Safety Goggles headaches..

[mtaman02]

best solution buy your own... if your a glasses wearer then get perscription safety glasses or just purchase the removable side shields for you glasses

I used theirs and they hurt my ears so now I try and remember to bring my side shields and my goggles which have an adjustable elastic band...

IT COULD be the cleaning solution they use but I'm not sure since I never actually witnessed the daily cleansing process.

[JaneYoung]

A mentor from one of the teams at Lone Star came to the table and asked to check out a pair of safety glasses to wear over his prescription glasses. He said the goggles that he brought along were giving him a headache and he couldn't make it through the whole competition with them. He was very grateful to be able to check out a pair that fit over his glasses.

On a side note, another team had bought their own safety glasses and some of the team members got headaches from them. They had chosen colorful frames. The lens were clear but the frames were bright and multi-colored. Apparently, there was a reflection of the colors that was helping to create the headaches. Not everyone who wore them complained but those that did, came and asked to check out safety glasses from the safety glasses station.

I, personally, suggest shopping for your own and bringing them with you to competitions. There are several models that fit over your glasses if you don't have safety lens in your regular prescription glasses.

[DonRotolo]

Inexpensive safety glasses will give you a headache because they distort what you are seeing a little bit. Buy your own pair of safety glasses, spend maybe $10 or more, you'll stop getting the headaches.

Harbor Freight sells cheap and good glasses, as does Conney Safety products. Pick something in the little-bit-more-than-cheapest column and you should be OK.

[Carol]

Originally Posted by mtaman02

if your a glasses wearer then get perscription safety glasses or just purchase the removable side shields for you glasses.

Please note in the Manual, At The Event, 3.3.3:

Regular glasses do not qualify as safety glasses. Goggles are not required over glasses only if the glasses are ANSI-approved with side shields.

Regular prescription glasses are not ANSI approved

[vivek16]

Originally Posted by Carol

Please note in the Manual, At The Event, 3.3.3:

Regular glasses do not qualify as safety glasses. Goggles are not required over glasses only if the glasses are ANSI-approved with side shields.

Regular prescription glasses are not ANSI approved

You can, however, request your source of prescription glasses for safety lenses (essentially slightly thicker polycarbonate lenses) that you can use the corresponding side shields with.

-vivek

[mtaman02]

Originally Posted by Carol

Please note in the Manual, At The Event, 3.3.3:

Regular glasses do not qualify as safety glasses. Goggles are not required over glasses only if the glasses are ANSI-approved with side shields.

Regular prescription glasses are not ANSI approved

http://68.75.255.201/supersafety/sup...ty/page123.htm

this is what I wear at the event and if not that then I have removable side shields that go on my glasses arms for the just in case I forget the goggles scenario and to be honest no one from FIRST has EVER bothered me about my side shields... No one from the safety glasses desk and certainly no one from Safety Advisor Team and trust me they pink on us volunteers more then they do the teams b/c we're to lead BY EXAMPLE =)!