Prescription Safety Glasses: Your Complete Guide

Prescription safety glasses offer the perfect solution for those who need vision correction and robust eye protection.

Whether you’re on a worksite, in a lab or just working in the garden, prescription safety glasses ensure your eyes are shielded from harm whilst providing crystal-clear vision.

Let’s get into why prescription safety glasses are a must-have for daily protection.

Why you should wear prescription safety glasses

If you need prescription glasses and work in situations that pose risks to your eyes, you should wear prescription safety glasses every day to protect your eyes from dirt, debris, chemicals and other airborne hazards.

It’s important to protect your eyesight when taking on the rigours of a worksite.

And don’t settle for cheap and nasty over safety glasses.

Prescription safety glasses give you the clarity of vision you get from your usual prescription glasses, with the added protection of high-quality safety glasses.

What are prescription safety glasses?

Prescription safety glasses are traditional safety glasses made with your prescription lenses, whilst also meeting Australian safety standards.

Prescription safety glasses are typically one of two styles…

They can be metal frames that look like reading glasses with reinforced lenses and with ugly wings attached on the side.

Or, they’re oversized plastic safety glasses that look cheap and nasty, and like you’re an astronaut off to the space station.

Sure, they do the job.

But now, people have realised that these bog-standard safety glasses don’t cut the mustard when you need to where them all-day every day.

SafeStyle Founder Tim Lewis had an epiphany when he was searching for some decent looking safety glasses and couldn’t find any.

So, he decided to make his own.

This led to the creation of SafeStyle Classics, the world’s first stylish safety glasses.

After this, SafeStyle developed a range of stylish prescription safety glasses.

You can now get Classics and Fusions in prescription, and SafeStyles are your go-to for stylish and comfortable prescription safety glasses.

Can prescription glasses be used as safety glasses?

Everyday prescription glasses cannot be used as safety glasses as they do not have adequate safety specifications or certifications to protect your eyes.

Safety glasses should be tested and certified for medium impact protection. This means they can stand up to some tough punishment with no penetration.

So, should something hefty fly up and hit you in the eye, your eyes are safe.

In Australia, side protection is also mandatory on safety glasses, which standard prescription glasses don’t have.

Put simply, your day-to-day prescription glasses don’t protect your eyes anywhere near enough.

Prescription safety glasses are designed to protect your eyes from anything the worksite can throw at you, whilst also giving you crystal clear vision.

Can you wear safety glasses over prescription glasses?

There are some safety glasses you can wear over your prescription glasses, called Over Glasses, Fit Over Safety Glasses or ‘Overs’.

But, put simply, these are not your best option.

Fit over safety glasses are cumbersome, ugly and often uncomfortable to wear all day.

They’re handy if you don’t need to wear safety glasses regularly and they can be a quick 5-minute solution to eye protection.

But for those who need safety glasses every day, prescription safety glasses are by far the best option.

They’ll be more comfortable, offer better clarity of vision and, if you choose the right pair, will look far better.

Skip the cheap and nasty solution, go and get yourself a quality pair of prescription safety glasses.

Where to buy Prescription Safety Glasses?

SafeStyle’s Fusions and Classics are available as prescription safety glasses.

You can upload single-vision prescriptions to the SafeStyle website. Then just choose your style, the frame colour and your lenses.

If you need multi-focal prescription safety glasses, you can visit your local SafeStyle stockist. They will measure your eyesight in-store.

You’ll also choose your frame style and colour, and the optometrist will order your prescription safety glasses for you.

You can also order your single-vision prescription safety glasses in-store if you’d prefer to try them on and get a feel the frames in-person.

Upgrade to the ultimate prescription safety glasses

Prescription safety glasses provide crystal-clear vision correction and essential eye protection needed on worksites.

But don’t settle for uncomfortable or ugly prescription safety glasses.

Try SafeStyles today and upgrade to the ultimate prescription safety glasses.