In the 60’s and 70’s safety glasses and goggles were synonymous with ugly and uncomfortable. That began to change in the 80’s with advancements in polymers and the machines that work with those polymers.

Fast forward to 9/11 and the demand for high technology has gone through the roof and enlightened eyewear suppliers are quick to respond.

Body Specs, famous for their stylish and well made line of motor cycle goggles and glasses, found that the same technology used in preventing stones from penetrating lenses would work for the search/rescue model.

The Body Specs ballistic goggle was born!

This snug fitting goggle can be converted to attractive sunglasses for casual wear, by removing the retention strap and replacing it with the supplied temple pieces. Goggles and glasses for the same dollar spent! This is important to know as it gives the user more bang for his or her buck.

And these days who can’t use more bang for their buck?

By the way the goggle strap is adjustable and elasticized as well as narrow enough to make it comfortable when worn with climbing helmets and radio headsets.

Oh, did I mention the goggles’ debris gasket can be removed to improve airflow when converted to sunglasses?

Fear of breaking the temple pieces or gasket should not enter your mind as the frame is state of the art TR-90 MEGOL nylon. (Note: users in winter or arctic conditions may wish to warm up the frames before popping things apart)

The BSG-1 is packaged, in its own soft carry case, with three sets of lenses: smoke, amber and clear. All three are Anti-Fog coated. The amber and smoke are 100% UVA & UVB resistant and the clear are 99% UVA & UVB resistant. (Mountain rescue teams take note!) All the lenses meet ANSI Z87.1, Z80.3 ballistic and MIL-STD 662 fragmentation standards. The lenses can also be used as patterns for RX lenses for those that need a vision adjustment!

Being ballistic tested these glasses are ideal for urban fire/rescue teams, especially during automobile and collapsed structure extractions. The Body Specs Ballistic Goggle is perfect for keeping brush snags out of the eyes of wilderness search and rescue techs.