Glasses And Rain

[Moodyman]

Just wipe the glasses with your fingers.

Sometimes the best solutions sound to easy to be true.

 

[Globalti]

I rode motorcycles for 12 years and it was never really a problem; if the visor got really bad I had a rubber blade that I wore on my left hand first finger for wiping the rain off.

A good car polish will leave wax on the lenses, which will help water to run off.

 

[potsy]

I use the soft cloth back of my cycling gloves to wipe off the worst.

Has anyone actually tried rain X or similar on cycling glasses? I wouldnt have thought cycling would be fast enough for the wind to blow the droplets away.

This is what I do too,means they smear/smudge a bit but is better than nowt.
Cycling cap under the helmet does keep a fair bit of it off as well.

 

[mgarl10024]

Hi,

Thanks for all the great replies.
Re: the comments about using fingers or a cloth - looks like I might get to try them out tonight, although the forecast for later is looking better. *sigh*

Thanks,

MG

 

[mgarl10024]

Hi all,

Thanks for all the replies.

I initially avoided wiping my glasses with fingers etc. when wet as I imagined that they would smear badly. Coming into work this morning, it was raining, so when my glasses got so bad that I couldn't see through them I thought "might as well try wiping them - they can't get much worse" and it seemed to work quite well.

I'll have to seek out a cap for those heavier downpours. Sounds a great idea - cheap, light, and you're not concerned about it getting wet.

If the above two don't seem to be working for me, I'll try finding things that I can apply to the glass. However I'm hesitant to apply too many things to either the glass or near my eyes.

Finally, I am tempted with the contacts, but for the time being I'll stay like this: as they still creep me out.

Thanks once again,

MG