H.L. Bouton Slip-On Sideshields for safety glasses, Clear Flexible, One pair, 99705

I'm an NYC ER RN. ER saying,"Safety glasses are cheaper than eye transplants." I'm fussy about eye safety. These inexpensive items turn my safety glasses to safety glasses with effective eye shields. Are side shields important? In a word, "Yes". Side "blunt/sharp/agent" trauma to the eye is less common than forward trauma but it happens all the time. These fit all my glasses - large lens safety glasses, medium lens every day glasses - and go on/off easily and quickly. They are pliant and conforms easily to arm and lens shape and trims easily if necessary. And they are modest in price.

When one of the stock side shields broke on my prescription safety glasses I needed a quick solution as they are required in my job. These items solved the problem. They are nice quality and bear the Z87 mark of compliance so there's no question about their use in an industrial environment. They are pliable enough that they slipped over the bows on my glasses with little effort and stay in place reliably. The lips which hug the lenses to hold them from sliding backward do contribute to a "tunnel vision" feeling. I don't think that's avoidable in slip-on shields as ANSI requires some mechanism to hold them in place. I think any compliant shields are going to have this issue. All in all a very acceptable and cost effective solution.

These are great side shields and are plenty functional. I wear prescription glasses and I travel to machines shops in many states in my work. The only down side is that some shops I go into will not accept detachable side shields, and they make me put on the Harry Caray safety glasses over my regular ones. These will prevent that in 90% of shops that require side shields, in my experience, and you can still fairly easily take them off after leaving work and driving home to restore your peripheral vision.

This is my second pair of eye shields that I have purchased on amazon. I work in an environment where eye guards are required. I love that they are flexible and easily mold to my glasses, and that I can remove them at the end of my shift. I wear prescription glasses, so not having to purchase new protective eyeglasses everytime my prescription changes is a great cost savings. The second pair I bought for a co-worker. He bought a pair of prescription protective eyeglasses through our work program. It took months to receive the eye wear and the prescription was wrong to boot.

I'm delighted that these side shields do exactly what I need them to do. I have very dry eyes (Computer Vision Syndrome exacerbated by Sjogren's,) and this spring found myself unable to tolerate my ceiling fans. In my climate I have for years operated ceiling fans continuously outside of heating season. These side shields cut the breeze well enough that I am now able to enjoy my ceiling fans without the discomfort and pain of dry eyes. I deducted one star because they are not clear. They are instead entirely frosted with small white dots. I deducted a second star because they arrived coated with sticky resin that transferred to my fingers and wouldn't wash off with soap and water. After washing the sideshields, I let them air for several weeks in the hope that the resin would evaporate or harden and it did. I believe the evaporated resin is what caused the white dots to form, because I think they were fairly clear when they first arrived.

YES! I'm not someone who needs safety glasses as an ongoing thing. I have an office job, so I only need safety glasses for the odd power tool project, BUT - I will soon need to visit a plant to help in an 8 week total inventory project. I'd be looking at those plastic glasses that fit over my specs and are unwieldy and hard to see thru. A plant buddy recommended these side shields, and assured me they're OSHA certified, so I spent the 3+ bucks and gambled. They're awesome! They'll work fine for me, and at some point I'll order more for family members. 5 stars. Only hint, there is a right way and a wrong way to put them on. You want to put the smaller side to the top... you'll figure it out.

I was a bit worried like anybody would if the product isn't in front of you so you can test it out. But after reading everyone's comments and the product review these would work perfectly for me. You can use the picture they give you and compare it to your own glasses. Though like another consumer warned if your sides are think it wont work cause thats how they slip on. I have slightly rectangular 1 inch glasses sort of like they demo glasses in the picture but a bit rectangular but they fit cause of the holes on the side where you would weave it on the stick. This product was design to fit all so i would say its perfect for that. The only way this product could get any better is if they made a lighter version. I have think glasses so every little weight counts to me even if I don't feel the weight I just wonder if someday I will regret it

These are soft, deformable plastic side-shields that are about 2 mm thick. The maximum lens height that can be accommodated is 35 mm. The ones I received are stamped "Vision Aid USA" and "Z87" and may not be identical to slip-on side shields that are HL Bouton branded. My big complaint is the terrible optical properties of the plastic. It distorts everything, so that your peripheral vision is filled with light and color, which is distracting, but you can't actually see anything in your peripheral vision. If you have ever used "drinking goggles" that simulate the experience of being drunk - the experience is somewhat like those. My secondary concern is with the deformability of the plastic. The plastic may be thick enough to absorb an impact from a small particle, but because it is so soft, the side shield does not grip the frame firmly. Any impact may simply push the side shield out of the way, rather than deflecting the incoming particle. I strongly recommend stiff polycarbonate side shields instead, which have excellent optical properties and can be tightly attached to the frame. I ordered some from "safetyglassesusa.com" because I did not find any on Amazon.