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|  | ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Thread Started on Feb 16, 2012, 2:46pm » | |
i got the nice ff helmet. only thing is it keep fogging up. i have opened up all the air fins and it doesn't help all that much. i am looking into a half shell for the summer. in Ct we do not require helmets but i feel safer having one. shoot i would even wear a 3/4 helmet with a faceplate. but because of the weather i wanted the ff helmet. any suggestions on a way to rid the fogging issue. 
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #1 on Feb 16, 2012, 4:40pm » | |
Try breathing through your nose and not your mouth . Clean it and Cycle Gear has anti fog wipes for 99 cents they work great . DO NOT GET RAINX !!! It does not work on lenses or eyeglasses even though it does on car glass , in fact mine fogged up more with Rainx and had to wash it off with hot water . I also have shield cracked open to get in air it helps . I have seen some helmets with rubber piece over the nose look like a pilot helmet and your breath goes out a vent instead of shield
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #2 on Feb 16, 2012, 6:09pm » | |
the rubber piece was useless but i will look for the anti fog wipes.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #3 on Feb 16, 2012, 6:45pm » | |
My FF has the rubber nose piece. It will fog up if it's cold enough, or if relative humidity is high enough. Sometimes gotta ride with it clicked open one notch. Often just open it at stop lights when there isn't enough air flow.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #5 on Feb 16, 2012, 8:40pm » | |
Always good to bump into you Hank.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #6 on Feb 18, 2012, 9:13pm » | |
In a pinch, saliva is a good anti-fogger.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #7 on Feb 18, 2012, 9:14pm » | |
Feb 18, 2012, 9:13pm, mainepeace wrote:In a pinch, saliva is a good anti-fogger.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #8 on Feb 18, 2012, 11:59pm » | |
Feb 16, 2012, 2:46pm, wolfbat3 wrote:| i got the nice ff helmet. only thing is it keep fogging up. i have opened up all the air fins and it doesn't help all that much. i am looking into a half shell for the summer. |
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outside temps are too low.
mine fogs really bad until the temp gets above about 40 F.
i do not have fogging issues at any other time.
Quote:| in Ct we do not require helmets but i feel safer having one. |
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a MC license holder here isn't required to wear a helmet either but i ALWAYS wear mine, and for a number of reasons.
safety.
eye protection.
face protection.
shields against wind and cold.
shields against UFOs (no joke). unidentified stuff is ALWAYS smacking my helmet.
there's nothing like watching a grasshopper twist and turn to avoid you only to splat into green goo on your visor.
Quote:| any suggestions on a way to rid the fogging issue. |
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wait til the temps rise enough, anything above 45 F and you should be fine.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #9 on Feb 19, 2012, 12:07am » | |
When I go fast in the cold and when humid mine fogs . Keep it clean it fogs up less but the wipes at Cycle Gear are only 99 cents and last a week or so and also work on eyeglasses too . I have even thought of putting solar panels on mine to power a defrost lol . Yes I know it would require more than solar could provide . I think if you had a large vent for nose and mouth along with rubber piece like a fighter pilot should cut down some fog or a snorkle tube . Breathe through nose , open at stops and have shield barely ajar helps too . Dont you hate it when you go " whew etc " and fog it up yourself grrrr .
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #10 on Feb 19, 2012, 1:24am » | |
Feb 19, 2012, 12:07am, skuttadawg wrote:| I think if you had a large vent for nose and mouth along with rubber piece like a fighter pilot should cut down some fog or a snorkle tube . |
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i've actually thought about doing this.
the problem would be finding something suitable that would work.
a "gas mask" would not work.
maybe something along the lines of some type of "nebulizer" mask.
they make the type that fits only over your nose.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #11 on Jun 23, 2012, 2:51pm » | |
Neat washing up liquid (detergent) wipe it on the inside of your visor then polish it off.
Works on Specs too.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #12 on Jun 24, 2012, 11:13pm » | |
Clean the lens with eyeglass cleaner instead of ammonia based cleaners like Windex . Cycle Gear now has a spray that works better than the wipes . When its cold I crack open the face shield and it keeps cut down on fogging .
I bet a respiratory mask with an exhaust vent may work . I know if I breathe through my mouth it can fog as to why I mentioned earlier to try to breathe through your nose
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #13 on Jun 25, 2012, 9:53am » | |
Scorpion helmets do not fog. Most are DOT AND Snell rated, and can be had cheap online.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7tb-V1pBMA
Large shells though so you will get a bobble head look.
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| | Re: ff helmet keeps fogging up issue!!!
« Reply #14 on Jun 25, 2012, 10:46am » | |
I've had my modular helm for a long time and love it.
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