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title: "Safety eyewear: Application recommendations"
url: "https://www.uvex.co.za/en/product-assistants/safety-eyewear-application-recommendations"
description: Get expert guidance on choosing UVEX safety eyewear for your specific tasks and environments. Explore tailored recommendations to ensure optimal eye protection, comfort, and visibility.
date: 2024-02-28
modified: 2025-08-05
locale: en_GB
---

# Safety eyewear: Application recommendations

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 When it comes to safety eyewear there is no single perfect solution. Depending on your task at hand, several properties come into play: You need the right eyewear model, suitable lens material as well as matching lens tinting and coating. Here's a overview of typical fields of application along with our recommendations – and if you want to dig deeper into lens tints, we recommend checking out our [interactive lens tinting advisor](https://www.uvex-safety.com/uvex_app/uvex-toenung/?lang=en).

 ### Mechanical risks

| Working conditions | Eyewear model | lens material | lens tint | lens coating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Light and precision engineering | spectacles | PC | clear | [uvex supravision AR (anti-reflet)](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ed97250b9afc5dab3ba7ff3)  [uvex supravision excellence](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f) |
| Assembly, maintenance | spectacles | PC | clear | [uvex supravision excellence](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f) |
| Grinding, angle grinding | spectacles  goggles | PC | clear | [uvex supravision excellence ](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f)  [uvex supravision extreme](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ec673d8aaf57ea4f97458c8) |
| Turning, milling | spectacles | PC | clear | [uvex supravision excellence](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f) |
| Dusty environments | goggles | PC | clear | [uvex supravision excellence ](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f)  [uvex supravision extreme](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ec673d8aaf57ea4f97458c8) |
| Foundry cleaning | goggles | PC | clear | [uvex supravision excellence](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f)  [uvex supravision extreme](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ec673d8aaf57ea4f97458c8) |
| Forestry and agriculture | spectacles | PC | clear  amber  grey 23 % | [uvex supravision excellence](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f)  [uvex supravision extreme](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ec673d8aaf57ea4f97458c8) |

 ### Chemical risks

| Working conditions | Eyewear model | lens material | lens tint | lens coating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laboratory | spectacles  goggles | PC  CA | clear | [uvex supravision sapphire](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ed170a08c6507f5731bb88f)  [uvex supravision excellence](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f) |
| Working with acids and galvanic media | goggles | PC  CA | clear | [uvex supravision excellence](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f)  [uvex supravision extreme](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ec673d8aaf57ea4f97458c8) |

 ### Optical risks

| Working conditions | Eyewear model | lens material | lens tint | lens coating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spot welding  Soldering  Oxygene cutting  Gas welding, braze welding  Welders assistant  Foundries  Furnaces | spectacles  goggles | PC | welding shade | [uvex infradur](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919f31717690e52fe2d8000da7)  [uvex infradur plus](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919f2e7380a6dd7fd8e2922fb1) |
| Outdoors – sunglare | spectacles | PC | grey  brown  silver mirror | [uvex supravision excellence](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f)  [uvex supravision extreme](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ec673d8aaf57ea4f97458c8) |
| Offshoring/maritime | spectacles | PC | variomatic  polavision | [uvex supravision variomatic ](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ed47146bdcd65b5c4658a4a)  uvex polavision |
| Strong lighting, glare | spectacles | PC | CBR 65  silver mirror 53 % | [uvex supravision excellence ](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f)  [uvex supravision extreme](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ec673d8aaf57ea4f97458c8) |
| Mixed lighting | spectacles | PC | clear | [uvex supravision AR (anti-reflet)](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ed97250b9afc5dab3ba7ff3) |

 ### Other risks

| Working conditions | Eyewear model | lens material | lens tint | lens coating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil and gas | spectacles  overspecs  goggles | PC | clear | [uvex supravision plus](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919edd70b585bb125604ee01d0) |
| Plant visitors | spectacles  overspecs | PC | clear | [uvex supravision excellence ](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ecd731dada328519370a95f)  [uvex supravision sapphire](https://www.uvex-safety.com/en/products/safety-glasses?properties=01973b919ed170a08c6507f5731bb88f)  uncoated |