Some advice on masks for people that wear glasses.

Do they have a saftey rating on them atal though as they dont mention one? And polycarb is shatterproof but not balistic rated. We used to you polycarb windows on our track cars but not sure how good it would be being shot at tbh.

 
Sacarathe said:
This horse isn't dead yet.

Have you tried wearing the lens in just one eye?
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I'm going to my local qcb site again soon there are a few ppl the who wear glasses so gonna ask them but my local airsoft shop have a great set of goggles for 30 quid and they said they should be Ok so gonna go down tomos and check them out, while I'm there might as well do a bit of shopping lol

 
Lozart said:
True but then those "bog standard" ones on ebay often aren't worth the money.

I realise that a lot of new airsofters are young and not earning but safety and protection are the things you really shouldn't scrimp on and $60 is NOT a huge price to pay for eye and face protection. You don't need to go to the lengths of a Devtac Ronin mask but you should at least have enough respect for yourself to want to spend more than a tenner on protecting yourself. Equally, as much as you can airsoft on a budget, generally it's NOT a cheap hobby. If you start off questioning spending £40 on a piece of essential kit then the cost escalation once you get into it will scare the bejesus out of you!
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Amen to that brother,

Compared to a lot of hobbies, even top-end airsoft gear is cheap. When you consider that you can spend > £1000 on a fishing rod/pole just to sit by a pond all day, I'd say the cost -> fun ratio is pretty decent in airsoft :)

Also, airsoft seems to be one of those things where if you buy cheap, you buy twice - you're far better off in the long run getting the right gear as soon as you can and it will last you.

 
Tactical Optician does prescription inserts for the popular makes of shooting glasses. I have a set for my ISS. His website is shite but you can talk to him easily on facebook and his stuff is reasonably priced, my set cost around £60 for inserts and bridge piece for the glasses.

 
EvilMonkee said:
Tactical Optician does prescription inserts for the popular makes of shooting glasses. I have a set for my ISS. His website is shite but you can talk to him easily on facebook and his stuff is reasonably priced, my set cost around £60 for inserts and bridge piece for the glasses.
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I got my Vice Rx insert from eBay for £15 and he glazed them for £35. Lovely chap.

 
I also bought an Rx insert for ESS V12 goggles from eBay, and went to Specsavers for the prescription lenses (paid £35).

 
What kind of lenses did you get? I paid I think £52 for mine, but they were UV, scratch, glare resistant and also the ultra-thin ones. I'm curious as to how much the high street opticians charge.

 
I just chose the very basic lens, no anti-scratch necessary as they are inside the goggle. I would just swap out the goggle clear lens to the tinted one if sunny outside, so did not bother with anti-glare or UV on the prescription inserts. Kept the costs down.

 
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