gr8scott72
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Do they stop sawdust, dirt and dust from getting in your eyes?
non fog potective eye wear
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Do they stop sawdust, dirt and dust from getting in your eyes?
alp
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Uncle Sam approves the Wiley X SG-1
As of a few years ago the Army was issuing the WILEY X SG-1 as protective eye wear for combat units. I wore 'em through some pretty rough conditions and loved 'em. If they are good enough for combat, they should be good enough for for cutting down trees. Then again, Uncle Sam usually buys most things from the lowest bidder.
As of a few years ago the Army was issuing the WILEY X SG-1 as protective eye wear for combat units. I wore 'em through some pretty rough conditions and loved 'em. If they are good enough for combat, they should be good enough for for cutting down trees. Then again, Uncle Sam usually buys most things from the lowest bidder.
Old Monkey
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I use bug eyes pretty religiously as I can make any glasses or goggles fog up even if NASA treats them with their latest anti-fog technology. Fine particles make it through bug eyes but only when you are cutting punky dead wood, the rest of the time they are great. They take getting used to but after years of wearing them I hardly notice them.
jomoco
Tree Freak
I see there a few pros here giving good practical advice regarding Bugz wire mesh goggles being the only no fog safety glasses used for years by sweating hardworking treemen concerned about their eyes.
http://www.baileysonline.com/search.asp?CatID=137&skw=KW138
Bugz rule!
jomoco
gr8scott72
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They sound kewl but I do stump grinding mostly and am tired of dust and dirt getting in my eyes.
I found a pair of the ESS goggles on ebay for like $20. I like them but they do fog up a little. It's livable to me as a payoff to not having dust in my eyes all day.
jomoco
Tree Freak
You must be working those hydraulic controls something fierce Scott.
Stump grinders should wear respirators or bandannas too.
jomoco
Sunrise Guy
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The name says it all: truth in advertising. I wrote the company about how their product was truly cat crap. It did not work for me, even a bit. A piece of cut, raw potato, rubbed on your goggles, will keep them fog-free all day. Try it. With the mesh goggles, it will give you hash browns in an emergency, gottta have 'em with my eggs, survival situation.
techdave
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Hi scot aobut the bug eyes
they only dont work for me if the job I am doing is vertical power polesawing with little or no wind. Then I switch to goggles.
I do alot of trailwork fighting down into chaparral and feel they should be mandatory for all crews working IN the chap. I wont let one of my crew go into the actual chapp (as opposed to working inside the trail corridor pruning) without them!
As for the punking stuff, the only punky stems we do a lot of cutting on are huge and mostly conifer and with big and chisel and skip chain (like 72 lg?) we dont get too much dust.
All of the above is as a volunteer, on my own for paid felling and paid dangerous bucking I use them too, except when the trrees are smallish and I am usiing my poulan/sears on soft to punlky stuff, seem to get too much dust then.
YMMV, HTH , Dave.
they only dont work for me if the job I am doing is vertical power polesawing with little or no wind. Then I switch to goggles.
I do alot of trailwork fighting down into chaparral and feel they should be mandatory for all crews working IN the chap. I wont let one of my crew go into the actual chapp (as opposed to working inside the trail corridor pruning) without them!
As for the punking stuff, the only punky stems we do a lot of cutting on are huge and mostly conifer and with big and chisel and skip chain (like 72 lg?) we dont get too much dust.
All of the above is as a volunteer, on my own for paid felling and paid dangerous bucking I use them too, except when the trrees are smallish and I am usiing my poulan/sears on soft to punlky stuff, seem to get too much dust then.
YMMV, HTH , Dave.
Mitchell
ArboristSite Operative
Im going to try the screen gogs
I'm rethinking my approach to eye protection. I have only ever used the flip screen [or nothing for that matter]. In the bush you learned to keep the chips flying away your face early. I never sweat it to much, but I regularly wake up after a visit from the sandman.
I'm rethinking my approach to eye protection. I have only ever used the flip screen [or nothing for that matter]. In the bush you learned to keep the chips flying away your face early. I never sweat it to much, but I regularly wake up after a visit from the sandman.
Ironxylem
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I've tried a few different eye protection and mesh is the way to go for cuttingin the cold.
You can have them on your head and pull them over the balls lickit split.
In the cold temp up here(-15 degrees today) it's they only way to go.
I'am not FOGGIN KIDDING!
Shoot em all, Ask questions later!!!
You can have them on your head and pull them over the balls lickit split.
In the cold temp up here(-15 degrees today) it's they only way to go.
I'am not FOGGIN KIDDING!
Shoot em all, Ask questions later!!!
woodchux
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You can use toothpaste to keep glasses from fogging up....just wipe a bit on and lightly rinse it off. It's what i've always used for scuba diving masks.
snowdog
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here's a trick for you guys that use the screen mesh goodles. if you color in the wire mesh with a black marker it realy cuts down on the glare. just let the ink dry before u use them, it will sting the eyes a little.
snowdog
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