Any one having trouble getting their orders for solar products filled?
Aug 5, 2017 18:39:39 #
I've been getting cancelled for glasses for "technical reasons". And I have been informed another order won't arrive in time. This is from the great Amazon.
Aug 5, 2017 18:45:26 #
Try B&H. I received filters and glasses in this week. Still in stock.
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1312580-REG/lunt_solar_systems_bh_eclipsegls5_b_h_eclipse_glasses_5_pack.html
https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/1312580-REG/lunt_solar_systems_bh_eclipsegls5_b_h_eclipse_glasses_5_pack.html
Aug 5, 2017 18:47:07 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I've been getting cancelled for glasses for "technical reasons". And I have been informed another order won't arrive in time. This is from the great Amazon.
No matter where you try now, you may have waited a little too late.
Even Thousand Oaks Optical says filters are out.
http://thousandoaksoptical.com/products/solar-filters/
http://thousandoaksoptical.com/ordering/
Aug 5, 2017 18:53:55 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I've been getting cancelled for glasses for "technical reasons". And I have been informed another order won't arrive in time. This is from the great Amazon.
Try this...Lunt is a well known manufacturer.
https://www.amazon.com/Premium-Certified-Lunt-Solar-Eclipse/dp/B01NB09NHK/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1501973517&sr=8-4&keywords=solar+eclipse+glasses
Aug 6, 2017 07:26:42 #
Fotoartist wrote:
I've been getting cancelled for glasses for "technical reasons". And I have been informed another order won't arrive in time. This is from the great Amazon.
Lowe's has the NASA-approved American Paper Optics glasses for $2.00. The market for these will be dead right after the eclipse, so manufacturers don't want to overproduce.
Aug 6, 2017 08:10:28 #
Aug 6, 2017 09:29:51 #
If you know a welder see if you can borrow a filter glass from him. I welded for years and found a #12 to work well. I remember watching a partial eclipse using one and taking a peek at the sun on occasion just for the heck of it.
Aug 6, 2017 09:32:53 #
Wanderer2
Loc: Colorado Rocky Mountains
In the past several days I received an order for DayStar filters from B&H but one size was out of stock. However, it is due tomorrow. It appeared that most of the solar items they have were in stock although not all.
To the OP, if you are looking for simple cardboard eye glasses I have several extras (B&H included them free with the filters). If all else fails and you can't get any I'll be glad to send you some, no charge. PM me if you need to do this.
To the OP, if you are looking for simple cardboard eye glasses I have several extras (B&H included them free with the filters). If all else fails and you can't get any I'll be glad to send you some, no charge. PM me if you need to do this.
Aug 6, 2017 09:51:58 #
My daughter ordered the solar glasses from Amazon and when she got them, they were supplied by a different firm than was listed in the Amazon ad. they were not certified, and Amazon had her return them to Amazon and they refunded her money. She reordered from NASA, and hopefully will get to her in time as she has been notified that they were shipped.
Aug 6, 2017 12:55:07 #
Thanks for the responses. You guys are helpful. We've already booked a room down south and would hate to go 650 miles without the filters and glasses as of yet. Waiting to see if any of my orders show up this week. I'll be in touch.
Aug 6, 2017 14:45:46 #
Aug 6, 2017 14:47:19 #
Aug 6, 2017 14:53:34 #
dragonfist wrote:
If you know a welder see if you can borrow a filter glass from him. I welded for years and found a #12 to work well. I remember watching a partial eclipse using one and taking a peek at the sun on occasion just for the heck of it.
According to safety specs, a #14 is needed, not a #12... better safe than sorry.
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety
Aug 6, 2017 15:12:24 #
Aug 6, 2017 16:11:12 #
Dngallagher wrote:
According to safety specs, a #14 is needed, not a #12... better safe than sorry.
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety
https://eclipse2017.nasa.gov/safety
Thanks for posting that, I always used a #12 without trouble but you are right, better safe than sorry. I don't know at the time if anything was listed as to the safe #. I left the place in 1994 and this was several years before that.
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