Don't be me .....

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

I really wish there was a good option for eye protection from debris. Most goggles will fog up like crazy on my face as I am sweating. They become unusable in short order from fogging up.

Not these (although they are better than nothing)


These are what most of us are talking about, like cheap, full coverage sunglasses to protect against impact. They shouldn't fog up any/much more than regular glasses.


or "sun" version


or even the version that are "readers"


and even bifocals...


Or how about photochromic bifocal safety glasses

[A930Rocket]

When I was younger (and much later), I never wore safety glasses and paid the price with dirt, rust, etc. in my eyes. I recently bought a face shield for when I’m using my cut off wheel. My regular eyeglasses, have helped tremendously.

[Tervuren]

Not all glasses are created equal, and the same applies to safety glasses.

Originally Posted by stevej37

Do you normally wear eyeglasses?

When I use my string trimmer I will sometimes just forget the safety glasses because I already wear glasses....which is not a good idea.

[Jeff Hail]

Originally Posted by A930Rocket

When I was younger (and much later), I never wore safety glasses and paid the price with dirt, rust, etc. in my eyes. I recently bought a face shield for when I’m using my cut off wheel. My regular eyeglasses, have helped tremendously.

Good man!

Doubling up if you wear prescripts is a plus. A metal spinter gets in an eye its annoying and if it rusts (it will start in 10 minutes with the saline (normal water and salt in your eye environment) is even more annoying. You will live.

I have seen guys cut badly, partially scalped and knocked out cold from cut off or angle grinding disc accidents. Over speed is the primary cause of disintegration -for example 22,000 rpm rated disc on a 30,000 rpm muffler cutter. Next twisting the disc or a nick/ fracture on the cutting edge. Full face shields are the go to for disc usage, metal, rock work.


Full face shields also provide a distance buffer from lens to flesh that safety glasses do not as they sit too close to the eye orbits. Side and temple protection is another factor. The right tool for the job for grinding, welding, chemical/ splash/ biologicals, rock, wood, metal all have unique needs for eye protection.

Think goal tending and physical dynamics of projectiles.



Dont be this guy. And he still has the cool fake safety glasses on. With a full face shield this disaster would have been preventable.

[RobFrost]

I was under the car last week when the cutting disk exploded because i caught the other side on the gearbox mount. I could so easily have been that guy. Great thing about face masks is they give some protection to the throat. Four inches lower and that guy would be dead.

I've had splinters or beads of molten steel removed from my cornea twice now, with a hypodermic needle. On one occasion I let it rust and they drilled a crater of my cornea out around it because the rust can cause problems, apparently.

But PPE can be dangerous in itself. Yesterday I was using an electric chainsaw with goggles on and cut through the cable. With ear defenders I was concerned something could fall on me and me not hear it coming.

It's our job to destroy ourselves. Men are the dispensable sex. We do the risky harmful and dangerous stuff so women and children don't have to. They can if they want to, of course, but we thrive on it.

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[Skytrooper]

You are very lucky. I had a friend who took a piece of the trimmer line right in the eye....like an arrow. The doc's spent months trying to save his eye, but in the end nothing could be done. He was 22 at the time. Wear your safety glasses always when working with a trimmer !

[911 Rod]

Safety glasses for trimming yes.
What about the mower and blower?

[stevej37]

^^^ I never do for the mower or blower.
I'm sure they recommend it. Again, I feel somewhat safe because I wear eyeglasses always.

[jhynesrockmtn]

This thread is a good reminder, glad you are ok. I wear glasses and can get lazy about adding protection. I'm buying a face shield today.

When I was in high school, working on the brakes on my 67 Mustang, I put the pointy end of this tool in my right eye. I'm very lucky I am not blind in that one.

[porsche tech]

Since it’s generally pretty much warm / hot around here and I wear shorts most of the year, I am now in the habit of wearing tall rubber boots when string trimming. The debris will tear up your legs. I’m so old, I look at my skin and it starts bleeding!

[911 Rod]

What about the people that wear sandals? I guess you start with 10 toes.

[Scott Douglas]

When I was a kid we lived in Connecticut and had a very steep hill in the back yard. Great for tobogganing, not so great for mowing. Dad slipped one day and his foot went under the mower. Sliced off the side of his big toe. I didn't see it and only became really aware of it years later when every once in awhile he'd be pulling stitches out of his toe. The skin graft they put on didn't look all that pretty believe me, but it worked.
My lawn mowing days are over but I always wore at least good tennis shoes when mowing, never sandals. And yes, weed whacking with shorts on does tend to mess up your legs if you aren't wearing long pants.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Scott Douglas

When I was a kid we lived in Connecticut and had a very steep hill in the back yard. Great for tobogganing, not so great for mowing. Dad slipped one day and his foot went under the mower. Sliced off the side of his big toe. I didn't see it and only became really aware of it years later when every once in awhile he'd be pulling stitches out of his toe. The skin graft they put on didn't look all that pretty believe me, but it worked.
My lawn mowing days are over but I always wore at least good tennis shoes when mowing, never sandals. And yes, weed whacking with shorts on does tend to mess up your legs if you aren't wearing long pants.

When my dad was a teen, he wanted to go out, but his dad told him that he had to mow before he could go out. So as a teen, he was mowing pissed off, and pulled the mower back over the end of his foot. He was very lucky that all that got cut off was the top of the toe of his shoes. So even good tennis shoes are not necessarily that safe.

[Scott Douglas]

With my dad as an example I was/am always cognizant of not pulling the mower over my feet. I was thinking more in terms of them helping not tripping the way sandals or flip flops would cause me to.

[porsche930dude]

when i was young i did alot grinding without safety glasses. Well i got a spark in there of course its always on a weekend. by monday my eye was red and so i went and got the rusty chunk dremeld out. After that i wore safety glasses. But a few months later it happend again! Well i knew where to go this time so it wasnt so bad. After that and ever since iv wore a full face shield. Many times i was glad i did. My brother gets them in his eyes too because he only wears safety glasses. But he usually can pick them out on his own. He only had to go get it grinded out once. A few years ago i was driving my jeep in the woods and a branch came off the roll bar an whipped me in the eye. It hurt bad I was afraid to open it but I opened it and it was totally fine. Got lucky! I try to be carefull. Sometimes I feel people that wear glasses are better off. atleast they have some protection. Also always keep the shield on your grinder and only take it off when you really have to get in a tight spot. It saves your clothes too

[Bill Douglas]

When I was a kid there were no safety glasses or ear muffs around our place I must have just been lucky not to lose an eye.

[911 Rod]

I always use a full shield when using my bench or angle grinder.
Maybe I'll wear it when doing the lawn.

[spuggy]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

When I was a kid there were no safety glasses or ear muffs around our place I must have just been lucky not to lose an eye.

LOL. We'd wash stuff in gasoline if we didn't have trike handy, blow out asbestos from brake drums, eat some paint chips - and finish off by going for a swim in raw sewage (with apologies to George Carlin).

We were fine!

I scratched a cornea working behind a computer once - bit of grit flung back by the fan exhaust straight in the eye. Wore a patch for a week. Arrrrgh maties. Was not fun, do not recommend.

Bolle Tracker IIs are no BS industrial safety glasses.

Well-fitting, vented, comfortable, detachable strap. Lenses available in clear, smoke, twilight - and 3 different shades for welding. I use them for riding motorcycles as well, as they fit inside a helmet just fine - must have at least half a dozen pairs.

From $12 on Flea Bay for the more common tints.