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KeithG
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This last trip I tried out a set of in-expensive stick on "readers" to see if they would work. They fogged constantly and ended up being useless.
The lens were easy to install, held place firmly with no issues and were of the appropriate size. They worked great at home above water in my kitchen.
As soon as they hit the ocean they fogged and stayed fogged. I used spit in my mask and never had fogging issues with the rest of my mask lens.
The brand I used is "Attach-a-lens" Attach-A-Lens | Peel 'n Stick Lenses and the lens is attached to the mask with an adhesive gasket that circles the outside of the lens. This creates a small air pocket between the reader and mask lens as the gasket is about 2mm in thickness and provides a seal around the outside edge of the lens.
Some things I tried:
- dug out a bit of the adhesive gasket on 1 lens so that the air pocket between lens was no longer sealed - no change)
- removed, cleaned and re-applied 1 lens (they provide 2 extra adhesive gaskets with the lens) - no change
This is mostly nuisance issue as I can still read things okay and the cheaters are just a nice to have. I was able to read everything fine (including a new camera). So I may just toss the lens and pretend it never happened. If my eyes get really bad then i will bite the bullet and get custom prescription lens made.
In the meanwhile, I am looking for cheap suggestions / ideas on how to stop the fogging. A search of the forum reveals 2 polar extremes for these type of lens:
- they suck
- they are awesome
but no real info on how anyone successfully prevented fogging.
ideas?
The lens were easy to install, held place firmly with no issues and were of the appropriate size. They worked great at home above water in my kitchen.
As soon as they hit the ocean they fogged and stayed fogged. I used spit in my mask and never had fogging issues with the rest of my mask lens.
The brand I used is "Attach-a-lens" Attach-A-Lens | Peel 'n Stick Lenses and the lens is attached to the mask with an adhesive gasket that circles the outside of the lens. This creates a small air pocket between the reader and mask lens as the gasket is about 2mm in thickness and provides a seal around the outside edge of the lens.
Some things I tried:
- dug out a bit of the adhesive gasket on 1 lens so that the air pocket between lens was no longer sealed - no change)
- removed, cleaned and re-applied 1 lens (they provide 2 extra adhesive gaskets with the lens) - no change
This is mostly nuisance issue as I can still read things okay and the cheaters are just a nice to have. I was able to read everything fine (including a new camera). So I may just toss the lens and pretend it never happened. If my eyes get really bad then i will bite the bullet and get custom prescription lens made.
In the meanwhile, I am looking for cheap suggestions / ideas on how to stop the fogging. A search of the forum reveals 2 polar extremes for these type of lens:
- they suck
- they are awesome
but no real info on how anyone successfully prevented fogging.
ideas?