safety glasses

[10secBu]

OK, I'm fed up with my old cheapie local welding store safety glasses. I just got hit in the corner of my eye (white part) with a spark which burned a smaller crater (using chop saw). I went to my eye doctor to have it looked at and he found a piece of metal in my other eye. I wind up going to him twice a year for such emergencies.

What are some good brands of safety glasses out there. I'd like to find a pair that forms closely to my face/cheeks which is where mine have large gaps and metal filings still find there way to my eyes. I'd also like to not have to spend a fortune on such glasses, but price is of secondary concern.

so, what brands/models do you fellows like the best? any web site links?

thanks
Todd

[BillC]

Todd,

I'd go with a full face shield and wear the safety glasses underneath as backup. They come tinted for gas cutting and clear for grinding and chop saws and such. I work with a guy who had a strand from a wire brush come loose and go up his nose <OUCH!>; your eyes aren't the only sensitive target...

[bjdenommee]

Like I tell the help, I dont care how much they cost.

You only get one set of eyes, glasses are cheap compared to what you can lose.

I am not sure of the brand that I buy by the box but they run around $20.00 a pair. The guys like them and they wear them.

[MikeG]

Truthfully, I'd rather spend a couple hundred dollars on a pair of safety glasses than the alternative, loosing an eye. A decent pair of safety glasses with side shields really don't cost that real much. How much do you spend on going to an eye doctor?

MikeG

[maddmatt]

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MSA makes good safety glasses, u can buy them at Home Depo

[maddmatt]

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but i agree u should be wearing a full face shield over them since u have bad luck !!

[Hobart Expert Rock]

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[cope]

B&L used to make a pair that had ss wire screen in the side shields to alow for ventilation. The mesh was tight enough that slag and such would not penetrate it. The hinge on one of the side shields broke years ago and I have just never looked for another pair.

[UncleDannie]

Wore regular glasses for all my life until last year, went in and got lazer surgury, now I can see 20/20 without glasses(said I saw clearly, it didn't help my spelling). Before, I always wore a full face shield over my prescription glasses, now I wear a full face shield over a pair of tight fitting, conforming clear safety glasses, made by UVEX. My eye doctor that performed the surgery said that he has many customers that hurt their eyes welding and grinding. He always recommends a full face shield with a pair of clear or colored plastic glasses as standard equipment. None of my business, just throwing in my opinion and experience.

[Roger]

Around welding shop your saftey glasses should protect from UV light. They can coat any glasses to filter UV light now just ask. This is important if other welders in area & can help prevent reflected light flash burns from your arc when worn under your welding helmet.

[FlashBlind]

I'm the guy that people come to see when they get foreign objects in their eyes while working, shooting, fighting, riding, etc., or burn their eyes while welding (Hence my posting name). I'm an Emergency Medicine Physician Assistant, working in a rural area Community Hospital. I see about 1-5 eye injuries per week, from UV Keratitis (Flash/ Arc Burn) to catastrophic penetrating eye globe trauma.
My $0.02 -
1. Buy and use COMFORTABLE safety (Real safety glasses, rated for the type of work to be performed. Not the cheap, ill fitting ones). Put them on as you walk into your work area. Leave them on until you leave.
2. Use a polycarbonate face shield while grinding, cutting, gas welding. HF has good quality shields on sale from time to time for less than $10, but don't let cost be an issue.

Most of the people I see with eye injuries have difficulty affording the the cost of treatment as well as the lost wages during recovery.
This is a subject akin to firearms safety. You can do everything right for years, but slip up one time and..

Good Luck, get dirty.

[Bobby]

I don't have any specific recommendations on type/brand but here's a site that has a ton of different models.

I guess i'd also suggest using a full face shield along with glasses.

http://www.safetyglasses.com/