MSA Safety Works 817698 Splash-Resistant Safety Goggles

 (6 customer reviews)

I use goggles a lot, in hot and humid conditions. I can make these fog up, but it is pretty tough. I really like these since they seem to scratch less and keep a good clear view. They cost more, but I find them worth it.

These goggles fog up faster than any goggle I have seen. They claim to be anti-fog but MSA must not have tested this feature. It makes me wonder about their other products. The goggles become useless in a matter of seconds due to fog. Otherwise they are a pretty nice google but when you can't see, they are of no value.

I bought these goggles (from another vendor) to use when cutting wood with my table saw, miter saw, and other cutting and sanding tools. I use these tools in my basement, where humidity is low, and the temperature remains cool. These googles have an air vent on the sides of the frames, but it is not effective. Within minutes, these goggles fog up on me. Using them outdoors, same problem. The problem is that they tend to fog up very quickly from the forehead, then the fog goes down from there.

Of course, once they fog up, they become dangerous for me, as I could not see what I was doing around these potentially dangerous power tools.

For safety purposes, they work well protecting one's eyes from projectiles.

I keep these handy now only for times where I need an assistant that is not doing the actual wood-cutting, but needs protection for his/her eyes.

I am going to buy some other goggles that have air vents along the entire frame of the...Read more