Safety glasses are usually made of polycarbonate. Cheap plastic
glasses will be made of different plastic that is also probably
thinner. Besides the obvious absence of side shields, the reading
glasses would not pass the tests to qualify as safety glasses. Of
course, they are better than nothing. I guess it depends what you
are trying to protect against. For light stuff, I'm sure they will
do the job. For serious projectiles like a shattered grinding wheel,
not so much. I have prescription glasses that are made of
polycarbonate. I think they are closer to qualifying as safety
glasses, minus side shields.
-Steve Trovato
strovato@optonline.net
At 01:23 PM 9/25/2014, Peter J. Thomas wrote:
>BTW, the color stripe won't work for me. Not only have I lost my
>near vision, but I'm also color blind. One tip to add, I use cheap
>womens reading glasses in the shop. Womens reading glasses are
>generally larger than mens and double as safety glasses since they're plastic.
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