Fog between Goggle lens

Lemuel

Lemuel

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Okay this has happened to a pair of a-frames, soldiers, and eg1s's. I have terrible luck with goggles. The same thing has happened each time, and I am tired of getting a new pair of more expensive goggles each year because I don't want them to fog, and then having them fog. It happens when I walk from inside to outside, no matter if they are on my face or not. It only happens after it has snowed, but moisture should not be getting in between the lens, and I cannot get rid of it. Does anyone know how to stop this from happening or why it happens? I got rid of the a-frames 2 years ago and got the soldiers, and then got the eg1s's last year. Help please. I could not find anything about this happening in teh searchbar.
 
I don't have a problem with fog inside the lens, I let that air dry itself away. I am talking about the fog actually getting in between the two pieces of the lens. It is like the seal is broken and letting moisture in, but what is the chance of that happening on 3 pairs of goggles which have never had any hard abuse?
 
smith has the porex filter that combats this. correct me if im wrong but aren't they the only company with a system of eliminating moisture between the inner and outer lens
 
I can remember this happening on all Oakley lenses going back for the last 12 years. It's because you're putting your goggles in the goggle bag wet. Let them completely dry before you put them away.
I stopped buying Oakleys because of this problem.
 
Thanks, this makes sense now becasue it always happens after a day when it was snowing. Does it permanently ruin the goggles? I hope not because I don't want to spend more money. Thanks for the help.
 
This happened to me last year but it was because the lens wasn't in right, It was unattached slightly at the bottom of one eye.
 
I can't say for sure. I've seen this happen 10 times to my googles and friends'. About half the time, the lens cleared up after we noticed the condensation build up and let them over a mild heat source (hanging a foot above an electric heater) for a day or 2. I've never had this issue after letting my goggles dry on my car's defroster for the ride home.
 
This was happening to me with a pair of smith fuzes after a few nasty faceplants. Do what the others said. Don't put them away wet and what I did was take them home and put em in front of a fan. i noticed that the vents that let air into the middle part between lenses was still wet. After one night with the fan, they haven't given me any more problems.

Also if you have a bankers brim or something that blocks off the top vents on the goggles it can block the release of condensation. I have the T-Hall POC and I noticed that when I took the Bankers Brim off the goggles weren't fogging up nearly as much.
 
I still have the same exact problem with my Spy Soldiers. I have a tiny little crack in the bottom of the lense and when moisture gets inside, it fogs up and I can't see anything. I usually put them ontop or near a heater when I get home and it takes all the moisture out. New lenses should solve the problem though, too bad I'm broke
 
This. Smith is the only company that uses the Porex Filter (lets air in but not moisture), along with chemically bonding the two lenses together, rather than crappy heat tape used by Oakley and everyone else. I've had Smiths for the past 6 years and never have had fogging between the lenses. They only have it in their spherical lensed goggles though ($100 and up).
 
I'm surprised that happened to a-frames, I've used only Oakley goggles my whole life and never once had to buy new ones until the lenses started popping out of the old ones. And they usually just roll around my trunk.
 
I have pair of a frames and same problem

I realised it was because i had not dried them out the night before

The day prior the mist it was heavily snowing all day.

Just dry them out. A cars aircon is quick n easy way of doing it
 
Oh how silly I was 5 years ago. This is my second year working in a shop and a ton of people come in with this problem. I always let my goggles dry out (since this thread) and have never had this issue again.
 
Okay, so here's what you do, it happened to me today. First remove the googles from your head, pop out the lens and simply peel the two layers apart. Then after you have cleaned your lens with your sleeve. Discard the inside layer and get on shredding.
 
13336840:Lemuel said:
Oh how silly I was 5 years ago. This is my second year working in a shop and a ton of people come in with this problem. I always let my goggles dry out (since this thread) and have never had this issue again.
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So how do I fix it? I skied one day with my new Smith lenses and they are fogged on the inside
 
Oakley is the worst for this. Especially if you ski on a freezing rain day. Ice/water freezes and melts and then works its way through the seal and then gets stuck between the lenses forever.

Smith is the best for this. As someone else mentioned there is a tiny vent, that vents between the dual lens. I think they are the only google that has this. This means that if water does manage to get trapped between the lenses it has a way to get out, thanks to that tiny vent.
 
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