keeping bino's fog free?

December 26, 2010, 11:16:00 AM

anyone have a remedy for keeping your binoculars from fogging when you bring them to your face when its cold out, seems i always breath on them just before they get to my eyes, and can't see a thing,,,,ahhgghhrrr...

MartinD · December 26, 2010, 11:30:00 AM

I use a product called Parker's Perfect. It comes in pre-moistened little towels or spray bottle form. Has always worked for me on binos,scopes or my eyeglasses. Cabelas sells it.

Shedrock · December 26, 2010, 11:32:00 AM

I hold my breath while glassing, serious!

cedar · December 26, 2010, 11:37:00 AM

Hold your breath until you get them to your face. It works for me.

stagetek · December 26, 2010, 12:54:00 PM

There was a product called Fog Free. I used to use it on my snowmobile helmet shield. It was a small spray bottle, and worked pretty well.

T Lail · December 26, 2010, 01:13:00 PM

go to a local cycle shop and ask for something to put on a face sheild.....I think Fog Free is still one of them......

Day Dreamer · December 26, 2010, 01:59:00 PM

Second Parkere's Perfet, I called swarovski's customer service and thats what they recommended.

huntsfairchase · December 26, 2010, 02:13:00 PM

I hang my binocs inside my bibs/ shirt/jacket during cold weather to keep them warm. That way they don't fog up when you put them up to your eyes. Works for me...

GreenJeans · December 26, 2010, 02:17:00 PM

Don't laugh but I use a product called cat crap. You can order it from Campmor online if your local ski or dive shop doesn't carry it. Good conversation piece too!

boznarras · December 26, 2010, 03:18:00 PM

I use cat crap too. It comes in a little snap top flat container and is a paste, so easy to carry and not spill. I keep one of those small cleaning cloths that tuck into a little pouch clipped to the strap of the binocs to wipe it down, and the cloth gets saturated with the antifog chem.
Another product is Rain X AntiFog wipes. it comes in premoistened towels, (like baby wipes); you can wipe lenses, facemasks, windshields whatever with them.

hightop_hunter · December 26, 2010, 05:25:00 PM

I use my own spit. I figure its like a scuba mask. it works for me.

twigflicker · December 26, 2010, 07:19:00 PM

Always wondered about cat crap... I laughed when buddy said he used it on his glasses when backpacking... kept them from fogging up...

It was definately a conversation starter ;-)

Jonathan

Joe Subler · December 26, 2010, 07:37:00 PM

I use one of those static sheets you put in the cloths dryer - after you have used it in the dryer keep it and wipe bino's and eyeglasses to keep them from fogging up. Works pretty well.

Cheers,
Joe

boznarras · December 26, 2010, 08:09:00 PM

RE cat crap.
A couple years ago, my wife and I went to Ecuador and were with two locals, driving around birdwatching. We were using cat crap, and I offered it to them. One of them was explaining what it was to the other, in Spanish of course. I was following along and had to laugh when he got to calling it "CaCa de Gato".
Since then that is what we call it, as in "Please pass the CaCa de Gato"

December 27, 2010, 02:01:00 PM

well i just tried something i seen on tv, there was a car salesman on the tube telling how to care for cars in the winter, and he said use a baby wipe on the inside of windshield and it wont fog up....hmmmm, so i tried on my bino's and sure enough it worked so theres another remedy for yall. ...you do have to polish the lens a little bit....

Jeff Strubberg · December 27, 2010, 04:19:00 PM

Believe it or not, try liquid soap. Wipe it on, let it set up then buff off.

Works great on mirrors to keep the shower from fogging 'em up. I can't see why it wouldn't work on binos.

bad arrow · December 27, 2010, 05:46:00 PM

The less you touch the glass, with anything, the better. Most optics have a microcoating that is easily removed, then you have to deal with scatched lenses . When time to clean the outer lenses (a little dust will not degrade the image at all) use distilled water and a drop of liquid dishsoap and a very light touch with cottonballs. Better to keep'em under your jacket as been suggested. But if you must use the fogfree products, again, use rarely....Phil