Okay, now before I start, the step-by-step thread on how and why I did this can be read here: http://www.pbreview.com/forums/showt...t=15923&page=8
I'm not going to post the whole thing here unless there's some interest.
Okay, so I got lit up in this one game...decided I really needed to do something about my mask fogginig. I tried no-fog spray...that stuff is garbage. I added a Vortex II mask fan, that helped...but not enough. So, I read this post about a guy using PC fans to cool his mask and I thought, "I might be able to pull that off." So, here's the mask before the mods:
It's a JT X-Fire Elite. It worked good for this because it has a forehead guard and I took the visor off my pro-flex and added it to this mask. The more surface area to mount items to, the better. Here's a picture of the basic equipment used...two fans, a switch, and 2 9V batteries.
Here's where the fans get connected to the visor:
Here's what it looked like assembled:
I had to add cable ties to secure the batteries and used twist ties to keep the wires from being everywhere. I added a camo mesh headnet to the mask to cover up the batteries and wires. I then found that the fans needed to have some inserts put in to direct the flow of the air more into the goggles so I added those. I'll try to get a better picture of it "in action" this weekend and post it. The cool thing about the mods is it only cost about $24, supplies more flow than a store bought mask fan, and it's virtually silent.
I'm not going to post the whole thing here unless there's some interest.
Okay, so I got lit up in this one game...decided I really needed to do something about my mask fogginig. I tried no-fog spray...that stuff is garbage. I added a Vortex II mask fan, that helped...but not enough. So, I read this post about a guy using PC fans to cool his mask and I thought, "I might be able to pull that off." So, here's the mask before the mods:
It's a JT X-Fire Elite. It worked good for this because it has a forehead guard and I took the visor off my pro-flex and added it to this mask. The more surface area to mount items to, the better. Here's a picture of the basic equipment used...two fans, a switch, and 2 9V batteries.
Here's where the fans get connected to the visor:
Here's what it looked like assembled:
I had to add cable ties to secure the batteries and used twist ties to keep the wires from being everywhere. I added a camo mesh headnet to the mask to cover up the batteries and wires. I then found that the fans needed to have some inserts put in to direct the flow of the air more into the goggles so I added those. I'll try to get a better picture of it "in action" this weekend and post it. The cool thing about the mods is it only cost about $24, supplies more flow than a store bought mask fan, and it's virtually silent.
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