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Your cart is empty.Hot Max lightweight #5 shade tinted safety glasses are lightweight and comfortable glasses. They are ANSI Z87.1 approved. These glasses offer economical safety for at home or at the construction site.
Richard Baril
Reviewed in Canada on May 24, 2024
Worth the price but they definitely have uneven shade from. One pair much darker on the right, the other pair I checked was much darker on the left. Still usable, good fit, feel like sparks won't easily get around these.
Customer
Reviewed in Canada on February 1, 2023
If you wear these glasses around someone welding it could stop welding flashes
oscar porcayo
Reviewed in the United States on January 8, 2023
I'm using this while I operate my cnc plasma table and they work great couldn't be happier
Rick Fallis
Reviewed in Canada on July 14, 2021
Not as dark as I thought
Howard S.
Reviewed in Canada on June 6, 2021
I've used them for plasma, grinding, and as sunglasses in a very bright outdoor workplace.They are perfect for plasma cutting.As sunglasses, or for grinding, they are alright but not perfect. There's a gap between my face and the bottom edge, all the way from the arms to the nosepiece. The light that gets in seems very bright and annoying compared to the super-dark filtered view through the lenses. And while grinding, sparks do fly up into the same gap. I end up scrunching my face to close the gap.
Zac DeYonker
Reviewed in the United States on February 29, 2020
They do what they're supposed to do. They save your eyes from harmful light.
Orlando
Reviewed in Canada on November 25, 2020
Be aware these are not really a shade 5 or a shade 3 they sit somewhere in between but still closer to a shade 3.They work but just not shade 5!!
humphrey
Reviewed in Canada on November 15, 2020
Great value for money.
Laz
Reviewed in Canada on August 20, 2019
I have a damaged Iris and I am very sensitive to direct sunlight these glasses are perfect cheap enough to throw away if they get scratched I put my individual bagshighly recommend it
danielle
Reviewed in Canada on March 11, 2019
Great product, works great for welding
Bri
Reviewed in the United States on January 20, 2019
To those that don't understand, shade #5 is best for torch or plasma cutting. They are green shaded, which means it will make you colorblind to almost everything, including red lights, and brake lights. Please, don't buy these if you don't understand what shade #5 means.These are great for use with oxy/acetylene torching and also plasma cutting. I use it for both and it works well.
Erik Nelson
Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2014
i’m seemingly sensitive to light, and so sought to find the DARKEST & LARGEST lenses, which would provide the maximum amount of coverage over my visual field (i.e. letting in the least light, from any angle or direction), whilst dimming down daylight the maximum amount (welding-style “Shade 5” lenses let in, typically, 2% of visible light, allot less than the next-darkest “dark grey” lenses, at 9-10% V.L.T. visible-light-transmission).i’ve tried out TWENTY (20) types of frames for fit (relying on returns-for-refunds)… and found the following… First, perhaps importantly for other people, different brands are different COLORS:grey-green… Hot-Maxgreen-green… Jacksonyellow-green… Sellstrom, Uvexgreenish-yellow… Crews, Edge, Hobart, Miller, PyramexFor example, the JACKSON’s are “green-green-green-green-no-no-seriously-ONLY-green”. Thru Jackson green-green lenses, red lights & blues are blocked out, practically completely. i think, that Jackson lenses let in light, only of green, visible-band, wavelengths, 550-600nm… i think, that they block out EVERY-and-ALL other wave-lengths, i.e. ALL UV, and ALL IR… if so, then those are the ones you’d want, were you welding (or whatever) where IR / UV protection was preferred. Conversely, most manufacturers make lenses, that are (by comparison) only a vaguely-greenish yellow, through which reds are readily visible, only dimmed a degree. i think, that that means, that those lenses let in light, of red visible, and even IR invisible, wavelengths.That might make some degree of difference, for some people. But, what i was wanting, was mainly overall DARKNESS ( = all Shade 5 welding lenses) and COMPLETE COVERAGE… that’s where the specific form & fit of FRAMES makes dramatic differences. The following frames are ranked, per that PERSONAL preference…COMPLETE COVERAGE==========================PYRAMEX “V2G” (w/ optional Rx insert)UVEX “Genesis XC” (w/ optional Rx insert)top two types, cannot complain about coverage… “XC” supposedly stands for “Extra Coverage”, and it does deliver in that regard… Uvex lenses are greener (“slightly-yellowish-green”) whereas Pyramex’s are yellower (“greenish-yellow”)… reds are readily readable, with a Pyramex pair, but are dimmer-and-darker, seen through a Uvex lens (cp. Jackson lenses, which are “Brilliant Irish Emerald Green ONLY”, which block out both blues & reds practically completely)… the V2G’s have a got a good gasket, allot like the Hobart’s (below), made from semi-soft-but-solid rubber, which (unlike foam, which Wiley-X uses for their face-fitting frames) does not absorb grease or moisture, and is quick & easy to clean & dry… V2G’s also come equipped w/ inter-changeable temples / struts / legs / arms vs. single strap (adjustable)… both of the above can accommodate special Rx inserts (for Uvex, the cryptic part number is “3350”)… Overall, the Pyramex V2G''s may be a degree darker than the Uvex Genesis XC's...UVEX “Skyper”as complete a coverage as the previous pairs… BUT are big, boxy, bulky, with wide wings… they jut way out at the temples, such that the sides look like ice-cream scoops… they scoop up lots of light, which readily reflects off the back of the lenses, straight into eyes… might not be as bad, for bigger faces… overall, would NOT recommendSELLSTROM “Grafit”perhaps the DARKEST of the lenses i look thru… the wings are basically blinders, letting in nearly no light from any direction but fully from the front… only down-side, is that the wings are apparently produced from the same poly-carbonate plastic as the lenses, only dyed much more, until they’re basically black & completely opaque… but, they are SMOOTH & SHINY, and unless they absolutely hug your face, and seal to your skin, any light let in reflects off the back of the lenses, constantly creating bright ghostly shimmering mirrory mirages… work well for working IF you have a hat on, e.g. a densely-woven beanie pulled down over the tops of the templesEDGE “Dakura”according to Safety-Glasses-USA, “everybody loves these”, and i see why… surprisingly tight wrap, they absolutely HUG your face, letting little light in, despite their small size… would be PERFECT if peripherals were blocked out, with wider bigger temples / arms / legs / struts… as is, they provide nearly NO PERIPHERAL PROTECTION (straight from sides, 90-degrees from front)HOBART “770726”mean-looking mirrored lenses must make some sort of statement… have got a good gasket, of spongy-but-SOLID RUBBER, allot like the Pyramex V2G’s, which let in little light, without being a form of FOAM, which absorbs facial-skin-oils & get greasy whilst being hard to clean (and take tons of time to dry out when you do)… but, are built on a big “base curve”, which would work well, only for BIGGER FACES… as is, they do not wrap tightly to me, jutting way out at the temples… and the MIRROR coating reflects any-and-all light let in from the sides, straight back in the eyes… otherwise would be the one’s i’d wantLET A LITTLE LIGHT IN=========================CREWS “Storm”competes for the DARKEST over-all lens tint i tried… and competes for CHEAPEST frames i fitted… temples ROTATE to some degree, so you can ANGLE the lenses for fit… no other pair possesses that particular feature… wrap way around to provide peripheral protection, and are shaped so as to minimize any internal reflections… overall, even i like these allotHOT-MAX “25064”one-of-a-kind “DARK green” lens, looks like a Uvex lens dyed with more gray / black coloring agent (or a dark-grey lens dyed w/ gobs of green), pretty-good-protection, especially peripherally, and do not create any kinds of “internal reflections” bouncing light, let in from the sides, back into eyesLET LOTS OF LIGHT IN (ordered by decreasing coverage, largest lenses at top, tiniest at bottom)==============================================================================================UVEX “Genesis”SMITH & WESSON “Magnum 3G”these top two are about the best of this bunch, but let in lots of light from low down on the visual field, i.e. the lenses don’t extend downwards far enough, to block light from low anglesRADNOR “Premier”wide, out-flaring nose cut-out, lets in lots of light, in bottom-center of visual field, allot like the Jackson Nemesis’CREWS “Triwear”nose-piece lifts lenses off nose, creating a gap letting in lightCREWS “Blackjack”all three (3) CREWS frames i fitted, look like their lenses, are essentially the SAME… but, the ability to ROTATE the lenses, of the “Storm” style, made for a much better, light-blocking, fit (to my face)… the “Blackjack’s” look like the identical lenses, fitted to more stylish sleek metal-made arms / legs / struts / temples, which are not-adjustable… the one fixed fit didn’t fit my face, letting in lots of lightEDGE “Zorge”JACKSON “Nemesis” = BOUTON “Answer” (Bouton’s “answer to the Nemesis” was apparently to directly copy the design)JACKSON “Hell-Raiser”Jackson has some special proprietary production process… their lenses are GREEN-MORE-GREEN-NOTHING-BUT-GREEN… probably provide the best possible protection, you cannot read red LEDs (like on clocks, microwaves, or appliances) through Jacksons… theirs are the lenses i would want, were they fitted for fuller framesMILLER “235658”angle up towards temples & look “bug-eyed”, rest fairly far from face, let allot of light in from all ways around (except from direct front)
AZwiz
Reviewed in the United States on January 5, 2013
Excellent set of glasses. Their use for me was for one simple thing... just for serving into the morning sun when playing tennis. Once your serving term is over though, I suggest you change back to your regular sun glasses.
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