On 23/05/2013 10:12, David Rance wrote:
In message , Jake
writes

I was using a 2-stroke, mind, so it could be that an electric one
doesn't present as much of a danger to eyesight!


By comparison, electric strimmers (even the biggest) are weaklings! I
know you know but a few Garden Banter readers may pick this post up.

All too often, people graduate from electric to petrol (or jump
straight in) and don't listen to the "wear safety equipment" message.
Not just the face. Petrol gear will throw up all sorts of things. I've
chipped the car's paintwork.

Proper footwear, not just goggles but a proper full face protector.
Full leg protection, never shorts. If you wear specs, they won't
protect you. A stone thrown up can smash a specs lens and the only
place the shards will go is into your eye!

Only if you still have glass lenses in your spectacles. I haven't been
offered glass lenses for around twenty years. Not that I would want
glass now - too heavy. My lenses are made from the same material as eye
protectors.

David

I still have triplex lenses as they are shatter proof and don't scratch
when you wipe dust off them,
I tried those new fangled Plastic things but when I was rotovating dry
soil the dust had to be wiped off together with the sweat and within
weeks the lenses were so badly scratched that they were almost useless.
David @ a very mixed up part of Swansea Bay where we have had several
heavy showers, sunshine and very strong gusts of wind so far today, and
its a lot colder than the last few days.