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yasamoka wroteWhy would you want a physical layer of protection between your eyes and an LCD screen?
My eyes turn red (like scary red), specially when I'm tired, it looks like I'm on drugs and stuff, and its scaring people when I go to uni. And of course the other reason is for my health (my eyes basically). And that's because of spending some time on my laptop. Using flux won't change the fact that the light is going directly to my eyes...
riqmarmes wrote
yasamoka wroteWhy would you want a physical layer of protection between your eyes and an LCD screen?
My eyes turn red (like scary red), specially when I'm tired, it looks like I'm on drugs and stuff, and its scaring people when I go to uni. And of course the other reason is for my health (my eyes basically). And that's because of spending some time on my laptop. Using flux won't change the fact that the light is going directly to my eyes...
man as the guys told you gunnars only warms up the display colors they are absolutely useless for eye protection all the light from the screen passes directly to your eyes except of some filtered blue and other colors so if flux won't do it for you nothing will your eyes are basically strained from looking at the display for long times.
@DNA, Well, most reviews say they really help/work, and flux changes the colors of the screen, but when you use Gunnars the colors go back to normal. And does it really matter if I bought some?
DNA wroteyour eyes are basically strained from looking at the display for long times.
That's what the Gunnars are made for...
Yes I understand but how exactly do these glasses reduce eye strain in this case?
yasamoka wroteYes I understand but how exactly do these glasses reduce eye strain in this case?
It doesn't matter to me how they work, important thing is that they work. Most reviews say that they work, and most users are satisfied. I have no reason to be against using them.
check this out, if you want to know how they work (I haven't read the whole thing but I think the explanation in it should do.
Anti-reflective coating for glare and filtering out the harsh spectrum of light doesn't sound convincing to me, but feel free to try it anyways and tell us what happens.

I think you could test out the harsh spectrum yourself. Try shades of Red, Green, and Blue and see if they annoy you.

If I understand correctly, Flux does reduce those harsh colors so at the very least, Flux should reduce eye strain if the Gunnars do.
yasamoka wroteAnti-reflective coating for glare and filtering out the harsh spectrum of light doesn't sound convincing to me, but feel free to try it anyways and tell us what happens.

I think you could test out the harsh spectrum yourself. Try shades of Red, Green, and Blue and see if they annoy you.

If I understand correctly, Flux does reduce those harsh colors so at the very least, Flux should reduce eye strain if the Gunnars do.
I am using flux right now, but I'm sure using Gunnars have a different feel. Since flux changes the colors, but when you get used to the Gunnars colors stay the same (the white becomes yellow at first, but after like 30 minutes of first time use, the yellow becomes the white==> things go back to normal.)
If I manage to buy the glasses and actually use them, I'll let you guys know if it really works and if it is worth having. And of course difference between flux and the Gunnars.

I have to find some first...
riqmarmes wrotewhen you get used to the Gunnars colors stay the same (the white becomes yellow at first, but after like 30 minutes of first time use, the yellow becomes the white==> things go back to normal.)
I can say the same about flux. I get used to it pretty fast and yellow doesn't seem noticeable at all after a while :]
riqmarmes wrote
yasamoka wroteAnti-reflective coating for glare and filtering out the harsh spectrum of light doesn't sound convincing to me, but feel free to try it anyways and tell us what happens.

I think you could test out the harsh spectrum yourself. Try shades of Red, Green, and Blue and see if they annoy you.

If I understand correctly, Flux does reduce those harsh colors so at the very least, Flux should reduce eye strain if the Gunnars do.
I am using flux right now, but I'm sure using Gunnars have a different feel. Since flux changes the colors, but when you get used to the Gunnars colors stay the same (the white becomes yellow at first, but after like 30 minutes of first time use, the yellow becomes the white==> things go back to normal.)
If I manage to buy the glasses and actually use them, I'll let you guys know if it really works and if it is worth having. And of course difference between flux and the Gunnars.

I have to find some first...
That'd be your brain adjusting for the new white balance. That is why we can tolerate monitors that have bluish or reddish tints to them. Once you get used to calibrating monitors (*raises hand*) you appreciate how futile it is for the brain to correct for some horrible tints you see on many laptop displays, for example.

Flux would do the same, you'd just get used to the new tint. I think that's what enthralled is trying to say, too. His personal experience agrees with the science here.

You see, this is why I'm skeptical. Flux should be pretty similar to the Gunnars in that aspect.

riqmarmes, I just got an idea. Do all monitors give you eye strain, or have you only tested on your laptop? I could calibrate your laptop screen and if there was a bluish tint, it would disappear.
I started using it yesterday, I can still see the yellow tint, although it doesn't really bother me. But I would look much cooler if I'm wearing glasses, joking. But I know that it's brain adjusting and stuff, but it seems like my brain isn't functioning very well. I thought it wouldn't work (the adjustment for the new white) since its my laptop display that's having a change in color only, but the rest of what I see has normal colors. I don't see why would my brain adjust.
riqmarmes wroteI started using it yesterday, I can still see the yellow tint, although it doesn't really bother me. But I would look much cooler if I'm wearing glasses, joking. But I know that it's brain adjusting and stuff, but it seems like my brain isn't functioning very well. I thought it wouldn't work (the adjustment for the new white) since its my laptop display that's having a change in color only, but the rest of what I see has normal colors. I don't see why would my brain adjust.
It can still adjust. You don't have a reference 6500K white near the monitor to keep staring at. But if you do use a calibrated monitor, let's say, then move to a bluish or yellowish monitor (or vice-versa), you would be annoyed.

This is partly why multi-monitor users prefer their monitors to be calibrated close to each other or pick identical monitors to make this easier. Try using 2 monitors where one is reddish and the other is bluish.

Anyways, we can test this out. I'm not sure how accurate Flux is, but it surely goes some way to simulate the Gunnar effect.

But sure, when everything is yellow, your brain adjusts faster, can't argue with that.
I thought it wouldn't work (the adjustment for the new white) since its my laptop display that's having a change in color only, but the rest of what I see has normal colors. I don't see why would my brain adjust.
Probably because whatever is around your screen doesn't have a strong backlighting source emitting white light.

I'm not sure if you might be an exception (it seems unlikely to me), but flux users report getting adapted to the tint pretty fast. Moreover, you can set a "colder" color in the settings and progressively make it warmer.
Why wear quirky looking glasses when you can solve this via software? It seems much more practical to me to have an app that automatically launches on sunset.
Thanks for the flux solution, i will try to ditch my anti-reflective eye glasses for this.
8 days later
Just wanted to add that aside from flux -- which was quite foreign to many of us a few years back and thankfully saved me from making my vision worse upon discovery, I've been using this site just to be on the safe side. I don't want to blabber about the premise of the site, get it all here.
2 years later
Is it still possible to get those glasses in Lebanon?
Satfoun wroteIs it still possible to get those glasses in Lebanon?
f.lux is a free and nearly as good alternative.
2 years later
12 days later
Nowadays most medical prescription glasses provide you with "blue control" option, which is basically the same way Gunnar glasses work.