You need to lick and get 'em very slimy and wet, then a quick rinse and then…no fogging!
If you use fingers it tends to negate the qualities. Is it oils from the skin? New goggles usually need 1-2 sessions before it works good. You should be able to give them the pre-swim saliva treatment and have no fog for an entire workout!
i always spit in mine…
I use baby shampoo. Those 99 cent travel size bottles are like a two year supply.
Me too I use a timy bottle from Grand Hyatt Hong Kong.
Have been using the same bottle for about 2 years. It will probably last 5 years in total when full 
I went snorkeling with a diver who told me that it is the protein in your spit that keeps the lens from fogging. Maybe some people don’t have enough protein in their spit…
Am I the only one here who saw this and thought, ummm…oh, never mind
I thought that almost all the modern goggles were anti-fog to begin with.
I’ve never done anything for them other than maybe rinse them in the pool.
Spitting on them before getting into the pool with others strikes me as poor form.
I lick mine… nothing like the stares you get as you give the old speedsockets a good bit of tongue action!
This may sound strange but I found that spitting in my goggles after drinking gatorade doesn’t work as well as before I drank the gatorade.
Go figure
jaretj
Spit, stir with finger, rinse.
No fogging.
I always spit in mine, no fogging issues.
fogging goggles is actually a very interesting topic, as the process is identical to the formation of clouds (and fog…which is just a cloud on the ground). Goggles fog when there is a smooth surface with small hydrophilic (water loving) particles (condensation nuclei) that make it easier for vapor to condense. Water vapor is funny like that, and doesn’t like to condense unless there is something to trigger the process. It has to do with surface tensions and vapor pressures and latent heats… More depth then is needed to talk about goggles. That is also the reason that if you rain-x your windshield and keep it clean, you tend to get less frost. Anyway… When the surface of your goggle lens gets dirty, it provides hundreds of millions of condensation nuclei which causes it to fog like crazy. Especially since your face raises the air temp within the goggle to near body temp while the water is a good 15 to 20 degrees colder.
Anti-fog goggles work by having a very rough surface on the microscopic level. When a drop tries to form, capillary forces end up pulling the water into the crevasses preventing it from forming a coherent drop. Since individual drops can’t form, the lens doesn’t fog. As you use the goggles, and as you touch them, you fill in the rough surface with skin oils and dirt. It doesn’t take long until you have a nice smooth surface embedded with small dirt particles, which is the ideal surface for fog to form.
So how do you stop this all from happening? Easiest way is to keep the lenses clean. Wash them with soap to get as much dirt and oil off them as possible. Once you in the rinse phase, don’t touch the lens with your finger. Another method is to coat the surface of the lens with a film that prevents drops from forming. I personally use TYR anti-fog goggles, wash them with baby shampoo, rinse very thoroughly, store in the plastic case and NEVER touch the lens with my finger. They are going on 3 years old now and are finally getting tough to keep from fogging.
and they say a degree in atmospheric science is worthless…
Don’t get me started on latent heats
jaretj
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fogging goggles is actually a very interesting topic, as the process is identical to the formation of clouds (and fog…which is just a cloud on the ground). Goggles fog when there is a smooth surface with small hydrophilic (water loving) particles (condensation nuclei) that make it easier for vapor to condense. Water vapor is funny like that, and doesn’t like to condense unless there is something to trigger the process. It has to do with surface tensions and vapor pressures and latent heats… More depth then is needed to talk about goggles. That is also the reason that if you rain-x your windshield and keep it clean, you tend to get less frost. Anyway… When the surface of your goggle lens gets dirty, it provides hundreds of millions of condensation nuclei which causes it to fog like crazy. Especially since your face raises the air temp within the goggle to near body temp while the water is a good 15 to 20 degrees colder.
Anti-fog goggles work by having a very rough surface on the microscopic level. When a drop tries to form, capillary forces end up pulling the water into the crevasses preventing it from forming a coherent drop. Since individual drops can’t form, the lens doesn’t fog. As you use the goggles, and as you touch them, you fill in the rough surface with skin oils and dirt. It doesn’t take long until you have a nice smooth surface embedded with small dirt particles, which is the ideal surface for fog to form.
So how do you stop this all from happening? Easiest way is to keep the lenses clean. Wash them with soap to get as much dirt and oil off them as possible. Once you in the rinse phase, don’t touch the lens with your finger. Another method is to coat the surface of the lens with a film that prevents drops from forming. I personally use TYR anti-fog goggles, wash them with baby shampoo, rinse very thoroughly, store in the plastic case and NEVER touch the lens with my finger. They are going on 3 years old now and are finally getting tough to keep from fogging.
and they say a degree in atmospheric science is worthless…
COOL!!
By the way, I swam last night, and, after reading most of these posts, I spit in my goggles.
I would rather be licking Swedes
Hmm, Ive’ never licked a Swede. Now Asians, that’s a different story.
So, protein in goggles…hmmm…
(sorry, couldn’t resist)
PS: I spit. Licking sounds good, though, and perhaps a great pre-race just before the gun ritual…(you see that guy tongue his goggles…?) Maybe almost as effective as the neon orange thong I saw a guy wear in a race…
I use “Sea Drops”, tiny bottle about the size of the 99c shampoo bottles. One drop on the inner and outer lens, let it dry, rinse before you use, no fogging at all (usually do them the night before). Been using the same bottle for over two years it is easily over half full. Cost around $6 or $7.
Very interesting.
I have to say though that I have a pair of regular old speedos (no anti fogging abilities) that I have spit in and rubbed around with my finger for over 4 years. They never fog up.
spit for races (a la Amy van Dycken), lick for training… spitting works better but it does seem a bit gross. Though that is mere foolishness, in the course of the average master’s session I’ll be drooling in the water anyway…
the anti-fog goggles I have worked fine for a year or so, then had to start spitting. I thought the anti-fog was a coating that wore off ? I’ll have to try a good wash and see if it helps.
I think i could be the only jerk who actually uses the speedo(or other type) defogger spray Its lasted forever and my goggles never fog, fredly or not.
The going joke in the dive shop is: That’s Mexican spit.
I use “Sea Drops”, \
You all make think this is gross, but a drop of urine always does the trick. When you get changed in the locker room and take you pre workout pee, take you goggles in with you and get that last drop or two into the goggles. Give it a good swirl or stir, and you will be good to go for the entire workout. Sea drops are just salt water, and that is exactly what urine is, with a few other ingredents that keep the goggles fog free… Believe me, it is the best method out there, and it is free!!!