I spend a lot of time staring at a screen most of it due to work and I get a lot of eyestrain and headaches and I'm wondering if these might help me at all and I have a couple of questions if anyone knows about these or has experience with them mainly: Are they a scam? Is there a significant difference? Some are yellow or even red whilst others appear clear what's the deal with that? Should I just get the cheapest ones is it just the frame quality and brand that affect pricing? Any help's appreciated!
Also I don't use regular glasses my eyesight's still fine atm I'm not sure if that matters at all
I'm not sure at all about blue filter glasses, I do wear glasses so I would say give them a shot. But I will also mention that try using F.lux on your computer or Samsung phones (mine at least) as well as my tv have blue light filter settings built in so you can check for something like that as well in case you prefer not to wear glasses.
>>1559462Well they help against blue light but make you see everything in a weird tint.Except the clear ones, those are nonfunctional. If a wavelength is filtered out from light then you can also not see it but then they won't be colorless. Unless they found a way to absorb that single frequency band (turn it into heat).Instead of getting glasses can't you just use anti-blue-light filters of the monitor?Most modern monitors have blue light filter options built in. Which again obviously will give everything a yellowish tint.
>>1559462Josh is that you? Anyway I'n not sure about the glasses but I also suggest trying F.lux as you can fine tune it to either auto adjust the colors depending on the time of day or you can set one static color that you are most comfortable with. It might take some time to get used to the tint (depends on the settings) but personally it really helped me with eye strain and I can't imagine spending a lot of time gaming or reading without it on. Some games fuck with it though (especially older ones like pre early 2000s) and forcefully overwrite your monitor's colors but in most cases it can be fixed by alt-tabbing and restarting flux. Not sure if they fixed it as I am using an older version.
>>1559462>Are they a scam?Yes.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkJY9bgLyBE
>>1559465Never heard kf F.lux but it seems nifty will give that a look later.>>1559465>>1559467As for built in ones I've tried them before windows also has one that's called a night light or night mode or something but it kept annoying the hell outta me and I kept going back and turning it off as soon as it my schedule made it turn on glasses seemed like a less of bother and all around more convenient than going through OS or monitor menus>>1559474I'm slavic only Josh(ua) I can even think of is from Honest Hearts>>1559477Guess I could've looked it up first lol. Thanks Anon won't be wasting money on 'em after all then
>>1559483There is only one kinda true thing about the blue light, and that is that our body uses it (among other) to set the sleep cycle to awake.Could be because blue is energetically high, could be because the sky is blue, who knows.THAT'S why the screens offer a blue light filter, it's supposed to activate in the evening to reduce the amount of blue light keeping you awake.That#s the ONLY time where you would wear one of those glasses too.The blue light is only a small piece though, much more likely is the simple act of navigating the phone and light per se, for which the body could not prepare.People lie in bed with their phones and even 2 minutes before wanting to sleep use concentration on their phone, getting also light in their eyes. And then they wonder why they can't sleep. Yup, it's the blue light...Over the day you definitely don't need a blue light filter, and all those effects as if the light was made out of tiny knives are utter nonsense.
>>1559483>Guess I could've looked it up first lol. Thanks Anon won't be wasting money on 'em after all thenAs someone who requires prescription glasses for nearsightedness and with power close to -10.00 (at exactly -10 you can only see 4 inches without glasses), I hate the fact that opticians are pushing for the "blue-light filter" coating on lenses. It cost more and this aggressive sales did not happened 7 years ago.Also seeing through a glasses with blue-light filter, the world appears brownish and I'm speaking from experience. Plus there's a very strong reflection emitting from the border of the lenses, this probably won't be a problem for you since you're only using it in front of a screen but my previous glasses with that coating, I can literally see who's behind me through my lenses if I'm angled properly with the sun behind me. Plus the reflections are blue-ish, everything just adds to an uncomfortable experience.Try the 20/20/20 eye care rule, and bless you OP for having normal eyes not requiring glasses.
>>1559484Even the blue light on your screens isn't effective enough to change your sleep cycles. That's just a marketing gimmick.As for your statement of people unable to sleep due to the blue-light emitting on their phone while they're trying to sleep, that has nothing to do with what type of light it's emitting but rather any light will be distracting. Try shining a small torch on someone's face when they're trying to rest.See:>>1559477
