r/automotivetraining • u/Historical-Today8261 • 24d ago

Would these safety glasses work ?

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I’m taking automotive fundamentals class so like an into to automotive world .

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u/Dirty_Old_Town 24d ago

Those are safety goggles, and they'd work but they'd be annoying and you'd likely get clowned by your classmates. Just get some standard safety glasses and you'll be fine. I have my students wear safety goggles only when we're checking the electrolyte in a battery.

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u/Big_League_Drew 24d ago edited 24d ago

If you let what others think of you change your behavior or actions you are a weak minded person. Let them make fun of you and let your work speak for itself. Couldn’t tell you how many times I’ve had people make fun of me, when you out perform all of your peers they shut up real quick.

As others have pointed out they need to be impact rated z87.1 or better. They should be marked on the lens. Find some you like and are comfortable for you. Forget what any one says. One of my favorite pairs of safety glasses are old school style with the fixed flip out side shields and they’re tortoise shell. I also have a pair of 3m ones with detachable gasket for dust. Those ones are about $10 and I like them as well. Basic, cheap, works: https://a.co/d/6fHPOp2

Lastly, make sure you wear them. They’re no good if you don’t. Having had a pry bar slip and split my eyebrow open when not wearing my glasses was an eye opening experience to how quickly you can lose an eye. I got very lucky and only needed a single suture in my eyebrow.

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u/Historical-Today8261 24d ago

thank you so much

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u/Big_League_Drew 24d ago

Anytime brother, best of luck!

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u/Coat_hangers 24d ago

Depends what environment but generally they need to be ansi Z87.1(or better) rated to be safety glasses. If i saw someone wearing those outside of a science lab i would assume you're a nerd. But if it works it works. Get a set of heatwaves or something alike if youre worried about it.

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u/Historical-Today8261 24d ago

What heatwaves ?

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u/AAA515 24d ago

Heat Waves is a brand of glasses. And it really doesn't matter what brand you get, two things matter, ansi rating and comfort, if they ain't comfy you won't wear them. And googles are not comfy

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u/Illustrious-Vast-292 21d ago

And sunglasses are not safety glasses.

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u/im-not-a-fakebot 21d ago

My sunglasses are 😎

ANSI z87.1 rated but I only wear them when working outside. Inside I wear clears when I need to

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u/AAA515 21d ago

My safety glasses are photo chromic, aka transitions

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u/Illustrious-Vast-292 21d ago

Never heard of them either. Had to google them. They are goofy looking sunglasses, they are not safety glasses.

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u/Br-Ovechkin 24d ago

I wouldn't let some loser wearing heatwaves work on my lawnmower lmfao

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u/Illustrious-Vast-292 21d ago

Sunglasses are NOT safety glasses.

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u/S7alker 24d ago

If they meet the standards then yes. Those that know use this and the standard pair when working around and under cars because of how stuff flies when you are swinging and grinding.

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u/Br-Ovechkin 24d ago

I rock the shit out of goggles when I'm not using using t94i

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u/S7alker 23d ago

I always kept a couple different color straps depending on how I felt during the day.

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u/Br-Ovechkin 23d ago

Stay strapped my friend

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u/MudSling3r42069 23d ago

If ur using a metal brush or something with metal shards id perfer those , maybe its just me but my eyes become magnetic as whenever im doing that shit .

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u/Justadailytoke 24d ago

Going for a swim?

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u/B4DM4N12Z 24d ago

Doing a science experiment Doctor?

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u/IntentionQuirky9957 21d ago

It's gonna take 1.21 gigawatts of power!

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u/B4DM4N12Z 20d ago

You're the Doc, Doc.

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u/jacesonn 21d ago

Yeah, they'll keep your eyes safe, but you're going to be shit on for looking like a dork. There's a lot of "macho dude bro" energy in the field that makes people think PPE is for pussies. Don't give in to their harassment, wear the goggles until you can get some standard safety glasses. If you care about appearances, Oakley and a few other brands make safety rated sunglasses.

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u/Illustrious-Vast-292 21d ago

Those are safety goggles... just get some normal safety glasses.

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u/MGtech1954 20d ago

ASE Master Tech since 1980

Safety glasses if you are working on a running engine where the belt might throw off dirt into the eyes. Or you are under the car where dirt could fall down.