I've used Johnson's Baby Shampoo and it works but if a little water leaks in it irritates my eyes. I've been using plain old spit, which works great. I think the key is once you put them over your eyes, don't take them off. The fog is caused from the temperature differences, I think.
Long time swimmer here. Spit worked in 1973, still works for me. One thing I do is buy a new pair of goggles to race in. Each year, I buy a new pair, race only!! Take last years race goggles and make them my training goggles. I find the new ones have an anti fog already on them that wears off after a few swims. Then its spit. Also, agree with Derrek that put them on, don't take them off. If I put them on dry, they tend to stay anti fog longer. Give it a try.
The Roka folks say that their anti-fog is activated by water. They also say don't touch the inside of your goggles. And of course they say after a season the stuff wears off and you need to buy a new pair. Luckily we have a great EN discount.
Dave / Edrika / Robert - thank you! I love the Roka R1 goggles; if it's cloudy I'll use my older pair with baby shampoo; if it's sunny I'll use the new ones that arrived last Saturday
So I'm late to this thread but figured I would throw out my two cents. I have been swimming my whole life basically and still do the same things I did when I first started. I take my googles and dip them in the water where I am going to swim. I swirl it around and then dump it out. I put them on and go. Do they still fog? To an extent. I don't think there is a true anti fog system unless you are going to drop your body temp to match the water temp (not possible last time I checked). I figure I don't need to be able to read a seeing eye chart, just be able to pick out buoys, which thankfully, are really big and either red, orange or yellow typically. Just my two.
Speaking as one who is hopelessly myopic, I've come to believe vision is highly over-rated in swimming. I say, just tune your inner sense to the earth's magnetic fields, and you'll do just fine.
Agree with baby shampoo. I've tried spit and commercial anti-fog but none have worked as well and baby shampoo. I'll rub it onto the lenses, then a quick dip in the water before putting them on. Don't touch the lenses once rinsed, just put on the goggles and enjoy the swim. I first learned that from a scuba instructor, and now I keep a small bottle of baby shampoo with my goggles at all times.
I use a solution called "Saliva de Jason". However being able to see still doesn't help me swim straight. I think I need to try Al's method and just stop looking, and let my inner-self take me where it wants to go!
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@Al Truscott -- love it! A sonar+GPS device that fits under the swim cap could be a cool invention