With so many choices of safety glasses on the market, it can be very confusing finding exactly what lens color you need and want. As you may already know, there are many top brand manufacturers: AO Safety, UVEX, Pyramex, Crews, Sperian, DeWalt, Harley Davidson, United, Jackson Safety etc. Emedco has a broad range of safety glasses and goggles to choose from.
To make things a bit easier by narrowing it down, here’s a quick reference guide for you:
- Clear – great for indoors
- Gray – outdoor applications; provides good color recognition
- Gold, Blue and Silver mirror – outside where sunlight and glare cause eyestrain. “Mirror” coating reflects light
- Brown – outside; meets color traffic signal recognition requirements
- Dark Green – general purpose protection form glare and UV radiation
A good rule of thumb is to choose a lens based on color opposites. For example, blue is opposite of yellow and red is opposite of green. So, red lenses absorb green light and yellow lenses absorb blue/ultraviolet light and vice versa.
Of course, then you have the following coatings:
- Anti-fog - provide excellent fog prevention in high humidity environments where sudden shifts in temperature occur
- Anti-Scratch- extend lens life
- Anti static- reduce dust and particle attraction
- Hard coatings-permanently bonded to extend lens life (offered by Crews and Uvex).
So be stylish and protect your peepers! Make Emedco your One-Stop Protective Wear Source- Top Brands, Huge Selection, fast shipping.
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Submitted by: Donna Kolody/Emedco
