Stop Your Scuba Mask Fogging! | 4 Easy Anti-Fog Tips! | Scuba Advice
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- Опубліковано 13 чер 2024
- A fogging mask can really mess up your dive or snorkel! Luckily it is easy to prevent and therefore we provide you with 4 simple ways to prevent your mask from fogging!
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I have one... I had 4 dives with no fogging... but after the 5th it started fogging like a normal mask. Not worth it.
fog is also building up because of the temperature difference of you skin and the glass. - make your face 'cold' with water before you jump into the water. maybe do it gain when you are in the water before you descend. positive side effect, also the grease on your skin is washed off.
Baby shampoo 10% mixed with water in a spray bottle. Spray the mask, dump out excess, do not rinse ...... never fog
Thanks @underseavision!
Another vote for baby shampoo! Doesn't irritate the eyes and prevents fogging quite nicely!
Thank you my friend !👍
thats right,i just use it straight from the bottle,rub it through all the lense and rinse with a water a bit.Never dissapointing me and the visual is great
@diver dave do you mix it with water?
Good vid. All we've ever used is the toothpaste and spit and its always worked in every situation from drysuit cold to warm tropical.
Love your channel. I am new to diving and I have learned alot from your videos
Thanks man! Much appreciated!!
Baby shampoo always works for me.. few drops is each side rub them with your finger tips .. rinse lightly before dive and you are good to go👌
Thanks for the tip!!
Will this work with puppy shampoo? I stopped using baby shampoo when i was a kid
I tried toothpaste, dishwasher fluid, soap fluids, scrubbing with all kinds of materials and nothing worked. In desperation I used fire. Yes, FIRE. Using a cigarrete lighter, flame the inside of the lens. You can see clearly the impurities evaporating from the lens, so it's easy to be aware of not burning the lens. I did this in glass and acrilic masks and it worked like a charm. No more fogging. First time I was affraid of burning the mask, but I was so tired of fogging that I did'nt care anymore. Started with a cheap mask and after the amazing results I done in all my masks (including a 100 euros panoramic mask). Go ahead, don't be afraid and light some fire on the damn thing.
bought the antifog windows. thanks for the tip.
Cut in half a small Irish potato, wipe the inside of the mask with the cut end of the potato, rinse the mask clear (leaving a very small film of starch on the lens), store the potato in a zip lock bag and go diving.
I love your videos! A video on Full Face Scuba Masks would be great. Thanks! Keep up the good work.
Thanks!! We're trying to get our hands on one! Keep an eye on the channel!
Hello, great videos, specially the buoyancy ones. Yes, I do agree with you regarding how annoying fogging is since I have serious problems with it and I simply cannot explain why. My mask was a Cressi Liberty Triside mono lens with 2 sided lens, which I love, but I had so much problems with fogging that I used to allow a small amount of water inside my mask to help clearing it during dives. The Liberty Triside has a profile not so close to the face allowing me to keep a bit of water inside. Tired of that fogging and tired of trying to get free from it, I decided to buy the new Cressi Calibro with the Fog Stop technology patented by Cressi. I've bought it last November 2018 and have used it during 10 dives and...it keep fogging!!!!. Last Saturday, January 12, 2019, I've used it in a 25 meters wreck dive (14ºC) and it hang without fogging for a bit. The second dive was in a 10-15 meters (21ºC) and was a hell of dive trying to get free from fogging...simply cannot understand.Well, ty for your videos!!!
Hey Sergio, to bad your mask keeps fogging. Did you try the Tusa inlays from the end of the video? I have seen a lot of divers struggle and eventually they all found a solutions in the anti fog stickers. Hope this helps!
I was always wondering how even goggles in the Pro segment fog... I finally found some that don't fog, without the help of any chemicals.
Regarding the last solution for the tec diver, when the primary mask is foggy and can not clean it, I prefer to reach to the rear pouch, and take out the secondary mask, then quickly switch. it saves time, and you can do it with 0 visibility, and one hand which the other hand hold a primary light or close the leaking valve.
I use dish washing soap, works like a dream. I add a drop on each side, smear it around, rinse. No fog for the entire dive.
Any particular brand?
@@lorderik237 I use "Joy Ultra" the green one to be more specific.
Has worked on my old mask. However I bought a new mask by cressi and this no longer works :-/
i just keep a drop of water in my mask at all times.. and just move it around where needed
And I thought I was the only one who did this
haha were simple
I use a drop of baby shampoo in each lens rub it around and rinse before the dive. It keeps my mask fog free, and if there is any soap left over it doesn't burn my eyes.
Thanks for the tip!
Instead of toothpaste. Or in addition to using toothpaste.
Take a can of coke. Pour it inside the mask. And let it sit there overnight. Then in the morning wash it out. This is what we do for all our students that buy masks from us we do it for them. Then the next day when we go for our dive 1 and 2 of the open water course, they have their new mask ready to go. Tje coke eats away at the residue just like the toothpaste, but it just works better
Ah that is really good tip, we never used that and will try it for sure!
wow,never heard of it,mybe I,ll try it soon
Thought u was joking at first lol
Ah cant the soda damage the rubber of the mask? I would rather try toothpaste firstly
@@StAnger561to770 I was thinking the same thing. If it eats the residue, then it probably eats the other silicone.
My dive school use dishwasher soap. A few sprays, rub it around and the soap either leave it and it goes away by itself or a quick rinse. Good enough for a dive.
Great tip Eric! Thanks a lot!
I have a question, I just bought a mask which comes from the company Mares and finished putting the toothpaste. What should I do next? Can I use a dishwasher then rince it, does it still work? Because I do not like the dishwasher still in my mask.
I Burned in my mask (Scuba pro)! Then use baby shampoo 🧴 before every dive. One time jackass snorkelers through the shampoo bottle away and the rest of the dives were foggy
Black fungus will only appear if you do not clean mask in aftercare. Never in 15 years owning 6 different mask I've had this problem. Its a rip if it's not spit.
Tip for clearing a fogging mask underwater. Ease the mask away from your face enough to let a little water in. Rotate your head around so the water washes over the interior of the lens. From there clear the water from your mask as you were taught during certification. Repeat as necessary throughout your dive.
Thanks for the tip jug1man!
Yes. There are some divemasters we have here that at the very beginning of the dive partially flood the mask. And leave it there for the entire dive. Then it never fogs. But you have to be ok with diving with water in the mask.
After 30 years of diving, I tried a tiny drop of baby shampoo over several recent dives on a trip to Curasao. It worked really well.
Growing up in Hawaii I was always taught to spit in the lens and rub it with naupaka.
I do really Appreciate what you're sharing here
You're welcome wassim!! Glad to help!
Baby shampoo travel size teh best
I have heard that shaving foam might prevent fogging but haven’t tried it myself yet
faboules bro😃
Thanks Amir!
Has anyone ever sprayed scotchgard inside their mask? Or will that ruin the mask?
Before the dive, just spit onto the glass and spread the spittle over the surface. Costs nothing and works good, no matter how ugly it might seem.
We were told in the dive class you could either spit in it or pee in it to keep it from fogging and if you get a barb from stepping on a sea urchin the only way to make the barb lay down where you can pull it out without ripping your skin is to pee on it! You can thank me later! But I always put my fins on before entering the water and people think I'm stupid but hey I've never stepped on a sea urchin yet!
if your mask is fogging underwater then simply look straight down, slightly break your mask seal with your finger on your forehead. Then swish the water around the inside of your mask then clear it. works pretty well.
Thanks for the tip Terence but this will make your mask fog more and more with every time you'll do it. Better keep it to a minimum!
i have cressi calibro its still foging... nothing different... im gonna buy bug sprey...
How about putting a small piece of ice in the mask ?
UW, if the mask starts to fog, I just introduce a tiny bit of water in the mask, and just roll the head so the water cleans off the fog. It's very easy to do.
Great tip but I find that if you have done this once you keep doing it for the rest of your dive because it fogs very quickly again. Do you have the same problem?
True, but then it's just one dive... Next dive you spit in ur mask like Bevis & Butthead. 😁😁
What’s the strap on the back of your mask? Link please?? Thanks
It's a custom one. You will find them in any dive shop with various prints. They are called neoprene mask straps!
Get a snorkel mask, better vis, the way the air flows they don’t fog, but not quite as good for diving more than a couple feet down (can’t pinch nose to equalize) ;)
Can you recommend any ?
Hey great video, although does burning off with a lighter get rid of fogging? Ive seen other videos on this and would u use this idea?
Hey Alex! Yes, it will work but sometimes you also damage the tempered layer of the glass which can cause a sudden failure of the glass. This is why we didn't include it in the video.
I am hesitant try the lighter because if I crack the mask then it is a huge waste of money and hard for me to replace. Better to try the toothpaste firstly
Pro tip:
Leave small layer of anti fog in mask.
Spit brand burns the least should it get in your eyes
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A guy I was diving with just used some washing up liquid and washed it out before each dive. I tried it and it worked better than the cressi anti fog spray. Is this commonly used?
Yes, a lot of people use it and it works too!
@@50ftBelow cool, thanks
Tip 4 isn't lick but more like muff-dive
I see what you did there🤣😂
Hi, new into your channel but I've bee freediving a bit to 5-7 metres and I would like to dive a PADI advanced. However, I have asthma and COPD (cronic obstructive pulmonary dicease) but I can live totally normal and healthy life. My question is that can this prevent me from diving in someway, debts etc.?
Yes this can be a problem. Make sure to get yourself medically checked before going scuba diving!
@@50ftBelow Thank you for your reply. Do you have any advises to what doctor I should contact or will the Paddy know a doctor thatI can contact?
A small amount of dish soap on the lenses before you head out! Rinse in the water and you're good to go
Thanks for the tip Bob!!
I use toothpaste but I leave it to the crystals on both sides for about 24 hours and then I wash the mask, it worked very well for me, in tempered glass
Ah do you mean you do that before every drive or just when you first got the mask?
@@StAnger561to770 bro he got eaten by squids :(
@@JustALad what are you talking about man
Squids don't eat people. So I hope that you're joking, but it's not a very funny joke. Maybe you meant shark but I hope the guy is ok
@@StAnger561to770 ONLY FIRST TIME
english is great keep it up
Thanks! Still working on it though!
@@50ftBelow if you want some practice brother check out the music.by Stick Figure..his songs are all easy to understand the English and he is a seaman, he loves the ocean. I think you will enjoy his music. Cool dive shop by the way.
He is a diver, not an english teacher.
I often just let a little water get in my mask if it fogs up under water, and keep holding my head down and letting the water move around. I just hate taking it off.
Ah - my eyes are now Minty Fresh 😂
I have a polycarbonate lens what one should I do
Polycarbonate is a kind of plastic I think? Don't do any of these steps because your lens will scratch!
@@50ftBelow Yes, I did use toothpaste on a polycarbonate mask (with prescription lens!) and it was very badly scratched by this - don't use toothpaste on plastic lenses.
Lighter spit the end.
So after licking it under water you just always have water in your mask?
Draken yeh no I’m not, just sort of taking an interest in it now
@@kingkahoonah tilt your mask back while it's on your face and blow air into it from the bottom.. takes the water right out
robert ik ah I see, thanks!
I hated the toothpaste, my mask stank for ages as i couldn't wash it out the edges. Why don't mask manufacturers get rid of the residue themselves?
That's actually a good question to which I don't hold the entire answer! My guess is that it is some sort of protection of the glass or it is very costly to remove.
Toothpaste makes the mask stink?
I applied baby shampoo, washed it , spit none of this work.
Did I see BEER TAPS by that sink?!? My kind of dive facility!!
Yep!! You can dive and have a beer afterwards next to the tank!
I got an ad for golden globe and I'm pretty sure endgame will win XD
hé no one do the toothpaste thing on now fullface mask, I just scratched the hole freaking expensive mask. geez amazing. no one will say it. just lost 50 bucks. thanks for scapping my girlfriends mask.
i wouldn't use toothpaste. Most toothpastes contain abrasives and that might scratch the glasses slightly.
Stop telling people to use toothpaste or an abrasive! Some of the newer masks have special coatings that will be damaged by this!
I don't if it scratches the coating as long as the stupid fogging goes away
a little baby shampoo
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Just use spit...hundreds of dives and never seen any black fungus. If so, clean your mask better!
goggles not mask