Do you think your gogs are safe

[Wes Janson]

Bottom line is, as long as you haven't corroded your lens out with paint/cleaner/junk, and as long as it hasn't been exposed to much UV (which could seriously weaken it), and as long as it's been made in this millenium, it can probably stand up to far more than anything you can throw at it in paintball.

[the_next_guy_]

I hope my goggles are safe . I have taken some close hits and its held up so far. Has a lense ever given out on someone?

[Beemer]

only your eyes

Wow 285 views and 54 votes. Whats up with that?

i bought a nice chrome/smoke lens for my jt mask and the second time i went paintballing some punk hit me from at least 20 ft away and cracked it, shoulda chrono'd that piece :/ . i figured i'd best replace it... cost me $24.00, bastard.

I seem to remember some ridiculously low number of direct impacts - like 2?

Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

-Calvin

In the older documentation I got with my JT mask, once every year and everytime a the lens takes a direct hit.

Az

the manual for my Vforce Shield says to replace it if you're hit from a distance of 15-20 feet or less.

The lenses are lexan and although vert duable, can and will crack and fail under extreme conditions.So yes, multiple direct hits can weaken the lense

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Originally posted by toyotaboy12
15-20 feet that would be a bunkering move, alot closer, i say just check the mask if u get gogged, and replace the lenses every year or 2.
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and if you get bunkered to just check the lenz? No there can be stress cracks that you Can Not see.

These quotes from this thread

http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=120849

Well I got the ANSI standard sheet on goggles so if ya all have any questions let me know. It says to replace after a direct hit at 10 ft or every year. I just wonder if enough people pay attention to their lenses. With the ROF getting to where it is it makes me wonder about the safty aspects. Not to mention I think some of the stuff is out dated

How they really test the lens is with 8 hits at 400 fps + - 20, 1bps. 3 0n the left side, 3 on the right side and 2 where they think it might fail. Any crack or any sign of damage what so ever and it fails.

Well even if just one person becomes more aware, this thread was worth it.

Beemer

[TheTramp]

I have never (and I do mean never) been hit on the lense more than two times in a row. I have gotten 3-4 head shots at a time but like I said, no more than two in a row have ever hit the lense. Even at 20 bps you'll be able to duck your face after a couple of hits.

[Korrosion]

While reffing I once saw a guy who was running stop IN a stream of paint while looking at the shooter. I heard at least 9 distinct hits to his head/lense. There looked to be about 10-13 actual hits, about 9 of which were on the lense. This was at a distance of about 30 feet with the gun chronying at 295+- 2. I checked. The guy who got shot had to have me help him off the field... to much paint for him to see and/or whipe away. The lenses held up fine as far as we could tell but I told him to replace them anyway...

edit: fixed a typo

[Adrenaline_Junkie]

12 ft. away LOL My mag could hit every shot on the lense from 12 ft. away. O yeah, I know my mask could take it. Me and my friend tried somethin like that and the mask held up fine.

[Muzikman]

Originally posted by Adrenaline_Junkie
12 ft. away LOL My mag could hit every shot on the lense from 12 ft. away. O yeah, I know my mask could take it. Me and my friend tried somethin like that and the mask held up fine.

After you tried it, did you replace the lens? Check the story I told in the thread Beemer quoted us from.

I think I might give this a try. I have a scott Stiker mask that is two years old, but has never been used. See how many shots from 10ft does it take to crack or break the lens.

[Beemer]

change it

Originally posted by the_next_guy_
I hope my goggles are safe . I have taken some close hits and its held up so far. Has a lense ever given out on someone?

REPLACE the lens

[Muzikman]

For the $15-$20 that a lens costs, replace them when in doubt. It's funny that paintball players will spend $100 per weekend to play the game, but not $20 to play it safely

[Beemer]

ya

and it scares the poop out of me

[Adrenaline_Junkie]

Yeah i replaced the lens. It was a clear dye invision lense and we were gonna swap it out for a mirror lens so we tried to see if the lens could take a lot of close range lens shots. It was my friends mask so i was like what the hell lets try it. I wouldnt try it on my Profiler though just cus i dont want to buy a new lens.

[deathstalker]

Originally posted by Muzikman
For the $15-$20 that a lens costs, replace them when in doubt. It's funny that paintball players will spend $100 per weekend to play the game, but not $20 to play it safely

You can take it further: people will spend over $1,000 on a marker, but won't spend $20 on a lens.

When people ask me what equipment they should buy, I remind them that you can play paintball without a marker, but you can't play without a mask. What piece of equipment is more important?

[SuiciDal Sn Y p ER]

Originally posted by deathstalker

You can take it further: people will spend over $1,000 on a marker, but won't spend $20 on a lens.

When people ask me what equipment they should buy, I remind them that you can play paintball without a marker, but you can't play without a mask. What piece of equipment is more important?

Yes, but when you're talking to hyped up teens that think they are invincible they don't listen to you at all. They try to find the best marker they can buy and try to get the cheapest safety equipment, co2 tanks, and other stuff.

It seems like the only way for these people to learn is to learn the hard way. But in paintball you don't get a second chance, once that paintball goes flying into your eyes, you're done for.

[Wes Janson]

I understand the safety aspect, and in fact replaced mine on one of my masks a month or two ago, but personally I think the replacement guidelines are utter BS. If they really believed the mask had a chance of failing from 2 shots at 10 feet, they wouldn't dare market it for fear of liability. I strongly suspect it to be a way of getting more $$$ from the replacement lenses, and maintaining their business. Realistically, they can probably survive an awful lot of paint, and if used wisely could likely last several years. However, if people only replaced their lenses every 3 years, JT and the rest wouldn't be making nearly as much as they do now.. Each time you buy a replacement, that's half the cost of a new mask..and those lenses are probably dirt cheap to produce.

[bunkermaster10]

I've played w/ a crack in my lense for a long time now. I don't mind it. I think the lenses are really really really strong. I go to fields and see lenses as shooting targets that will never break.