If you wear prescription glasses, protective eyewear, goggles or a helmet in your activities chances are you have experienced poor visibility due to fogging and condensation.
Besides the obvious of moving from a colder environment to a warmer one and vise versa fogging can also occur during any activity that causes your body temperature to rise. Heat build up from your face beneath glasses or other types of protective eyewear can quickly cause you to "fog up".
To prevent the fogging and eliminate visibility problems, anti fog products have been developed and introduced to the market. These products are simple to use but most require a process of two or more steps in order to apply. Most anti fog solutions do not provide relatively long term answers for the effects of fogging.
However, these products are the solution of choice for many people who have to deal with the problems caused by moisture and condensation. Industrial workers, extreme sports enthusiasts, hobbyists and even ordinary people in the course of their daily lives find many wonderful benefits in applying anti-fog spray to the surface of their prescription lenses or protective eyewear.
Choosing the right anti fog solution for your particular eyewear and activity is paramount. There are products specifically made for glass while others offer protection only for plastics and some provide effective protection for both.
When deciding on an anti fog; be sure it is a product that is formulated for your type of lens material as choosing the wrong solution can result in damage to your expensive eyewear. Although most are safe on most lens types there are only a handful of these products that are safe and effective on high end lenses such as those made from polycarbonate materials.
Effectiveness is another important criterion. There is a huge difference between the level of protection as well as the length of effectiveness between existing anti fog products. Some will only offer a few hours of effective protection against fogging before having to re-apply while others can last much longer.
An anti fogs level of protection is basically determined by the temperature range at which it remains effective. With many of these products their effectiveness quickly deteriorates in sub freezing temperatures or extremely warm environments.
One product called Fogtech has seemed to do the impossible. They offer a solution that can be applied in a matter of seconds, is safe for all glass and plastic lenses including high end polycarbonates. Not only that but they claim it can last up to ten days on a single application in sub zero temperatures or extreme heat without losing effectiveness.
With all the anti fog products currently available on the market you must be sure to do your research before finally deciding on a solution that will hopefully end your fogging problems once and for all.
