help please! scratched lens

[safeduck]

Hi, so I was playing woodsball last Sunday and at the end of the day, I was so tired and wasn't thinking. So I went to wash the lens of my mask (it's a proto switch FS) and instead of using a microfiber cloth, I used a towel for some reason. Now my lens has scratches on it and most lightly water has gone in the scratches as I washed the lens with a bit of water. You cant see most of the scratches, unless you look really hard and there are a few more visible ones. When I have the mask on you can't see the scratches unless you look really hard. My other worry is I'm not sure if one of the scratches is actually a crack? Should I buy a new lens? Help please! Thanks.

 

[Robbo]

This is the one area of your paintball equipment you CANNOT take chances with and so if you think there may be even the slightest chance of a crack in your lens then you MUST replace it otherwise sod's law will try to replace one of your eyeballs with a paintball .... they tend to not work so well as the original .....

Change them !

PS You did the right thing coming on here and asking the question, well done, you possibly saved yourself an eyeball.

 

[NitroBall]

If your lens has very minor scratches, its nothing to worry about.
If it does have a crack, even the smallest, then i would advise you change the lens.

Never be cheap with yourself when it comes to saftey. I change lenses at least twice a year, but that depends how much playing time you do.

Double glazed windows are pretty tough, throw a brick at it and the brick will bounce off. I was playing with my marker and took a shot at a window of an old building in my backyard. The window was double glazed. The paintball went straight through the window.
Paintball lenses are made to with stand a paintball to a certain velocity, small cracks or even large scratches will weaken the structure of them.

 

[Tom Allen]

buy a new lens.

 

[safeduck]

I'm going to order a new lens tomorrow then. Thanks guys!