A whipper snipper throws grit, stones and wire at your face at about a hundred kilometres an hour. Most people wear sunnies and turn their head away. That works until the day a stone comes back off the edging and you are picking it out of your cheek. This covers the whole face in one curved piece of polycarbonate, from forehead to under the chin, and weighs almost nothing while it does it.

Why It Stands Out

• It covers the whole face, not just the eyes — forehead to chin in one curved screen. Safety glasses leave your cheeks, nose and mouth in the firing line.
• It wraps around the chin — the bottom edge curves in under your jaw instead of hanging flat, so nothing comes up from below.
• Anti-fog coating on both sides — the complaint that kills every cheap shield. Coated inside and out, it stays clear while you are breathing hard.
• Vent holes along the chin — warm breath escapes downward instead of sitting against the screen.
• Soft silicone frame — it flexes to the shape of your face rather than pressing on your forehead for an hour.
• It fits over glasses — prescription or safety, both go underneath without pushing the shield off your face.
• Light enough to forget — 260 g, which is why it ends up being worn rather than left in the shed.

Where to Wear It

• Whipper snippering and edging — the job it exists for. Line trimmers fling grit and stones straight back at head height.
• Brush cutting with a metal blade — more mass, more speed, more reason to have something in front of your face.
• Mowing and mulching — the mower chute throws more than people expect.
• Hedging and chainsaw work — sawdust and chips off a hedge trimmer go everywhere.
• Angle grinding and cutting pavers — concrete dust and sparks off a cut-off wheel.
• Spreading mulch, lime or fertiliser on a windy day.
• Clearing a dusty shed — or anywhere a nor'wester is picking up the topsoil.

How It Works

1. A single curved polycarbonate screen covers the face, 17 cm across and 16.5 cm deep.
2. A soft silicone frame seats it against your forehead and under your chin.
3. A wide elastic strap runs round the back of the head and adjusts through a slide buckle.
4. A removable valve in the chin takes a filter pad when you want one.

How to Wear It

1.Set the strap snug, not tight — firm enough that it does not move when you look down, loose enough to wear for an hour.
2. Seat the chin curve under your jaw before you tighten the strap, not after.
3. Check for a gap at the forehead — if you can see daylight above your eyebrows the strap is too low on your skull.
4. Wipe the inside with a dry cloth before you start, not a wet one.

Tip: never clean it with metho, thinners or a tissue. Solvents eat the anti-fog coating and tissue scratches polycarbonate, and once the coating is gone the shield fogs for the rest of its life. Warm water, a drop of dish soap and a soft cloth, air dried.

Care and Maintenance

• Wash in warm soapy water and air dry. No solvents, no paper towel.
• Store it face up in a drawer, not thrown on a bench where it gets scratched.
• Replace the filter pad when it discolours.
• Retire it if the screen is scratched or cracked — a scratched shield is a blind spot.

Specifications

What's Included

• 1 × Face shield with silicone frame and adjustable strap
• 10 × Filter pads, on the version you select

Before you order: choose whether you want the filter pads, and note this is comfort and splash protection rather than certified safety gear.