What do you use for eye protection?

[Bruce Page]

I occasionally work with explosives at work so I wear company paid for, ANSI Z87 glasses with removable side shields.

[Chris Kennedy]

I have prescription safety glasses. The frames are pretty big due to my astigmatism, but effective. I ordered from an online place called R_X Safety.

By the way, if you put a little RainX on your glasses/goggles/faceshield, it will prevent fogging.

Cheers,

Chris

[Paul Demetropoulos]

I use prescription safety glasses as well, and goggles or faceshield when working metal.

I learned my lesson a few years ago when I was drilling sheet metal and had a shaving shoot up under my glasses and lodge in my cornea. Lost a little shop time for a trip to the ER.

[Dennis Thornton]

Dennis - I was wondering if you have verified that the racketball goggles provide the same protection as those designed for the shop? I would just hate to see some feel safe and still be at risk for an eye injury.

Good question - Any decent eye protection should have some sort of rating. Racquetball goggles (at least the ones I use) are ANSI z87.1 rated.

Their construction is quite a bit more rugged than say something like this:
http://www.rockler.com/product.cfm?p...ter=protection

Here's a link to the goggles I use:
http://store.racquetworld.com/mercha...e=Head_Eyewear

several things I really like about them:
super comfortable. I forget I'm even wearing them. I've found myself getting funny looks at the borg and realize, oops, I forgot to take them off.
Don't fog. I've never had them fog up.
excellent side coverage - they cover almost to skin from top to bottom. When I wore glasses I would have problems with sawdust flying around the edges of my glasses and into my eye. That in itself isn't too dangerous, but a teared up eye making vision problematical while running a router with a big bit is dangerous.

[Andy Casiello]

I use a combination of standard plastic safety glasses from Woodcraft, and reading glasses when I need to see up close.

[Steve H Graham]

Eye protection is for wimps. Fortunately, I'm a wimp.

A while back, I had to use a Dremel cut-off wheel on something. I started to go get my glasses, and then I thought, "What are the odds that this thing will find the tiny solid angle occupied by my eye, in the imaginary sphere with a radius defined by the wheel and my face?" It's like the odds of something fired from the moon in a random direction, hitting the earth.

Then I turned the Dremel on, and a piece immediately flew into my left eye.

Now I use the glasses. And I avoid casinos.

[Kevin Arceneaux]

I 2nd Jim's choice of safetyglasses.com.

I have been using them for myself for years and here at my new job I had purchasing set up an account there. They have all the major brands at can't beat prices. Remember, I order 4 or 5 dozen at a time so I get a real break, but for single pairs you still cannot beat them.

I prefer Uvex, Crews, Edge, or Pyramex. They have a style that will suit just about everybody. For higher protection, get one that meets military standards. I have also started getting blue tinted ones for low light times. They "brighten" things up without going overboard like yellow or orange tint. A lot less headaches, the yellow ones just make it feel like my head is splitting open.

Avoid AOsafety at all costs, this is one you really get what you pay for.

[Jeremy Parkins]

I wear Oakley M frames with clear vented lenses. I have a heack of a time with the glasses fogging up and the vented Oakleys help a lot.

Jeremy

[Don Wurscher]

I use a face shield (mesh) similar to the ones used by timber cutters.