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Uvex super OTG over-glasses

Eye protection for people who already wear glasses, at the same price in every European market — which almost never happens.

Uvex super OTG safety over-glasses, product photograph

Uvex super OTG over-glasses

Eye protection for people who already wear glasses, at the same price in every European market — which almost never happens.

Type
Over-glasses (OTG)
Coating
uvex Supravision Excellence — anti-fog inside, scratch and chemical resistant outside
Frame
Hingeless side arms with flexible tips
Origin
Made in Germany
Part number
UX-OO-OTG
Amazon reference
B003Y3TZ6K (identical on 5 markets)
EAN
4031101419091
  • Goes over prescription glasses, which is the reason most people go unprotected
  • Anti-fog inside and scratch resistant outside — the two coatings that decide whether they get worn
  • The listing states no EN impact rating

Best for: Anyone who wears prescription glasses and has been skipping eye protection because of it

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Specifications

Type
Over-glasses (OTG)
Coating
uvex Supravision Excellence — anti-fog inside, scratch and chemical resistant outside
Frame
Hingeless side arms with flexible tips
Origin
Made in Germany
Part number
UX-OO-OTG
Amazon reference
B003Y3TZ6K (identical on 5 markets)
EAN
4031101419091

Every figure below is a manufacturer specification read off the listing itself. The judgments are ours.

What the specification says

Over-glasses with a hingeless arm construction, flexible arm tips, and the uvex Supravision Excellence coating — anti-fog on the inside, scratch and chemical resistant on the outside. Made in Germany. Part number UX-OO-OTG.

No rating on the listing

The manufacturer describes the design and the coating at length and never quotes an impact standard. Uvex is a long-established maker of protective eyewear and the omission is almost certainly a listing gap rather than a product one, but it is a gap: the face shield reviewed alongside this states five standards by name, and this states none.

Hingeless arms are the comfort feature

The side arms have no hinge and no pivot: they flex along their length and the soft tips take the shape of the head. That is what lets them sit over the arms of a pair of prescription glasses without pressing them into the temples, which is the reason most over-glasses get abandoned after twenty minutes. It also means there is no hinge to fill with dust and seize.

Identical pricing across Europe

€14 in Germany, Britain, Italy and Spain, €15 in France. Not sold on amazon.com. A four-market price identity is rare enough on this site to be worth noting on its own — most products here vary by half or more between Germany and Italy, and this one varies by a euro.

Prices quoted in this text were read on 2026-08-12. The live price is at the top of the page.

What comes up most often

Why not just rely on my own glasses?

Because prescription lenses are not impact rated and the frames leave the sides open. A chip off a lathe or a mitre saw arrives from an unpredictable direction at speed, and an ordinary lens can shatter rather than deflect. Over-glasses exist precisely because the alternative — prescription safety glasses — costs many times more.

What does the anti-fog coating actually change?

Whether the glasses are on your face. Safety eyewear fails almost entirely through not being worn, and fogging in a cold workshop is the commonest reason people push them up. A coating that keeps the inside clear is not a luxury feature; it is the difference between protection and a pair of glasses on the bench.

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