What gunnar glasses should i buy?

[cHaTrAp]

hi

I sit a lot front of the computer so i get eye pain a friend told me i should buy gaming glasses Gunnar

so i found this glasses 

https://gunnar.com/product/vayper/# and https://gunnar.com/product/intercept/

which one should i buy? or is there better one

 

 

[Zando_]

I have 3 pairs of these (one I sat on and broke, so I got another pair for work and then later one for home): https://gunnar.com/product/mlg-micron/

 

They regularly go on sale for like $35, and they're comfortable (at least for me) and look really good IMO.

[Froody129]

F.lux is amazing for me

[cHaTrAp]

Just now, Froody129 said:

F.lux is amazing for me

yea i have installed don't work for me

[Froody129]

1 minute ago, cHaTrAp said:

yea i have installed don't work for me

What the Gunnar glasses do is remove some blue light so if that's not the problem then you are genuinely just using the screen too much.

 

Try lighting the wall behind the mo it or so there isn't so much of a difference between the screen brightness and he surrounding brightness

[Guest]

8 minutes ago, cHaTrAp said:

yea i have installed don't work for me

Have you tried taking a short break every hour or so, and looking at something distant (atleast 20-50m far), so your eyes can refocus and take a break from the screen?

Also try not using the screen in the dark.

[dalekphalm]

25 minutes ago, cHaTrAp said:

hi

I sit a lot front of the computer so i get eye pain a friend told me i should buy gaming glasses Gunnar

so i found this glasses 

https://gunnar.com/product/vayper/# and https://gunnar.com/product/intercept/

which one should i buy? or is there better one

 

 

Have you consulted an optometrist? Eye pain can be caused by many things, and you shouldn't self diagnose (or be diagnosed by your unqualified friend).

 

All Gunnar glasses do is have a blue light filter built into the lens. You can get similar blue light filtered lenses in many different brands - including prescription glasses.

 

Do you wear prescription glasses?

 

You could also enable the blue filter mode in Windows 10 ("night mode"), though this will more heavily distort colour accuracy.

[Mykie]

21 minutes ago, Zando Bob said:

I have 3 pairs of these (one I sat on and broke, so I got another pair for work and then later one for home): https://gunnar.com/product/mlg-micron/

 

They regularly go on sale for like $35, and they're comfortable (at least for me) and look really good IMO.

What's the difference between the computer model and gaming model? I spend time using computer screens several hours daily. Thinking this might be worth buying. Also in term of eye strain, does it feel significantly better for long term?

[Zando_]

Just now, Mykie said:

What's the difference between the computer model and gaming model? I spend time using computer screens several hours daily. Thinking this might be worth buying. Also in term of eye strain, does it feel significantly better for long term?

Never used the normal microns, they're like $160. The MLG ones are just another variant, AFAIK the lenses are pretty much the same unless they're prescription glasses. They really help with eye strain, I work on computers all day then come home to game, and usually my eyes are pretty stressed. Once I put my glasses on it's waaaaaaayyy more comfortable though, and they don't make everything too orange like f.lux does.

[vanished]

I'm going to say "no" for several reasons:

• You should not get eye pain just by being on the computer, even if you're on it for very long periods of time (12h+ per day, every day).  If that's happening, you should go see an optometrist
• Blue light is not going to cause eye pain so these wouldn't help anyway.  Your computer screen isn't giving vastly more blue light than anything else you're likely to come across on a daily basis anyway, and regardless it's not like it's really harmful.  If it was, we'd all be blind by now just from the accumulated damage of looking around outside during daytime year after year.  Not to mention just ordinary indoor lights, particularly in an office, mall, or somewhere else that the colour temperature might be closer to 5000K or 6000K to simulate daylight.
• If you just want to block blue light, there's much cheaper options.  Glasses that do virtually 100% can be had for $15 or less, you don't need to spend $40 or $80 or anything crazy like that unless looks are really that important to you.
• You can also always just use the nightlight feature in Windows, or F.lux or something like that.  Unless you have an OLED, it won't be perfect of course but it will still cut blue light by 99% or so if turned up high enough.

The one legitimate reason that you might want to reduce blue light is if you are using the computer late into the night and right before bed time.  Studies have proven that blue light specifically (as opposed to all light or any light in general) is what triggers our brains to think it's daytime and to thus not release melatonin and other sleeping chemicals.

[LAwLz]

70 or 80 dollars seems really expensive for something you can do in software, for free. How to Enable Night Light on Windows 10

 

Also, those glasses most likely won't help with your problem. If your eyes actually hurt then I would guess it is because you need glasses (prescription glasses), rather than you getting exposed to too much blue light.

 

Anyway, if Night Light or f.lux doesn't help then Gunner glasses won't help either.

[cHaTrAp]

no i don't wear glases

15 minutes ago, dalekphalm said:

Have you consulted an optometrist? Eye pain can be caused by many things, and you shouldn't self diagnose (or be diagnosed by your unqualified friend).

 

All Gunnar glasses do is have a blue light filter built into the lens. You can get similar blue light filtered lenses in many different brands - including prescription glasses.

 

Do you wear prescription glasses?

 

You could also enable the blue filter mode in Windows 10 ("night mode"), though this will more heavily distort colour accuracy.

 

[cHaTrAp]

thanks guy am going to go check my eyes better then buying gunnar and see why am getting eye pain

[dizmo]

3 minutes ago, cHaTrAp said:

no i don't wear glases

 

Uhhh...you don't have to wear glasses to go to an optometrist. Not really what their main purpose is. Eye health, on the other hand, is.

As others have said, don't get the glasses, go get checked over by a professional.

[dalekphalm]

2 hours ago, cHaTrAp said:

no i don't wear glases

 

As @dizmo said, an Optemetrist is simply “a doctor specializing in eye care”. You should make an appointment with an optometrist immediately. Depending on the results, they may refer you to your family doctor or (more likely) an eye surgeon/specialist. 

 

I work in IT. I look at a screen for 8 hours a day at work, then another 4 hours at home. 

 

My eyes don’t hurt. 

 

Blue light can can cause a little eye strain, perhaps - but this will manifest in feeling like your eyes are heavy or tired - not painful. 

 

Do not waste money on these. See a doctor. 

2 hours ago, dizmo said:

Uhhh...you don't have to wear glasses to go to an optometrist. Not really what their main purpose is. Eye health, on the other hand, is.

As others have said, don't get the glasses, go get checked over by a professional.

This.