Eyewear research

Laura Butler, key accounts manager for Specsavers Corporate Eyecare, explains: "Our research into employers’ choices concerning safety eyewear reveals that it is the overall package of quality, reputation, reliability and assurance that is vital in ensuring eyewear is good value for money." 

Quality is one of the biggest factors with 75% of respondents stating that quality is either the most important aspect or one of the most important aspects when choosing safety eyewear. Knowing that the product has a good life span is also a key driver, with 88% of employers stating that a 12-month guarantee would be valued or highly valued. 

The reputation of the supplier also plays a big part in the decision-making process, with 88% stating that this is important or very important to them.

Laura Butler comments: ‘It is vital to find a trusted and reputable supplier when it comes to safety eyewear.  Not all safety frames are the same, and it’s important that companies have confidence in their chosen supplier. The eyes can be extremely vulnerable to injury and it’s imperative that they’re well protected, and that the wearer has confidence in their safety glasses.’

Given this concern over ensuring that the eyewear provided is of the very highest quality, it is a worry that many employers feel their staff could do better at looking after their frames.  Just 18% of employers believe their staff look after their safety frames very well by, for example, keeping them in a case when they are not being worn.