Players who wear glasses!!! Help!

[Forgotten-Son]

lol, good luck with your glasses problem

[zads27]

get contacts

[Forgotten-Son]

move somewhere less humid

[Scorch]

Here is the answer!

Nothing works as well as Cat Cr@p!

Works on glasses & goggles...:)

Scorch

[justin_j]

Originally posted by Forgotten-Son
The long term effects of laser eye sergery is you go blind after about 20 or 30 years..i wear glasses, never had a problem with them.

no one really knows what the long term effects of lasik it hasn't been around long enough.

anyways i know what you are going through with the fogging up. i had glasses for years and they really sucked. i had the lasik surgery and have better than perfect vision now(like 15/20) not to mention fog free play!

[Drizit]

i've got an old BE maxvision 280 (almost the same a v-forece) i installed 2 squerl cage fans behind the forhead gard. i then wired them to 2 9volt batterys and 2 switches. i mounted the batterys and switches on each cheak. it works wonders for me, i used to fog the mask never mind the glasses and now it doesn't do ether.

[DarkRipper]

Originally posted by oldguy
I am 49 years old overweight and nearsighted. I live in Houston, so the humidity is bad. I had a vortex fan but it was marginal. I cut a small hole under the fan and that helped the air flow. However, the mask is unsafe without the fan installed. The best setup I use, which works great in summer, is this. Buy two CPU 12-V cooler fans and use plastic tie wraps to mount them to the top vent on the mask.

Wire the fans in parallel, and then connect them to two 9 V batteries connected in series. This will apply 18 V to the fans, but does not appear to hurt them. An other option is to get a 12 V battery pack (8 AA batteries) from radio shack. I recommend wiring the fans through a microswitch mounted to the visor.

This setup pushes enough air through the mask that you can feel a breeze in the mask. Wear a sweat band and it will also help. I can play with this setup and it will actually clear the fog off my glasses after I forget to turn the fans ON. You should be able to build this fan setup for about $25.00. Good luck! I know its a pain to play when you can not see well.

Hmm. I'm no electrician. What would you charge me to do this for me?

Thanks

DR

[Thordic]

Oldguy - easier than 8 AA's or 18V is just slapping a radio shack 12V adapter onto the battery rig. It only costs like $1.89 or something like that.

DR - It might be a good chance to learn some basic soldering skills. $6 will get you a perfectly good soldering iron. Just make sure you buy some flux, and then do some practice. It takes about 10 minutes to learn how to make basic wire joins, and its a good skill to learn. Soldering on boards is a little tougher...

[manike]

DR, It's not that hard... in fact It's quite easy.

Here is the thread that shows the system I made... The Pics and words should explain it quite easily...

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22915

I kept mine on the goggle and off the visor so I still had the choice... but pretty much always wear a visor :)

manike

[DarkRipper]

Originally posted by Thordic
Oldguy - easier than 8 AA's or 18V is just slapping a radio shack 12V adapter onto the battery rig. It only costs like $1.89 or something like that.

DR - It might be a good chance to learn some basic soldering skills. $6 will get you a perfectly good soldering iron. Just make sure you buy some flux, and then do some practice. It takes about 10 minutes to learn how to make basic wire joins, and its a good skill to learn. Soldering on boards is a little tougher...

I actually HAVE the stuff for soldering, I did my own intellifeed, etc. I don't know how to run two fans together with 9v battery contacts, though. If I had a diagram/pictures, I could puzzle it out, I suppose.

Of course, I don't have either of them.
:)

DR

[Thordic]

Originally posted by manike
DR, It's not that hard... in fact It's quite easy.

Here is the thread that shows the system I made... The Pics and words should explain it quite easily...

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22915

I kept mine on the goggle and off the visor so I still had the choice... but pretty much always wear a visor :)

manike

Which setup worked better? In and out, or both in? In the summer I sweat like a pig and manage to fog up JT Thermals just through pure humidity. I take my goggles off on a hot day and I get a literal flow of sweat out of them, its nasty.

[Thordic]

Originally posted by DarkRipper


I actually HAVE the stuff for soldering, I did my own intellifeed, etc. I don't know how to run two fans together with 9v battery contacts, though. If I had a diagram/pictures, I could puzzle it out, I suppose.

Of course, I don't have either of them.
:)

DR

I'll draw up some diagrams later if you want.. I'll post them in this thread.

[manike]

In and out seems to be a little better. I'm thinking about overdriving the fans but not so sure it's a good idea/necessary at the moment.

It all seems to work well but need some more humid and rainy days to test it out thoroughly.

manike

[DarkRipper]

Originally posted by manike
DR, It's not that hard... in fact It's quite easy.

Here is the thread that shows the system I made... The Pics and words should explain it quite easily...

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=22915

I kept mine on the goggle and off the visor so I still had the choice... but pretty much always wear a visor :)

manike

That looks great. Where did you get the 9v holder with the on/off switch, and what fans are those?

:)
Interested in making a little cash and rigging one up for me?

[email protected]

I'll pay for the parts and your time/labor and shipping cross the pond.

:)
DR

[Thordic]

i get computer fans at cost, so they are dirt cheap. Burning them out shouldnt be an issue :)