Safety Glasses Technical Advice Centre

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Can I buy welding over glasses rather than welding goggles?

These Bolle Squale shade 5 welding over safety glasses are perfect for people looking for welding glasses to fit over their existing eyewear, for use by visitors and even for general wear when you don’t want or need to wear the more bulky Blast shade 5 welding goggles. The goggles of course give overall better […]

Do I need Over Specs or Presciption safety glasses?

This all depends on what kind of environment the safety glasses will be used in. Over Specs and prescription safety glasses have some similar features. Such as they are certified to EN166 standard meaning they provide a good level of impact protection. They often have anti-fogging and anti-scratch coatings on the lens. The lens gives […]

Win a pair of Bolle Squale Over Specs today!

Check out the competition at the Armchair Biker blog to find out how to win a pair of these fantastic Bolle Squale Over Specs. These over specs are great when you don’t want to wear bulky goggles but still need some impact protection. Be that to give to visitors to your work place or to […]

Do you keep any welding/brazing glasses that are in reading glass prescriptions? +1, +1.5 etc?

Q: Do you keep any welding/brazing glasses that are in reading glass prescriptions? +1, +1.5 etc? a medium tint would be fine. . A: Sorry but the prescription range doesn’t come with a welding glasses tint within them. You can have welding safety goggles and wear your prescription safety glasses underneath. Q: Thanks. Do you […]

Doing some DIY this Easter? The safety glasses that you’ll need.

For those of us lucky (or unlucky) enough not to be braving travelling somewhere this Easter you may well be involved in a variety of other activities. Such as: Easter Egg hunts, BBQ/Party DIY/Gardening Watching/playing Sports Shopping According to ipsos[1] last year saw a 9% rise in the footfall for the DIY, garden centre and […]

Dust and Fragments getting into your eyes at work.

Q:  I have been having issues with safety glasses, my nose is wide and all the pairs I wear sit high against my eyes. Dust and fragments go under and into my eyes. I work around building sites and cut metal. Any ideas please…   A: The main issues here is one of comfort over […]

Overglasses protection or Goggles?

Q: I’m looking for safety over-glasses with protection underneath to prevent eye-poke from below.    A: Some great over specs that would suit your needs would be these bolle squale over specs. But there are some other styles to choose from our range of over specs safety glasses. Q: Yeah I had a look at those […]