Safety glasses

Dave H (MI) · Mar 20, 2016

Any particular brand better than others? The kind that hook over the ears...not the strap around the head. This is for my wife when she helps me with projects.

David G · Mar 20, 2016

I like the Stihl ones, they fit good, are available in different colors and around $12.

ben70b · Mar 20, 2016

I've been using nemesis

jlewis457 · Mar 20, 2016

First I will tell you that I am blind in my right eye, happend in my childhood, Now I will tell you the better they fit the more likely she will always use them. I would suggest take her to a local welding shop and let her pick out the ones she likes best. Just last year I had a pressure gauge blow up in my face (less than 30psi) while checking a gas pipeline pressure it happened so fast that at first I did not know what happened then relized my glasses were knocked off my face they did there job saved my good eye and made me relize while I complained about how much more the prescription saftey glasses were the were well worth the extra cost.
John

DoubleR · Mar 20, 2016

I like the ones I got at the Welding Shop that had a small reading lens on the bottom of the lens. They are like bifocals. Got two pair with a 2.00 reading lens for about 7 bucks a pair. Its the first time I've seen them but I guess they are a common thing and have been around a while.

JD John · Mar 20, 2016

I like the stihl ones, they fit good and the darker ones double as sun glasses also.

Bob Harvey · Mar 20, 2016

Dumb as this may sound. ANY are waay better than NONE. Use them all the time.

bingo71 · Mar 20, 2016

Be sure they have side shields, if they are not built to the frames you can buy a slip on that works pretty good. Know what I am talking about, worked in a chemical plant 33 years, things come from all different directions!!

Don-Wi · Mar 21, 2016

Where I work (and Brad from WI as well) they provide them in a vending machine from Fastenal. They've got several different styles according to what the guys like. I prefer the gumball ones. They fit my face better than any other I've tried. They also come in colors like red, blue, green, brown, white, pink, purple, etc...(don't get to pick what the vending machine spits out, but that's ok..)

That's what I've been using the last year and a half, and I like them.

They also have S&W ones, some with bifocal readers, and I think one or 2 other styles just in the machine at work. If you go to a store or online, I'm sure you can find more options.

Donovan from Wisconsin

Spook · Mar 21, 2016

I'd buy something she is comfortable with. And wear them, I had a grandfather that lost an eye when another guy was running a grinder.

Pajamafied John · Mar 21, 2016

Like DoubleR I have several from my old job with reading lenses built in. REALLY handy when you need to see fine detail while working.

Dave Sherburne, NY · Mar 21, 2016

I always use a pair of Rx glasses from previous Rxs Doctor gives me thing that slip over the bows for side protection.

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