What color lenses are good for driving?
The optometrist reminded us that it is not advisable to choose pink, purple, light blue, and other colors with obvious decoration effects for driving sunglasses. These colored glasses basically cannot protect the eyes. In addition, they may change the color and cause chromatic aberration. Generally speaking, you should wear brown and gray glasses when driving. The brown lens can filter out a lot of blue light, which can effectively improve visual contrast and clarity. The gray lens can absorb any color spectrum in a balanced manner and will not produce obvious chromatic aberration after wearing.
Nowadays, the colors of lenses for sunglasses on the market are dazzling. Many people only consider whether they look good when choosing colors, and do not pay attention to the impact of lens colors on vision. When choosing sunglasses, we should not only pay attention to their decoration but also pay attention to their protective function for the eyes. We should avoid using blue lenses when driving because it will make us unable to distinguish the color of the traffic signal lights.
How to choose blue light blocking glasses?
Look at lens color. Ordinary lens and blue light blocking lens is the same yellow-green film, and they can be placed in light to identify the place.
Regular lenses have a yellowish tinge in the reflection of light. And anti-blue light glasses film color, there is the blue color in the yellow and green film, this is because of the reflection of blue light.
Look at the instructions. Check the specs and test reports of glasses. Look at the lens manufacturer's qualifications and whether the lens contains radiation.
What Are Polycarbonate Glasses?
Polycarbonate was developed in the 1970s for aerospace applications and is currently used for the helmet visors of astronauts and for space shuttle windscreens.
Polycarbonate lenses were introduced in the early 1980s in response to a demand for lightweight, impact-resistance lenses. Since then, polycarbonate glasses have become standard for safety glasses, sports goggles and children’s eyewear.
Polycarbonate glasses are thinner and lighter than regular plastic lenses. They also provide 100 percent UV protection and are up to 10 times more impact-resistance than plastic or glasses lenses.
In addition, Polycarbonate lens provides clearer and more comfortable vision if anti-reflective coating is applied to the lenses, which can eliminate distracting lens reflections that interfere with vision, particularly when driving at night or in other low-light conditions when glare sources are present.
After learning some basic information about polycarbonate glasses, we will show you the advantages and disadvantages of polycarbonate lens.
Palo Alto
They are not heavy. The glasses are not heavy at all and robust and are well-suitable. The prescription is perfect. These rimless metal glasses have a bronze finish and a perfectly rounded lens. The slender metal arms finish, and the turtle arm tips and spring hinges, make the glasses simple but stylish.
What Do the Numbers on Glasses Mean?
In this section, we will show you the glasses numbers meaning. These numbers on glasses frames are the measurements that indicate and describe the size of your eyeglasses frames, specifically:
- The eye size number (it is the size of the lenses on your frame).
- The bridge size number (the distance between the lenses).
- The temple length number (it is the size of that part of your eyeglasses frame, which rests upon your ears).
The three numbers mentioned above are the key measurements that describe the glasses measurements of the frames in eyeglasses. For example, you will see three numbers like 51-17-145 at the temple of your glasses. These numbers help the optician to choose the best-fitted frame for your head size and facial features.
All of these three numbers are measured in millimeters. These variations in frame numbers are fitted by a skilled optician so that it should be best fitted, be comfortable and look good on the appearance.
How to know if lens is polarized?
Make use of LCD screens. Point the glasses horizontally at the LCD screen and then rotate them upward by 45 degrees clockwise. If it is a polarized lens, it will show a change in color deepening. If it does not change no matter how you rotate it, it is not a polarized lens. You can borrow another person's polarized lens or have previously worn a known true polarizer, and place it crossover with the new glasses you want to buy. At this time, you should see the object clearly from the crossover part with your eyes. Then cross the glasses vertically and horizontally, and at this point, the opposite object should not be visible from the intersection. If this condition is satisfied, it means that a true polarized lens is being tested.
How to buy plano lens?
You had better not buy off-the-shelf plano lens, buy by fixed matching, just like matching with myopic glasses. The price is much more expensive than the finished product. However, the quality of the finished glasses is not guaranteed, and the materials are also poor, which is not only not helpful to you, but harmful for a long time. There is no essential difference between degrees and workmanship technology for the lenses, what should choose is the brand lens film of the lens, and the transmittance of the lens, and the design technology of the lens, to buy a good lens (including smooth lens).
