I bought the anti-fog Barracudas and after a long, difficult battle managed to get them adjusted so they don't leak. Now I realize that having water leaking into them was the only thing keeping them clear, with the water sloshing around and washing away the condensation. Now that there's no water running in, I can't see anything after 50m!
I have tried the Speedo anti-fog solution with success that varies from day to day. Sometimes it doesn't work at all. Other times I'll get a mild fog that's workable. It seems to work best when I give it two applications between workouts, but even then the results are disappointing.
So. Fog juice, anyone?
Any recommendations on alternative brands of fog solutions, or any other techniques I might try so I can actually see the pace clock?
Oh, I already tried putting them on before getting into the pool. They fog even then, just from the moisture in my eyes. I really don't want to go back to my Speedo goggles, which didn't seem to have this problem. The Speedos gave me rings, the Barracudas don't.
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For what it's worth, one of the things that I have found with anti-fog goggles is that after a while the anti-fog film gets dirty and that dirt causes fogging. My solution has been to soak my goggles for an hour or so in a mild solution (2-3 drops in 16 oz cool H20) of dish washing detergent (e.g. Dawn). Then I rinse the goggles and soak them in clean water for an hour or so to get the last of the detergent out. (IMPORTANT: DO NOT NEGLECT THE CLEAN WATER SOAK!) This has worked very well at extending the usable anti-flog life of my goggles. However, the type of goggles I wear have silicone seals and straps which are impervious to anything short of a direct missle strike, so I'm not sure how the foam-type goggles would do with this. If you try this, occasionally switching the detergent to something else is good since certain types of dirt resist certain detergents. (A drop or two of UltraSwim shampoo works well in these cases, BTW. I've also had some success with a very mild solution of OxyClean.)
If you don't have anti-fogging film on the inside of the goggles, soaking them in a strong solution of baking soda works wonders, but again, no idea what this does to foam.
Barracuda goggles - UGH! I spent over $100 on a pair with custom ground lenses and gave up trying to get them to not leak after 4 months of endless fiddling. I'll take the raccoon eyes any day.
For what it's worth, one of the things that I have found with anti-fog goggles is that after a while the anti-fog film gets dirty and that dirt causes fogging. My solution has been to soak my goggles for an hour or so in a mild solution (2-3 drops in 16 oz cool H20) of dish washing detergent (e.g. Dawn). Then I rinse the goggles and soak them in clean water for an hour or so to get the last of the detergent out. (IMPORTANT: DO NOT NEGLECT THE CLEAN WATER SOAK!) This has worked very well at extending the usable anti-flog life of my goggles. However, the type of goggles I wear have silicone seals and straps which are impervious to anything short of a direct missle strike, so I'm not sure how the foam-type goggles would do with this. If you try this, occasionally switching the detergent to something else is good since certain types of dirt resist certain detergents. (A drop or two of UltraSwim shampoo works well in these cases, BTW. I've also had some success with a very mild solution of OxyClean.)
If you don't have anti-fogging film on the inside of the goggles, soaking them in a strong solution of baking soda works wonders, but again, no idea what this does to foam.
Barracuda goggles - UGH! I spent over $100 on a pair with custom ground lenses and gave up trying to get them to not leak after 4 months of endless fiddling. I'll take the raccoon eyes any day.
