Lens that filter Blue Light

[Kavvy]

This is something that is easy Googleable, but feeling lazy and looking for people's personal experiences!

Anyone have experiences with glasses that have lenses that filter blue light? Are computer screens indeed crisper?

Is the science behind it hoogy?

Do Bluelight filters auto filter UV?

Thanks for any comments!

[Northendzone]

https://youtu.be/_Png-PC0ews

[gasman]

Between my phone, And computer I probably end up between 10-12 hours of screen time per day. I ended up with a twitch in my eye that was not unlike a muscle spasm. It was imperceptible to other people but it felt like my whole eye was vibrating.

After I talked with my eye doctor they thought the cause of my twitch was due to stress from so much eye strain. They recommended a special coating on my glasses that blocked blue light. I don't notice any difference when it comes to clarity or crispness, but the eye twitch went away within a week and has not come back over the past year or so since I've gotten the coating.

I think colour is slightly affected due to the glasses, and someone looking at me may see a pink or purple reflection in my glasses.

[Kavvy]

Originally Posted by gasman

Between my phone, And computer I probably end up between 10-12 hours of screen time per day. I ended up with a twitch in my eye that was not unlike a muscle spasm. It was imperceptible to other people but it felt like my whole eye was vibrating.

After I talked with my eye doctor they thought the cause of my twitch was due to stress from so much eye strain. They recommended a special coating on my glasses that blocked blue light. I don't notice any difference when it comes to clarity or crispness, but the eye twitch went away within a week and has not come back over the past year or so since I've gotten the coating.

I think colour is slightly affected due to the glasses, and someone looking at me may see a pink or purple reflection in my glasses.

Thank you, I didn't think it may negatively impact other areas of vision.

[Drury18]

I currently have a set of computer glasses with these lenses in them:http://nikon-lenswear.com/products/e...eries/relaxsee and this coating http://www.nikonlenswear.ca/en/produ...s/seecoat-blue

The screen tends to be a little bit crisper and eye strain takes a little longer to set in (I have high astigmatism with keratoconus so I blur out more then the average person and my "crisp" is pretty subjective). I believe my prescription in these specific lenses were tailored more for computer or short distance use as well so that basically, I have super computer vision glasses or something. I have to switch between these and my normal ones as my distance vision for driving in these is a little less.

I can't comment on the science, but I can say I've worn glasses for 25 years or so now, the last 15 with HEAVY computer usage and I did find that these blue light lenses cut down on my headaches and eye strain enough to say there was a noticeable difference. Now if that's psychosomatic or actual science, I don't know. That's more of a Hes question I think. The information I was given about lenses choices, it didn't seem to be claiming anything outrageous and reasonable.

I second gasman on the colour distortion though. I have noticed a pink hue in them when I put them on, but it's not constantly noticeable when you wear them. My co-workers see it more when I'm wearing it. If you regularly do graphic design or something like that, might not be the best option as the colours are a bit off. Not drastic like blue is red or anything weird like that, but I've noticed if I'm working with red or pink colours, I'm seeing two shades when my glasses are on and off. Even just on CP now, that background is a lighter, muted red with my glasses on and a darker red with them off.

I believe for pricing, they were only $50-100 more then what I usually pay for my normal lenses, so it's not an unreasonable cost. Granted, I'm already looking at $500 for lenses so I don't really notice the extra $50 at that point.

[Canehdianman]

my new glasses have the blue light lens coating on them. There is definitely a small colour distortion, but staring at a computer screen all day does seem easier with them.

[Kavvy]

Thank you all.

It seems if I am not sensitive to Blue light, it may not be worth the impact on normal day life and how people see me via my lenses.

I wonder if the lenses truly prevent damage of any sort.