7 Hacks To Keep Your Goggles Clear

[@gtn]

Do you have any hacks we may have missed?

[@Javiercav]

I use a little hand soap . It’s available for free at the pool dressing room before swimming. On open water I normally use saliva and also use some soap at home washing the googles every few weeks trying to avoid touching the lenses with my fingers.

[@jadebrown9191]

I started licking my goggles after watching this video a couple of weeks ago... it's gross but it works. The 30 seconds of looking like a weirdo is worth the 60 minutes of fog free swimming. Thank you Mark and James for adding another reason for my wife to not understand what's so cool about being a triathlete.

[@AleksoJuzna]

You can also spit in them and rub it around and then shake the goggles to shake out the spit.

[@bosesebi6685]

Forget anti fog goggles, anti fog sprays, not touching inside. Take Johnson's baby shampoo, mix it 2 parts water and 1 part shampoo. Apply it before swimming and lightly rinse before putting it on. And trust it, even if it seems bad, blurry at first it will clear up in seconds. And most importantly. It will stay clear for hours.

[@kezialj]

GTN - I swear you read my search history and then make a video about every question I have. Maybe I just have very mundane questions… Thanks for the video!

[@inz_uzi]

Saliva is the best option. It's free, always on hand, easy to apply, doesn't irritate eyes, eco-friendly. And it works. No downsides.

[@jaydesimone4297]

I drink my coffee on the way to the pool. I've always been reluctant to put coffee-infused saliva in my goggles...

[@anagabriela3613]

@@jaydesimone4297 just brush your teeth

[@jaydesimone4297]

@@anagabriela3613 I'm not inclined to bring a toothbrush and toothpaste to the pool just so I can spit in my goggles...

[@iamjaiganesh]

Apply saliva doesn't cause any problem right because my goggles is starting to fog. Can I apply saliva on them and for how many minutes should i wait before washing it. Please reply

[@inz_uzi]

@@iamjaiganesh Spit into your goggles, smear your saliva inside and then rinse gently. You don't need to wait at all.

[@FunkyFaulc]

Honestly, I tried all of these over the past year other than the toothpaste. The one thing you didn't mention but that seems to be the cheapest and easiest is to just put two drops of dish soap in each lense and then get them foamy and rinse. I do this now before every swim and I have no probs going up to 2 hrs. Cheaper and more effective than the spray that seems to drop off in efficacy around 1hr. And spit ... well I seem to have to do that throughout the workout.

[@bayareatutors]

Hi I'm going to try this. But if you rinse it off (same idea with the baby shampoo), doesn't it invalidate the surfectant that is supposed to anti fog the goggles? Is the idea to lightly rinse as opposed to thoroughly rinsing? do you need to dry afterwards or no?

[@JoelZieve]

Anti-fog spray is working great for me after 2 swims. I'm interested to see how long it lasts compared to the original coating. I'm a new swimmer so didn't know that I shouldn't touch the inside of the goggles, so thank you for the tips!!

[@user-fk8rb8ue5h]

i spray mine every swim, works well.

[@jeffoates8220]

I may be wrong, but I thought the toothpaste used by divers was used for glass lenses and actually used to take the factory coating off the inside of the glass lenses. Used more for a gentle abrasive. It's also a widely used method for dive masks to carefully use a lighter to burn the inside of the glass, to remove the coating.

[@stumpy075]

As a scuba diver, this is correct. The toothpaste (slightly abrasive) is used when a mask is new to remove residue left on the inside of the tempered glass during the manufacturing process. I don’t think this would have the same results on polycarbonate swimming goggles, as it would result in micro scratches instead.

[@duraace1000]

I'm a divemaster and do a lot of Scuba Diving. We do use toothpaste on masks, but only to clean residue off a new mask from the factory so that saliva or a defog agent will be effective when applied to the lense. If you dont clean the a new mask before using it, you will not be able to stop it fogging with any de-dog product. I would NOT recommend this for swimming googles, especially the new anti-fog ones. Your other suggestions are great!

[@Thrash155]

I use baby shampoo, the cheapest stuff I can find. One drop in each lenses then wipe around on the inside then rinse. I've used the same swim googles for over a year. The nice thing about shampoo is it adds lubrication so you don't scratch the lenses. I've tried swim specific fog spray and it really doesn't work as good as baby shampoo. Just be warned to use regular shampoo you'll know what I mean if you do a flip turn and get any residuals in your eyes.. :P

[@gtn]

Definitely don't want to be getting regular shampoo in our eyes!

[@tryingtoswimcyclerun1748]

I’ve found applying a small amount of hand soap and rinsing it off works well and is readily available at all swimming pools. Don’t use toothpaste as it will scratch you lenses up - ruined a pair of goggles trying that!

[@nevinblox1812]

Are you supposed to lightly rinse it?

[@kenshevlin2492]

Just like the shampoo, simple liquid handsoap does the trick, I've been using it for a couple of years now and it NEVER let's you down. Only a small half a pea size on each len, rub it in with a soft towel until it dries. I do it before most swims but it does last more than 1 swim.

[@gtn]

Nice, Thanks for sharing!!

[@KratosMayhem]

I respect the saliva method but I cant bring myself to put something on my face that I just spit in lol. I use the baby shampoo method. Once I get home from the pool I rinse and dry my goggles, squeeze a pea sized drop of shampoo in each lense, spread it around with a wet q-tip, put the goggles back in my case and they are ready to swim with fog free the next day. Before I get in the pool I wipe the outer lense with a microfiber towel to get rid of any smudgy fingerprint (this will significantly improve clarity), then rinse the goggles in the pool water and I'm set. It's worked for two hour pool swims and Im sure it would work for longer durations as well.

[@aaron_quinn1482]

The baby shampoo works and absolute treat. works for 10k swims plus!

[@bayareatutors]

Hi I'm going to try this. Do you rinse it off afterwards or just let it sit or wipe with a towel? But if you rinse it off doesn't it invalidate the surfectant that is supposed to anti fog the goggles? Is the idea to lightly rinse as opposed to thoroughly rinsing? do you need to dry afterwards or no?

[@rahul........995]

You gotta give your goggles the Hawk Tuah

[@ChrisMarshallUS]

Hmm, I did notice that on the toothpaste one a finger was used to spread the toothpaste. Isn't that breaking the no finger rule?

[@willowhenry1570]

The toothpaste one Really helped me thank you

[@user-bm2ye4rx9x]

i know licking sounds disgusting,but trust me it wroks pretty well.

[@jelmergijsbertsen608]

Use a little (very little) amount of hand soap. Does the trick every time!

[@user-oe7dj2zv3u]

I used toothpaste. It worked perfectly! Thanks for an entertaining and useful video.

[@SonnyDarvishzadeh]

I got an anti-fog from decathlon and tried it a few times with frustrations. Go with the high quality ones if they work!

[@Arniemanala]

That’s very helpful👍👍👍

[@gtn]

Thank you! We hope they work for you

[@S4IF15]

Thank you Gents!

[@79devo]

Goggy foggles

[@adorablegodzilla5628]

I started with anti fog spray. Then baby shampoo. Then spit. Also Swipe goggles exist? They have a coating you swipe with your finger and it gets rid of the fog. They're stupidly expensive unless you get the Japanese ones.

[@Javiercav]

I just bought some Arena cobra swipe with that “swipe technology “. But I still didn’t need to use that. I hope that it last at least some significant time longer that the standard.

[@El1teKyle]

What anti fog spray shoukd i use

[@alfkh]

the question u asked is would u run without shoes? the ans is yes. i've done several marathons barefoot. Would i swim without goggles? Its even uncomfortable in the pool not being able 2 c the lane lines & getting chlorine in 1s eye, let alone in salt water, so the ans is no, i would absolutely not swim w/o goggles.

[@wilfdarr]

Trying to find toothpaste that isn't abrasive or minty...they don't exist in my neighborhood. Go with the baby shampoo or hair conditioner to avoid trouble. Honestly, I've tried a couple anti fog products since my “cat crap” ran out and I've had no luck with professional products so I'm back to the hair conditioner (cat crap is really expensive: I can buy a lot of conditioner for that price!).

[@pinjaliina]

I usually use prescription goggles (Swans SRX) in the pool, so I definitely do not want to replace them too often. Adhere to the following: #1 NEVER touch the inside of the lenses with your bare fingers. Period. #2 Just before you put on your goggles, clean them up with your tongue. This applies enough saliva to them so that they'll stay clear, but not overly much to avoid weakening their optical properties (and it's not quite as gross as actually spitting to them would be). #3 If you need to clean them from the inside, use several drops of dish detergent so that the detergent forms a thick film between the lens surface and the skin of your finger. At no point let your skin come to contact with the lens without that detergent film. Rinse thoroughly. Reapply anti-fog afterwards, but remember that you'll still have to lick the insides before you put them on; relying on the anti-fog alone is usually not enough.

[@graemewoodward]

It's a shame that being experts with years of experience that GTN couldn't be more definitive about which methods actually work, rather than a catalogue of possible methods that other people claim could work. What do YOU guys use? (I infer that Mark does the saliva and tongue approach - is that all he uses? Is it always effective?)

[@Trisomethingnew]

I've been using baby shampoo for years, it works great and cheap

[@user-fk8rb8ue5h]

Been using Anti-fog for years. A proper game changer.

[@wilfdarr]

What brand you use? I haven't had any luck recently: I was using cat crap for a while but it's too expensive. Thanks

[@a.joseph4233]

@@wilfdarr I would like brand of anti-fog spray as well...tried a couple but haven't found a brand that works...thanks

[@jackwardrop4994]

God is this bad. “This works or so they tell me”. Why not test it in that big thing behind you before you make the video?

[@rgb002762]

Toothpaste NOooooo. Only on glass, not on plastic. Shampoo YES ,After a swim I wash my hair and use a little shampoo on my goggles .Wash , rinse and dry . Before a swim a little spit ,wipe and rinse

[@jobanski]

Just spit in your goggles.

[@ChrClausen]

Let a tiny bit of water in your goggles. When they fog up, just shake you head, and the fog is washed off.

[@byanytwowheels1892]

Must be a bit odd...never ever swamnwith goggles unless scuba diving...as a kid I got fed up with the old ones falling off when I was diving into race....so never bothered with them since...

[@nightsfalling]

I have friends who swear by the baby shampoo. I just use my saliva, it’s one less thing to remember to bring before swimming.

[@iShowcase1]

Anybody have experience with goggles and contact lenses? |I know its not advised, but a lot of people opt for this option. First time contact lens wearer here, so just looking for any tips, advice or words of caution?

[@romanb1525]

Yes! Don’t see why it wouldn’t be advised, either. Plus you can’t very well have correction goggles and then pop in contacts in t1, either. Just use your regular swim goggles. I scuba dive and swim, never had any issue whatsoever. Happy swimming!

[@iShowcase1]

@@romanb1525 yeah this was exactly my thinking in regards to t1! Putting in lenses in transition with the shivers, wet hands is probably not ideal. I just think opticians advise against contact lenses in water because of Amoebas and bacterial infections etc! But everyone I’ve spoken to has never reported a problem. Of course I’d be using daily disposable lenses as well so at the end of training and race days, the lenses will be in the bin!

[@adorablegodzilla5628]

You can get prescription goggles. You buy the prescription for each eye and then snap them together. Decathlon has them in store. They're not expensive and also not on the website site for whatever reason.

[@Golding87X]

Only ever use them in races personally. My optometrist told me about some very nasty bacteria that form on them when in wet environments, including even storing contacts in the bathroom! I use with baby shampoo and have had no issues.

[@inz_uzi]

@@Golding87X I've been swimming with contacts with no problems for over two years now. The argument that nasty bacteria might form in wet environments is silly. Eyes are wet all the time whether you swim or not.

[@garyweiss1876]

My question is not related to foggy goggles: what wearables do you find as the best for tracking swimming workouts? Many thanks.

[@trbeyond]

The pace clock. And the internal body clock. RPE

[@tommylobotommy]

I use suunto 9, for me 98% of accuracy, adds 1 extra length every 50-100 pool lenghts, the only downside is that it won't count leg drills with board (need to move the hand to detect swimming).

[@Gl_uk]

Why nobody not use the Pinlock ?

[@marcs7971]

Whatching the szene at 3:14 in the background left, my goggles will never stop fogging

[@lwittrock1]

Baby shampoo works extremely well to prevent fogging goggles.

[@9blowtorch]

So I am not crazy for licking the inside of the goggles!

[@kepteasy6936]

0:39 what goggles are those?

[@gtn]

They by our friends at Magic5, check them out 👉 gtn.io/TheMagic5

[@Maxine_Hawkins]

There wasn’t any hacks. It was just buy an expensive pair of anti-fog.

[@simonmorgans7815]

Possibly the worse video on the subject I've seen. 'Apply a thin coat of shampoo' followed by a clip of shampoo being poured in.......Then rinsed in the pool! Why demo something this badly if the idea is to give advice?