Topic: Safety goggles when using a strimmer?

[simmo116]

better safe than sorry thats what i say

[Geoff H]

I had a conversation about this with my optician a few years ago. It came about when i asked about contact lenses. He felt that as I can really only see properly with one eye spectacles were preferable as I could not afford to lose my one good eye - I do not have stereoscopic vision.
He then asked about whether I used goggles and insisted that when strimming or using an electric drill that i must always use goggles. He occasionally worked in an eye hospital and he said that the most common cause of eye injuries that he dealt with were caused by strimmers.
I now use a petrol brush cutter and even bits of weed thrown out really sting if they hit my hand or arm.

[gibbygib]

Hitting a hidden cat sh-t was enough to make me buy a full face visor  :-X

[Hyacinth]

Hitting a hidden cat sh-t was enough to make me buy a full face visor  :-X

Ugh! :o

Thanks everyone for all your input 8) I replied to the email..I'm sure that a nod was as good as a wink to a blind.....duh! I'd better rephrase that :-[...I'm sure that they will now ensure that all their children and operatives will now have the correct safety gear.  :)

[Columbus]

Hi all,

I wouldn`t use my strimmer without wearing steel toe-capped boots and long trousers and sleeves, overalls are best,  whatever the weather. I have clipped my feet several times and always end up splattered with green bits that cause red marks otherwise.

Col