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These are such a good idea. It works by having a heater behind the mirror which prevents the condensation.
Ps. Excuse the multiple posts. fedia.io was having a moment. I’ve deleted them now
Apparently no one here has been to a Home Depot or Lowe's in the last 15 years.
You can achieve a similar effect at home by using your hairdryer on the fogged-up mirror!
You can achieve the same thing without wasting any (electric) energy by rubbing a bit of shaving cream onto the mirror and buffing it out. Works for a while.
You can achieve the same thing without wasting any shaving cream by rubbing a bit of testicle onto the mirror and buffing it out. Works for a while until the testicle becomes cold.
Interesting experience to be shamed as an environmental extremist for this take.
The idea is to shave whatever and then use a tiny bit of that shaving cream on your mirror, since you will not be able to fully use 100% of the batch and just wash it down the drain anyway.
That makes the additional cost = 0.
That fills the second 'R' out of the 3.
Sure...shaving cream....
Yep. Has to be the cream though, gel doesn't work, afaik.
That's definitely the better long-term solution!
If my bathroom mirror is fogged up, the only reason I'd want it clear is to blow-dry my hair, so my method works out perfectly for me (and since it's ~10s of extra power usage, it's negligible). Otherwise your way is better :)
Well lah di dah ms "I own a hairdryer" /s