Laser Safety Glasses - Essential Eye Protection for Laser Users
Released on: October 24, 2008, 10:44 pm
Press Release Author: Frank Smith
Industry: Electronics
Press Release Summary: With improvements in laser technology and the increased availability of high power lasers, the need for high quality low cost laser safety glasses or goggles is critical. Dragonlasers is a leading supplier of laser safety glasses goggles and is now selling low priced high quality laser safety eyewear on its web site at www.dragonlasers.com
Press Release Body: Both portable lasers and the larger bench mounted lasers are widely used for a number of applications ranging from laser displays and photography to astronomy, research and entertainment. Lasers in many forms are now common place and essential in our daily lives. Lasers though do not come with their dangers. The main danger of lasers is to our eyes.
A one second exposure at 5 meters or less to a laser pointer with a power of 125mW or more can cause permanent blindness. Even reflected laser beams are capable of causing serious and permanent damage to our eyes. To avoid such serious injuries laser safety glasses are essential for many applications.
Until recently laser safety glasses cost hundreds of dollars, where difficult to buy and were designed badly so they were uncomfortable and inconvenient to wear. This put laser glasses out of reach of many laser users and deterred many other laser users from wearing them.
Dragonlasers has solved these problems buy making laser safety glasses available online where they can be purchased by credit card in a matter of minutes and shipped to any destination world wide in 5 to 6 days. Dragonlasers laser safety glasses provide complete protection from all common visible color and infrared lasers with powers of up to 2 watts. These glasses are prices between $25 and $30, making them easily affordable to all laser users.
These laser safety glasses are made with advanced polymer lens that contain dyes capable of absorbing laser light in set wavelengths while allowing all other light to pass through. This means these laser safety glasses will provide the wearer with excellent visibility while providing full protection. They also come with a wrap around frame that can be comfortably worn over the top of prescription glasses.
Any one using lasers with 10mW or more of power is potentially putting their eyes at risk and should be wearing suitable laser safety glasses. You can now visit www.dragonlasers.com for information on laser safety glasses and to buy laser safety glasses online.