If you ask your average paintball fanatic what their most important piece of equipment is, many of them would say the markers. The more tactical ones might say the carbon fiber tanks. And others might just say the paintball mask.
And for that final group of people, we’d say, “Well, close enough.”
Today we’re going to talk about your paintball goggles. Last we offered you three ways to ensure your paintball mask doesn’t fog up. This week we’re going to go into greater detail on this very subject:
Anyone who has ever had to suffer through a blinding layer of fog, or even just a little shady-ness at the corners of your eyes, will understand the frustration that creeps up in having your visibility handicapped, and will also understand that not enough can be done to prevent this from occuring.
There are a plethora of different products that can help you battle the fog on your lenses. Last week we recommended anti-fog spray, which you can pick up from your regular paintball equipment provider. While anti-fog sprays are more common, they are typically less effective than the gels. Not to mention, gels typically last longer. So if faced with the decision to buy an anti-fog gel or a spray, we recommend a gel.
We also discussed installing “thermal lens” into your mask. It was described briefly and gingerly at the end of the article as “double pane lenses with a thin-air filled space” After reading this, I wanted to make this message clear: While it isn’t impossible for a thermal lens to get fogged up (due to it not being a single panel lens), I have never, EVER, seen it occur.