What is your best anti-fog?

[pfriedel]

I use Sea Gold in my HydroOptix mask, and it works well, but I've needed it less and less as the mask "matures". It's the older design (sold before they included coverlenses with the kit! yay for finding your boat with the monocle.. ugh), and it probably could've stood to be toothpasted earlier, but wear and time have made them pretty fog resistant. Unfortunately, my prescription is moving on, and now I need a new mask. Oh well. Due to the bubble formed by the lens, Catherine's technique of wiping with water doesn't work well unless if you want to flood the whole thing and start over, which usually leaves you just as fogged as when you started.

 

[CoyKoi]

Spit or 500 PSI works for me. You should see the faces of my Open Water students when I hawk a big wad of spit into my mask, look up and give them the sweetest smile I can and say, "Now you try it."

 

[dumbbomb]

I use Sea Gold in my HydroOptix mask, and it works well, but I've needed it less and less as the mask "matures". It's the older design (sold before they included coverlenses with the kit! yay for finding your boat with the monocle.. ugh), and it probably could've stood to be toothpasted earlier, but wear and time have made them pretty fog resistant. Unfortunately, my prescription is moving on, and now I need a new mask. Oh well. Due to the bubble formed by the lens, Catherine's technique of wiping with water doesn't work well unless if you want to flood the whole thing and start over, which usually leaves you just as fogged as when you started.

Did you get one of those lenses where they stick the glasses on the back of the the mask lense, cos that might be the bubble!!

Also did you clean your mask with a mild washing up liquid and water before you took it into the sea because condensation forms when you don;t do that!

 

[pfriedel]

Did you get one of those lenses where they stick the glasses on the back of the the mask lense, cos that might be the bubble!!

Also did you clean your mask with a mild washing up liquid and water before you took it into the sea because condensation forms when you don;t do that!

Nah - the hydroptix masks aren't flat like ordinary masks, so they dome away from your eyes much more than even prescription lenses do. Nowadays I just squidge some sea gold into them before the dive, smear it around, rinse it thoroughly and dive away. It's only annoying when I have an unexpected leak, like the time when it was riding over my hood and leaking like mad. D'oh!

 

[Stogie8]

I love Sea Gold. It never fails to keep my mask clear.

 

[runamonk]

Clean my mask with toothpaste and use spit on the days I'm diving. Works great.

 

[ChrisA]

What anti fog do you like the best?

I wonder if this problem depends on the water temp. Do masks fog more in cold or warm water? Beats me. But I'd guess the problem is worse in cold water. Water temps here are low to high 50's. What I do is spit in the mask, rub it around with gloved finger then once I'm in the water flood the mask and drain it. If the mask ever fogs while I'm under water I let some water in and swish it around then clear it out. Nothing unfogs a mask better then letting water get in it.

If you really do want a good, cheap chemical other then spit get some very dilute baby shampo and fill a bucket with it and dip the whole mask in the bucket. I saw this setup on a dive boat once (they said "If you use the bucket don't spit in the mask.")

 

[AlanDeep]

Fog-Not is the best. It lasts for several rinses. Not in many stores, yet.
It's available at http://fog-not.com

Please try it! It's a completely different approach to the scuba mask fogging issue.

I also tried using my glasses (tri-focals) inside my mask! It worked ok, but the 3 fogged surfaces is what got me to invent Fog-Not!

 

[Wayward Son]

I used toothpaste for a while & it works. I've recently been using baby shampoo & I'm finding it works better.

Straight from the bottle, use just a drop. Rub it around. If possible let it dry. Just before the dive, dunk the mask once.

All the commercial defoggers are basically some sort of soap, so you're just paying a lot for it. Generic baby shampoo at Walmart is $1 for a large bottle. Pepsodent is $1 per tube, the shampoo is bigger & will last longer so it works out to be even cheaper to use.

 

[ScubaDivaDivemaster]

I use Seavision and love it. No problemo. Except when your BC pocket isn't closed all the way when you go under and your bottle floats away. Darn it.