Prescription Safety Glasses, recommended online seller?

[crazybrit]

Anyone have recommendations for good online sellers of prescription safety glasses?

Single vision. Don't need bifocal or progressive.

I get my regular prescription glasses at Costco but they don't sell safety glasses.

Insurance only covers a pair every two years so I'll be paying cash and was hoping to stay around $100.

I want actual prescription safety glasses. I don't want "over glasses".

 

[jptbay]

https://www.zennioptical.com/safety-glasses

 

[txvwnut]

I’ll second Zenni.

 

[Mr. Wonderful]

I used sportrx for mine. Use the online chat and they will make sure you get the ones with the ASTM markings if you need it for work. I don't think $100 is going to cover it. I could be wrong though. I got a pair through Americas Best chain before that. They were plain no name frames with the plastic clip on sides, single vision and they were more than $100.

 

[crazybrit]

they will make sure you get the ones with the ASTM markings if you need it for work.

Personal use. Not for work.

 

[kbeefy]

One of my best friends is a fabricator that builds 30' hotrods, he's grinding and welding all day.
He went through several different ones and is really happy with these...

Ebay Link

I'm going to get a few pairs to try them out. I tried them on at his place and they seemed decent.

Edit: oops, looks like all magnifications are not in stock at the moment.

 

[GrantCee]

Thirds on Zenni. I've gotten many pairs of glasses from them, all were perfect.

 

[Cruzan80]

I have a pair.of Wiley X. They are safety rated, with optional side shields that can be removed. Most dont even realize they are safety

 

[RTM]

Thirds on Zenni. I've gotten many pairs of glasses from them, all were perfect.

Fourths and fifths on Zenni.

I have two pair, one with progressive, one with just my distance prescription for outside wear

 

[glend123]

I've bought safety glasses for work 2 times from here, satisfied both times. 1.5X power

medical safety glasses

 

[crazybrit]

I used sportrx for mine. Use the online chat and they will make sure you get the ones with the ASTM markings if you need it for work. I don't think $100 is going to cover it. I could be wrong though. I got a pair through Americas Best chain before that. They were plain no name frames with the plastic clip on sides, single vision and they were more than $100.

$73.85 shipped after $15 off coupon, prescription lenses

Tortoiseshell Z87.1 Safety Glasses #748425 | Zenni Optical

Order online, unisex tortoiseshell full rim mixed aviator eyeglass frames model #748425. Visit Zenni Optical today to browse our collection of glasses and sunglasses.

www.zennioptical.com

thanks for the suggestions everyone, much appreciated!!

 

[gahrajmahal]

You need to get your optometrist to write your Optic Center dimensions on the prescription. Most prescriptions don’t have this as the in store person fitting the frames does this. You know, stare at my nose while they put two dots on with a sharpie marker.

Your safety glasses won’t be much good if you have to slide the glasses up or down because the sweet spot is not in front of your eyeballs.

good luck

 

[VolvoRyan]

You need to get your optometrist to write your Optic Center dimensions on the prescription. Most prescriptions don’t have this as the in store person fitting the frames does this. You know, stare at my nose while they put two dots on with a sharpie marker.

Your safety glasses won’t be much good if you have to slide the glasses up or down because the sweet spot is not in front of your eyeballs.

good luck

This was what I was wondering. Do they get the IP distance from the sharpie marks?

I've gotten all my prescription safety glasses from optometrist. Prices are usually quite competitive, and I can try them on. I typically get the largest, geekiest pair since those have the widest field of view, and widest amount of protection from the occasional bout of shrapnel.

On another note, does anyone make progressives/bifocals that don't ****? As I get older, I have to take my glasses off to look at the writing on taps and little bits.

-Ryan

 

[crazybrit]

You need to get your optometrist to write your Optic Center dimensions on the prescription.

@gahrajmahal

re-read; I wasn't getting progressives.

 

[crazybrit]

I've gotten all my prescription safety glasses from optometrist. Prices are usually quite competitive, and I can try them on.

Maybe with insurance. My experience is cash price isn't pleasant at your optometrist.

 

[RTM]

You need to get your optometrist to write your Optic Center dimensions on the prescription.

Zenni’s website tells you how to measure it yourself. After your purchase, they include a little rule for next time.

The optician measures mine, not the optometrist, wonder why.

 

[rlitman]

Zenni’s website tells you how to measure it yourself. After your purchase, they include a little rule for next time.

The optician measures mine, not the optometrist, wonder why.

The optometrist's prescription is for the lenses. The optician measures the ID to fit the lenses to your face.

Measuring ID with a ruler is not a great idea unless perhaps for reading glasses. Your eyes move independently, and the ID changes with the distance to the object you are looking at. The Optician will use a device that focuses your eyes at "infinity" before measuring the ID. A good one will measure each eye separately from the center, because your nose often isn't in the middle.

 

[bobg03]

I have had good luck getting reasonably priced prescription safety glasses at Wally World.

 

[4 FN 27]

One thing you might want to consider if you do a little over your head work is a pair of Double Segmented Safety Glasses (know as Double D's). Bifocal on the top and bottom.

Had my Eye Dr write a prescription and tried a pair. What difference it makes working overhead.

 

[GrantCee]

The optometrist's prescription is for the lenses. The optician measures the ID to fit the lenses to your face.

Measuring ID with a ruler is not a great idea unless perhaps for reading glasses. Your eyes move independently, and the ID changes with the distance to the object you are looking at. The Optician will use a device that focuses your eyes at "infinity" before measuring the ID. A good one will measure each eye separately from the center, because your nose often isn't in the middle.

Gosh, how did opticians measure PD (which is what it's called on every form I've ever seen one use) before they invented those little devices? Simple — they sat on a stool, had the patient look over the top of their head at something out the window, and either measured directly or made grease-pencil marks on a set of no-correction lenses. That was good enough.

For the record, I have my PD as measured on a machine by an optician. For fun, I had my wife measure me with one of those Zenni rulers. She was consistently no more than a half-mm off the optician's measurement, which is more than good enough.

The Luxottica cartel, in their drive to stamp out online eyeglasses, peddles the notion that PD is some mysterious, hard-to-determine number that you can't get from anyone except a "professional" — and that if you get it wrong, you'll never be able to see your child's smiling face again in your lifetime. Neither is true.

 

[crazybrit]

The optometrist's prescription is for the lenses. The optician measures the ID to fit the lenses to your face.

Measuring ID with a ruler is not a great idea unless perhaps for reading glasses.

There are lots of terms being thrown around here, "Optic Center dimensions", "IP" and "ID"

Zenni (again for single vision) asks for pupillary distance (PD; as a single or dual measurement) and for each eye Sphere, Cyl and Axis from your prescription. Nothing else. I got the dual PD values from my optician.

I'm not getting progressives so there is no need for anyone to determine the lens transition point.

 

[gahrajmahal]

This was what I was wondering. Do they get the IP distance from the sharpie marks?

I've gotten all my prescription safety glasses from optometrist. Prices are usually quite competitive, and I can try them on. I typically get the largest, geekiest pair since those have the widest field of view, and widest amount of protection from the occasional bout of shrapnel.

On another note, does anyone make progressives/bifocals that don't ****? As I get older, I have to take my glasses off to look at the writing on taps and little bits.

-Ryan

@gahrajmahal

re-read; I wasn't getting progressives.

Zenni’s website tells you how to measure it yourself. After your purchase, they include a little rule for next time.

The optician measures mine, not the optometrist, wonder why.

There are lots of terms being thrown around here, "Optic Center dimensions", "IP" and "ID"

Zenni (again for single vision) asks for pupillary distance (PD; as a single or dual measurement) and for each eye Sphere, Cyl and Axis from your prescription. Nothing else. I got the dual PD values from my optician.

I'm not getting progressives so there is no need for anyone to determine the lens transition point.

Several years ago I wanted to by cheap glasses from the internet. You choose your frames and copy your prescription. They came back with “ where are your pupils?” I always thought it was on the prescription and the optician was just verifying that measurement with the sharpie marks. It’s not been on my last half dozen prescriptions unless I ask them to put it on there as I wanted to buy glasses from the internet. Think Warby Parker or whatever it’s called. Your optometrist should have it in the computer.

I don’t know the correct term. It has nothing to do with bifocals, progressives or single vision. You need it for any prescription glasses.

 

[crazybrit]

I don’t know the correct term. It has nothing to do with bifocals, progressives or single vision. You need it for any prescription glasses.

The term you are looking for is pupillary distance

 

[crazybrit]

So I got the glasses today from Zenni.

So when ordering single vision safety glasses on Zenni they don't ask for the "near add" values from your prescription. There is nowhere to specify it.

The implication of this was lost on me as I've always just taken my printed prescription (which includes the near add) with me when getting single vision glasses made (Costco single vision computer glasses for example).

So I now have a set of safety glasses made for distance only when in fact I barely need any distance adjustment :-(

Zenni has an article buried on their site which tells you how to take near add and manually use it to change the sphere value. I asked them why they don't just allow you to enter "near add" when ordering single vision which would allow them to a) inform you that you have a choice, reading, computer [mid] or distance b) automatically make the adjustment.

Their response was that they'd suggest this to IT My optician (who doesn't sell safety glasses) was incredulous that it was not part of their site to begin with.

Anyways, lesson learned. They've told me I can return for credit and reorder (but the "first time customer" coupon won't be honored on the reorder) or take a 50% refund.

 

[tarbellb]

IIRC any glasses rated Z87 are "safety" rated glasses

Can anyone expand on that?


Otherwise, if Z87 is all you need, damn near all glasses are rated Z87 so its more a personal style/comfort/features thing at that point

 

[pelletman]

I have ordered a ton of regular glasses from Zenni for the last decade. Usually around 20 bucks a pair. I usually just get single vision, the one time I ordered progressives I was unhappy, probably because I did something wrong like tried it with too small glasses. I would be inclined to try it again. I have used various optometrists over my lifetime with glasses and some have been MUCH better than others

 

[Xcursion88]

Fast metal or Gargoyle 85's

 

[RTM]

Can anyone expand on that?


Otherwise, if Z87 is all you need, damn near all glasses are rated Z87 so its more a personal style/comfort/features thing at that point

Not that I’ve seen. To be stamped Z87.1 (I think that’s the latest), the lenses, frames and side shield all have to be rated. None of Miya non safety are stamped.

Decades ago, we had guys show up in their regular glasses, claiming they were safety, with slip on side shields. We had to show them the OSHA req for the frame to be stamped. The new spec is more thorough I’m told.

A quick read.

Are these really safety glasses? | 2019-10-27

Responding is Brent Motchan, past president of SafeVision LLC, St. Louis. Each day, 2,000 workers experience a work-related eye injury that requires medical treatment, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About one-third of these injuries are treated in hospital emergency...

www.safetyandhealthmagazine.com

 

[Cruzan80]

Just looked at the Wiley X i have (wearing them now) and it says Z87-2

 

[RTM]

Z87-2 means they are prescription

 

[Cruzan80]

Yes, sorry if I wasnt clear. 2 points I meant to make.

1. Wiley X is a safety rated brand, and prints it on there (not just marketing).

2. For those who didnt read the link you posted, prescription (like the OP), it will say Z87-2, even though the standard is 87.1

 

[tarbellb]

Well I just checked all my sunglasses (Mostly Smith) and non have the Z87 marking.

I swear a bunch of my older sunglasses had it tho, now I need to go dig them out of the sunglasses graveyard

 

[crazybrit]

Anyways, lesson learned. They've told me I can return for credit and reorder (but the "first time customer" coupon won't be honored on the reorder) or take a 50% refund.

After kicking up a fuss, Zenni relented and credited me sufficient to reorder without additional cost.

Their system needs work. If you click on the "view prescription" link for a prior order it shows:

Prescription Type Single Vision
OD - Right (SPH) +2.25 (CYL) -1.50 Axis 95
OS - Left (SPH) +2.00 (CYL) -1.50 Axis 75
NV-ADD None
PD R: 34.5 L: 34.0

The "NV-ADD None" is funny because as I mentioned above when you upload a prescription for single vision they don't allow you to specify NV-ADD Instead you need to manually change SPH yourself if you want something other than distance.

Anyways, the glasses themselves seemed good. Hopefully the replacement pair will be here soon. I'll post a pic when they arrive.

 

[crazybrit]

Replacements arrived. For $74 I'm very happy with them. Large lenses so good coverage. I wish the temple length was longer (I'm normally a 150 but 140 was longest I could find online). I like the side covers.

Thanks for everyone's help!

 

[RTM]

Little warm water (I think they say 140°, soak a bit, straighten the offending curve, rebend where you want them

 

[crazybrit]

Little warm water (I think they say 140°, soak a bit, straighten the offending curve, rebend where you want them

I figured I'd take em to my optician. Less chance of me messing up