by Rhoades » Mon Mar 07, 2011 3:55 pm
none of the fields around knoxville "secret city, and dead end" here require full seal protection... all require ansi 87.1. i have been using $5 saftey glasses from walmart that actually come in contact with the cheeks and brow and sides of my eyes, itd be pretty hard to get a bb in there. i have also been hit directly in the glasses from around 15-20 ft and had zero issues. biggest issue is fog. even with whips / spit nothing seems to cure that,
however, i have had a huge interest in wire mesh goggles, but like you guys i was concerned about mesh breaking, bb fragmentation or paint chips being an issue. the youtube videos do look horrible, but when if ever are you going to be 6" ft away and shooting a gun over 550fp? if you do thats a whole other set of problems.
A guy at deadend borescope to be exact lead me to this place
bitterendgoggles.com
they sell mesh goggles but its not mesh its stamped steel, you can check the dr, airsoft video about their lower face mask, 6 bb's in the same spot at 550 fps from 6ft away and the 6th bb was actually craddled by the steel but no penetration. they did get a lil paint chipping / bb fragmentation at that close, but i highly doubt u'd have that problem from legitamate distance. so i ordered a pair. I'll let you know how it works out.
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