Workshop glasses

[Tin Pot]

not getting any luck with google.

Like many folk I sweat a lot when I'm doing workshop stuff, cutting wood, shifting flat pack, all sort of DIY stuff, admittedly not so much when fettling the bike.

I don't want to wear lenses because this kind of activity can mean getting grit or splinters in your eye.

My spec-saver specials just fall off after two seconds sweating and are a hassle as the nose pieces always disintegrate with my corrosive sweat.

So cheap, preferably so cheap they're disposable, glasses that doesn't matter how they look as long as they stay on when you're doing DIY...any ideas?

 

[Andy_R]

Screwfix

 

[gbb]

90% of cheap ones, screw fix own for instance , Bolle is another I can immediately think of, .whoever, should be OK.
I've used many different ones, most do the job.

 

[Drago]

Chuck 'Bolle' into Google.

 

[simon.r]

Arco are always worth a look for safety equipment: http://www.arco.co.uk/

 

[Tin Pot]

Screwfix seem to only sell safety glasses, or ones with "magnification".

 

[slowmotion]

Bolle Contour. About a fiver a pair. They are so light that you don't even notice you are wearing them.

Edit: Sorry, do you want "reading glasses" that give a degree of protection?

 

[Andy_R]

Don't get you...are you after prescription glasses, or just safety/workshop glasses?

 

[jonny jeez]

not getting any luck with google.

Like many folk I sweat a lot when I'm doing workshop stuff, cutting wood, shifting flat pack, all sort of DIY stuff, admittedly not so much when fettling the bike.

I don't want to wear lenses because this kind of activity can mean getting grit or splinters in your eye. My specsaver specials just fall off after two seconds sweating and are a hassle as the nose pieces always disintegrate with my corrosive sweat.

So cheap, preferably so cheap they're disposable, glasses that doesn't matter how they look as long as they stay on when you're doing DIY...any ideas?

Could you just slow down?

 

[Tin Pot]

Don't get you...are you after prescription glasses, or just safety/workshop glasses?

Well they're no good replacing my lenses or specsaver specials if they have no prescription

 

[Andy_R]

Well they're no good replacing my lenses or specsaver specials if they have no prescription

That bit wasn't clear, at least to me. How about retainer straps?

 

[vickster]

Get prescription safety glasses? I'm sure such a thing must exist..or wear contacts behind them? Get disposables that you can dispose of once done?

http://www.safetyspecs.co.uk/?gclid=CJ32toKN7dACFe-97QodcnwHTw

 

[Tin Pot]

That bit wasn't clear, at least to me. How about retainer straps?

Hmm, indid try them Once with skiing, they weren't very good.

Iirc you tighten them enough to stay and you end up with dents in your nose.

 

[youngoldbloke]

You need specs with 'Comfort cable temples' - these are the old style ear pieces that wrap around the ears

- they are still available

 

[Tin Pot]

Bolle Contour. About a fiver a pair. They are so light that you don't even notice you are wearing them.

Edit: Sorry, do you want "reading glasses" that give a degree of protection?

No, just prescription glasses that don't fall off when I'm working.