Seeing the real cost
May 1st 2010 Tests conducted by uvex show that in
the majority of cases, if an organisation
buys cheap safety spectacles
costing around £2 per pair rather
than superior quality ones for £6
each, they will be likely to end up
paying double over the course of a
year to protect their employees' eyes.
The real cost of protective eyewear
is its cost over its entire life span. In
uvex's tests on the durability of the
lens coatings, their own and other
manufacturers' safety spectacles were
repeatedly washed to see how quickly
the anti-fog coating deteriorated.
The tests revealed that, assuming
two washes per week through 44
weeks per year, users of the £2
spectacles would go through 22 pairs
a year, costing an average £44 per
person, while those using spectacles
costing £6 per pair would only need
3.6 pairs in a year because the anti-fog
coating lasts up to and beyond 12
weeks, a total cost of £21.60 per
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