Eye Protection

Eye Protection could easily be one of the most important protection gear among a lot of daily activities. When we are selecting the suitable goggles, we are not just picking the style or comfort, more importantly is the level of protection! Three are a lot of markings on the lens, but do you know what they mean?

Lets look at it from two perspective:

1)Impact Protection
2)Light Protection

1)Impact Protection (Debris):During outdoor activities, users are exposed to wind, water or even dust. Under these circumstances, we can easily protect wearer by soft cushions around the frame. But when it comes to Chemical or even Fire, Splash proof and flame resistance will be the key, hence special made foams are needed. As for Debris, there are various countries standards out there.

ANSI Z87.1 is a standard by an American civil organization (American National Standard Institutes ANSI), in their 2003 edition, they divide protection into "normal" and "highimpact"protection, and in their 2010 edition, they simplified the system and call it Z87 (Not for High Impact)and Z87+ (For High Impact) Standard

MIL-PRF 32432 is the military specification, for Spectacles, it must be able to withstand .15 caliber at 640fps or for Goggles to withstand .22 Caliber at 550fps

EN166 is the European standard, mainly applicable to NATO equipment, got 4 different level (S / F / B / A) for different caliber and different weight of steel balls to hit from different height.

2)Light Protection : To protect from physical object is one thing, protection from light is another. Outdoor activities involves sunlight, those ultraviolet (UV) light that may are not visible to us could damage our skin, not to mention our eyes.

Visible Light
Sunlight significantly affect our visibility during the day, direct /indirect glare would affect our situation awareness to the surroundings. By blocking visible glares, it could increase the comfort of the wearer, and but also lower the visibility when transitioning into indoor or under shades, hence we offer a wide range of lenses for different usage, the transparency varies from 18% to 85%!

Invisible Light
Our retina could easily damaged by ultraviolet lights, even we are not directly looking into the sun, there are still a lot of glares from the environment and sometimes other man-made light sources (such as welding and flash-bangs), the threat of cataract and other eye diseases increase exponentially. Effective blocking UVA / B / C is a very crucial consideration when it comes to lens on eye protection.