Safety Glasses with Reader lenses?

[nigelmercier]

I currently wear an old pair of prescription glasses with big lenses for doing DIY, but I'm thinking of getting some prescription safety glasses. Then it occurred to me that it might be possible to get safety glasses with cheap "reader" 2.5 lenses; these would be fine, if I could find some.

Any thoughts?

 

[vyv_cox]

We have a couple of these, used mainly for close-up work when wearing sunglasses. http://www.amazon.co.uk/Stick-focal...41232&sr=8-1&keywords=stick+on+reading+lenses Ours are Optx, which may not be marketed in UK now(?) but there seem to be plenty of alternatives.

 

[dingdongs]

a face shield will be the best bet especially if using compressed air or heavy grinding etc. can be used with your regular glasses but most fail to use anything until its too late.

 

[Lodesman77]

Search on eBay for 'bifocal safety glasses'.

 

[Fantasie 19]

Could you just wear your usual glasses underneath a pair of normal safety glasses??

 

[Seajet]

I had varying results from our usually excellent Specsavers; a while ago when getting a spare pair of distance glases for sailing I asked for and was told I'd got ' almost but not quite shatterproof lenses ' which seemed OK for my purposes.

However when I recently decided to go for reading glasses of the same stuff I was told ' no such thing, we don't do shatterproof or anything like that ' !

So I'd think Fantasie 19's idea the most practical solution, but a safety eye mask over ones' normal glasses; this should also be able to be wiped clean of spray a lot easier than glasses.

 

[simonfraser]

Straightforward to supply a polycarbonate spectacle lens (like in a safety spec) into a normal frame.
Problem is liability if the whole appliance is not coded & polycarbonate is hard coated but not the most durable.
Trilogy material is better still, but expensive, not many peeps want to pay, until it's too late of course

As said previous, put a box goggle over your normal spex.

 

[Lodesman77]

Could you just wear your usual glasses underneath a pair of normal safety glasses??

You can, and I have, but found it a bit of a pain. For around £10-15 I find the bifocal safety glasses are much easier to use and well worth the money.

 

[onesea]

Could you just wear your usual glasses underneath a pair of normal safety glasses??

Over-The-Glass Safety Glasses

Could be a solution..

 

[andygc]

I currently wear an old pair of prescription glasses with big lenses for doing DIY, but I'm thinking of getting some prescription safety glasses. Then it occurred to me that it might be possible to get safety glasses with cheap "reader" 2.5 lenses; these would be fine, if I could find some.

Any thoughts?

This sort of thing? http://www.axminster.co.uk/3m-bx-readers-bifocal-safety-spectacles

 

[michael_w]

Specsaver ones are a rip off. Try screwfix.

 

[prv]

Last time I had new glasses made I asked them about doing a set of safety glasses to the same prescription. They said no problem, but the price was (ho ho) eyewatering so I decided not to bother.

This was for short sight and astigmatism where the lenses are custom-made, though, not glasses for long sight which seem to be more of an off-the-shelf thing.

Pete

 

[nigelmercier]

Search on eBay for 'bifocal safety glasses'.

That's the problem, I don't want bifocals. I want the whole lens as a close-up lens. If I need to see distance I take them off. And if I really need to see distance (TV and driving) I put on my distance glasses.

 

[simonfraser]

Ask your optometrist to make you a 1.6 or polycarbonate lens in a frame.
That won't be a coded safety pair, so don't ask for safety specs.
By the time the polycab breaks you are likely on the way to the crematorium.
Essilor do a two year no quibble hard coating, forte.

 

[Anwen]

I bought a pair of prescription safety glasses from Specsavers when I had a new pair of reading glasses. They cost me £60, which I think is reasonable compared to the value of my eyes. I have used bifocal safety glasses in the past, and found them OK, but not as good as a pair of full lens safety glasses. I use my safety glasses all the time for DIY at home and on the boat, and in my workshop when I'm model making.

 

[nigelmercier]

Ask your optometrist to ...

Which is what I was trying to avoid