Hearing protection/Glasses.

[monkeykevin]

Hi, I'm looking for some decent hearing protection and safety glasses when I go to the range. Does anyone know a decent brand for hearing protection I should get and a pair of safety glasses I could wear over my prescription glasses.

Its a real pain in the butt to borrow the ear/glass wear that doesn't fit over my glasses well so I wouldn't scratch them when shells start flying at my glasses.

 

[hso]

Uvex makes OTG safety glasses that work very well.

You should use plugs with your muffs anyway, but it's especially important if you're going to wear OTG safety glasses with your normal prescription glasses. The additional ear piece makes getting a good seal with ear muffs impossible and reduces their protection. Consider goggles so that you have a strap instead of another ear piece to gap your ear muff seal.

Alternately you might look into getting a par of Uvex with your prescription inserted as an inexpensive alternative to prescription safety glasses. Best of both worlds.

 

[Bruce333]

Peltor and Howard Leight for ear muffs.

Always wear plugs and muffs.

Don't know what your budget is, but Rx safety glasses aren't that expensive. I recently bought a new pair for work. Frames were only $27, lenses added another $100 (I needed progressive lenses for reading too, single vision would probably be cheaper), the frames came with a set of removable side shields.

 

[Ghost Walker]

Ear protectors: Anything with an NRR equal to or greater than 27. I've used Peltor for many years; and, I can still hear everything my wife says.

When it comes to eyes and ears, either Gander Mountain or Cabela's usually have dozens of different models of everything to choose from.

Eye protection: I wear a custom pair of factory safety glasses complete with side shields; but, I do a lot of shooting; and I, also, reload. So it is worth the additional expense for me to use custom glasses. By the way, I don't like trifocals. No matter how you aim, if you're doing it right, the target is always going to be a little blurry.

 

[monkeykevin]

Where the best place to get prescription Rx safety glasses?