Safety Glasses Poll

[wankerjake]

Just curious as to how many THR shooters wear safety glasses and to what extent. The thought came about due to this thread: http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=513620

I bet the absence of safety glasses is more common than the OP thinks. I voted sometimes, when the range requires me too. I generally don't when shooting out in the boonies.

 

[Hatterasguy]

I wear them everytime I shoot, partly because I need glasses to see the target!

But seriosly, I really like seeing, losing an eye or both would really suck for the rest of my life. I could live without a finger or two, or not hearing so well, but eye's are important!

 

[lexjj]

I would be equally interested in knowing what color glasses people use.

I almost always use the yellow colored ones, but I went to a different range (with different lighting) last week and found that clear glasses were working better for me.

 

[mljdeckard]

I not only wear them, pretty much all of the time I'm out and about I wear my Wiley-x sunglass/goggles. It's not a bad idea to always have your eyes protected to some degree.

 

[leadcounsel]

A fool and his eyesight are soon parted... Sorry but you're just waiting for a Darwinism award for failing to wear eyeprotection when using machinery/guns/powertools/saws, etc.

 

[mljdeckard]

I special order the darkest lenses possible, gray-3. Really dark glasses aren't as popular as they used to be, but that's how I like them.

 

[Miked7762]

How would you consider prescription safety glasses in this case? I wear mine pretty much 100% of the time when I'm awake, but rarely have the side shields installed. Would that be considered wearing eye protection? (OSHA says no for the most part.)

 

[wrs840]

I wear glasses anyway, so they're on when I shoot, and they're "impact resistant"... I put on big safety over-glasses when I'm shooting something unfamiliar to me. Always clear lenses. Always ear protection too, usually just foam plugs.

Les

 

[wankerjake]

A fool and his eyesight are soon parted... Sorry but you're just waiting for a Darwinism award for failing to wear eyeprotection when using machinery/guns/powertools/saws, etc.

I take it he voted always...

Good for you bro, no need to be condescending.

 

[Oyeboten]

I dunno...


I never wore them, and, unless an indoor Range requires it, it would simply never occur to me to do.


Left to my own devices, I do not wear them for anything other than Sand Blasting.

 

[R.W.Dale]

I wear PPE's (safety glasses) 10hrs a day, so it's natural for me to wear em at the range too

 

[Wingnut13]

No question when shooting, they are always there. I just use Home Depot $6 Z87+ rated glasses. I use them for everything.

 

[denfoote]

My prescription lenses are shatter resistant plastic and I have removable side shields.

 

[N003k]

Whenever I shoot, I wear them. The only possible downside is if they don't fit well, the upside is potentially saving my eyes... I really can't think of any good reason not to wear them given how easy it is to get them and what the benefit might end up being.

 

[Dookie]

When testing a new gun I do. But my old bolts I don't. Besides, I primarily shoot rimfire.
Hearing protection, always.

 

[Gryffydd]

I'm not sure how to vote on this one. I don't wear "Safety Glasses" per se, but I do always wear my prescription glasses which have Phoenix lenses which are pretty tough. They don't have giant lenses, but they cover my eyeballs pretty well.

 

[Boba Fett]

I always wear them. But mine are pretty much like wearing a pair of sunglasses. The reason I always wear them is because eyes aren't easily replaceable and high velocity objects have strange abilities (like coming back to the shooter or sending pieces of whatever it hit back at the shooter).

I have the ESS ICE:


Which can supposedly take a shotgun blast. Not that I want to field test that claim.

 

[springfield30-06]

I wear them most of the time. I do not wear them when hunting but I do wear them about 95% of the time when target shooting. The last time I went shooting though I forgot to put them on and didn't even realize it until I was all done and noticed that they were still in my range bag.

 

[Deus Machina]

See WRS840 above.

Acrylic glasses always on, big safety glasses over if I don't know and trust a gun. Foam earplugs every time--ear muffs mash my ears on the arms of my glasses uncomfortably.

 

[Calibre44]

I wear glasses anyway but use safety glasses when shooting Black Powder Pistols - saw a spent cap fly off a gun once and imbed itself into a guys cheek ... could have been his eye.

 

[j-easy]

I always have something covering my eyes, usually sunglasses (wiley x) or prescription eyeglasses but occasionally I put on regular clear safety glasses.

 

[nicholst55]

Always when shooting; also whenever I'm working with anything more dangerous than a piece of paper. I mean, soldiers wear them in combat now. Granted, they have many other things to worry about than their rifle or ammo causing eye injuries, but I think you get my point.

 

[devildog4329]

I have a set of Oakley M frames that i wear all day everyday. I have had them for 4 years. They were issued to my unit before we deployed and i have not taken them off since.

 

[hammerklavier]

I wear glasses so I don't wear safety glasses as much. Right now, I'm having trouble finding a new pair that will fit over glasses. Anyone have any suggestions?

 

[RugerBob]

If I didn't wear script glasses since the sixth grade, I would probly never wear them. But the ones I wear are impact resistant as can be as per $. Need my glasses for distance.