Do these REALLY stop Digital Eye Strain? GUNNAR glasses

We were approached recently by UK etailer OCUK, to look at some new GUNNAR 'Advanced Gaming EyeWear'. And one of our team Andy, who has suffered from headaches and eye strain for years was really keen to try them out. OCUK sent him a few pairs to test - do they really work or are they just gimmicks targeting the gaming audience? read more here: bit.ly/3gqtD9G
00:00 Video Start
00:13 Introduction
01:50 Why would you need these?
02:47 The Gunnar glasses and lenses
04:18 Unboxing and frames
06:13 Testing the glasses
07:17 One thing that annoys Andy
07:36 Digital eye strain discussion
08:18 Pricing options and closing thoughts
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[@JKerpz]

very professionally done.

[@blackmennewstyle]

Pretty cool glasses actually, the price is not that high if compared with very high quality eyeglasses! Enjoy your week guys

[@smasherjosh5000]

Hey do you think we could get your opinion on the Jade Black Blue Light Glasses please?

[@KingPowdi]

are the gunnar focus safe for anyone i bought them by mistake and im scared to use them cause i see magnification

[@irish7611]

Great review... gonna give them a shot.

[@xMACHOxMANx]

Cool video. I plan on getting prescription ember max.

[@JW-uC]

Something to note... if you need reading *and* distance lenses (but hate varifocal, like myself) its worth getting your opticians to do a third prescription for your monitor/desk setup (and really with a complete set of glasses and lenses for circa 19 quid at a well known chain its not a huge expense; obviously with no additional coatings etc.). I tend to have my monitor close to the back of the desk and like to lean back in my chair, so at least an arm and a bit's distance away where as my reading tends to be a forearms distance and that can be enough of a prescription difference to be worth it. What I used to do was use my previous prescriptions reading glasses (slightly weaker) for the monitor work, and my new one for reading (bit stronger, at the rate I'm going its going to be bottle glasses by the time I reach my 60's :-P ) but that no longer cuts it. You will need to explain it to them, and also have some kind of measure to take with you (honestly I took an extending tape measure) to get it just right, as its not something they do by default so judging the printing card read can be a bit awkward. Just something to think about if you find your dual prescription doesn't quite cut it so you end up leaning forward and peering at the monitor like Mr Magoo.

[@slowzu512]

does this glasses have magnificion +0.2 or not plz answer me cause i wanna buy them

[@Ram-vt3rm]

Thank you! I am going to pick up a set.

[@paddy1382]

I really Like your glasses, how can I find them please?

[@wakezu]

What is the name of the glasses ? I have 2020 vision and I’m not wanting to get worse vision

[@lyndonmacaraig6108]

So which is better the gunnar intercept Amber or gunnar intercept Amber max

[@MiddleofKnowhere]

I've been suffering from photophobia and just insane eye issues lately. I just bought the Intercept model today for $50 USD. May get crystalline lens version at some point when editing for color. just means I'll have to take them off when doing color work. I'm glad you have had positive effects wearing them. Makes me more confident in my purchase.

[@TechnoVisionTV]

Did they end up helping?

[@slowzu512]

does this glasses have magnificion +0.2 or not plz answer me cause i wanna buy them

[@Bartolini1991]

I confirm, gunnar glass does work, I noticed, that this glasses stops the not-blink effect caused by blue-light. The only problem is that there is only one model "Menlo" which looks quite fashionable. Others loook like from a matrix movie.

[@slowzu512]

does this glasses have magnificion +0.2 or not plz answer me cause i wanna buy them

[@Bartolini1991]

@@slowzu512 you can buy prescription glasses but it is much much more expensive.

[@wakezu]

What are the name of these glasses?

[@mickTaylor0860]

Although I don't need glasses I have found eye strain playing extended hrs on a tablet, age probably being a factor now so I'm buying, cheers

[@lucio20006]

Without watching the video I can testify the gunnar glasses works they really works. I use them for years now.

[@acereport8939]

I saw these at GameStop and decided to give them a try. Wow! It’s amazing! I felt the difference immediately. I don’t even want to take them off.

[@SolomonGrumpie]

I just ordered some. My eyes have been killing me since I started working from home

[@TechnoVisionTV]

Did it end up helping?

[@ZodiakAsHell]

did those "reduce blue light" glasses work at all?

[@qlum]

I think for you in this case glasses that are made for a focus point at monitor distance is way more important for eye strain than the blue light filter. Possibly for a better comparison, you should try to use untinted computer glasses. I have a feeling that outside of plasebo that is the more important factor here.

[@MyouKyuubi]

It's not a placebo, dude... wtf... Anyone with basic knowledge of how colors work, understand the importance of the tint on the glasses, simply by looking at them... The reason it's a weak amber color, is because the glasses themselves absorb a particular spectrum of colors, and reflect everything else... As an example, your car is green, because it absorbs all color spectrums except the green one, which it reflects back out, into your eye, making you see green, because it's the green spectrum it didn't absorb. That's why your pupils are black, btw, because they absorb all humanly visible spectrums of light, which allows you to SEE. :P That's why the amber lenses are yellow/orange, depending on their tint strength, because they are absorbing the blue light, and reflecting everything else.... Making you see yellow/orange, the opposite color of blue. xD The tint absorbs a wide portion of the bluelight spectrum, protecting your eyes from it... the bluelight protective coating, takes care of a different range of bluelight spectrum, for a Bluelight Protection Factor (BLPF) of roughly 65%. That's the BLPF of the standard amber glasses from gunnar btw, the yellow-ish ones? BLPF of 65%... The clear glasses only have a BLPF of 35%... Max Amber lenses have a BLPF of 98%.

[@CrackedTile]

Nah, as a child before I even knew what placebo was, I would play Minecraft with my friends and wouldn’t be able to play for more than an hour.

[@markockwell]

I use a pair from Gio and they work perfect. Also I just treated myself to a BenQ monitor that has the same effect built in.

[@KitGuruTech]

same result for you ?

[@lunar1821]

Nice I have asus monitor with built in blue-light filter and there is different levels of the filter

[@BigJimFodder]

I had a set which I never used, my partner works in a call center though and was complaining about headaches. I gave her the glasses and she immediately felt better. Probably placebo but what works works.

[@KitGuruTech]

What glasses where those James?

[@BigJimFodder]

Gunnars that look like the vertex they have now but think they are an older discontinued style. Got the natural Amber lenses.

[@bmaxse]

What's a "partner"?

[@petervang8127]

Do I need 90 BLPF?

[@n3hp5]

NICE GUNNARS BRO!

[@realduox]

I've always wondered if i should turn on blue light filter in the settings on my monitor or not.

[@barbiex3619]

U should get the glasses trust me the phone blue light hurts more

[@Krylovix]

haha loved that intro

[@MirikhGaming]

Isn't Blue Light Fliter bullshit though? I know this video is like 2years old but still.

[@chillinwithcynthia]

Available at Weinstein Eye in Waldorf MD

[@Psychotyzm]

2 details you are missing out here... 1. The non prescription glasses have very slight magnification on the lenses. It's not all that great for people, that really don't need any magnification. It took me a couple week to adapt to that. 2. You have the plastic frames ones, but there are models with titanium frames and for what is worth - they are really good frames. My personal experience with them is beyond meh. I have the Crystaline Onyx model with titanium frames and to be fair, I see no difference with or without them. I have gone through a periods of prolonged usage of them and a periods of no usage just to see if there will be any difference. Nothing. Yes, I'm using the clear lenses, but still there should be at least a little bit of change. There is nothing, other than the magniffication discomfort.

[@KitGuruTech]

thanks for the feedback. appreciate it.

[@BAsam1185]

please i need answer, does these glasses help with vision?

[@parassharma2795]

He won't answer that point dude, all he is trying here is to SELL US HIS PRODUCT, for which he probably makes few coins.

[@therealtoine5038]

What do you mean help with vision

[@Shadw-fi1yc]

Well if u need glasses it will come with prescription glasses but if u don't they weill come wirh no prescription

[@nukedathlonman]

I'm very glad they helped you - really and honestly I am. When a product does work for someone whom is having problems, then I'm in agreement for that person to make use of a product. Given I'm not having problems, it likely makes no sense for me to get a pair at present time. :-)

[@Justrody_]

I have eye pain that starts when I use the phone I don't know if it is useful for this situation!

[@Justrody_]

@Grizzly Reaper i went to the hospital and a i have sinuses and used nasal spray and i feel well after that so first go in the hospital and see what the problem

[@diegobrava]

I use this and Works a lot.

[@WolfyStudio115]

Would it destroy my eyes if i use them casually 24/7? Like going to school wearing them or going out? I only like wearing them because everything I see is much brighter and less darker

[@frokte2799]

they are made for gaming and staring at a screen. going to school with them you will probably just look dumb. you can buy som sunglasses that give the same feeling except the screen part. if you are going to buy these, wear them for what they are made for. don’t be a fool

[@ApexNYC]

@@frokte2799 😂😂😂😂😂

[@amshermansen]

Oh wow... Gunnar. I remember these from years back. Never saw the need, since I already wear prescription glasses. Also we have plenty of software based tools that work much better to dynamically turn down the straining blues when the sun goes down.

[@protechnician83]

i got a blue light filter on mine, works great

[@qlum]

I think in his case he mostly just needed computer glasses, I doubt the blue light filtered here would be the main effect. This of course does not apply to everyone.

[@amshermansen]

They'd still need to be prescription based on his eyes to have any effect though... otherwise it's literally just like wearing a filter. Which the monitor can do already by turning down the blues.

[@AngryChineseWoman]

Software solutions are probably not as effective as glasses since there's always a backlight even when the color temperature changes

[@amshermansen]

They are however free and dynamic.

[@ThePolterGhast]

Been using these things for about a month. While it is a bitch to wear them with headphones, it seems to serve its purpose, since I haven’t had eye strain since.

[@slowzu512]

does this glasses have magnificion +0.2 or not plz answer me cause i wanna buy them

[@ZodiakAsHell]

do you still use them?

[@toofhuny8898]

If you go to your optician, they can adjust your spectacle frames correctly so that they fit you better so you can wear them longer.

[@KitGuruTech]

Not quite sure that has anything to do with that Andrew found with his review to be honest. Thats quite a separate issue.

[@steelsilence19]

Set your. TV to warm 2 setting easy it looks way more natural

[@Sasha_0813]

Decision made 😊

[@srdiaz-zi8mb]

good people I bought two pair of gunnar but I feel a little increase in them that is normal

[@king-djlo3538]

I use klim gamer glasses and they work and help about more than gunnar in my opinion

[@attq3980]

Do they rly have text on the glass itself?

[@amshermansen]

Nope.

[@Riz_Rizen]

@@amshermansen Well, one model does.

[@MyouKyuubi]

The ones from gunnar do, yeah... got a pair of Gunnar Razer RPG Onyx glasses, myself, they have text on one of the glasses, i don't normally wear glasses, so i'm not terribly sensitive to it, but it's there. :3

[@daathgnosis2098]

wake up relative to you early for being able to fall asleep

[@theoldone22]

My optometrist doesn't charge $60 for proscription glasses!

[@autismismysuperpower3133]

My gaming glasses has rgb and rtx 3090 ti

[@thekentuckywolves4820]

My name is Gunnar

[@ZerO-mq1ns]

Sounds like a sponsored ad for an expensive yellow filter

[@KitGuruTech]

Not a sponsored ad no, Andrew has serious eye issues and jumped at the chance to try these. He seems to really feel they work for him as he said in the video. We dont work with Gunnar at all financially - and as someone showed there- Kitguru has a very different structure to most 'channels'. worth reading that link.

[@zig131]

@@KitGuruTech You may not work with Gunnar but you are obviously in a partnership with Overlockers.co.uk who notably sell these glasses.

[@KitGuruTech]

@@zig131 well you could say that about anything any youtuber/channel gets to review - companies send them in? unless we went out and bought everything ourselves? If you dont value our honesty or integrity then maybe visit another channel you trust - seems the wise move right? All our ethics are posted publicly and it explains how we are different to many channels. www.kitguru.net/tech-news/announcements/zardon/kitguru-and-the-value-of-honest-reviews/

[@zig131]

@@KitGuruTech Reviewers getting review samples from manufacturers is widely accepted for the reasons you allude to. Having a close relationship (making video content directly for their channel for example) with one specific /retailer/ is a bit different. Product reviews typically happen vaguely around the time the product enters the market as a service to consumers - "You may see this on a shelf near you soon so here is some advice on whether you might want to/not want to buy it". It /feels/ like this review only happened because Overclockers stock them, are struggling to sell them, and want to raise awareness. Assuming the review was honest which I am not refuting, it still achieved the goal of bringing attention to an obscure product not widely stocked but readily available from Overclockers.co.uk I LIKE Overclockers but I still feel your relationship with them is relevant context for this review.

[@scruffyRe]

@@zig131 who cares.

[@greedo9314]

2:49 painteded??💀

[@davidamieva7160]

I think he meant patented

[@greedo9314]

@@davidamieva7160 ok?

[@lanfearsdragon880]

A little gimmicky review tbh, but 🤷🏽‍♀️

[@qlum]

I personally never had issues with eyestrain, the only times I get it is when I forget to turn on the light in my room. Really turning on the lights early and making sure your room lights are bright enough does make a big difference. Even using my phone in bed I always make sure to at least turn on the night light. I also make sure the brightness of the screen itself is set correctly. To me other options such as blue light filters or dark themes are just a bad method of combating the symptoms rather than the root cause.

[@Snst-404]

What you say is pretty much a really good demonstration of good habits and responsible computer usage, but dark mode, blue light blockers and non continuous usage of a monitor are valid solutions and even more effective using them in conjunction

[@xCriminalKingx]

Can I wear these all day ?

[@MyouKyuubi]

pretty much, yeah.

[@zazo5462]

Just like reading glasses, it's not recommended to wear them all day

[@MyouKyuubi]

@@zazo5462 they're not actually reading glasses though.

[@rexsthegreat22]

@@MyouKyuubi Some “Gaming glasses” and “computer glasses” can have some form of zoom-in, like reading glasses, which is why you shouldn’t wear them all day if that lens is built in yours

[@jpsmaia]

1. The lenses are made of plastic and are not polarized 2. The glasses have harmful cancerigenous products (Proposition 65 warning inside the box and on Gunnar site) 3. "We find a lack of high quality evidence to support using BB spectacle lenses for the general population to improve visual performance or sleep quality, alleviate eye fatigue or conserve macular health." in The effect of blue-light blocking spectacle lenses on visual performance, macular health and the sleep-wake cycle: a systematic review of the literature by John G Lawrenson, Christopher C Hull, Laura E Downie

[@4734291]

To much RGB lol.

[@abdullahihussein7019]

gif link U want to bay

[@tohamama]

I ordered Gunnar Optiks Torpedo 360 in Overclockers store. I paid full price for a brand new item (as a gift to my brother) but they sent me a used item in a crumpled box. I sent it back BUT they only refunded a part of the amount I paid. There is no buyer protection. No communication! Dirty business. Stay away! I really do not recommend!

[@water._.fowling]

pog

[@mightyredstallion]

Work or not, this company and the people involved in it are full trash. Ask an optometrist. This is nothing more than $5 blublockers with a different frame. Nothing new, just taking suckers for their money. But the people in the company... Being ripped off is the least of their offences. Spend your money elsewhere and save children and kittens.

[@disgustinghamburger]

no

[@nebulous962]

Nah just reduce blue light with nvidia settings :D these glasses are waste of money :)

[@nebulous962]

I can see this just by looking at the color of lens :)

[@nebulous962]

Also putting led strip behind monitor will reduce eye strain better than these glasses :)

[@Riz_Rizen]

@@nebulous962 I don't think you watched the whole review. This isn't just a pair of plastic lenses painted with a yellowish hue. The lens are coated with an anti-reflective material and he doesn't get into the specifics but they also help your eyes easily focus on computer screens when close to you, therefore reducing the strain you make your eyes go through to focus on small details in-game.

[@nebulous962]

@@Riz_Rizen well I haven't even watched a single second of the video :D i am going to watch it after i am done with the video i am watching now :D

[@Riz_Rizen]

I don't get if you're being ironic, but if you're not, that statement doesn't make much sense