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Balaclava

Glasses fog up?

Everything I have tried causes my glasses to fog up...the ones I wear for lousy vision. Has anyone found a solution to that problem?
 
Synthetic fleece

Turtle Fur is one manufacturer and I love their balaclavas. I must have four or five around. I've been a hiker for thirty years so am very familiar with balaclavas. I can't tolerate ANY sort of wool around my face and, besides, it's expensive. I can usually find a turtle fur one on sale at ski shops for ten bucks this time of year. Forget about bulk. It's just not an issue. All that stuff squishes down just fine when you put it together.

Silk is notoriously useless in cold temps. It is fine as an undergarment because it is so nice next to the skin and facilitates movement because it's slippery. We always use it in mountaineering for these reasons, UNDER either wool or fleece. I have a silk BMW balaclava, too, but it's only good to around 40 degrees by itself.
 
Home made...

Wow, this thread has been idle a long time being so close to the top of this forum...

For my $-02 two solutions.

DW made us each a wool dickey - rib knit, goes under the jacket and up the neck. Both made of superwash merino wool. Uber comfortable, except when the velcro from the neck closure gets ahold of them. Custom size, took a day each to knit. Patterns available upon request. Your choice of color.

Second solution: polarfleece balaclava with dickey. Same form factor, under jacket, up neck and over head. The head piece is fuzzy side in for comfort. Bought two at an art fair in Bayfield, WI two years ago. Very good solution to all problems cold and drafty.

As for wool - go with superwash or you'l shrink it all to mini-me size even without putting it in the washer. We both wear wool socks year round - never a hint of trenchfoot one gets with cotton.

Nature keeps giving good solutions to modern problems...
 
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