Safety Eyewear at Swift Optical
Safety glasses must conform to a higher standard of impact-resistance than regular eyeglasses. These high standards apply to both the frame and the lenses.
Both the lenses and frames go through a series of procedures that test their high mass impact, durability and high velocity impact.
In fact, regular eyeglasses do not qualify as safety glasses, unless they happen to meet all of the specific criteria related to safety eyewear and have underwent the many tests qualifying them to be safety standard.
All of our safety eyewear is made with polycarbonate lenses, which are lightweight and impact-resistant. Polycarbonate has a refractive index of 1.58 making it thinner and more lightweight than Trivex.
Our favorite brands of safety eyewear include Wiley X and On Guard.