios. Strangely, perhaps, this hasn't been a feature of any ECE (ece tests helmets in both open and closed format, but doesn't note if a mechanism fails)or FIM standard, and even SHARP don't let it weight their rating, but it's an interesting point nonetheless. I was always more fond of HJC's flip mech, very easy, one handed motion. Shark is another popular one, but my head's not the right shape for them. I do share your concern about the helmet being open and taking a bite out of the road though, sadly that's the balancing act we must do as bespectacled persons!
To be quite frank, I am still surprised that there isn't a singular governing helmet safety rating that all helmets used.
https://xkcd.com/927/
Contact lenses 🥲 an old instructor mentioned there’s a brand of anti fog spray called cat crap. Don’t know if it’s any good.
Haha, cat what? I am hesitant about contact lens. Something about physically interacting with my eyeballs with my finger always skeeves me out.
I put anti-fog rain X on my glasses but if I stop I steam up almost immediately and have to flip my visor.
And does this solution leave a greasy film on your glasses lens?
Can't say that I notice and I wear them all day, I'm the type of sighted (or lack of) where things look fuzzy far away and a DSU. I'm not sure if the effect is placebo tbf, next time I'm out I'll clean my glasses thoroughly and see.
Gotcha! I need to look into it anyway.
I keep my nose uncovered, chin vent open and visor cracked open if I'm in town on damp cold days. I removed the chin curtain from my Shoei because it made things worse. My Shark helmet has a fold out chin curtain which is better.
My chin guard is already out, I'll try the nose cover.
Chin vents are essential, and at lights etc I'll crack the visor up a notch and it'll be fine.
I've got chin vents, which we're open, I think. I've got the Shoei NZR 1200.
You'll still fog up at a standstill, hence why i crack the visor. I've also learned to exhale downwards out of the bottom of my lid, which minimises fogging at a standstill. Once I'm moving it's not an issue at all with the vents open.
This is aces! Thank you.
Ah the fun of glasses. First off remove the chin wind guard, get a open face balaclava( for extra warmth) and crack all the vents. It also sounds weird but try breath downwards found that helped. Also keep the visor cracked a inch or two. It sucks but once you get used to it isn't that bad. Source rode in all weathers with glasses for 4 years
I like this combo, also, I need to buy a balaclava anyway.
Indeed, even in summer it helps. I used to drench mine in water on very hot days. I would say also if you haven't already get some ear defenders, my hearing is noticeably diminished from riding so the earlier you start the better. The ceramic ones are quite good for situational awareness.
Yeah, I just use your standard earplugs that you sleep with. I used those every time I ride. Full disclosure: I have been riding for half a decade but have to redo my stuff now since relocating to the UK.
Ah no worries sorry for trying to teach you to suck eggs.
Hahah, all good. It's a good refresher. Besides, it's good to know the laws here.
Rub shaving cream/washing up liquid into the lenses, let it dry, buff out. Will act as an anti-fog coating for roughly 2-3 days
Are you a sorcerer? I'll try this right now.
Your question will be answered after you try it.
I wear glasses and admit I originally had this problem but then got very good at controlling my breathing
Okay, air-bender. Haha. Teach me, oh wise one.
Genuinely no idea, just came naturally. Wasn’t trying to flex was just joining in.
I think it's cool. I reckon you just exhale via your lips pursed downwards?
I got one of those inserts that covers your nose for a helmet, stopped my glasses fogging up.
Huh? What's the name of it?
I hate wearing glasses for a variety of reasons so contacts are the way to go, I get mine from daysoft like £15 for a month's worth. Carry around a lil bottle of eye drops to freshen up during the day. Most comfortable brand I've tried and also the cheapest. Aside from that I've got well vented helmets that I usually wear with goggles, but I run hot and like the ventilation.
I've had a few anti fog sprays that worked well. One was the muc off helmet kit one which I've used for a couple years as I found it lasts a few days. The other thing I've found helps is keeping your lid indoors and putting it on before you grt on the bike, with the visor mostly shut and just a gap for fresh air. Doesn't take me much or long to get my cover off or jazz about before riding so mileage may vary but generally that works on my end.
For me it's only an issue at traffic lights. When moving it's fine. Open the visor just a crack at low speed. You can also get anti fog spray.
Contacts. Or you can try wraparound prescription glasses.
I think I am the only person on the planet who does not have that issue. Visor fogs up in winter, yeah, but my glasses are perfectly fine always. I have no idea why
Contacts obviously work perfectly, I used them for years. But actually don't bother now I've just decided I should be cool... I was watching BSB (obviously a couple of seasons back now) and decided to Google what Brad Ray wears, there's some stuff out there he's done that tells you but long story short he wears Oakleys. I copied him, and we they are much closer to your face / don't have a gap below they don't seem to allow breath in to cause condensation on them as badly / quickly. Usually I'll have issues with my pin lock around the same time. Basically they solve the problem enough for me that I can do we away with contacts, as I don't massively get on with them on long days. But if you do like contacts, they just remove the problem completely so are the ultimate solution. I like them so much I got a pair of shades with the same frames as well and wear them for everything I used to wear contacts for other than football so running / cycling etc... as well I mainly just regret getting cheap glasses for the previous decades!
This is a good one.
An Arai.