Glasses Keep Slipping Down Nose, Keepons Eyeglass Retainers Can Fix ThatKeepons keep your glasses on and are a safe alternative to eyeglass straps, cords, chains, and lanyards which are actually very dangerous.
By: chamightlike.com "The problem with these rope type eyeglass retainers is that they all work the same way," explains Michael Wong, marketing manager for chamightlike.com. "Attach one end of the retainer to one of your eyeglass temple tips and the other end to the other temple tip. Then as you wear your glasses, the weight of the strap, cord, chain, or lanyard balances the front heavy nature of your eyeglasses so they won't slip." He goes to explain that these devices are considered inelegant solutions because it's replacing one problem with another problem and a potentially dangerous one at that. Like a gentle professor with his graying hair and cardigan, Wong explains, "These rope type eyewear retainers all hang off the back of your ears and rest on the back of your neck and shoulders. In the long run, this causes discomfort because when we turn our heads left and right, our motion is somewhat restricted. Not restricted a lot, but just enough for us to feel it is a nuisance." He demonstrates how the straps, cords, chains, and lanyard lengths sit on middle of the shoulders and create a drag effect on clothing which is uncomfortable. "That's why many people flock to buying these straps, cords, chains, and lanyards, but after a day or so just throw them in a drawer or into the garbage can. They quickly realize that the discomfort of restricted head movements as a result of wearing these products is just as bad as the discomfort of their glasses slipping down their noses. But-," Wong suddenly comes to life as if discussing something as serious as cancer or famine or war, "here's something that most people never consider. Wearing eyeglass straps, eyeglass cords, eyeglass chains, and eyeglass lanyards are potentially dangerous. Imagine you're back in school and wearing these products. Or imagine your son or daughter wearing eyeglass cords to keep their glasses on. What do you suppose a bully or a troublemaker would do if they saw that? Exactly, they pull on it just when you least expected it. They'd yank on it with the intention of hurting you so they could laugh at you or embarrass you in front of the other kids. And it would hurt. You might fall. If the floor was wet or if you were outdoors and there was rain, snow, or ice on the ground you'd definitely fall and hurt yourself. You might even fall on your head and suffer a concussion because you'd be falling backwards with your feet swept out from under you. All because of eyeglass straps, cords, chains, and lanyards." But the dangers of these rope-like eyeglass retainers goes beyond the schoolyard to the workplace as well. Wong poses the question: "What's wrong with having long hair while working around heavy machinery? Exactly, your hair could get caught in the moving parts and you'd be pulled into the machine and you might be maimed or killed. At the very least you'd be seriously injured. Now you might be saying, it's ok I don't work around heavy machinery. But your eyeglass straps, cords, chains, and lanyards might get caught on a hook, on a closing door, or any protrusion. And the object doesn't have to be moving. As long as you are moving in terms of walking and running and you get your rope type retainer caught on an object you run the risk of serious injury worse than falling while running with scissors." As proof he offers the following URLs of actual disclaimers on sites that sell these products warning people to be careful of their potential dangers. Even the sellers are warning people. (http://www.webcitation.org/ (http://www.webcitation.org/ "If they're warning people, chances are that it's happened," says Wong with a cautious look in his eyes. "But there is a solution. Non rope eyeglass retainers. Namely eyeglass attachments like the Keepons original clear. (http://chamightlike.com/ They come in a pair and each slides onto one end of your eyeglass temple tips. They are not joined by any string type connection. This means that no one will notice you're wearing them and secondly they can't get caught in machinery or other objects. In other words, you won't get injured or die wearing them." # # # Curating cool one product at a time. Chamightlike.com is brought to you by mom and son team of MIchael and Julia Wong. Their first offering: bringing the world Keepons brand of eyeglass retainers to prevent your glasses from slipping. End
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