safety glasses???

[silverlance]

deeply appreciated

hso! i'll go check it out.

imho, buying good protection is akin to buying a good safe.

what about ears? standard 32dcbl earmuffs are good enough, right?

 

[silverlance]

oh! almost forgoT

can anyone recommend a good pair of sunglasses-shooting glasses?

there's this one but it's expensive and i wonder if anyone has had any experience before me.

AOSafety® Professional 3 in 1 Kit Shooting Glasses

http://safetyglasses.com/store/store.pl?ac=st1&cid=21&pn=30#11

 

[hso]

AO makes good products so you should be fine. Consider inexpensive polarized clip ons to go with good prescription safety eyewear.

As to hearing protection, stack foam NRR 30 plugs with the best muffs you can buy. I use foam plugs with Peltor 6S electronic muffs and get an effective noise reduction of 44 while still being able to hear instructions. If you go with higher NRR muffs you'll get better protection. With hand cannon and rifle noise levels upward of 150 dB we need all the protection we can get.

 

[pete f]

for OHSA and ANSI suitable safety glasses, you can find very suitable glasses for under $5.00. seriously, I buy them by the half dozen and when they get scratched up or damaged I can toss them and not feel a pang. I have had good luck buying from Viking safety and industrial in St Paul MN. infact they had some decent rated sunglass models for 2.75 ea and i bought them as sunglasses for my kid's whole baseball team. I have bought Willson, Uvex, crews and elvex. ALL are good. some are more comfortable and durable than others. you will just haveto see what fits you. If you get a good pair, you will find that you do not mind slapping them on when you work, they become second nature and also i find myself becoming very self conscious of NOT having them on. My kids now wear them religiously, but even wearing them all the time not gurantee nothing will happen, but after grinding a broken weld and then feeling a thud and having blurred vision, i pulled off my glasses and noticed that a 1 inch x 1inch pice of the grinding wheel was now imbeded in the safety glasses. after that i felt a lot better. no eye damage just a $5.00 eye saver

 

[hso]

Early in my career Uvex had just introduced the Astrospex line. I recommended them for a project and the PM complained about the price. I had to point out it was cheaper to get safety glasses that the guys wanted to wear than paying for the down time from something getting in someone's eye because they hated the cheaper glasses.

Now things have changed. There are tons of good options for safety glasses so that there is no excuse for not wearing them. Price? Heck you can spend as little as $10 for glasses with adjustable temples and tilting lenses. Optical quality? Lots of options. Color? There's whole rainbows. Tint? Everything from clear to dark as a cave. Lense size? From sleek wraparounds to full size goggles. Whatever you need there are several companies vying for your money.

 

[Stever]

Not to get technical or picky but remember there is no such thing as shatter-proof or break-proof only shatter-resistant or break-resistant. One other option to polycarbonate lenses is Trivex. This material offers better optics than polycarbonate with similar impact resistance.

 

[HSMITH]

Silverlance, check out the Rudy Project glasses. That is where my next pair of shooting sunglasses are coming from.