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FAS T HELME T ISOR K I T T H A T S H O U L D B E I N Y

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EYE PROTECTION IS, WITHOUT A DOUBT, AN ESSENTIAL PIECE OF MANDATORY but require much higher impact-resistance.
Polycarbonate lenses also protect the eye from
SAFETY EQUIPMENT YOU WILL HAVE IN YOUR GEAR LOCKER. THE VAST UV light. Many kinds of lenses are manufactured
from polycarbonate, including automotive
MAJORITY OF PLAYERS WILL SPEND HUNDREDS IF NOT THOUSANDS ON headlamp lenses, lighting lenses, sunglass/
THEIR RIFLES AND GEAR AND IN A LOT OF CASES OVERLOOK EYE PRO, WHICH eyeglass lenses, swimming goggles and SCUBA
masks, and also safety glasses/goggles/visors
COULD LEAD TO A DEVASTATING EYE INJURY. THE CHOICES OUT THERE ARE that you will find in the vast majority of shooting
glasses and goggles commonly found on a
QUITE FRANKLY DAUNTING AND THERE ARE A LOT OF MISINFORMED PLAYERS skirmish field.
OUT THERE PUTTING THEIR EYESIGHT IN DANGER WEARING INADEQUATE OR However, the one thing missing from FMA's
visor's is its safety rating. There is none apart
ILL-FITTING EYE PROTECTION. SPARE A THOUGHT FOR THE PRESCRIPTION from the manufactures production description
that informs us that the visor is made out of
SPECTACLE WEARERS OUT THERE TOO, THERE CHOICES ARE EVEN MORE 3mm thick polycarbonate.
Now that we have a better understanding
LIMITED, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE THAT CAN'T TOLERATE CONTACT LENSES OR of what a visor is designed for, along with the
USE PRESCRIPTION INSERTS DUE TO THE STRENGTH OF THEIR PRESCRIPTION benefits and drawbacks, we can appreciate why
there is a need for them and why so many CQB
OR EVEN THE CURVATURE OF THE INSERT THEMSELVES. players are using them as a layer of protection
to their faces. You could add a mandible to
Over the years, we have received many emails seal between the lens and contours of your face, your fast helmet which will offer you lower face
and even witnessed incidences with eye/face in fact, this shield has massive gaps on both protection as well, but some will affect your
shields that have spectacularly failed, but sides, but when you look at this or any other cheek weld with your chosen rifle, which can
thankfully with minimal injuries. You have visor as merely face protection, worn with eye cause restriction.
to look at visors as another level of eye/face pro then it's an entirely different story. It's important to remember that the FMA Fast
protection and not as your primary eye pro. They The FMA visor is produced in polycarbonate, Helmet Visor is not a standalone eye protection
are certainly not a good choice for prescription which is a versatile material in its own right option and this system should not be considered
spectacle users to wear over your standard and has many applications of use in a number to use in-play without additional and suitable eye
glasses as your first line of protection. of sectors across the world, for instance, in protection. As face protection goes, it certainly
The reason we say this is because of two main the injection moulding of drinking bottles, has its benefits although the lack of a safety
reasons. The first is that no eye shield we have glasses and food containers. More importantly, rating is most definitely a negative and possibly
seen meets with the correct safety standers polycarbonate is commonly used in eye a concern to some. We can see why there is a
needed for the skirmish field. If that's not protection, as well as in other projectile- demand for a product like this, but use it with
enough the second and possibly most damming resistant viewing and lighting applications caution and please do not forget to don some
feature of eye shields is its inability to provide a that would typically indicate the use of glass, extra eye pro on underneath.

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