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Safety is a bit of a hot topic. Some people go without eyewear, others find a $9 plastic goggle enough, other go for the real stuff around $100, and there's even better.

Most eyewear we have around is based on plastic. The cheapest stuff melts and is particularly unsafe. Good safety goggles don't melt but burn, they turn black and don't lower the protection before they really give up.

But the best are the laminated glass filters. They have the highest OD's with the best VLT possible and can take the highest powers. These goggles are sometimes steel reinforced because the thick rugged plastic body is the weak part, not the filters! These goggles don't go for $100, but around $250 to $500 or even higher! (think about 700 euro for the absolute top).

What I just saw today: Laservision USA now has an overstock sale! Laservision sells both glass filter based goggles and glasses as well as the polycarbonate based goggles and glasses. the overstock price can be up to 50% lower, and usually seems close to that. If you want some really pro stuff take a look. They only ship in the USA though.

http://www.lasersafety.com/overstock/
 





I've attached two pictures of the goggles I have from laservision, I have 2 with the T68 glass filter and one with the T13 glass filter (european models, EN207 rated).

I think I just found some errors in their description, for example the 300 filter is not a glass filter, but in the short description of the goggles it mentiones glass filters. It's probably visible in the price too, if it's payable, it's not glass...

Just take a look at the spec sheet of the filter or the overview here
 

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Thanks for pointing it out. I need to buy some good BR protection anyway.
 
With a really high OD you might not even be able to see the "dot" with regular pointers which would make playing with a laser really hard.

Just in case someone didn't know, there is a way to calculate the OD you need but i don't know it!
 
Pontiacg5 said:
With a really high OD you might not even be able to see the "dot" with regular pointers which would make playing with a laser really hard.

Just in case someone didn't know, there is a way to calculate the OD you need but i don't know it!
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There is a calculator for it here.
 
intrigue said:
These are probably the coolest goggles i've seen. Thanks for the heads-up! :)
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I have to laugh a bit at that comment as after looking at the goggles, I think you have to be in a Tim Burton/Johnny Depp movie for those to be really cool. Most laser protective eyewear places the wearer clearly in the realm of geek which is why photos are not allowed in the lab. There are a few styles that meet a more acceptable response by the general public often resembling gargoyles, etc. These white, bubble frames just scream nuclear waste reprocessing employee.:wave:
 
All you BR laser users with >400 mW this seems to be the best protection and value: F01 or F14 -Glenn
 
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i thought OD was the factor of 10 that the glasses reduce the power by. for example OD 3 would reduce a 1 watt to 1mw. But im guessing this is for short exposure times because this much power would burn the glasses. please correct me if im wrong
 
"Eyewear is rated for optical density (OD), which is the base-10 logarithm of the attenuation factor by which the optical filter reduces beam power. For example, eyewear with OD 3 will reduce the beam power in the specified wavelength range by a factor of 1,000."

from wikipedia
 
so you would'nt really need more than OD 3 unless ur planning on staring into your laser beam or your playing with >1watt lasers
 
Pretty much, but you don't want a OD too high because you wont be able to see what you are working with. You'll have to take the glasses off to see what you are pointing at, and then what is the point at all. The dot should look like a tiny orangeish spot, you won't see any starburst like halo at all. If the OD is too high you won't be able to see that spot at all.
 
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