[Help] which gloves and eyewear should I pick ?

[TheSSN20]

Hello gentlewomen and gentlemen. Let me explain my situation : (and forgive me about the grammar mistakes I might make in the future, I'm not an English native speaker)

I'm a 18 Frenchman and next July, I will join the French army reserve and, when I have my degree, I join the regular army for a 5 years contract. This should give me a preview of he military life. The fact is : I heard that it is very very important to protect your hands and eyes. I'm not a fool, I don't want my eyes or hands to be injured. And, I want to be always at my best to complete the missions that will be assigned to me. I don't want the sun, dust or sand to bother my vision, and same for my hands.

So I need some help to choose my eyewear and my gloves. I hope there is people here that are soldiers, veterans from different armies around the world or simply amateurs who know a lot more than me about military gear and who have experienced different products and brands.

No need to bother about the size, I will handle this on my own once I know which model I choose. However, about the budget, I'd prefer under 150€ for the eyewear and under 100€ for the gloves.

For the eyewear, I was thinking about the crossbow tactical glasses from ESS. Are they great ? I precise that I'm opened about any other alternative like goggles.
Something you need to know : I will have to wear correction glasses or contact lens (by the way which of them is more adapted to the military life ?), So I need my eyewear to be compatible with my eye correction. And for those who also wear eye correction, what is your choice and why ?
For the glasses lens, the weather in France can be a very low light and cloudy (whenever in the year) but also an heavy bright sun (but only in summer) and obviously medium luminosity most of the time. So I think I will need smoked lens in order to not being bothered by the sun, but also yellow, copper or clear lens for the cloudy days.

For the gloves, I think I won't need heavy protected or fireproof gloves. Dexterity will be the most important factor. I was thinking about the SI Assault Gloves from Oakley.

Thanks a lot for all answers and advices you will give to me, any information will be well received !

Also, I'm not sure if this website is the most appropriate for that kind of thread, if it's not, please tell me where I should go to get answers. Thank you again, have a nice day !

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[Flying10uk]

Have you asked for advice from the French military as to what would be the most appropriate eye and hand protection? If you buy something without asking them first they may tell you that what you have purchased is not suitable.

[Paul S.]

The above advice is spot on. Should there not be any limits, go with what you see your police and military are using or pick the what you like from the vast selection of what is available.

You will want gloves that are form fitting to your hands with the dexterity needed for weapons and equipment manipulation. They will also need to be 'hard wearing' (meaning not easily worn out). As for eye protection, look for shooting glasses or goggles such as those made by (in alphabetical order only) ESS, Oakley or Revision. I would also recommend getting a second, spare set of glasses and gloves just in case.

[Aragorn243]

In the United States, you are issued everything and as a raw recruit, you don't have options. Uniform means exactly that, everyone is the same. They issue the corrective lenses also.

Once you get through basic training, a lot of that is relaxed, especially the eye wear.

[TheSSN20]

Thank you all for the replies.

Thanks to your advices, I just asked on a French military forum if I can bring my own stuff for the reserve. Let's see what I will get, I will keep you told about my progression !

[Aragorn243]

Yeah, we called the glasses "Birth control glasses" because no woman is going to go out with you when you are wearing them.