Gunnar (blue light blocking) glasses

[MoneyJohn]

I am wondering if anyone has tried using Gunnar glasses at night while driving.

I have started to develop cataracts, and the LED lights from oncoming traffic really bother me. The optometrist at Costco recommended some amber driving glasses, and they’ve made a huge difference for me. Now I can’t drive without them.

I am looking for something similar for my wife, but since she only has reading glasses, she doesn’t really need prescription glasses for driving. So I’m considering Gunnar glasses or something like that.

I would love to hear any personal experiences!

 

[Astro14]

I found the Gunnar glasses that I bought (readers, for computer use) to be overpriced. The optical quality is low, with noticeable distortion in the field of view. I don’t care for them.

 

[Sequoiasoon]

If she goes to eye doctor, always good to checked especially as getting older, like when needing reading glasses. They may be able to do a quality set with a very light amber lens. My friend has the yellow Oakley he wears often at night. I have worn my prescription Revo sunglasses at night when some how my regular glass got something on them that needed full soap water clean. They worked but darkened too much for me.

Mixed reviews on all places if it actually helps.

 

[Boomer]

I bought a set of yellow lensed safety glasses at Wal Mart and they work great at night in traffic where there are a lot of cars coming toward me. Cost was under $10.

 

[johnmyster]

Interested in this topic.

In my younger days (with good eyes) I had cycling glasses with various lenses. I quite liked night riding/driving with the yellow lenses.

I'm 43 and began wearing glasses two years ago, notably for about +1.5 astigmatysm in one eye. Now that my brain has un-adapted, I can't live without them. Since adding them, have more issues with spatial awareness at night, oncoming lights, sparkle from street lamps, etc. Part of it is probably me needing to clean them more often.

I recently placed an order with Zenni. We will see how they turn out. Their night driving (yellow) upgrade is about $40. You could probably get into a set of "prescriptions grade" driving glasses for <<$70, perhaps less without a prescription.

 

[Arc]

Let us know how good they work after trying them. People with Led headlights adjusted a thousand feet out is becoming a real problem.

 

[Dr_Dr3i]

I would say pass on the blue light blocker option and instead opt for the polarized lenses. They will make the biggest difference, both in daytime driving when the sunlight glare off other cars can be blinding, and at night when poorly aimed oncoming headlights create bad glare.

The blue light blocker coating has been overhyped in my opinion, and it makes your glasses look almost as bad as the transitional lenses (don't get me started...)

 

[Pew]

Not gunnar, but I used to have Oakleys with the orange tint lenses. They definitely did help a lot with all types of glare. At some points I did use them at night and it did considerably cut down on incoming glare which helped improve my night vision (which then helped me stay awake better and see slightly further into the dark as well as notice light bouncing off eyes better like a deer that's by the road but just to far away for headlight illumination). In my case, I used them a lot as eye pro during MOUT training since there's no need to take them off when going inside a building compared to regular dark-tint sunglasses nor waiting for them transition between dark/clear.

Now I don't know if all amber/orange tint lenses do the same thing but if I recall correctly (I got them like 15 years ago) the Oakley ones were not specifically labeled as such but still worked. Unfortunately the lens broke sometime back in 2017 and instead of getting replacement lens, I just threw it all out since I stopped wearing contacts.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

Let us know how good they work after trying them. People with Led headlights adjusted a thousand feet out is becoming a real problem.

People who adjust their headlights up into the eyes of oncoming traffic (or rear view mirrors of the car in front of them) because they bought those cool purple or blue-coated bulbs should be flayed by caning like they do in Sri Lanka for antisocial behavior.

I don’t really care about the fact they’re putting their own safety at risk, but I do care they’re putting other peoples’ safety at risk. Not only from potentially causing night blindness of oncoming traffic, but others are also at risk because those purplish-blue headlights took a maybe 300’ visible distance and cut it down by probably 50% or more, giving that “cool” driver much less time to react. Now toss in the fact they’re probably texting while driving or surfing the web… they’re a menace to society and should be handled accordingly.

 

[Arc]

People who adjust their headlights up into the eyes of oncoming traffic (or rear view mirrors of the car in front of them) because they bought those cool purple or blue-coated bulbs should be flayed by caning like they do in Sri Lanka for antisocial behavior.

I don’t really care about the fact they’re putting their own safety at risk, but I do care they’re putting other peoples’ safety at risk. Not only from potentially causing night blindness of oncoming traffic, but others are also at risk because those purplish-blue headlights took a maybe 300’ visible distance and cut it down by probably 50% or more, giving that “cool” driver much less time to react. Now toss in the fact they’re probably texting while driving or surfing the web… they’re a menace to society and should be handled accordingly.

All they know how to do is turn the key and drive. Adjusting a headlight is way to difficult for them.

 

[SubieRubyRoo]

All they know how to do is turn the key and drive. Adjusting a headlight is way to difficult for them.

Maybe they shouldn’t be driving if that’s the case!

 

[ripcord]

Let us know how good they work after trying them. People with Led headlights adjusted a thousand feet out is becoming a real problem.

Big plus 1 on this. BITOG needs a double thumbs up like.

 

[OM617YOTA]

I use yellow glasses for driving at night. Great help. Mine are nothing special, just cheap Amazon ones.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B08NYQH175?psc=1

 

[meep]

The original blueblockers and amber vision glasses in the 90s were quite good. The amber vision models were darker at the top and lighter towards the bottom. Even with teenage eyes they were helpful.

I live in county where there’s no streetlights. LED drop-ins are everywhere and awful. They are also no worse than half the new vehicles out here with oem LEDs and sharp cutoffs. Toyota and Honda are harsh to oncomers notably. I drive a Toyota now and do get flashed weekly, and I’ll blink “off” as a courtesy response. Mine lets me lower the aim with a dial (such as if the bed is weighted) and I keep it two notches downward, but that does little when the roads themselves pitch up and down. Every third car drives with its brights on out here too - it’s hard to see and a lot of folks have older cars with poor headlights. I try to be understanding. I was hardly ever, if ever, flashed with the hid morimoto projectors I installed in my last truck. They were probably the best I’d ever had for getting light out and not overwhelming others.