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People who don't wear eye protection are foolish and looking for trouble. I was in the eye biz for 45 years and I always recommended safety glasses. There are different kinds of prescription safety glasses, we recommended Polycarbonate which are much safer and don't shatter vs plastic and glass which can, especially glass. They pretty much phased out glass years ago. Glass lenses now come from overseas, not sure why, maybe for liability. We stopped fabricating them because you need a special grinding wheel which is expensive and wears out quicker because glass is harder. Glass lenses also need to be drop ball tested which requires another piece of equipment. Most places won't even make you glass lenses because of the liability issues. Glass was popular because it doesn't scratch as easily as plastic or polycarbonate but it was also heavy and can shatter, potentially sending slivers into your eye. You can also purchase non prescription safety goggle at many places like Home Depot and are cheap usually a few dollars. You only have one set of eyes and you need to protect them, being blind or visually impaired is no joke, especially since its so easily preventable.
People who don't wear eye protection are foolish and looking for trouble. I was in the eye biz for 45 years and I always recommended safety glasses. There are different kinds of prescription safety glasses, we recommended Polycarbonate which are much safer and don't shatter vs plastic and glass which can, especially glass. They pretty much phased out glass years ago. Glass lenses now come from overseas, not sure why, maybe for liability. We stopped fabricating them because you need a special grinding wheel which is expensive and wears out quicker because glass is harder. Glass lenses also need to be drop ball tested which requires another piece of equipment. Most places won't even make you glass lenses because of the liability issues. Glass was popular because it doesn't scratch as easily as plastic or polycarbonate but it was also heavy and can shatter, potentially sending slivers into your eye. You can also purchase non prescription safety goggle at many places like Home Depot and are cheap usually a few dollars. You only have one set of eyes and you need to protect them, being blind or visually impaired is no joke, especially since its so easily preventable.
I don't know what protective coatings are on my distance and reading glasses, but I truly believe wearing SUNGLASSES outside for years, even on cloudy days, has kept my eyes healthy and from cataracts...I'm 79.
Plastic lenses inherently contain UV protection so any plastic lens will help. The important thing in preventing cataracts is having UV protection when you are outdoors. This can be accomplished with a UV coating on your lenses.
People who don't wear eye protection are foolish and looking for trouble. I was in the eye biz for 45 years and I always recommended safety glasses. There are different kinds of prescription safety glasses, we recommended Polycarbonate which are much safer and don't shatter vs plastic and glass which can, especially glass. They pretty much phased out glass years ago. Glass lenses now come from overseas, not sure why, maybe for liability. We stopped fabricating them because you need a special grinding wheel which is expensive and wears out quicker because glass is harder. Glass lenses also need to be drop ball tested which requires another piece of equipment. Most places won't even make you glass lenses because of the liability issues. Glass was popular because it doesn't scratch as easily as plastic or polycarbonate but it was also heavy and can shatter, potentially sending slivers into your eye. You can also purchase non prescription safety goggle at many places like Home Depot and are cheap usually a few dollars. You only have one set of eyes and you need to protect them, being blind or visually impaired is no joke, especially since its so easily preventable.
I am a poster boy for what can happen if you do not wear safety glasses; just click on my avatar! That happened almost 20 years ago and I was very lucky. I had a great surgeon that took that picture before he removed the fishhook. Fortunately, and to the amazement of my surgeon; I have not even needed cataract surgery since my mishap. That eye will always be dilated because of the accident.
I had fished for so many years that I thought of myself as a 'pro'. I never thought that anything like that could happen to me - wrong! Like you state; so many of these accidents can be easily preventable. They even make great polarized fishing safety glasses that cut down on the harmful reflection coming off the water.
The day I got the hook in my eye I was fishing a small stream with a Mepps spinner. I caught two trout and then the third trout jumped out the water as I was setting the hook and flung it in my direction. I had no time to react. The spinner hit me in the eye and I knew immediately I was in trouble. Altogether I had that hook in my eye for seven hours. One hospital sent me to another one for the surgery. I am glad they did because I did get a good surgeon. Safety glasses would have saved me a lot of pain! You are offering great advice!
Fishing is a great family sport. Please think about requiring the family to wear the safety glasses as you fish together. Show them a picture of my avatar if they resist the glasses!
I’m in agreement with wearing protective glasses and have been doing it for more than 50 years now. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had a near-miss and would have lost an eye while working and doing normal daily things. UV protection is also very important and living in an area where we have more sunshine then most places I’ve added tinting them to help reduce eyestrain.
I work for a large chemical company in delaware and safety glasses are mandatory. Luckily if you need prescription glasses you get one free pair of safety prescription glasses a year. They are not the most fashionable versions but they have side shields and are polycarbonate.
I will admit I don't wear safety glasses at home and not sure what type of lens I have in my normal eye glasses. they do have scratch resistance coating and uv protection. Might be worth me looking into
Glass - pros:best optics, scratch resistant - cons: heavy, shatters and can cause serious injury, little UV protection
Plastic - pros: cheapest, lightweight - cons: scratches, can break
Polycarbonate - pros: most impact resistant, lightest weight, UV protection - cons: more expensive than plastic, scratches easiest, optics not as good as glass or plastic
Not that I have shopped for any, but, I would imagine that there are safety goggles or glasses that are made to be worn over prescription glasses. I usually wear when doing any work around the house, lawn mowing/trimming with line trimmer is pretty important to do.
Regarding uvb/uva. I can't wear the sunglasses that are marked that say 100% uva/uvb protection, maybe they are just cheap made in China that are not what they say they are. The only kind of sunglasses I can tolerate are polarized, they are the only ones that I don't get a headache/eye ache with. I was shown years ago how to verify that lenses are polarized by taking two, marked as such in the store, and hold them against each other, turn one clockwise, the other counterclockwise while looking through both lenses at the same time. If they are BOTH polarized you will see a total black suddenly while doing this. It only works if both are polarized.
I found a video on YouTube that show the test for polarized glasses, not the best but most of the videos show using a computer screen to test rather than another pair of glasses. I've done this test in stores when shopping for polarized glasses.
I remember working for a company in MO and we'd be using nail guns. One guy was right beside another, he laid the gun down, fired off a nail and the guy was turning his head in time to catch the nail in the lens of his glasses. The tip barely touched his eye, but that was enough of a close call that the boss told everyone "If I see you working without glasses, I'll suspend you for a day, next time a week, next time I'm walking you out the door" No one ever forgot to wear them.
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