VenasNursery
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Michigan
I wear snowmobile goggles when stumping in really dusty conditions also when it’s below 20 degrees
Face Shield/Safety Glasses
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Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Suffolk, Virginia
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I ve recently moved to progressives. I know your pain.
data farm 26
Been here a while
- Location
- 7th level
I've got some of these goggles- https://www.linegear.com/product/bugz-mesh-goggles/
Some people I worked with in the past really loved them and wore them daily. I tried them once but the glare off the metal was intense and I could barely see? Anyone else try these?
Some people I worked with in the past really loved them and wore them daily. I tried them once but the glare off the metal was intense and I could barely see? Anyone else try these?
bobs yeruncle
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- Location
- Golden Horseshoe
I'm another prescription safety glasses user, I can't go without them. When I first started buying them I didn't pay attention to the frame material, the first set was plastic and the frame ended up cracking around a lens after two years. Subsequently I made sure to buy nylon frames as they seem to last much longer and I've never had them crack like that. Right now I use Wiley airrage which are very comfortable and about three years old with no apparent wear but fogging up in cold weather is a regular annoyance. Typically as soon as I stop moving and air stops flowing around them, they fog up. Over the last ten years I've tried sprays, anti-fog solutions for motorcycle visors, I've even bought multiple brands of the sports/industrial/military type goggles that have a battery powered fan desperate for something to work, no dice. Best solution I've found for price and utility is after cleaning and drying, buffing a drop of dish detergent (non-citrus, citrus can degrade plastics) into the lenses on both sides until clear. Also the more scratched up they get, the faster they fog up. First six months after getting new lenses are usually pretty good, then they get worse and worse. Usually through the summer months I have no real problem with fogging up as long as I keep up on cleaning and buffing in dish soap.
The one thing I haven't tried yet is anti-perspirant wipes around my eyes lol, that will be a last act of desperation. Maybe this winter.
Also when it came to the prescription safety lenses I splurged and got polarized transitions. Zero regrets on the price, I need to see all the time and they've been fantastic indoors and out for these last three years. Next pair will be the same
bobs yeruncle
Participating member
- Location
- Golden Horseshoe
You could try spraypainting the mesh with a matte black to eliminate the glare
Matias
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Butte County
My understanding is that the anti fog is the outermost coating, and the first to wear off. Even frequent cleaning wears coatings off of lenses. I push it to the limit between cleanings and I have had my glasses last much longer in good condition. I finally am well past the two year mark with a pair in decent shape.
Steve Connally
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Suffolk, Virginia
I wonder if there are any effects of the antiperspirant ingredients to and around your eyes. I know it is used to clog your pours so you can’t sweat. How would that affect the face or of the aluminum and silver compounds got in your eye. Is this something people common recommed?
bobs yeruncle
Participating member
- Location
- Golden Horseshoe
No, normally you're supposed to keep it away from sensitive skin and definitely well away from your eyes. Will test with one eye only in case I'm blinded
RyanCafferky
Been here a while
- Location
- Hood River, Oregon
I recently had an employee who was wearing his face shield pull a stick and jab it into his face. It made his eyelid bleed but luckily didn’t hurt his eye. I tell my guys to wear their safety glasses but for some reason it seems to be a battle. I have told them repeatedly that I’ll buy them whatever safety glasses they prefer but nobody has requested anything other than what I provide as of yet.
I’m legally blind in my right eye from an injury when I was a child. I stabbed my eye with scissors trying to open a plastic bag. For me, losing vision in my left eye would be career ending. I wear safety glasses 100% of the time on the job site. Fogging can be a battle but having had multiple eye surgeries in my life I can tell you that having your eye rebuilt sucks. You think the sandpaper in your eye feeling is bad from an injury? That feeling after major eye surgery won’t go away for weeks. I remember after my last eye surgery just laying on the couch in a dark room facing the back of the couch because it hurt so much to be exposed to any light. I was on Vicodin for pain and miserable. Constantly putting in eye drops and even an ointment into my eye a few times a day.
Wear them Z87s
I’m legally blind in my right eye from an injury when I was a child. I stabbed my eye with scissors trying to open a plastic bag. For me, losing vision in my left eye would be career ending. I wear safety glasses 100% of the time on the job site. Fogging can be a battle but having had multiple eye surgeries in my life I can tell you that having your eye rebuilt sucks. You think the sandpaper in your eye feeling is bad from an injury? That feeling after major eye surgery won’t go away for weeks. I remember after my last eye surgery just laying on the couch in a dark room facing the back of the couch because it hurt so much to be exposed to any light. I was on Vicodin for pain and miserable. Constantly putting in eye drops and even an ointment into my eye a few times a day.
Wear them Z87s
Shadowscape
Been here a while
- Location
- far north
Oakley's on sale now:
Check the description, these are not ansi compliant.
I wear a Halo skull cap under my helmet. There is a rubber strip that fits against your forehead and channels sweat to the side as long as you don't look straight down. It keeps sweat off the glasses and helps a lot with fogging.
Mike H
Participating member
- Location
- Boulder County
I use Bounty paper towels folded into a headband placed between my helmet and forehead. It keeps the sweat off my glasses and is disposable
southsoundtree
Been here much more than a while
- Location
- Olympia, WA
Get yourself into a Bounty commercial!!
Mike H
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- Location
- Boulder County
It's the quicker picker upper!
