Helmet De-fog Products?

[KarateChick]

It's getting noticeably cooler here...I was wondering if anyone has suggestions for products to use on the face visor to eliminate or reduce fogging that won't ruin the plastic? I wear a full face helmet.

I have been riding at times with the shield open about 1/2 inch (the next increment seems to fully close it) but that gets rather windy and quite noisy. I found with the shield closed, it is fine while riding but as soon as I stop at a light or such, it starts to fog. Also, any negatives with regard to riding sometimes with the shield slightly open?

Thanks!

[niterider]

Hi; I have used shaving foam on my bath room mirror to keep it from fogging over. I don't know if it works on the face shield. Might want to try it.

[Itzamna]

You might want to get a breath guard. That's what I use to fix the same problem. One of my HJC's came with one that's just a nose piece that clips on the helmet, preventing the warm air to rise above it.

My other helmet has a full piece of leather/foam that wraps around your mouth and nose and plugs into the vent holes of the helmet. The air you breathe goes through those vents instead of up to the helmet. This works very nice for extremely cold weather, because it actually helps heat your head up when you breathe. This has worked for me all the way down into the 10's F.

I would just go to the bike shop and see what they have for your specific helmet.

[dr_bar]

My friend, (blues2cruise) has a fog shield on her helmet. I don't know what brand but here is a link to a company that makes "Fog City Shields".

http://tinyurl.com/azn6d

This product is a stick on liner the adheres to the inside of your shield. It put a barrier between your breath and the shield itself and prevents fogging. Maybe she will post in here and give a review on the product...

[Skier]

My favorite trick for this is shaving cream. Get the cheapest stuff to make sure it has no weird chemicals in it (I use Barbasol).

Clean your shield, inside and out and let it dry. Then, put a layer of cream over over the inside and let it dry, preferably overnight. Lightly buff the cream out the next morning with a terry cloth (or washcloth).

Keeps it almost totally fog-free for a week or two, sometimes more.

[Itzamna]

My favorite trick for this is shaving cream. Get the cheapest stuff to make sure it has no weird chemicals in it (I use Barbasol).

Clean your shield, inside and out and let it dry. Then, put a layer of cream over over the inside and let it dry, preferably overnight. Lightly buff the cream out the next morning with a terry cloth (or washcloth).

Keeps it almost totally fog-free for a week or two, sometimes more.

Does it smell like it for those two weeks? I don't know if I'd like that.

[Skier]

My favorite trick for this is shaving cream. Get the cheapest stuff to make sure it has no weird chemicals in it (I use Barbasol).

Clean your shield, inside and out and let it dry. Then, put a layer of cream over over the inside and let it dry, preferably overnight. Lightly buff the cream out the next morning with a terry cloth (or washcloth).

Keeps it almost totally fog-free for a week or two, sometimes more.

Does it smell like it for those two weeks? I don't know if I'd like that.

It does smell of shaving cream for the first few days, but it goes away. I kinda like it, but not all my screws are tight in the ol' noggin'...

[blues2cruise]

Well, I never did try shaving cream, but I tried 2 kinds of anti fog spray for glasses, anti fog window cleaner, "Sea Drops" froma dive shop that scuba divers us for their masks....NONE OF THEM WORKED.

I finally bought a "ProGrip" no fog lens which is basically the same thing as Fog City ( my local bike store was out of fog city so I bought the ProGrip brand)

It works GREAT!!!

[Mr_X]

Look into so paintball mask defogger, combing the best of both worlds (paintball and bikes) works pretty darn good..

[Mintbread]

The Fog City product is excellent. One came with my Suomy helmet and in the five years that I wore it all year round it never fogged up.