<p>I purchased them at the checkout at Walmart. They are Manufactured by American Paper Optics, LLC. Visionscientific.com ISO 12312-2.</p>
<p>However I don't see the CE on the glasses. Are they still OK?  The reason I even bring this up at all is that I read in the news there are counterfeit glasses and Walmart was listed as a potential source.</p>
<p>I do not know what it means for eclipse glasses to be counterfeit. Does that mean there may be a pair of paper glasses like mine that says visionscientific.com ISO 12312-2 but is not  or does that mean that it would be missing the ISO or has a different one. So that is what brought the CE question to my attention after I read the news article.</p>

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2024-03-06T21:42:57.833Z
If they're by American Paper Optics they're good.
Greg Miller
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2024-03-06T21:54:50.853Z
CE is a mark required for goods in the EU (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking). It does not indicate any conformance  to standards as determined by an independent testing laboratory.
Jon Custer
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2024-03-07T12:00:22.037Z
FWIW, Fred Espenak, aka Mr Eclipse, endorses eclipse glasses from American Paper Optics. https://eclipsewise.com/eclipse.html
PM 2Ring
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2024-03-08T13:58:01.790Z
Thank you PM 2Ring. 30 days to the eclipse. I hope it is not cloudy. My area has about 3 min of totality.
Sedumjoy
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Do solar eclipse paper glasses need to list both the ISO and CE stamp to be compliant or is the ISO sufficient?
Sedumjoy
# Do solar eclipse paper glasses need to list both the ISO and CE stamp to be compliant or is the ISO sufficient?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-03-06)

I purchased them at the checkout at Walmart. They are Manufactured by American Paper Optics, LLC. Visionscientific.com ISO 12312-2.

However I don't see the CE on the glasses. Are they still OK? The reason I even bring this up at all is that I read in the news there are counterfeit glasses and Walmart was listed as a potential source.

I do not know what it means for eclipse glasses to be counterfeit. Does that mean there may be a pair of paper glasses like mine that says visionscientific.com ISO 12312-2 but is not or does that mean that it would be missing the ISO or has a different one. So that is what brought the CE question to my attention after I read the news article.

**Tags:** telescope, solar-eclipse

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: If they're by American Paper Optics they're good.  
> **username_2**: CE is a mark required for goods in the EU (see https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CE_marking). It does not indicate any conformance  to standards as determined by an independent testing laboratory.  
> **username_3**: FWIW, Fred Espenak, aka Mr Eclipse, endorses eclipse glasses from American Paper Optics. https://eclipsewise.com/eclipse.html  
> **username_0**: Thank you PM username_3. 30 days to the eclipse. I hope it is not cloudy. My area has about 3 min of totality.  

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