Eyewear Prescpription What Do You Do For The Range

Wow. Holy lack of knowledge and understanding here. Regular glasses, plastic or not, DO NOT protect your eyes.

Anyone who doesn't believe me scroll midway to the impact standards testing in that video i posted. The only thing they neglect to mention in the video is that the eye orbit impact protection standard is only met by Oakley frames that are plastic - none of their metal or frameless glasses meet the eye orbit protection standard however for shooting that wouldn't be required. They are talking in terms of an industrial application that would require orbit protection, or for instance a motorcyclist worried about a rock in the face.

Believe the SI Ballistic Crosshair frame does meet the impact standard but is the only one - not sure what else they may have released.

All their frames and all their lenses, prescription or not meet or exceed all other impact and safety standards. They also supply the US military for this purpose. ( www.oakleysi.com )

Again - putting on normal glasses you got from lenscrafters, plastic or not , are not considered safety eye wear.
 
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I had a pair of prescription safety glasses made up with a "clock makers" double d cut into the right lens.
This gives me a reader type magnification at the top & bottom of the lens to better focus on sights/ crosshairs


I used to use my regular prescription glassed until I started rocking a .338lm with a muzzle brake.
The blast off of that embedded powder in my lenses- it was time for a good pair of tempered glass safety lenses
 
All prescription lenses are impact resistant. Your regular glass will be fine if the lenses are big enough to cover your whole eye. If the lenses are not big enough just buy safety goggles that will cover them.
 
sunray said:
All prescription lenses are impact resistant. Your regular glass will be fine if the lenses are big enough to cover your whole eye. If the lenses are not big enough just buy safety goggles that will cover them.
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100% false. Your post should be deleted by the moderators. It's going to get someone hurt.
 
Black_Valkyrie said:
Wow. Holy lack of knowledge and understanding here. Regular glasses, plastic or not, DO NOT protect your eyes.

Anyone who doesn't believe me scroll midway to the impact standards testing in that video i posted. The only thing they neglect to mention in the video is that the eye orbit impact protection standard is only met by Oakley frames that are plastic - none of their metal or frameless glasses meet the eye orbit protection standard however for shooting that wouldn't be required. They are talking in terms of an industrial application that would require orbit protection, or for instance a motorcyclist worried about a rock in the face.

Believe the SI Ballistic Crosshair frame does meet the impact standard but is the only one - not sure what else they may have released.

All their frames and all their lenses, prescription or not meet or exceed all other impact and safety standards. They also supply the US military for this purpose. ( www.oakleysi.com )

Again - putting on normal glasses you got from lenscrafters, plastic or not , are not considered safety eye wear.
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You do realize that what you are saying is incorrect. Oakley M frames are the only ones that are Z87 approved and that rating only applies to the non RX version.
 
Incorrect. Applies to all lenses including RX. Applies to all frames that are plastic and any metal frames rated "ballistic"

So people in Calgary can't read, interpret and implement basic safety ratings and protocols. Seems par for the course. Comes as no surprise to the rest of the country.
 
Black_Valkyrie said:
Incorrect. Applies to all lenses including RX. Applies to all frames that are plastic and any metal frames rated "ballistic"

So people in Calgary can't read, interpret and implement basic safety ratings and protocols. Seems par for the course. Comes as no surprise to the rest of the country.
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Appreciate your sweeping generalization. Your signature is interesting, not proud of the region you're from ?
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It's things like this that make me wish we had American style medical coverage so I could reject people's claims for eye injuries when they shot their eyes out wearing unapproved safety wear.

Instead my tax dollars pay for dumb and dumber to wear their plain old glasses and claim they are ANSI.

I hear fruit of the loom is ballistic too BTW.

*facepalm*
 
flange said:
Appreciate your sweeping generalization. Your signature is interesting, not proud of the region you're from ?
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Your pathetically uninformed statement about my signature only solidifies my "generalizations" about Calgary. Perhaps someone more learned from other parts of our Country can help you out with it.
 
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I'm not slagging you on the safety aspect. The best gear is always the answer. Grouping all Calgarians/Westerners as illiterate is the offensive part.
 
ANSI doesn't mean much in Canada as our accepted stds for prescription safety eyewear is CSA Z94.3-07. Oakley m frame is only pr of Oakley eyewear that meets CSA safety eyewear std in both frame and lens for coverage, optics and impact resistance. Rest of their eyewear have components that meet the std but not the whole. This came direct from an Oakley rep from Eastern Canada. The Cdn rep mgr in fact. Having eyewear that meets the std optically is great but if the coverage the frame and lens provide together do not meet the std then best of luck if there is any shrapnel coming at you. Not everything comes straight on. In fact, according to the CNIB, everyday 700 Canadians sustain eye injuries, the majority of which are not only avoidable with proper safety rated eyewear but are also sustained from particles and debris coming into the eye from peripheral angles.
 
Show me the certified safety approvals - that they meet any applicable recognized safety standard - for standard glass or plastic lenses from lenscrafters or your local Chinese eyeglasses dealer in Canada?

I bet you can't.
 
Black_Valkyrie said:
Show me the certified safety approvals - that they meet any applicable recognized safety standard - for standard glass or plastic lenses from lenscrafters or your local Chinese eyeglasses dealer in Canada?

I bet you can't.
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I don't think this was ever the debate. However I do think you have provided some misleading info in this thread. If you still don't think my statements are accurate, prove me wrong. I bet you can't
 
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