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GEAR: - Clarity Defog It Anti-Fog Treatment; PIWYR NEWS: - for visors
Topic Started: Friday, 15. January 2010, 14:02 (326 Views)
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Clarity Defog It Anti-Fog Treatment
by Rick K. and "Burn" for webBikeWorld.com


Summary: An anti-fog solution that's easy to apply, lasts a long time and really works!




Background
We've been evaluating and reviewing anti-fog treatments and solutions of all types for many years. Some work, after a fashion, most don't and a few are downright strange.

Take the Pinlock insert. It works, but it seems to be a pretty complex solution to what seems like a simple problem. Or should be, anyway.

After all, it's 2010, right? Isn't this the year Dr. Heywood Floyd is supposed to finally make contact and learn the mysteries of the monolith? You'd think we'd at least have something that prevents a motorcycle helmet face shield from getting all fogged up.

Maybe Dr. Floyd is still be out there, orbiting Jupiter in the Alexei Leonov, still hacking away at HAL 9000, trying to get it fired up. We'll never know. But in the meantime, back here on Planet Oyth (as Bugs Bunny calls it), at least we do finally have an anti-fog coating that works.

Clarity Defog It is made by Nanofilm Technology, who fortunately discovered our webBikeWorld anti-fog coating reviews and decided to send a few samples. We're glad they did.

Clarity Defog It is packaged in semi-dry towelettes, which are claimed to last for up to 8 applications (on a pair of goggles). But we think the real bargain is the 0.5 fl. oz. bottle, which is less expensive and a better value.

The Clarity Defog It towelettes, or wipes, are nearly dry, which is surprising. The instructions call for rubbing the wipe on the lens for 15 seconds, but the problem is that it's difficult to wipe the inside of a curved motorcycle helmet face shield and get the entire surface coated, even when the shield is removed from the helmet.

The bottle of liquid Defog It makes it easy. Three or four drops on a face shield should do it; rub it in with a microfiber cloth until it disappears and you're all set.

Compared to other anti-fog coatings we've tried, the Clarity Defog It is very easy to apply and it disappears very quickly into the surface of the polycarbonate face shield. It also leaves no visible residue.


Of course, being the World's Most Skeptical Skeptics, and having used too many anti-fog liquids that simply don't work, we didn't think this one would be any different. But what a surprise -- the Clarity Defog It is clearly, pun intended, above the rest.

We tried it on a selection of different brands and types of face shields and it works on all of them. We even gave it the webBikeWorld Fog-tacular Torture Test by boiling a big pot of water and holding the treated visor in the steam. Nothing. The treated side didn't even get wet.

In fact, we're still so amazed at how well this product works that I'll have to admit we keep looking under the curtain asking "What's the catch"? So far, there is none.

We're also now wondering why manufacturers like Shoei and HJC have abandoned anti-fog coatings and embraced the more complex (and costly) Pinlock system instead. Maybe the Pinlock works, but it has a few drawbacks. It can be difficult to clean, it can become scratched and some riders have complained about distortion when riding at night.

The Clarity Defog It liquid, in comparison, is easy to apply, it's crystal clear, it quickly buffs into the face shield in a few seconds and it lasts for quite a long time.

It lasts for several rides or longer when used on a motorcycle helmet face shield, because the inner surface of the face shield doesn't experience much abuse. Nanofilm said that when Clarity Defog It is used on ski goggles or safety glasses used by food workers walking in and out of coolers all day, a coating should last a week or more.

Nanofilm also said that in their testing, they held a treated face shield over boiling water for 60 minutes without fogging and moved lenses between a 30 degree F refrigerator and 72 degree F room for 100 cycles and the treatment still worked. We didn't go to those extremes, but the ice cold weather we've experienced over the last few weeks was the perfect proving ground for an anti-fog treatment.

I guess it's possible that the treatment may not work on all face shields; some may have a specific factory anti-fog coating that may interfere. I don't know this for a fact -- just guessing.

The topic of using an additional anti-fog treatment over an existing anti-fog coating was discussed during our review of Salclear anti-fog spray. All I can say is that Burn and I have been using Defog It over the last few weeks on a half-dozen different face shields and we're amazed at how well it works.

Of course, the formula is a secret, but the scientists at Nanofilm Technologies have apparently discovered the trick that has eluded the rest.

The product is said to work on a variety of lens types, including eyeglasses with anti-reflective coatings; CR-39, polycarbonate and glass lenses; sunglasses; goggles; and lenses used on instruments like binoculars and cameras. The company said that Clarity Defog It is also used by various military organizations for "mission critical" anti-fog treatment on goggles, face shields and optics.

It's difficult to document the efficacy of an anti-fog treatment, but we used our standard kitchen stove procedure that includes a steam torture trial to evaluate the Clarity Defog It. Here are a few photos that I think will illustrate the point:

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Brand new face shield, the left side untreated, right side treated with Clarity Defog It. Held over boiling water.

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Another anti-fog treatment brand on the left compared to Defog It on the right, held over boiling water.

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From: http://www.webbikeworld.com/r4/clarity-defog-it/
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:OLD: It would be worth a try maybe finally some one makes one that works. I am tired of drilling holes in mine.
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Looks promising, webBikeworld seem to be fairly unbiased in their reviews so I'd be happy to try it.
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