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It’s range day! Grab your guns n’ ammo, targets and don’t forget your personal safety equipment. Usually limited to “eyes and ears,” these basic tools keep your shooting events from causing traumatic (eyes) or lingering (ears) damage. I’ve already covered WarBird’s Intrepid ear protection, now lets look at the WarBird Ghost Wolf eye protection.
WarBird Ghost Wolf Tech Specs
– 4SHADOW lens technology
– High-Contrast lenses create a vivid sight picture. Objects are more easily distinguished from their background, which can improve reaction time and performance.
– Meets ANSI Z87.1 Safety Rating for Impact Resistance for safety
– Kainwall Bio-based TR90 Frame Material for durability, light weight, comfort
– Thin temple design increases comfort when used with headphones and ear protection.
– Adjustable rubber non-toxic nose pad for the perfect fit
– Co-injected temple pieces for enhanced comfort and fit
– Mono Shield-style lens provides an unencumbered field of view.
– Vented temple pieces for breathability and sweat management
– Includes zippered protective case w/morale patch, quick-release clip, microfiber drawstring bag.
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Ok, a quick breakdown of features before we cover my range days.
First, yes, the WarBird Ghost Wolf is a very large set of eye protection. I had my pick of the litter and chose this set because it’s so dissimilar from the mainstream style that’s so ubiquitous. So, if the large ‘instructor’ style isn’t for you, rest assured they have more options.
The Ghost Wolf glasses are comfortable. The nose pad is soft and adjustable. The legs are thin, meaning there’s little disruption to your ear seal when wearing ear protection headsets.
I put in my request for these at the beginning of summer, hence the choice of ‘smoke’ shaded lenses. This was a good decision, as this summer has been an extremely bright and sunny one here in Oregon. While WarBird has a handful of different color choices, smoke was great for cutting down the sun blasting my retinas.
Speaking of a hot summer, one of the most common reasons shooters don’t wear eye pro in the summer? Sweat fog. Shooting glasses that you can’t see through are as useful as an ACOG on a knife. I don’t know much about fancy lens coatings, but I know that the lenses on the Ghost Wolf did a good job of staying clear, even when I was sweating buckets while running drills in 100-degree weather.
Range Days
As mentioned above, the Ghost Wolf was definitely designed to be used in conjunction with ear muffs. It seemed an obvious decision to try these with the Intrepid ear protection from WarBird. The legs of the Ghost Wolf eyewear are indeed thin enough for gelcups to mold around, keeping an effective ear seal and maintaining good hearing protection.
I’ve also run the Ghost Wolf eye protection with headsets from Howard Leight and Peltor, the results were the same.
The Ghost Wolf is ANSI Z87.1 rated for safety. I don’t work for OSHA, and the specifics of that rating are Greek to me, but I understand well enough the importance of good safety equipment. This was a lesson hammered home yet again while shooting steel at close range. I took some lead spatter to my face, the Ghost Wolf definitely spared me from the worst of it.
I noticed there’s no scratches on the lens afterwards, so I decided to give the Ghost Wolf a little more of a test. I placed the glasses facing towards a steel plate….
And then I shot the plate a few times with a .22 LR.
The glasses sustained minor damage. A few superficial scratches that brushed off and a collection of very small dents. The Ghost Wolf glasses are still entirely usable. I’m a bit interested in how the lens material dented rather than cracked.
Bottom Line
WarBird is heavily committed to the personal protection equipment (PPE) market. Besides the Intrepid ear protection and their many lines of eye protection, WarBird also offers body armor. I’m all for more companies producing good PPE, heavy emphasis on the good. So far, the Intrepid muffs have held up nicely, and I can finally vouch for the WarBird Ghost Wolf eye protection as well.
While the “instructor” style of the glasses is subjective, the comfort and performance are up to snuff. Your eyeballs are safely shielded behind the durable lens of the Ghost Wolf, and your field of view is gonna stay fog free. The Ghost Wolf comes in 10 colors, and runs only $99. Check it out!
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That is all well and good but how about a review of Rx shooting glasses? With bifocals or even trifocals.
If it’s anything like army issue there are inserts that attach around the nose section. I remember it wasn’t cheap if .gov isn’t paying for it but no idea what it is now.
“…how about a review of Rx shooting glasses?”
Google the term ‘Rx shooting glasses’, and let your fingers do the walking…
“I’m a bit interested in how the lens material dented rather than cracked.”
It didn’t dent, a dent is a deformation of the material.
Basically and simply; This is different, a small amount of the surface material was sacrificed and ‘broke loose’ at the impact points leaving a small shallow ‘crater’ of sorts. Its how the sacrificial nature of the material works to prevent impact energy from causing penetration through the material or cracking it (up to a point that is, this attribute can be exceeded and defeated leading to penetration or cracking – there are limits) – a small amount of surface integrity is sacrificed to allow the impact energy to spread out to be dampened by the rest of the material. Its the same basic principal (a little different in the makeup for how it works for that but the basics are the same) behind ballistic glass – a small mount of surface integrity is sacrificed at impact points to let the impact energy be dampened material.
“The glasses sustained minor damage. A few superficial scratches that brushed off and a collection of very small dents. The Ghost Wolf glasses are still entirely usable. I’m a bit interested in how the lens material dented rather than cracked.”
more specifically > “The Ghost Wolf glasses are still entirely usable.”
Those glasses (the ones you used for the article pic Jens) should be replaced and not used again.
This is due to the ‘thin’ nature of the material. After an impact like you got (indicated by your picture) sacrifices some of that surface material, the underlying structure is weakened some by lack of that material for its original purpose and another impact in or near the same spot increases the likely hood of penetration. Its better to be safe than sorry.
Most jobs dont care if you take their safety glasses/ goggles home.
Not as nice as the Warbird Ghost Riders I’m sure but they are free.
Remember the Cuban advice. A good job isn’t just about the money you make but what you can steal from the employer.
If your employer provides safety glasses/goggles from Home Depot to protect your eyes while you’re running a saw or grinder wheel, or while you’re working with splashy splattery liquids, those won’t help when the bullet fragments come back at you from the steel target. Regardless how much you saved by stealing it from your employer, unless it meets at least one of “ANSI Z87.1-2020” or “CE EN 166” or “MIL-PRF-32432A” there’s no reason to trust it to protect your eyes from ballistic injury.
Home Depot does have safety glasses (different brands and styles, one style from brand Milwakee looks a lot like the glasses in this article) that meet ANSI Z87.1+.
The ‘+’ means the safety glasses have passed high velocity impact tests. Meeting ‘high-velocity impact tests’ includes some ballistic factors but not inclusive of them. The high-velocity impacts testing is for small objects like gravel or metal fragments.
The ‘+’ also means something else aside from the impact testing – it also indicates that they have been tested for optical clarity and provide 100% UV protection.
The basic Z87 standard requires that safety eyewear must be able to withstand an impact of a 1 inch steel ball dropped from a height of 50 inches without any penetration, cracking, or breaking.
For a ‘High Impact Rating’ which includes ballistic factors in testing the rating would be ‘ANSI Z87.1+H’
The shooting glasses in this article are just saying ‘ANSI Z87.1’. On their web site they say “Meets ANSI Z87.1 Safety Rating for Impact Resistance for safety.” …but note there is no ‘+’. Without the ‘+’ means they are just tested low velocity impact and not with ballistic factors. But it also puzzles me because on their web site they say “100% UVA/UVB Blocking.” but there is no ‘+’ which also indicates 100% UV protection that includes UVA/UVB. So how are these glasses actually rated, ANSI Z87.1 or ANSI Z87.1+, and is the rating info on the site incorrect and maybe they mean ANSI Z87.1+?
The majority of the shooting glasses on the market meet ANSI Z87.1 (and may also meet other standards, but the only standard listed for this article product is ANSI Z87.1)
So in term’s of the ‘shooting glasses’ in this article, the Home Depot safety glasses that meet ANSI Z87.1+ would be a better choice ‘safety wise’ and a lot less expensive too – if just comparing this article ‘shooting glasses’ to Home Depot sold safety glasses.
and to add…
‘Impact testing’ is not ‘Penetration Testing’. It is only ‘resistance testing’ and does not mean ‘penetration proof’. Like, for example, ‘water resistant’ does not mean ‘water proof’
to also add…
‘high velocity’ does not mean ‘high impact’ in the ANSI Z87.1 aspect. (and now ANSI/ISEA Z87.1-2020),
High Mass Impact (AKA ‘high impact’, ‘High Impact Rating’) – This test involves a 500-gram pointed weight being dropped from at least 4 feet onto safety glasses (including googles) mounted to a head form. (This is the area where ballistic impact resistance is considered in terms of penetration)
High-Velocity Impact – In this test, a steel ball traveling 102 mph is shot at the safety glass lens. For safety goggles (not glasses), the ball travels at 250 mph. (this has ballistic factors, but its not inclusive of them.)
I just noticed in the pic (at the very top) with the article that the frame is marked Z87+ on the frame inside and not Z87.1+.
So that means, in terms of Z87+ (not Z87.1+) that these glasses meet that Z87 (not Z87.1) standard for ‘high-velocity impact’ and not ‘high mass impact’.
Also, War Bird (on the web site) says they meet Z87.1 but on the glasses in the pic they are marked on the frame inside Z87+ and not Z87.1 or Z87.1+.
Something is wrong here. Either War Bird is wrong in their advertising or the glasses are marked incorrectly.
“Most jobs dont care if you take their safety glasses/ goggles home.”
Preach it, a job I had gave each employee a chit each year at a local RX eyeglasses store for prescription safety glasses with side shields…
I spend a lot of time on the water. My eye protection has to be polarized. There’s a couple of companies that bridge the gap, Expensive, but worth it. I only have two eyes, someone told me they quit making spares.
4shadow is their name for their polarized treatment
Fellow readers and commenters on TTaG, please be especially aware the next few days. I have learned of several network, software, computer, and smart-phone glitches starting yesterday–way more than I have ever heard of simultaneously. Additionally, I just heard that Apple released an emergency iOS security update today and is urging everyone to install it on their Apple devices as soon as possible. And then legacy media reported that three homes across the U.S. exploded today–allegedly due to natural gas (or propane if applicable) leaks. All this is on the heals of someone severing major undersea fiber-optic communication cables to Finland and one of the Baltic States (Lithuania I believe). And ALL of that following Russia’s published policy that Russia considers the U.S. to be legitimate target for reprisals now that the U.S. gave Ukraine the O.K. to launch U.S. made missiles into Russia.
All of the above could be the most statistically unlikely coincidence ever. Or Russia could be making good on its promise to strike the U.S. for allowing Ukraine to launch U.S. manufactured missiles into Russia. In other words our nation (and possibly even all of NATO) could literally be under attack. If you don’t have a firearm and plenty of ammunition already, I urge you to drop everything tomorrow (Thursday, November 21st) and acquire whatever you are lacking.
Apologies for hijacking this topic–something that I have never done before.
Thanks on the heads-up…
Tulsa Oklahoma oil tank baze has been contained after it caught on fire yesterday.
Biden had two years to give the go ahead on the missile launches, why now?.
Nobody fucks with a Biden , right. Trump had the ? Jan6 insurrection? Biden just started WW3.
Paybacks a bitch.
“Biden had two years to give the go ahead on the missile launches, why now?”
Biden and Harris and Dems were counting on a second term. They would have escalated the war any way and done this in a second term. But they held off on the missiles and money because of the upcoming election and campaigning to avoid it being used as a Trump point to negatively impact Biden in a second run which did not happen, and then delayed some with Harris running.
So now Dems are using Ukraine now as part of their plans to sabotage and cripple an incoming Trump presidency. Trump would have had an easier path towards winding down the war had this not happened but now he is saddled with an escalating war we can’t pull away from and de-escalate as easily as it would have been.
oblammo’s 4th term… stop giving spongebrain poopypants credit.
And in this one I’m not to sure bullets are the answer, more like hazmat suits and gas mask.
Coronavirus 2.0 the new and improved version.
Always look on the bright side though, nuclear wind should spin them wind turbines like a bitch, that should keep the electric heater running just fine during the nuclear winter.
Scorched earth is a whole lot better then Trump as president, right Miner49.
Tulsa Oklahoma oil tank farm. I was typing to fast.
“typing to fast.” i hope it takes your mind off your hunger.
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I use various tint safety glasses from Grainger. For viewing putin nukes you’ll need welding googles.
i have cases in work and personals trucks. craft in the field receive them if not wearing eyepro, strange dad weed whacking gets a pair too. couple dozen styles, some with magnifiers built in. just got some new ones, self darkening light blue tints, “hot” something, they’re on my bikey.