Question for those cursed with having to wear glasses...

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What's driving me crazy is the frequency during cold weather with which my glasses fog up on me...a couple instances at just the exact wrong time!

Anyone found a solution for this???

I understand you can order glasses that are treated, similar to Bushnell's Rainguard, to bead and repel moisture. Do these work???
 
sir_springer said:
What's driving me crazy is the frequency during cold weather with which my glasses fog up on me...a couple instances at just the exact wrong time!

Anyone found a solution for this???

I understand you can order glasses that are treated, similar to Bushnell's Rainguard, to bead and repel moisture. Do these work???
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I am interested also to see if there is a solution and I feel for you fellow eye glass wearer ;)
 
It's sub-zero temps, you see a buck, raise your rifle to your shoulder...

And your breath deflects off the gun and right back onto your glasses, and in a heartbeat you can't see a damn thing!!!

To add insult to injury, on occasion also fogging up the scope's @#%$#&#@ lense!!!

:(
 
solution to fogging glasses

Check out a scuba supply store . There used to be stuff for scuba masks.

Also - rubbing a little wax on your lenses works .
I forgot which wax I used - bees wax I think , or maybe it was carnuba.

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.... There are a couple of solutions : Hockey Supply Shops often carry either a "Mist Type"in a Spray Bottle, or a "Stick" de-mister designed for Hockey Masks. SCUBA Shops as previously noted, carry the same or similar. A Little Liquid Dish washing Soap moistened and rubbed off works. Regular Bars of soap also work, but harder to polish and spread around the Glass. if all else fails, and you're desperate, Divers use a little spit and water, rubbed around, to prevent "Fogging". .... David K
 
I've been working with Dyna-gun coatings (the guys who produce Ultra Bore Coat and Ultra Gun Shield) to start distributing their product for them here in Canada, since they won't ship directly to retail customers in Canada due to export issues. They've recently come out with a new product that acts as a top maintenance coat for Ultra Gun Shield, and it also can be applied to optics and glass. It has been tested extensively, and it does not harm any optical coatings. This top coat makes the surface very slick, so water, ice, fog, etc cannot gain much surface tension, so it beads up and comes off very easily, much like RainGuard. It can be put on your car windshield, your glasses, your scope, binos, barreled action, etc.

I'll let you guys know how things go, and if I end up establishing a distributor relationship with the Dyna-coatings group, I should be able to get this stuff up here for the guys in Canada.
 
rain-x .... just a thought, i know they got some diffrent products out there, thats what i use for the inside of my car , and for the out side, two diffrent types obviously
 
I'm having the same problems with lens fogging up. I've been thinking about going to my optromist and getting a few sets of those soft contact lens just for hunting. Anyone else thought about that solution?.....Ken
 
coolpoolken said:
I'm having the same problems with lens fogging up. I've been thinking about going to my optromist and getting a few sets of those soft contact lens just for hunting. Anyone else thought about that solution?.....Ken
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That's an alternative...albeit, including another eye exam, kinda pricey.

I've been told that eye glasses can come permanently treated. Wondering if anyone has tried this yet? I'm due for new glasses soon.
 
i am also due for new specs in Feb.i believe.i will be checking to see if they can treat the lenses some how.spent most of this deer season with the glasses in my pocket because every time i stopped walking they would fog up just from my own body heat.
 
I bought a wax type of stick years ago that worked really well. Apply some to the lens and buff it with a soft cloth and it worked. Now I do most of my shooting without glasses as I'm using a scope and my vision isn't that bad.
 
Contacts can be a PITA sometimes too though. But I agree it's the best way to go if you don't want to get a LASIK procedure done.
 
Easy fix for you guy's to try, i think you will be pleasently surprised.

One night before bed cover the lenses with a thin coating of dish soap, let dry over night and polish the soap off with a rag.

End of fogging problem!

treatment will last for approx a week or three cleanings with glass cleaner, when needed repeat.
 
David K said:
.... There are a couple of solutions : Hockey Supply Shops often carry either a "Mist Type"in a Spray Bottle, or a "Stick" de-mister designed for Hockey Masks. SCUBA Shops as previously noted, carry the same or similar. A Little Liquid Dish washing Soap moistened and rubbed off works. Regular Bars of soap also work, but harder to polish and spread around the Glass. if all else fails, and you're desperate, Divers use a little spit and water, rubbed around, to prevent "Fogging". .... David K
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I wear glasses and I use Hoppes No9 anti fog solution. I used to put a bit of dish detergent on the lenses then rub it of with a klenex. Then pocket the kleenex for later replication.
As for the hockey mask stuff I wouldn't touch the stuff. It destroyed one of my buddies paintball mask lenses so would not risk a pair of $200 glases!
Sorry Dave! I didn't get to the end before posting.
Ps A fellow CGNr I know had a lasic surgery and can see the tic on a deers ear at 200yds,but needs reading glasses, and can't see the sights of his gun! So he scoped everything!
 
coolpoolken said:
I'm having the same problems with lens fogging up. I've been thinking about going to my optromist and getting a few sets of those soft contact lens just for hunting. Anyone else thought about that solution?.....Ken
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Since the hunting season/fog problem pretty much coincides with a total lack of dust blowing around, I figure that's a pretty good choice.

I've been pondering the idea of some for ice fishing, for the same reason.

Too chicken to have my eyes done with a laser or surgery. :)

Mostly I have learned to watch where I exhale, and to never touch my scope lenses unless I can get them warm and dry, or at least, dry.

A package of disposable soft contacts would last a fella a long time if only used when required. Wife used them for a while in one eye. Maintain them, and don't sleep with them in, and they last a fair while, too.

Cheers
Trev
 
I wore soft contacts for years, and hated them for hunting and shooting. I eventually stopped wearing them for hunting. Your hands are never clean enough to be much use if something happens with the lenses, and something always happens. I had lenses pop out from recoil, had one pop out inside a snowmobile helmet while riding, and getting whacked in the eye with a twig is way worse when you have a lens in. Maybe the newer ones are better...I don't know...and with my now-lasik-enhanced eyes I don't care. Laser all the way for me.
 
jjohnwm said:
I wore soft contacts for years, and hated them for hunting and shooting. I eventually stopped wearing them for hunting. Your hands are never clean enough to be much use if something happens with the lenses, and something always happens. I had lenses pop out from recoil, had one pop out inside a snowmobile helmet while riding, and getting whacked in the eye with a twig is way worse when you have a lens in. Maybe the newer ones are better...I don't know...and with my now-lasik-enhanced eyes I don't care. Laser all the way for me.
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Wow, that's horrible. I never have any problems with my contacts, and I wear them on a daily basis, hunting or not. I don't even know they're there until I go to take them out at night.
 
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