OT(ish) Safetey Glasses for over 18s only?

[David]

I am looking for some laboratory style safety glasses - not for DIY exactly, although cooking bacon and sausages probably counts as DIY ;-)

Mainly, my glasses tend to get splashed with fat/oil now and then when I am cooking and I sometimes spend a while wondering why my eyesight has gone dodgy.

So a couple of pairs of lab safety glasses could well be a good idea.

I can't see anything about being dishwasher safe.

Mainly however, I am bemused by the restriction on buying polycarbonate safety glasses to people over 18.

Do they have a knife concealed in them somewhere?

Cheers

Dave R

[Brian Gaff]

Maybe they just don't look cool. However size range may have much to do with it both for fit and for children doing dangerous things.

Brian

[newshound]

Surely it would be better to have children doing dangerous things with safety glasses than without!

[Sam Plusnet]

Refuse to allow kids to have safety glasses and they won't do anything dangerous. Sounds daft of course, but some people do think that way about kids & condoms.