no fog, plz!

[susandennis]

One of the confusing things about swimming is goggles.  When I was little, you only used goggles if you were lame.  They were giant and looked way more like diver goggles.

These days, you are lame if you don't wear goggles.  But their size and shape has changed a bit :)  Nearly every website I find with tips and techniques for swimming all say 'get used to wearing goggles.'  So I did.  And it does make for a nice swimming experience.

The problem is fog.  They fog up within seconds now and it's very annoying.  I asked Maria, the swim teacher this morning and she said I have worn out the anti-fog.  Doh!  I put on my pair of backup goggles and wow! Huge difference - no fog.

So I stopped at a sports place and shopped for good goggles.  There are LOTS and lots and lots of choices. I focused on anti-fog and spent $20.  We shall see how they last. I also found some anti-fog spray on Amazon.  I may try that.  But, I'm good and not foggy for now.  Whew.

The sporting goods store was in a giant mall and I ended up doing a hike and a half looking for shoes and a new wallet - found neither but I did manage a very nice bit of exercise.

Now I'm home and the Yankees are already ahead in the 1st inning.  The game is here and the traffic reflected the high number of Yankee fans here in town.  Tonight there is a soccer game in the other stadium.  I think I'm not going anywhere else today unless is on foot.

Comments

[rsc.livejournal.com]

Well, as they showed last night, the Mariners are not completely moribund.

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

In boy scouts, we learned to spit in the goggles, rub the saliva around the surface, rinse 'em out, and put them on.

It seemed to work relatively well.

[susandennis]

Many many many websites suggest the spit and baby shampoo and waiting until your face and the goggles are the same temperature. None of that works for me. BUT I did find out today that using your fingers to rub the fog out is probably the worst thing you can do and I've had my fingers all in there. New goggles and no fingers this time. If they start getting foggy, I'm going to spit first and not rub and see if that works.

[johnpalmer.livejournal.com]

Nod. Fingers mess up goggles in surprising ways. But back in boy scouts, the few times I tried it, it was okay to use fingers to wipe the saliva around.

[vasilatos]

I'm given to understand that wiping them down (and rinsing off) with shaving cream restores the no-fog. Sounds iffy and possibly painful, but it's what I heard.