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re: Costa 580P Lenses - ANSI Approval
Posted on 5/19/20 at 11:08 pm to Corkfather
Posted on 5/19/20 at 11:08 pm to Corkfather
No they arent. They are built to Z87 standards, but they are not certified.
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Posted on 5/19/20 at 11:17 pm to DownshiftAndFloorIt
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They are built to Z87 standards, but they are not certified.
Pretty simple. What’s so hard to understand?
Posted on 5/19/20 at 11:19 pm to tgrbaitn08
My flashlight uses military grade aluminum.
I'm declaring war on North Korea!!!
I'm declaring war on North Korea!!!
Posted on 5/20/20 at 7:22 am to Corkfather
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According to Costa’s literature, they do test. Which brings me back to my main point of this thread... if they are testing to and meeting ANSI Z87 guidelines, why the hell are they screwing themselves out of an entire market by not just engraving a few little letters on the lenses?
Meeting the Z87.1 impact requirements is not the same thing as “meeting ANSI Z87 guidelines”. One big piece is that the ANSI standard also requires impact protection from the sides, which is why most true safety glasses have wrap around side shields, or long hinges that allow the frames to act as side shields.
Also, true compliance with the ANSI standard costs money in terms of continued testing/certification. The cost/benefit isn’t there for companies like Costa, especially since the Z87 stamp restricts their frame design and may be a turnoff to some customers.
WileyX is really the best, IMO, if you’re looking for “nice” safety glasses. Personally I use the cheap arse tinted Nemesis glasses because I don’t want my $200 sunglasses getting damaged at work.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:32 am to Corkfather
only ones that I know of are Wiley X unless you get a polarized pair of safety glasses. I believe dewalt has some as well as some of the standard safety glasses manufacturers
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:39 am to Corkfather
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said the LENSES are approved, I said nothing about the frames.
Correct me if I’m wrong here but who gives a frick if the frames are certified, it’s all about the lenses.
If there isn’t a stamp of approval anywhere on the glasses, they aren’t approved by OSHA
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:40 am to Corkfather
quote:So it means virtually nothing?
ANSI Approval
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:42 am to fightin tigers
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Startched cotton is just as fire retardant as FRCs.
FRC is the biggest joke/waste of resources out there isn’t it?
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:45 am to Sun God
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You should do an AMA on here
It would be very boring and My company does mostly industrial maintenance in pulp and paper and mining very little with oil/gas.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:46 am to BadatBourre
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No stamp, no ANSI approval. It might meet the standard, but isnt approved if it isnt stamped.
Yep.
And Costa sold out. They don’t honor the warranty anymore. Might check that out before you buy.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:47 am to Perrydawg
quote:I personally would love to see what you think you know
It would be very boring and My company does mostly industrial maintenance in pulp and paper and mining very little with oil/gas.
Posted on 5/20/20 at 8:50 am to Oilfieldbiology
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Correct me if I’m wrong here but who gives a frick if the frames are certified, it’s all about the lenses.
You are wrong. The frame is part of having certified glasses.
Coasta builds and tests their lenses to Z87 because it is a good guideline to ensure your customers arent getting exploded lenses in their face when a big arse bug hits them going 50mph in the boat. They do not go through the additional step of having the frames built to Z87, and they do not get the frames or lenses certified by ANSI. Odds are the lenses would fail as well. I doubt they follow ALL of the construction and testing guidelines for the lenses.
Eta: and following all of the guidelines is probably not smart for them. There are likely guidelines that would offer no benefit to their target market but add cost to the glasses.
The moral of the story is that coastas are not safety glasses, never were intended to be safety glasses, and are not acceptable to wear when Z87 eyewhere is required. They never will be, unless they develop a new product line.
This post was edited on 5/20/20 at 8:54 am
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