Friday, March 13, 2015

Tips to Keep Your Glasses from Fogging Up


Winter can be cumbersome for a variety of reasons: from waking up on cold, dark mornings to go to work, having to warm up a cold vehicle, to shoveling snow winter can take its toll on us. Factor in your glasses, be it shades or prescription, fogging up so that now you are cold and practically blind, it can all be really annoying.

There are a few tricks that you can utilize to try and prevent your lenses from fogging up. Some are better than others and can be situational, but they are worth a try.

Anti-Fog Products

There are a multitude of anti-fog products out there, and rating them all is beyond the scope of this blog. Some work better than others of course and prices range from several dollars to over $40 for a 30oz bottle of the premium stuff.

One product, Zooke Anti-Fog, is marketed towards active people that wear glasses or sport goggles. They sell spray and wax specific to visors and goggles and for glasses. We recommend that you ask your eye care provider for a brand that they feel would work best for your specific needs.

Dress to Vent

When spending time outside in the winter you want to dress in secure clothing that directs heat away from you goggles or glasses. For example, if you are wearing a balaclava, wear one that has ventilation. For winter hats try to adjust them so that there is some air flow into and out of your glasses.

Try to avoid taking your glasses on and off and allowing sweat to build up in them. By taking them off, letting them cool, then putting them back on you will create more condensation resulting in foggy vision.

Go Fast!

If you are running, biking, skiing the more air circulation the less condensation will build up on the inside (the warm side) of your glasses. So there is some added motivation to push yourself on your next excursion.

Nothing is 100% when it comes to anti-fogging your glasses and reapplication will always be a necessary. We suggest that you try one of the anti-fog products we sell at our Vision Pro stores since being able to see clearly is pretty important.

Stop in one of our locations today to see if we can help clear up your foggy vision!

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