Safety glasses

[Mastermind]

I hate them. recent changes at the shop has made them "mandatory at all times in the shop" as well as gloves. which means company supplies them, which means they are the cheapest thing they can find on gloves, but decent safety glasses they got a deal on.

my problem is I have a splitting headache after 10 mins. wearing any of the glasses I have in stock and even the brand new ones I got this morning. it seems like the curvature of the lens makes my eyes adjust constantly

Any one else have this problem? what glasses do you guys wear or recommend?

 

[Zedexseven]

Look into Liquid Hellfire glasses, they are way more comfortable than traditional safeties, RX capable and they have transition lenses if you go outside at all

 

[pfhWJ]

I worked in a saw and tool shop and one of the guys had the same issue as you. but we didnt have a mandatory glasses requirement useless we were using the wire wheel or grinding stuff by hand.

 

[Mastermind]

that's how I feel it should be, if I pick up a grinder or drill I grab glasses, but under a car they seem to funnel more crud into my eyes.

 

[top drive]

when did you last have your eyes checked at the opticians.

i used to have similar issues with the cheapo curved safety specs - i got checked out and wear glasses for reading now. - i can see better in low light situations with them on , i dont get sore heads when driving/straining to read in low light. best part - while the other guys in the workshop have to wear the **** safety glasses that scratch up easy and are uncomfy i have a nice pair of company funded bolle prescriptions with auto tinting lenses.

 

[atari]

Go get your eyes checked and even if you don't need a correction have them make you a set of " playnos". They will be better quality optics and hopefully serve you better.

 

[4xdog]

I've found different safety glasses to have vastly different comfort levels. I wear a metal-framed style that looks more like "real" glasses, but are still ANSI Z87.1-compliant, of course.

These are cheap -- like $3/pair -- from one of the lab supply companies. I got completely used to safety glasses decades ago in industrial labs, and now wear them any time I'm in the shop or garage. (I wear steel-toed boots to mow the grass, too -- enough years with DuPont will do that to ya...)

Try different kinds. You'll find a style that's comfortable and has a "flat" lens for you, I'm sure. They're worth wearing, although I'll agree that at first they seem to be a PITA. Stick with it and you'll get to the point you forget they're on.

 

[Fordman7795]

Make sure the glasses are a good fitting size. I get headaches from too glasses that are too tight.

 

[SARG]

I started on the factory floor back in 1968 ... and because of the required safety glass requirement .... ended up with RX glasses shortly thereafter.

(Needed glasses until 97 when I discovered Lasik)

 

[AV tinker er]

Go get your eyes checked and even if you don't need a correction have them make you a set of " playnos". They will be better quality optics and hopefully serve you better.

Also, coming from a life long prescription glasses wearer, your eyes need to adjust. It could take a few hours to days for your brain to correct itself and for your eyes to stop straining. Happens to me when I get a new prescription.

 

[tshetter]

I've found different safety glasses to have vastly different comfort levels. I wear a metal-framed style that looks more like "real" glasses, but are still ANSI Z87.1-compliant, of course.

These are cheap -- like $3/pair -- from one of the lab supply companies. I got completely used to safety glasses decades ago in industrial labs, and now wear them any time I'm in the shop or garage. (I wear steel-toed boots to mow the grass, too -- enough years with DuPont will do that to ya...)

Try different kinds. You'll find a style that's comfortable and has a "flat" lens for you, I'm sure. They're worth wearing, although I'll agree that at first they seem to be a PITA. Stick with it and you'll get to the point you forget they're on.

Interested in who makes those safety glassed and who sells them. I wear condor safety sunglasses and get them from Grainger but I'm always looking for a better fit.

 

[Steinmetz]

I hate them. recent changes at the shop has made them "mandatory at all times in the shop" as well as gloves. which means company supplies them, which means they are the cheapest thing they can find on gloves, but decent safety glasses they got a deal on.

my problem is I have a splitting headache after 10 mins. wearing any of the glasses I have in stock and even the brand new ones I got this morning. it seems like the curvature of the lens makes my eyes adjust constantly

Any one else have this problem? what glasses do you guys wear or recommend?

Avoid the wrap-aroung style, then. Wear the type having minimal curvature that include side-shields for side protection. They generally look like regular glasses except for the inclusion of side-shields.

 

[4xdog]

The ones I wear are 55mm "Retrospec" by Willson. I must have six or more pairs around here. As I look at the temple, they're marked to comply with ANSI Z87. These have the most optically-flat lens of any non-custom/prescription style I've found, and why I put a number of pairs aside.

I got these through one of the laboratory supply companies we used to use. Dunno if they're still available (or what replaced them if not), or who sells 'em, but Google is probably your friend there.

 

[Stuart in MN]

Try your local welding supply house. They should have a variety of brands and styles on hand, so you can try them on to see which one works best for you.

 

[Steinmetz]

I use "Bouton U-Fit" I have new pairs, but I also have a few pairs I've had since I was 18 and worked in a machine shop. They're rather badly scratched now, so I use them only outdoors for rock-hounding.

 

[Mastermind]

when did you last have your eyes checked at the opticians.

i used to have similar issues with the cheapo curved safety specs - i got checked out and wear glasses for reading now. - i can see better in low light situations with them on , i dont get sore heads when driving/straining to read in low light. best part - while the other guys in the workshop have to wear the **** safety glasses that scratch up easy and are uncomfy i have a nice pair of company funded bolle prescriptions with auto tinting lenses.

Go get your eyes checked and even if you don't need a correction have them make you a set of " playnos". They will be better quality optics and hopefully serve you better.

I know my eyes are not what they once were, after a rust in the eye incident (while wearing safety glasses under a car) I had a chunk the size of the end of the q-tip doc pulled it out with in my eye for 12+ hrs, did some damage I believe, as my right eye is still blurry 5 yrs later. I'm not as invincible as I thought I was in my 20's, might have to see a doc more than once every 10yrs now that i'll have insurance. and not memorize the eye chart.
I also notice after a movie, too much computer, etc. towards the end of the night my eyes water, almost daily.

 

[phred]

After my 3 trip to get metal out of my eye. (I always wear safety glasses by the way) Fine debris would find its way around the glasses and stick to my eyeball eventually becoming embedded. I bought increasingly more expensive safety glasses to no avail. Either headaches like you describe or just not comfortable. I visited my eye doc and discussed the problem. We found a pair of ballistic rated sunglasses with clear lenses that could take prescription lenses if necessary. I can now wear these for 8plus hours and often forget that I have them on. Very comfortable and the optics are crystal clear. Not cheap but you only have one pair of eyes and trust me having metal "dug" out of your eye is not something you want to have done.

 

[coolreed]

Those of you that hate safety glasses,...Let me ask you two questions.

1. What is your most precious sense?

2. What would you take for one of your eyes?

Answer;

1. My eyesight.

2. There is not enough money to make me sell an eye.

So what is the problem with wanting to protect you most precious sense?

I always wear eye protection and it has paid off on several occasions.

As far as I am conderned, if you are working you need eye protection.

 

[cheechi]

I also notice after a movie, too much computer, etc. towards the end of the night my eyes water, almost daily.

Even indoors, it sounds like you want tinted ones. Like the yellow ones you use with the UV leak test.

I have a few pair that I wear when doing stuff around the house and, indoors or outdoors, they feel 'darker' but don't hurt my focus or blur or anything. Eventually they do get to the point where they're not there but until then it's hella annoying. I had a nice pair (nice for the 3M at Lowe's at least) of yellow ones that didn't give me this frustration, but they got scratched all to hell.

Go to the big box stores and try stuff on. Then go to the optometrist so you can tell him what you liked more or less, in addition to their stuff in the office this information is pretty useful when you're working on picking out stuff. Many eye docs around here don't have much selection of safety/plastic/non rx stuff to try on in the office.

 

[djb2]

If you are near a Harbor Freight, but a pair of the $4 bifocal safety glasses to try for a day.

If you like them... bad news: you need corrective lenses. More bad news: buying a real pair is going to cost a lot more than $4.

 

[west wind]

I went through the same thing last year except my shop doesn't supply the safety glasses. They just require you wear it. Some glasses cause me to get vertigo, but I've found that Radnor brand work pretty well and are priced reasonably.

 

[Davefr]

I use these but they come with various magnification levels. (which I find extremely useful).

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B0088HPB7O/?tag=atomicindus08-20

 

[volleyball]

I have found Graingers to have the best stock of glasses. I bought several different types to see what works best and found different styles for different jobs.

 

[Westly]

buying a real pair is going to cost a lot more than $4.

I worked at a factory that supplied you with free prescription safety glasses, basically polycarbonate prescription lenses with side shields clamped on. It was free due to it being a safety item or somesuch. They look 80s punk but hey, they were free The factory had glasses that would fit over prescription glasses but that looked too silly. Didn't pass the can you get your finger under them test either.

 

[jefferyb_2]

Try Nemesis safety glasses. They're a wraparound style and very comfortable. As an Electrician I have to wear safety glasses at all times, and had the same problems you're having until I found these.

 

[Eds_tls]

Ive worked in a factory my entire adult life and safety glasses have always been a requirement. Eventually you get used to wearing them, but if your eyes really give you trouble I would see an eye doctor.

When Im working at home I always wear them when I'm drilling or cuttimg ot grinding or working under a car. If I'm doing something where stuff can go flying, I feel totally naked without them

 

[mechan]

I wear safety glasses 24/7 at work and they sort of run the gambit for what is comfortable and not comfortable. I would suggest buying some different pairs and figuring out what you like. Same with the gloves if work doesn't supply good gloves buy your own. If they are all giving you a headache I would stop by the optometrist because it is definitely not normal for the glasses to giving you headaches.

I have found I like these safety glasses lately. (I also like their sunglasses for when I am outside at work.) Careful with the suggestion of wearing tinted glasses inside. A fair amount of plants I've been in regardless is they are a yellow tint or dark tint they won't let guys wear them inside. It semi varies place to place in regard to the rules on the tinting, I would check before I purchased.

http://www.smith-wesson.com/webapp/...57861_757853_757837_ProductDisplayErrorView_N

 

[Danglerb]

Not cheap, seems the best is Wiley X. http://www.wileyx.com/SAFETY/

 

[Sheriff Roscoe]

I've had a painful strain on the back quarters of my head after putting glasses on. But this is only occassionally.

Found if I take them off for a minute, then back on a time or two, I apparently adjust as the pain is no longer there.

BTW, my eyes are great at distance but blurry up close. I wear a pair of Dewalt saftey glasses with a reading glass (bifocal) for up close.

 

[Bobdog]

Graingers has about 40 different kinds on display. I usually try on a few pairs until I find the ones I like and then buy a couple pairs on the bosses account...OSHA regs say we have to wear them and Co has to pay, so I've never heard anything about it.

Best clear ones I've found are these....

http://www.grainger.com/product/3M-Safety-Glasses-5PA86?functionCode=P2IDP2PCP

Best sunglass I've found are these (they also make them with a #3 or #5 glass if you run a torch or work around welding operations).....

http://www.grainger.com/product/JACKSON-SAFETY-Safety-Glasses-2UYF4?functionCode=P2IDP2PCP

 

[volleyball]

I wear safety glasses when I play sand volleyball. I had lasik and want to protect my investment. Getting sand in your mouth is no fun, getting it in your eyes, is worse.

MY day ones are sunglasses, my night ones are yellow. Yellow are not sunglasses.

 

[Mastermind]

I guess I need to find an optometrist once I get insurance.

 

[Bobdog]

I went through the same thing last year except my shop doesn't supply the safety glasses. They just require you wear it..

One call to OSHA and they'll be paying for them.

 

[Whirnot]

Try your local welding supply house. They should have a variety of brands and styles on hand, so you can try them on to see which one works best for you.

Good advice, some will even be avilable in Bifocal. I used to hate them but since I found ones that are comfortable, I forget I have them on. And thus I wear them more even in my home shop.