Are these goggles safe? (BOLLE Trackers)

[callumbagshaw]

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Bolle-TRACKER-Safety-Glasses-CLEAR-LENS-Airsoft-Eye-Protection-Army-Goggles/361021722361?epid=1588122590&hash=item540e924ef9:g:~O0AAOxyu4dRraCj

The description says:

they will resist medium velocity impacts at temperature extremes.

"Medium velocity impact" seems incredibly subjective.

If I get hit by a truck at medium velocity it'll probably hurt more than being hit by a puppy at medium velocity.

If anyone knows whether these are genuinely safe, please let me know and I'll get a pair  

Cheers,
Cal.

 

[Arwen]

Yes, but way cheaper on amazon. 

I used to wear them, they fog easily but take direct hits from reasonably close range no bother. 

 

[Tommikka]

BOLLE specs are on their website, and rates the Bolle tracker with clear lens as:

B. Medium energy impact, resists a 6 mm, 0.86 g ball at 120 m/s.

120 metres per second is 393.7 feet per second 

http://www.bolle-safety.com/uploads/tech/tracker-gb-ft.pdf

 

[Duff]

Got my Bolle Silium Platinums from Patrolbase for less than £15 posted. 

Same rating, super lightweight and have personally been drilled in the face with an accidental full auto burst from about 10 ft direct to the lense the very first time I fielded them.

They never fog, after a game I wipe the sweat running down them and I'm good to go. The sweat cascade doesn't even affect vision. I have both clear and smoke and I can even use the smoke at night which I found pretty amazing.

 

[callumbagshaw]

Awesome I'll get myself a pair thanks for the speedy responses all.

 

[Georgeturner2001]

My friend has the trackers and they always Fog up due to them being full seal.

 

[Duff]

My friend has the trackers and they always Fog up due to them being full seal.

Yeah the Silium Platinum range are just specs rather than goggles. Some worry that a bb will get up underneath them. The chances of that happening are slim, more likely to get a bb directly up the nasal passage and into the brain than that shit happening.

 

[Georgeturner2001]

Yeah the Silium Platinum range are just specs rather than goggles. Some worry that a bb will get up underneath them. The chances of that happening are slim, more likely to get a bb directly up the nasal passage and into the brain than that shit happening.

Yeah I’ve worn glasses for a while and I’ve not had any issues, can be quite scary when you take a direct hit though!

 

[Duff]

Yeah I’ve worn glasses for a while and I’ve not had any issues, can be quite scary when you take a direct hit though!

Agree. I actually went back to the safezone so I could take them off and check they were intact. Not an effin scratch, impressed I was.

 

[Georgeturner2001]

Agree. I actually went back to the safezone so I could take them off and check they were intact. Not an effin scratch, impressed I was.

Yeah I wouldn’t trust mesh at all! Ballistic glasses are the way forward or one of those dye masks.

 

[Tommikka]

Yeah I wouldn’t trust mesh at all! Ballistic glasses are the way forward or one of those dye masks.

I held back ...... but ....., “full face, full face!!!!!”

99% of Paintball masks can be used for airsoft, and that other 1% or less is due to the air holes but the eye zone should be safe and sealed

 

[Georgeturner2001]

I held back ...... but ....., “full face, full face!!!!!”

99% of Paintball masks can be used for airsoft, and that other 1% or less is due to the air holes but the eye zone should be safe and sealed

It’s all about preference, if people want full face then there’s plenty of options.