Hi there!
A very simple solution> just drill holes abt 3 mm in diameter all along the perimeter of the lens ( make sure first they made of plastic not glass).
That will create a good ventillation.
Works magic!!!.
No more forging,no more $$$ for glasses for watersports.
In fact you can use cheap normal glasses (with plastic lenses) but make sure ear bits are straight > easier to affix a band to prevent it from falling off the head.
Good luck.

Sasha said...
In fact you can use cheap normal glasses (with plastic lenses) but make sure ear bits are straight > easier to affix a band to prevent it from falling off the head.
Good luck.

I went down this road - people suggested $10 safety glasses from bunnings for example, and normal tinted sunnies.

I found that cheaper standard glasses are great if you never fall off, and one day I caught an edge, and did a faceplant.

On cheap sunnies, the lens can easily pop out on impact and almost take your eyes with them. Try squirting your sunnies with a high pressure hose on the back lawn and if the lens pop out, imagine your eyes behind them.

Also, the nose piece, which was designed to simply rest the sunnies on your nose as you walk around, is all of a sudden asked to take a huge amount of load. Check the shape and material of the nose piece - how will your nose handle that getting forced into it?

Any purpose built water sport sunnies feature a rubber nose piece that disperse the load on impact, have lenses designed to stay intact under load, lens are made of impact resistant material, and they are already equiped with straps.

i use 24 dollar pollarised plastic lensed and framed glasses which i have drilled out 6 holes on each side. i have replaced the arms of the glasses with elastic and float material . they will come off if you have a huge crash so i wear a peak hat which has a chin strap.put your sunnies on first then hat and you cant loss them.
better to where sunnies and a hat anyway the sun will do its dammage sooner than you think.

Smear them in rain x or something you would use for a dive mask, buff, then quickly dip in fresh before you go out.

Used them for ages like that, no probs.

dont mess with the cheap sunnies you have one set of eyes, spend the $ bucks and get the correct type, SB has some which i have bought but there are a number of other types around which can be reasonably priced. From the fogging point of view you can buy from the safety shops like Alsafe, Protector, Heatleys etc a small spray bottle which you apply prior to going out cheap and very effective one small spray can last a couple of sesh's

Free, no nonsense, tried and true method from diving days, just spit (preferably your own) on the inside of the lens, rub, rinse, hey presto no fog.

I loved my blue-eye squids but they were sacrificed to Nautilus at the end of last season.
I now have the SeaSpecs (the online 2-for-3 deal), and they are ok, but the plastic nose piece has come off my first pair- not so nice . I am trying to make a new and improved modification with some closed cell foam. Any ideas as to what will glue the foam to the plastic frames, nothing I have is working yet?!

(Rainex works good too, a bottle lasts forever too!)

Surfer62 said...

Free, no nonsense, tried and true method from diving days, just spit (preferably your own) on the inside of the lens, rub, rinse, hey presto no fog.

yep thats my method too. I don't even spit rub and rinse. just give a good lick. works perfect for me.

Get a pair of Oakley water jackets, cost about $250 but are the ultimate for water sports.
I have had mine for 3 years now and are still like new, never fog up and the water run off like wind screen wipers

RK said...

Get a pair of Oakley water jackets, cost about $250 but are the ultimate for water sports.
I have had mine for 3 years now and are still like new, never fog up and the water run off like wind screen wipers

Mine lasted about two weeks... stacked it large, goggles off the head and it was too late to find out that the 'Safety' lanyard fails after a slight pull !!! Maybe a rookie mistake, but a costly one !!!

SeaSpecs will suffice - I can loose 5 pairs of those !!! Plus I tie my own lanyards now... I am not made of money !!!

I have gone through 3 pairs of ocean eyewear,1 seaspecs and am now on blue eye squids. They are all pretty much the same design but for some reason the ocean eyewear didn't fog...but they never lasted long with the lens delaminating, or the lens falling out. then I got some seaspecs - same frame but better lens so kiteshops reckon. fogged like a bastard untill a lens fell out. so i spent heaps on mail order blue eye squids which the kite shop guy assured me were different to seaspecs, but are exactly the same execept for the strap. Anyway at least the strap is longer, the lenses do seem better quality. They fog when I wear my hat but I use some scuba diving anti fog solution and then they dont fog with my hat! just got to remember to put it on before i kite.

I'll dig out the name of the stuff. I had two brands. Either one is off or it just doesn't work/ makes it worse, but the other stuff is truly impressive. Accumulated them in my dive gear from other peaople. the good stuff is soo good i have started using it on my dive mask. it keeps the lens crystal clear all day.

RK said...


Nic try clear silicon, bonds well and it’s waterproof.

What he said ^^^

As for sunnies coming off, I have yet to find a pair that are able to handle my wipeouts. I have a 'sunnies safety leash' though, a bit of string tied to an elastic strap around my neck (An old Lava one, for those who remember the Lava sunnies). It stopped me losing them three times yesterday alone.

getfunky said...

As advised on another thread I put 2 tiny drops of supa goo on each of the corners of my Squid lenses when I 1st bought them and they are rock solid after many, many face plants.

Weirdly I tried the lick technique last night (hubba hubba) er.. on my sunnies and had a crappy vision for the 1st time ever!! What the hell have I been eating!?!

Interesting, not so much that it didn't work for you, but rather that you chose to lick your glasses having never had fogging problems before. haha. I lick mine when they fog and find they don't refog. But what ever does it for you.

GreenPat said...
I have a 'sunnies safety leash' though, a bit of string tied to an elastic strap around my neck (An old Lava one, for those who remember the Lava sunnies). It stopped me losing them three times yesterday alone.

Hello!

A piece of string is not enough for me... Last pair (with string) was lost on Sunday arvo...
I need to have the sunnies tied up to an helmet to be -nearly- sure that i don't loose them...

Fred