1st summer with the car. Also 1st car I’ve had with heated windscreen..which is great in winter. 
Got caught in really heavy summer downpour there. Steamed up like crazy. Put blowers on full blast , which didn’t clear it as fast as I’d have liked. 
put the heated windscreen on. Cleared up. What’s the consensus on that ? Blowers or heated windscreen? 

Both 🙂

In the summer the aircon should do the job just fine on it's own.

I use both in winter though.

I'd always use the heated screen for interior mist, much quicker...

BUT it really rinses battery voltage, so probably best to stick to blowers on a short journey.

If you do use the blowers, you really want the AC on, but that's not ideal on a short journey either...  It's a more complicated question than it seems!

 

Man up and get thee windows darn 😂

5 minutes ago, Wino said:

Man up and get thee windows darn 😂

That’s been lost in translation there mate ! 

Aircon if it is steaming up on the inside. Putting the Heated Screen on will just turn it from a liquid to a gas, it doesn't make it go away and unless it is purged from the interior it will condense somewhere else like the side windows.

Absolutely spotless clean windows will also help. Microscopic moisture droplets attach to the dirt and dust on the inside of the screen causing the fogging.

Getting it spotless is another story altogether.

Do you have recirculation on?  That will keep moisture in

Do you have recirculation on?  That will keep moisture in

17 hours ago, Guy Heaton said:

Do you have recirculation on?  That will keep moisture in

Wasn’t on. But good logic. Manual says 

 

20 hours ago, SDHXIII said:

Absolutely spotless clean windows will also help. Microscopic moisture droplets attach to the dirt and dust on the inside of the screen causing the fogging.

Getting it spotless is another story altogether.

I can vouch for this, my previous car (non ford) was forever misting up on the windows, a real good scrub with a glass cleaner did wonders, but as said it hard to get it spotless.

Just keep the air conditioning on all the time, best for the a/c also

One thing about Air con on a hot day, the car will put the recirc on to save energy, cheaper to keep the cold air cold than pump in hot air from the outside and then cool it!

This could lead to the misting up.

Just now, Frowma said:

One thing about Air con on a hot day, the car will put the recirc on to save energy, cheaper to keep the cold air cold than pump in hot air from the outside and then cool it!

This could lead to the misting up.

A/C will still de-humidify even with re-circ.