Lexan is used in the aerospace industry for aircraft canopies, windscreens and other windows, but can be found in household items, such as bottles, compact discs, and DVDs. Perhaps the most visible Lexan consumer product is the Apple Computer iBook and the iPod; the gleaming white plastic is Lexan. It also is used by Nalgene for their 1-liter wide mouth water bottle, popular with hikers and mountaineers. Lexan is also used by other water bottle manufacturers.

Lexan is also used in:

• automotive headlight covers to prevent small rocks and stones from breaking headlight bulbs.
• racing cars to replace heavier (and breakable) glass windshields and windows.
• greenhouses for covering.
• the Flexdex skateboards "Clear" models
• for radio-controlled car bodies
• for motorcycle goggles
• Pseudo-brass knuckles
• Radio-controlled helicopter fins and gyro mounts by RDLohr
• Rubik's cube colored tiles from Cubesmith
• Air hockey pucks
• Hockey rink glass
• Some guitar picks
• An alternative for brass mouthpieces in brass musical instruments.
• All New York City Subway cars, from R110A to newer cars such as R160B feature Lexan as a defense against vandalism.[3]
• The jars for Blendtec blenders
• Riot shields and the visors of Riot helmets
• The visor in some fencing masks, and in many industrial safety shields and masks.
• Cosmic ray detectors as stacks of 1/4 mil sheets.
• Doors for Pods in WWE Elimination Chamber.
• Lexan is sometimes used as a surfacing for features in terrain parks at ski and snowboard resorts.

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