reducing suns glare through the windscreen

[wayneoro]

man does it get hot full suns glare on the electrics . with the new canopy and clears i now mostly steer visually over the wind screen .but still need some vision through the screen . a real heavy tint i guess ? can the uv rays be stopped ::)

[Blackened]

G'day

If you tint the screen, you risk stuffing your night vision.

Go and get yourself a pair of quality sunnies

Dave

[bigbrian47]

if you are looking to keep the sun off your electrics
i have suction cupped a sheet of foam above mine inside the screen and still left some vision through the screen for driving works a treat
been there for years & the internal gps aerial works fine through it
like you i mostly am looking through the clear above the screen
brian

[milligan]

if you are looking to keep the sun off your electrics
i have suction cupped a sheet of foam above mine inside the screen and still left some vision through the screen for driving works a treat
been there for years & the internal gps aerial works fine through it
like you i mostly am looking through the clear above the screen
brian
G/Day Brian,
Imade up some screens for my gps and sonar put velcro suction pads
on but screens are still glarey,at certain angles.Does the foaam really work, sounds bloody terrific.
Cheers Lew.

[fish-n-dive]

man does it get hot full suns glare on the electrics . with the new canopy and clears i now mostly steer visually over the wind screen .but still need some vision through the screen . a real heavy tint i guess ? can the uv rays be stopped ::)

You can stop most of the UV with tinting as in a car but the question then would be will it stay on with the inevitable spray or during hosing down etc???

[oldboot]

What are you trying to stop... the UV, the glare, the bright sun, the heat..... for your own vision or for seeing your instruments?????.... wot.

If you are worrying about you instruments getting hot..... how hot... is it effecting their operation is the LCD going black?
If none of the aboveis realy a problem...... covering your boat at home will do more for the life of you instruments than anything you do on the water.

If you are worried still about the sun on your instruments just dror a tea towel over the back of em or something.

If it is the glare on the screens that is a problem that is far more complicated than you think.......unless you are going to fit a shroud and wear black I doubt if you will fix it.

If it is your vision that is a problem.......a hat and sunglasses will do more than anything else.

OR

Take up night fishing;D

cheers

[wayneoro]

ty guys i no longer have to look through my wind screen . buy still coping the sun and heat . i could slap something [alum reflector] over the front of the screen .but wondered if there was a product like a dark screen that would reflect most sun but still give some vision cheers

[Roughasguts]

Buy some fly screen mesh and see how one layer goes if no good try two Etc.
You can still see through the stuff and it should stop reflection.

[bigbrian47]

milligan the foam certainly keeps the heat off the electrics and being shaded
helps to reduce glare
very simple and effective
brian

[oldboot]

Sorry to put the scuppers on fly screen but it does nothing apart from blocking out a persentage of light proportional to the open area of the screen.

This is a very popular recommendation in the aluminium window trade and it is a crock..... the only reason it seems to surpress the reflection is that it obscures vision.

one of my customers was sold "anti glare mesh" by a window company....it was nothing more than fly screen and it did squat except collect dirt.

It is a very poor option in comparison to a variety of other better options.

cheers

[wayneoro]

ok going to opt for a shade sail it will cover most my cabin roof and windscreen . the then options r shade cloth or canvas . i have shade cloth on my doors and windows plus both sides rear deck . this works great but being up front its either part wind blockage or total reflection [with canvas] wot to do wot to do