Magnetic safety glasses idea?

[hotponyshoes]

You can get safety glasses with a seal, behave like swimming goggles but a lot more comfortable

 

[Kj1123]

I'm yet to find a good pair of PPE rated safety glasses that dont have huge gaps and let grinding dust in. I have several pairs of the Bolle Tracker which bave alarge plastic rimmand foam pads but they still have gaps. Its a French product, must be the French have odd shaped faces.

I wear safetys under my chainsaw lid, with the mesh visor down I always get dust in my face and eyes. Magnets wont help with wood dust - just an example.

Safety googles may be better but afaik they are more for chamical use and most are not impact rated.

Swiming googles ideal but for being completely unrated and unknown for what protection they might give. Would stop dust but anything else?

Safety glasses should be banned in my opinion , they only give 70/80% protection at best, ive had 2 occasion where a got a peice of metal in the eye will wearing safety glasses, ending in a vist to the eye and ear hospital. I insist on ski mask type googles with the rubber seal to ensure nothing can get through I'm amazed big companies still let there employees use glasses to be honest. Having said all that I thought they were "grand" myself till I learned the hard way

 

[charlysays]

I think they might just attract particles to your eyes more than stop them.
If they don't mist up on you, get some safety goggles with a seal on them.
Personally I find they mist up pretty quickly. Also, if I'm doing anything in the workshop which can cause dust and metal particles to get into my eyes then I typically find there is a respiratory hazard present too (first sign is black bogies). I've also had more trips to the eye doctors and optometrists to dig out slivers of metal and fibreglass from my corneas than I care to remember and don't want any more of these visits.
As such I've taken to wearing my 3M 6800 with ffp3 filters for any grinding, sanding, scraping etc. It never mists up and provides excellent protection for your lungs/ nose/ eyes/ face including from projectiles. If I've been doing really grotty work I hoover the top of my head and forehead/ top of the mask before removing it to stop any crud falling in my eyes when I take it off.
The filters seem to last for ages. I have to change the protective film on the lens a couple of times a year and wash it out with detergent a couple of times a year. If you store it somewhere clean with some fresh kitchen or shop roll shoved in it it stays clean inside and doesn't get mouldy. That's my solution. A bit ungainly but it gives first class protection and is much less hassle than at best a trip to the optometrist and at worse blindness and respiratory/ nasal diseases.

 

[cheb]

Safety glasses should be banned in my opinion , they only give 70/80% protection at best, ive had 2 occasion where a got a peice of metal in the eye will wearing safety glasses, ending in a vist to the eye and ear hospital. I insist on ski mask type googles with the rubber seal to ensure nothing can get through I'm amazed big companies still let there employees use glasses to be honest. Having said all that I thought they were "grand" myself till I learned the hard way

They have their place. For me there's sometimes a trade off between the possibility of things getting past the safety glasses balanced against not being able to see well because the goggles have misted over.

 

[Shedendman]

They'd have to really strong magnets to stop something metal flying towards your eye at XXX MPH
Nope,the ski type safety goggles are the ones for me
These

Uvex Ultravision Goggles Clear | eBay

Conforms to EN166 1B 349 KN. Wide fully adjustable head strap.

www.ebay.co.uk

With this added

9301317 UVEX ULTRAVISION REPLACEMENT CLIP ON FACEGUARD FOR ULTRAVISION GOGGLES | eBay

Electro South West Ltd.

www.ebay.co.uk

Gives me peace of mind,3 times(over the yrs) i've been to the eye hosp,no bloody way i'm doing a 4th

 

[charlysays]

They have their place. For me there's sometimes a trade off between the possibility of things getting past the safety glasses balanced against not being able to see well because the goggles have misted over.

Agreed. I think they are a good background level of protection and ideal for use with hand tools and general assembly work. I put on a pair as soon as I step into my workshop and only take them off momentarily to put on something better. If you're using power tools especially high speed ones then they aren't enough, even when doing bench work. They also aren't enough when doing any type of over head stuff like working under cars. They will protect from the most serious eye injuries in most situations but don't offer that much protection for more minor eye injuries (which can usually be dealt with by a good optometrist). Even though these are considered minor eye injuries (e.g metal stuck in the superficial layers of the cornea) they can still potentially be serious and may result in vision loss. I tend to either wear well fitting safety glasses with side protection or a full face 3m respirator. I find the sealed goggles mist up straight away.

 

[Pigeon_Droppings2]

For most stuff I usually just rely on my regular glasses....not good I know!

For stuff where there will be a lot flying about I use a 3m versaflo face shield...it's positive pressure so keeps the dust out. I think only rated as medium impact...but for what I'm doing that's fine.

 

[daleyd]

Safety glasses should be banned in my opinion , they only give 70/80% protection at best, ive had 2 occasion where a got a peice of metal in the eye will wearing safety glasses, ending in a vist to the eye and ear hospital. I insist on ski mask type googles with the rubber seal to ensure nothing can get through I'm amazed big companies still let there employees use glasses to be honest. Having said all that I thought they were "grand" myself till I learned the hard way

If your grinding, drilling or anything that’s likely to generate debris then you shouldn’t be wearing safety specs.

They are really for general eye protection rather than task specific PPE - on our rams for grinding, drilling or similar we have to specify googles as eye protection. Safety specs (light eye protection) is for getting around the job and general working.