staff@slashgear.com (C. Gordon)
2024-05-02 10:45:42
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The idea is to get the inside of the car to have air that’s as dry as the outside, and bring in some of that dry air to offset the heat and moisture your body and breath are producing, according to Allstate. Typically, the fastest way to do this is to turn the defroster on high without heat while opening the windows. It may be temporarily uncomfortable, but will clear things quickly. Blasting the air conditioning while opening the windows is similarly effective, since it’s essentially removing moisture from the air.
But there are other less fast, less cold options. Blasting warm air on the defrost setting will evaporate the moisture across the windshield, with or without the windows cracked open. One note is to avoid using the recirculate button while doing this, since it reuses the already moist air inside the car, instead of pulling much-needed drier air from outside with the fresh air button. The recirculation feature is useful when there’s something smelly outside you’d like to avoid, but not great for foggy windows. Hopefully, both don’t occur at the same time.