Gamma Ray Computer Blue Light Blocking Gaming Reading Glasses w/Amber Tint and Anti Glare UV Digital Eyestrain

Here's a review I wrote for my site, but I'll just copy and paste it here too.After hours of computer usage, I noticed that my eyes would begin to strain against the bright light of the screen. Particularly in the morning and at night, the strain is worse and my eyes would become dry and tired. It wasn't so bad that it was a chronic symptom, but it was still an annoyance that I realized could seriously damage my eyes in the long run. I downloaded a free application called f.lux and it did a great job in dimming the screen and easing some of the eye strain, but I found the color change to be a little strange, I wanted something that could be used throughout the whole day (f.lux can be set for the daytime, but I'd rather not have a red screen forever), and I wanted a physical solution to the harmful rays. I've seen screen shields you can mount to your monitor, but they would only fit that particular screen size and not work for any other device. All this pretty much adds up to a pair of computer glasses.I initially looked at the popular Gunnar brand but as soon as I saw the pricetags, I looked away. The cheapest pair I could find was $80, but you can find occasional sales on Woot that drop certain designs to about $35. Also, I found their designs to be kind of lame for computer wear - though they may look cool with the aviator designs and secret agent styles, I could not imagine myself wearing them without looking like a total dork working on a computer. So I looked around elsewhere and I found this Gamma Ray brand on Amazon. They've got 6 different styles (and they look pretty standard so you do too), some with another color option, and are at a much happier price of $25 and under. I got the GR003 model, shown above, and it was $19.99 when I bought it.It comes with a nice and sturdy glasses case, along with a cleaning cloth. It barely fits comfortably on my head - meaning if it were any bit tighter, it would be a bad fit. I think I have a pretty regular sized head, but I still have to pull the arms just a little bit apart to put it on. It has ended up as a good thing though, because now it fits super snugly on my head and even vigorous shaking and looking straight down at the floor won't even cause the glasses to budge or fall (don't have to worry about it falling into the toilet when I look down to pee). The fit just happens to work for me and it sits fairly comfortably without it getting in the way. The description mentions that the frame is made of a "lightweight and flexible Beta Memory Polymer" and even provides a picture of it bending and squishing like crazy. From what I see though, it seems to be like any regular lightweight hard plastic and it is slightly flexible. I'll bend it about a centimeter at most, but would not dare to attempt what the picture shows. A problem I found with this material is the oil, which appears very easily. Oil pretty much just sits on the plastic, particularly on the lenses which is plastic as well; wiping it with the cloth alone will not really help get rid of it and will only push it around. I found this to be the biggest issue but it actually won't affect your vision as long as you wipe away the big smudges. It's actually crystal clear and the lenses are scratch proof as well.But now onto the functionality - did this really help with the eye strain? At first it seemed like just an unassuming pair of lightly tinted glasses. There is a slight magnification and the tint will no longer be noticable after a few minutes of wear. They claim that blue light, which is natural during daylight, is emitted through the screens and is the main cause of stress on your eyeballs, and these glasses will reflect that. When held up, the reflection I see off the lens is blue and purple, so I guess it's working. The big surprise is when you take them off. That's when I noticed how big of a difference the glasses actually made in helping dim the screen. That's also when I realized how much effort my eyes would have to make to squint for such a long period if I didn't wear the glasses. With the glasses, I noticed my eyes have eased up a significant amount. Even though my eye strain wasn't particularly bad, it is pretty much gone now and I am much more comfortable looking at the screen.This product provided the solution to my eye strain worries and is great for anyone who stares at computers, tvs, etc. for a very long time. Also I don't look like a complete dork while wearing this particular style. My girlfriend even complimented on how they look on me, which is something I have never heard her say before. The only problems I found were the annoying traces of oil and that the fit may not be perfect for everyone, but at this price and given how the product works well I think those things are easily brushed away. I never go on the computer without wearing these glasses and I think I'll be using them for a very long time to come.Also tried this with the Prime free trial, and received it the very next morning after ordering it in the late afternoon the day before!

I work looking at a computer screen 9 hours a day, and at my phone regularly during the day and night. I was having trouble sleeping and someone told me about these blue light filter glasses. I have been using them for a few hours a day and couple hours before I go to bed looking at my cellphone, watching videos etc. I feel it helped me relax more at night time and sleep faster.

it works how its supposed to though

Unfortunately, as I have waded off into my mid-fifties, readers are now a necessary part of life. I lose or break glasses often, and I am bad about leaving them in the car, bathroom, garage, shop . . . you name it, so I try to have several lying around. Thus I have been through and tried many readers.Since I purchased this pair (I have now purchased a second pair and they are on the way, which is when I took a moment to make this review), I have made sure to keep these close to my computer.I noticed in the past that after spending my morning reading on my electronic devices, I would go out into the world and see double for two or three hours. Sometimes it was so bad that I could hardly read signs on the road. This scared me, because I otherwise do not use glasses for driving or general stuff; I just need help with the reading part. Until now, the exception to reading glasses has been when I read on my Kindle I've not worn glasses. I've just cranked the font size up. But on everything else I wore the various reading glasses I've purchased over the past few years.With these glasses, however, I can spend hours on my devices and then walk outside and drive my car and BAM! . . . no blurry vision. I'm not an eye doctor, but I have to think that putting my eyes through those blurry-vision episodes--even though up till now they always go away after a few hours--must do some long-term damage. These glasses, more than any I've found, have REALLY helped this issue.I now make the font on my Kindle smaller and use these glasses, because I would rather have the protection from the electronic glare that these glasses seem to provide me, even though (on my Kindle, at least) I don't technically need glasses to read. In other words, even if I did not need glasses to read, I would probably buy these at the lowest power available and use them for the glare protection alone.Other glasses I have tried have helped, but the reason I like these so much is because they maintain focus out to a further distance of a couple of feet. With others I have tried, I have to pull my devices up within a foot or so of my face. This is not natural for me. Because my desktop computer monitor is so large--and because I have spent some years now enjoying the luxury of just cranking up the font and screen size on my iPad/Kindle, I have become accustomed to leaning back in my chair and reading from more of a distance. With these glasses, I can do so with ease. No need to lean forward and put my face too close to the monitor now. The focal point on these is further away from my face. When I was a kid, my dad always told me to not sit too close to the TV because he had read that it was hard on your eyes. So now, leaning into my monitor (which is really just an LED TV) makes me feel like I'm disobeying Dad's rule.With these glasses, I can lean back and enjoy from a distance. I recommend them.

Second time buying this glasses. They are really comfortable. They truly block the blue light. No more headaches!