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Puckdropper[_2_]

(Doug Miller) wrote in
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I've never had a faceshield fog up *at all* when working indoors. The
only times I've ever had a problem with fog-up were when I was working
outdoors in cold temperatures (e.g. cutting up the tree that took down
my power lines a few Decembers back).

I've worn prescription eyeglasses most of my life. I never have a
problem with them fogging up either, when I use a faceshield. That
used to be a common problem with safety goggles, before I discovered
faceshields.

Sounds like it might be worth trying. As was pointed out, they're
relatively cheap (but so are the goggles) and if they'll actually solve
the fog problem, I'll be quite happy.

I wear a dust mask in the shop when running a sander, but rarely
otherwise.

From what I've seen, it seems like the dust mask makes a large
contribution to the likelyhood of the goggles fogging. Maybe the shield
will be different.

From my perspective, perhaps the greatest advantage to a faceshield is
that it's *so* *easy* to use, so comfortable, so quick to put on, that
there is NO excuse for not using it. Just no excuse at all. The one or
two times I've been tempted to not use it "just this once" because
"it's just one quick cut" I think about how I'm going to explain to
SWMBO and kids how I came to be blind in one eye, or missing a few
teeth, because I wasn't willing to take TEN SECONDS to put the
faceshield on. That'd be a hard explanation to make.

Well, the goggles and muffs only take 10 seconds to put on as well. I
get about 30-45 minutes of worktime before the goggles start fogging up.

That episode on the chop saw yesterday afternoon woulda HURT, Big
Time, if not for the face shield.

Always good to find your equipment actually does its job, even if it
breaks in the process.

Puckdropper
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