[SensiSamurai]

i have wore glasses my entire life and i'm glad i paid extra for the transition lenses. even though... i still try to not look directly at the lights. great advice to protect your eyes. how would you take care of the girls when your blind?

[Mr Celsius]

Thank you for the... thanks! Unfortunately, we don't actually have a mod for the vert section... so we can't sticky things :/

I think we should throw some candidates out there.

[antimatter]

I wear big sunglasses that cover fronts and sides and usually avoid looking at the lights directly or holding my hand infront, wouldn't consider doing it without sunglasses. The sun outside is definitely worse, try laying in the sun for a half hour with your eyes closed on a nice day and your vision will definitely be a bit funky when you go back inside, way worse than if I stared at a metal halide with sunglasses on.

Tanning Bed lights are another story, sunglasses arnt enough thats why people wear these.

[yesum]

i say turn off the lights and be sure.

[Mr Celsius]

Originally Posted by yesum

i say turn off the lights and be sure.

Couldn't agree more... but some people just don't want to. It'll wear your bulbs out a little quicker, but at the cost of saving your eyesight, I feel its worth it.

[beejium]

Originally Posted by Mr Celsius

Couldn't agree more... but some people just don't want to. It'll wear your bulbs out a little quicker, but at the cost of saving your eyesight, I feel its worth it.

bulbs should be fine as long as you let them cool completely before re igniting. i can't see one more cycle a day doing that much damage to the lamps.

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Mr Celsius, thank you for this advice, its unfortunate that you had to learn this through the proverbial 'school of hard knocks'. I for one will be heeding your advice.

[Puff Daddy]

Bump for importance. Thanks for sharing the warning and your experience Mr Celsius.

[Natagonnaworrie]

Thanks for sharing! this is the first time i am going to go (right now) and tack some shades up right on the door to my grow tent.. I'll throw up these green tinted aviator types for now, but does anyone have any suggestions as to what brand or any detail i should get to really protect the eyes??

a million thank you's

[SuperConductor]

Yep. If using a tent hang something from the frame at the door side that will block the light as you open it and keep it between yourself and the bulbs at all times, you can check your grow from there with lights on if you need to get closer turn the lights off. It's not so bad the first couple of grows but quickly gets painful and headaches become common afterwards even with just a couple of seconds exposure (talking just HPS not MH). Using a dripper system helps as you barely have to opent the tent.