Shooting glasses recommendations

[Highpower-FClass]

Does anyone have recommendations for shooting glasses that meet the following criteria:

1. Do not fog up. This is by far the most important criteria. I have tried several 'anti-fog' treated glasses and they all fog up something fierce.

2. Are nice and clear to look through

3. Do not scratch up easily. I realize all glasses can be scratched but I've had some that scratch by me looking at them wrong.

Nice to have:

4. Replaceable lenses

5. Do not cost a fortune


I have made a decision to always shoot with glasses on and it's a challenge in the Houston humidity. The shape of my skull ends up creating an vacuum tight seal with the top of the eye glass, providing almost instant condensation. So looking for advice as to whether there really is anything truly fog proof.

 

[OldManTA]

Does anyone have recommendations for shooting glasses that meet the following criteria:

1. Do not fog up. This is by far the most important criteria. I have tried several 'anti-fog' treated glasses and they all fog up something fierce.

2. Are nice and clear to look through

3. Do not scratch up easily. I realize all glasses can be scratched but I've had some that scratch by me looking at them wrong.

Nice to have:

4. Replaceable lenses

5. Do not cost a fortune


I have made a decision to always shoot with glasses on and it's a challenge in the Houston humidity. The shape of my skull ends up creating an vacuum tight seal with the top of the eye glass, providing almost instant condensation. So looking for advice as to whether there really is anything truly fog proof.

Decot HY Wide. Customer service is excellent. If you are looking for cheap go to Walmart.
Tom Alves

 

[Highpower-FClass]

Decot HY Wide. Customer service is excellent. If you are looking for cheap go to Walmart.
Tom Alves

Are the Decot HY Wide specifically great at not fogging up? I looked at their website and did not see anything specifically about condensation. Do they in your experience do a better job than others when it comes to not fogging up?

 

[Jdne5b]

Im also on the hunt for something I can wear prone. I currently dont wear anything while actually shooting but need to.

Decots and Randolph Rangers are what Im looking at. The adjustable bridges will help keep the glasses where they need to be.

Airflow and lense treatments will help with the fogging. I've heard Rain-X works well.

 

[Dos XX]

http://www.esseyepro.com/Crossblade_259_category.html

 

[Highpower-FClass]

Decots and Randolph Rangers are what Im looking at. The adjustable bridges will help keep the glasses where they need to be.

Airflow and lense treatments will help with the fogging. I've heard Rain-X works well.

The RE Rangers look like they might be a good solution. I think I need something with better ventilation than what I have now. I am currently using Oakleys, the fit is great but they fog up even with anti-fog treatment applied (fog-tech). I haven't tried rain-x, I'll give that a try.

Additional input on good no-fog glasses or anti-fog treatments appreciated.

 

[280man]

De-Cot

I’ve been wearing mine for years in at least 4 countries and have never had any fog issues.

 

[Jdne5b]

http://www.esseyepro.com/Crossblade_259_category.html

They sit too low, i wind up looking out the top of these styles while prone. (Pistol and rifle)

 

[Erud]

Having owned and used both Decot Hy-Wyd (7 years) and Randolph Ranger Edge (4 years) glasses extensively in competition shooting, I would definitely recommend the Ranger’s over the Decot’s. Both use basically the same concept of the adjustable nose piece to raise the glasses high on your face, which keeps the top crossbar out of your FOV when shooting, and also allows air to circulate to prevent fogging in all but the most extreme conditions. I’ve only ever had either one fog up a handful of times in 11+ years of wearing them, and I shoot a lot of matches. When they have, adjusting my hat would typically solve that. Some people use an anti-fog product to further reduce the chances of it happening, probably a good idea. Both are also around the same price point. Here are the reasons I’d recommend the rangers:

1. The Randolph adjustable bridge is a much better/more durable design, and the the arms (probably not the right term) that go on the side of your head are also much more durable. With the decots, I was constantly having to adjust the rubber sleeves that fit over the wire arms, as they would slide on the arms.

2. The rangers are much lighter. Decots are heavy and always slid down my nose, particularly if I was sweating at all (so all the time).

3. Ranger lenses are impact resistant. Decot lenses are not. Decot does not claim that their lenses are impact resistant, but I always kind of assumed that They were but that Decot being a small company didn’t want to go through the expense and hassle of getting them certified, so chose not to list them as such. That was a bad assumption. I once took a shot from a bad position and had my rear sight catch my Decot lens pretty solidly, it broke cleanly into 2 pieces. They would not offer much protection in an event where you would need them to.

4. The rangers come with a much better case. It’s a pretty heavy-duty zippered case with foam cut out for a pair of glasses and 2 additional sets of lenses. The decots come with more of a padded pouch which is handy for carrying them around, but doesn’t offer much protection. I wouldn’t be worried about dropping, sitting on, stepping on, etc the rangers while on the case.

Not trying to get down on Decot, they are a nice, family-owned business and they make a good product. That said, after wearing them for 7 years, I recognized that the Rangers were just a better mousetrap as soon as I tried them.

Good luck,
Erik

 

[Highpower-FClass]

Having owned and used both Decot Hy-Wyd (7 years) and Randolph Ranger Edge (4 years) glasses extensively in competition shooting, I would definitely recommend the Ranger’s over the Decot’s. Both use basically the same concept of the adjustable nose piece to raise the glasses high on your face, which keeps the top crossbar out of your FOV when shooting, and also allows air to circulate to prevent fogging in all but the most extreme conditions. I’ve only ever had either one fog up a handful of times in 11+ years of wearing them, and I shoot a lot of matches. When they have, adjusting my hat would typically solve that. Some people use an anti-fog product to further reduce the chances of it happening, probably a good idea. Both are also around the same price point. Here are the reasons I’d recommend the rangers:

1. The Randolph adjustable bridge is a much better/more durable design, and the the arms (probably not the right term) that go on the side of your head are also much more durable. With the decots, I was constantly having to adjust the rubber sleeves that fit over the wire arms, as they would slide on the arms.

2. The rangers are much lighter. Decots are heavy and always slid down my nose, particularly if I was sweating at all (so all the time).

3. Ranger lenses are impact resistant. Decot lenses are not. Decot does not claim that their lenses are impact resistant, but I always kind of assumed that They were but that Decot being a small company didn’t want to go through the expense and hassle of getting them certified, so chose not to list them as such. That was a bad assumption. I once took a shot from a bad position and had my rear sight catch my Decot lens pretty solidly, it broke cleanly into 2 pieces. They would not offer much protection in an event where you would need them to.

4. The rangers come with a much better case. It’s a pretty heavy-duty zippered case with foam cut out for a pair of glasses and 2 additional sets of lenses. The decots come with more of a padded pouch which is handy for carrying them around, but doesn’t offer much protection. I wouldn’t be worried about dropping, sitting on, stepping on, etc the rangers while on the case.

Not trying to get down on Decot, they are a nice, family-owned business and they make a good product. That said, after wearing them for 7 years, I recognized that the Rangers were just a better mousetrap as soon as I tried them.

Good luck,
Erik

Thanks Erik, this is great information!

 

[nmkid]

Safety Glasses USA has quite a few shooting models. Lots are even Milspec. I got some a while back They are comfortable and no distortion. They also offer different sizes. If you have a large head order the large ones. I got one pair in large and they are really for a large head! Anti fog-anti scratch-very flexible. A friend clued me onto this site for glasses just as I was getting ready to pay 'big' bucks for a name brand. Somewhere on their page it also states that some of the shooting models will stop a shotgun pellet at 15'. Don't remember what size shot though.

 

[USMCDOC]

Does anyone have recommendations for shooting glasses that meet the following criteria:

1. Do not fog up. This is by far the most important criteria. I have tried several 'anti-fog' treated glasses and they all fog up something fierce..

What i have found to help with this, i take it that you sweat a lot on your brow and face cheeks.. if this is the case and your glasses are too close, you will not get enough ventilation to keep the glasses from fogging up.. like your car in a summer rain, it fogs with the A/C going, but if you give it a lil heat, the fog goes away. You need enough ventilation to keep them from fogging.. i have seen guys use long billed hats and mount a small fan in them to keep the glasses from fogging while shooting at Camp Perry.. When you go to the eye doc.. take the shooting glasses with you so that he sees that the lens are not in the same position as reg glasses, also, the center of your Rx isn't going to be in the center of the lens.. it is going to be in the top left or if you are left handed.. top right of the lens.. But the PD will remain the same for the script.. also, your focus needs to be set about 15 feet beyond the front sight for irons.. if it wasn't for needing to see flags, with a scope, i would use a reading script for that.

I use the Ranger shooting frames myself.

 

[Dos XX]

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[Highpower-FClass]

Appreciate all the suggestions, I will try the Rangers.

 

[rardoin]

Thanks for starting this thread Fredrik. I have been feeling guilty about not wearing eye protection while shooting as I have yet to find a pair of safety glasses that do not fog due to the fit. Not that we shoot in any humid conditions on the gulf coast. I also ordered a pair of Ranger Edge frames with the three lens kit from Safety Glasses USA. Backordered but expect delivery within 7 days.

 

[Highpower-FClass]

Thanks for starting this thread Fredrik. I have been feeling guilty about not wearing eye protection while shooting as I have yet to find a pair of safety glasses that do not fog due to the fit. Not that we shoot in any humid conditions on the gulf coast. I also ordered a pair of Ranger Edge frames with the three lens kit from Safety Glasses USA. Backordered but expect delivery within 7 days.

I'm with you Robin, I went Ranger Edge as well. I'm hopeful these will do a good job of staying fog-free, it's a tough task when the humidity levels are one step from being submerged

 

[BP1]

Fixing to order the Rangers also,but would like to know what shades of lenses would be best for f/class thanks.

 

[Erud]

If anyone is looking for rangers, I’d definitely recommend calling Wayne Morgan at Morgan Optical in upstate NY. He’s a supper nice guy running a small family business and he knows the Ranger product line extremely well. If you tell him what type of shooting you are interested in, he will be able to make some good recommendations on frames and lens colors. A good buddy of mine gave me Wayne’s # when I was looking, and I try to send shooters his way when I can. If you ordered from someone else and they are backordered, check with him, he keeps a lot of stuff in stock.

http://www.morganoptical.net/

 

[XTR]

Can't address the OP's fogging issue. Try getting some no-fog wipes. In high humidity there is just so much you can do.

Something for all of you like me who use cheaters to read.
Nemesis RX safety glasses can be purchased with built in cheaters. You can get them for about $10/pair. Nice to actually be able to read the scale on my turrets for a change. Or when shooting on the e-targets I can actually read the tablet.

 

[rardoin]

I bought, and tested, a pair of Randolph Edge glasses in a prone position match last weekend. I must say it was the first pair of shooting glasses I was not having to periodically adjust or move away from my face for moments to clear fogging. They seemed a little uncomfortable at first due to the ear loops being a bit snug (I thought I chose the wrong arm length at first...) but I did not even notice I had them on after several minutes of wear. Excellent optical clarity/no image distortion whatever. NO FOGGING...but it was an atypical low humidity South Louisiana day. Only issue was I had to remove them to put on cheaters to see my turret numbers; they fit so snug I just could not raide them a little to slip in the cheaters. I have an order in for a product that is a corrective 2 diopter self adhesive (water float on) plastic lens that can be trimmed as a thin 'bifocal' addition to the plastic lenses. I will report with a new thread on my findings using this product after I have tested them.


Oh...thanks for the folks providing suggestions for these glasses, I am very pleased.