Need Helmet defogger...

[EricD]

The key to keeping your shield from fogging in the cold is a two part issue. You need a double pane shield, like pin lock, and you also need to get the exhaled air out of the helmet and away from the shield. As a snowmobiler, my sled helmet has a double lens as well as a fighter pilot style breath box that completely exhausts exhaled air out through venting built into the helmet. My sled helmet is modular. Been riding in -20 farenheight with no fogging at all. I think in normal spring or fall "cold" weather, the pin lock should suffice. Riding in winter temps, I would invest in a snowmobile helmet.

 

[PistonBlown]

Another vote for the Pinloc visor system. Got a clear one with my Shoei and to sum it up - it just works.

Don't know why I mucked about with the usual diy methods for all these years (Johnson's soap, Fairy liquid, Mr Sheen, etc)

 

[DrewNJ]

Just be mindful of using a pinlock setup at night. It does distort somewhat at night.

 

[MelloYelloSpyder]

No offense to our senior riders, but man, your vision must REALLY be shot if a clear Pinlock visor cuts down the light that much. Heck, IME, the *dark smoke* Pinlock visor (their darkest) barely cuts enough light in the sun for me.

Now, I can't ride at night with the Dark Smoke visor in, when I must ride at night I switch out the shield for a blank one (which is a pain, but having one of these handy bags in the frunk solves that problem: http://www.amazon.com/Simpson-Racin...UTF8&qid=1361668452&sr=8-1&keywords=visor+bag ). But I've never had to switch out the clear Pinlock at any time. Must be all the carrots I ate as a kid. :joke:

Anyway, once I have enough pennies saved up I plan on replacing my Shoei Qwest with the new Shoei GT Air, which comes with an internal sun visor, meaning I can go back to using a clear visor all the time and no swapping out for nighttime.

As for the Pinlock failing... it's a wear item, unfortunately. I've had some visors last an entire riding season; others start to warp just enough to allow condensation in a few months. The key really is to just get a good seal the first time, and then never, ever touch the thing again. (Take your entire shield off the helmet if you need to wipe down the inside-- use the softest cleaning pad you have to wipe down the visor, you're right that they do scratch. But a little spritz of Plexus and an iPod cloth does the trick for me).

Forget that swapping out visors nonsense...Get a visor that transitions as the day does. Love the one on my Bell helmet. Never a need to change out lenses

 

[PistonBlown]

Just be mindful of using a pinlock setup at night. It does distort somewhat at night.

Yep a few people mentioned this to but other than maybe a slight starring of lights I didn't really notice any difference. Mind you not many street lights here and very few vehicles on the road at night so may be that's why.