LED headlights are simply out of control these days. There seems to be zero standards/restrictions placed on vehicle manufacturers with lights such as from the new Cadillac Escalades, along with some of the Honda vehicles literally blindingly bright. Headlights were designed to illuminate the road directly in front of the vehicle at a downward angle. Today, manufacturers attempt to illuminate all areas in front and to the side of the vehicle as far forward as possible. For people driving pick-ups and large SUVs it isn't so much of a problem but for those of us driving cars that are sitting lower the intensity can be blinding.
@@Stej-i7m Those pure white or cool white lights fatigue your eyes way more than the warm white lights of halogen. That is even without them hitting you square in the face.
They do help with removing the “blue” from oncoming headlights a little, but not the brightness of those lights. I personally think those super bright LED headlights should be pulled off the market. I didn’t have problems with night driving before they became common.
Blue or violet wavelength head lights (for that matter police lights) SHOULD become illegal. There are multiple reasons why yellow or light-amber/light-umber lights were originally put on vehicles. Yellow light wavelengths go further through fog and rainy conditions, and it's easier on the eyes. Whilst blue/ ultraviolet light actually damage vision. Try driving through a work zone at 2 a.m while blue cop lights are flashing and tell me it's not Intense.
I just whist there is a law to prevent some car from putting the sun in the their headlight , I dont get why some ass hole turn on their "main" headlight in the city.
Whoever thought putting blue/violet/led light on car are asshole. Yellow light just work i dont understand why we need brighter light. I use to drive at night and the road is pitch black but the yellow light is enough for me. The problem is the asshole that uses high beam and drive reklessly and now my eyes are highly sensitive to light.
Yellow glasses help tremendously to defend yourself from the blinding cool-white of modern oncoming headlights. It is terrible that manufacturers use 6500K cool white color temp. They should be using ~3500K, it improves depth perception versus 6500K, reduces glare off fog on your windshield, fog in the air and light skimming off wet surfaces. Blue light causes the iris to constrict and elderly drivers suffer the most because their eyes take longer to dilate after the blinding light has passed. You can also blind yourself with blue light when it bounces of road signs and takes some time for your iris to dilate afterward.
I'm 51 and these new lights kill my eyes! I wish they would invent glasses that work like the auto dimming mirrors so the bright headlights would seem dim. My eyes have always been sensitive to bright light and now that I'm older it's really bad. I'm gonna try the night driving glasses. I have nothing to lose
I'm a night time truck driver and I can see where yellow night driving glasses makes a difference especially when vehicles are approaching my truck from behind with their bright or high energy led lights on and beaming into my truck mirrors. The night time yellow driving glasses makes these lights less blinding on my eyes and they make visibility better in wet conditions.
I saw a camouflaged test car on the road in the mountains one day and I googled test driver job and the first result was the job I got. Haha a lot easier than people think. I do think the blue blocker glasses helped mostly with eye strain, not so much anything else, but for long distance night driving, it helped fatigue.
@@taylor1212eminem wow I'm so happy to hear the yellow glasses helped you! I drive for a living too, and the LED lights are killing me. Night time is stressful due to my vision with the lights. Did you buy just regular yellow lens glasses or were they special from the eye doctor or anything? I just wanna know if maybe I can hit up Amazon and buy some decent looking glasses I can just keep on at night, instead of taking em on and off when I get in and out of my car during work.
is 22 testers statistically significant? Isn't it possible it could help some people more than others due to physiology differences.?? At 64 I struggle with this and I appreciate the advice and tips on keeping windshields and headlights clean.
I’m a doctor and do night shifts regularly and I can attest that night glasses (in a well lit hospital environment) help a great deal with eye strain and fatigue!
I use the "night driving" glasses in the evening and at night. I use them mainly because of the ridiculously bright and/or blue headlights. It makes them less bright, less blue, less harsh on my eyes as they approach in the opposite lane. Yes, I know they can inhibit on a completely dark road with no oncoming traffic, so I usually lower them in those situations but keep them on so when that ONE vehicle with the bright blue lights suddenly turns on to the road, I don't immediately lose my night vision from the glaring light.
This! I just bought the clip-on yellow lens to attach to my vision glasses because when I drive from work at night I usually go trough a dark road with occasionally car going the other direction with their very bright lights and it’s always been a struggle! I hope these lens will solve the problem
As an OTR truck driver I can say that those glasses work great. They not only work for night but work great in places like a giant car plant. Everyone in Honda of Canada wears them and they work great with the light in the plant. They make the man made lights look better . On the road they really help with eye strain. I always wear them when driving at nights. . Yes it is for on coming lights which is what a long haul driver will face most of the time. So they work great.
I find that yellow glasses help when driving on a dark country road at night in a snow storm. Also driving at dawn when the light is so "flat" that it is hard to tell where the snow filled ditch is compared to the road. They seem to increase contrast a little bit. I think they also help when meeting oncoming overly bright headlights at night by making them less piercing blue-white in colour.
*Ban the asshole from using the blinding led when there no need to use one. Led is good the extreme brightness is also helpful , BUT NOT IN THE ALREADY WELL LIT PLACE.
I worked as a company electrician for a welding shop for a few years, and I had a pair of prescription yellow tinted glasses that I wore as safety glasses (with side shields). They really helped with the glare coming from the welding booths at times when I was passing by (not looking at the arc, just getting caught by the glare of it), and felt noticeably less strain at the end of the day. I tried the "night driving glasses" back when I was a kid, and understood that they don't "brighten" things up, but they sure do make it easier to notice and identify objects.
I came looking for the video because as I've gotten older, I'm way more sensitive to these new LED lights. It adds to the stress of night driving, so I wasn't expecting to see "better", just be less annoyed with rude drivers.
I've tried driving with yellow tint at night and it helps some with blue light glare but otherwise it filters out the total amount of light coming in. One thing I've learned from flying is that eyes and night vision take time to adjust to darkness and glaring light can instantly degrade the natural adaptation that the eyes make after 15 min or more. That's why in the cockpit we use red light as much as possible and turn down the lighting on the console. In my opinion, more cars should allow you to not just dim lights on your console but also change the tinting to more red light. If your car allows for dimming inside console lights, you should use it if you're bothered by night driving eye strain. Your other tips about cleaning your own lenses, windshield and headlights was right on
I drive a 1998 car with old school incandescent backlit dashboard lighting and when I step into a modern car with stupid LED screens everywhere I can't see sh* at night
Actually the best use would be to turn the brightness all the way up, so that your eyes don't have to adjust as much to oncoming traffic with bright lights. This is the reason, as an airline pilot- we turn the cockpit brightness knobs UP during lightning storms
Also, aviation cockpits haven't used red lighting in a LONG time. The theory of red lights and your rods and cones wasn't quite the study they once thought it was.
I always have turned down the light of my speed in my Prius. Fortunately, they don't have other lights lol. Hard to see buttons for radio etc. I will be more diligent in cleaning thanks.
I guess it is the same principle based on the yellowing of your mobile phone screen at night. Yellow light is less irritating to the human eye than blue light. The polarisation helps when roads are wet.
I'm a night time truck driver 2 years in my first year i have terrible experience without them in the morning especially also during driving also but now from 1 year i used them i feel perfectly no watery eyes no problem in the morning they help they really help
I will take the overall slight darkening because personally I appreciate the reduction in glare and color correction from those obnoxious blue headlights.
They 100% help when driving down windy backroads with on coming traffic, especially in the rain. Or in areas with high ambient lighting (city driveing). However when driving in areas with no ambient lighting it has a neutral to slightly negative effect. As for the tests done with simulators. There's no good way to simulate being blinded by oncoming traffic on a left turning road, especially on roads with no white lines to advert your eyes to
I have a pair of "amber vision" night glasses. When I was younger I had no issues driving at night. I find that they really help to cut the glare from oncoming traffic for me, or a particularly bright sunset, etc.
First off, IF people could dim their bright lights when a vehicle approaches most night driving problems would go away. I wear yellow night glasses because they reduce glare. They obviously do not improve the overall visibility but, they do lessen the glare - especially from those who never learned how to switch lights to low beams. Maybe we should put that dimmer switch back on the floor where it once was?!
I feel disgust every time I get in a customer's vehicle, and the high beams are on. There are a few things that customers can do to piss off mechanics, by just sitting in their car. You can have a nasty car full of garbage and bugs, you can have a car that has the high beams on at 1 in the afternoon, and you can even crank your radio out to the max and just let the mechanic get ear-fucked 30 minutes into the day, and not even after a whole damn cup of coffee. I'm wiping stuff out of my eyes, plugging up my scan tool, and at the flip of a switch I'm getting my mind rocked by Veggie Tales. Don't get me started on LEDs and other manufacturer design issues.
I drove for years all over the UK and remember buying my Night Glasses when they first came out. They were quite expensive then but boy did they make a difference at night and in rain. Would not drive now without them in the car.
I tried many night vision glasses, the one that I found that works is a combo of light yellow tinting, polarization and lights, like city driving. No illume or zero lights like country driving these glasses doesn't work. The yellow tinted ones with out polarization works during dust, dawn, or bad weather (Gray world), I found that computer glasses also works great.
Driving alone on a country road with no street lights is easy. The problem is oncoming headlights of another car when there are no street lights to illuminate the road, the oncoming headlights on dark roads when they’re right in the next lane reduces contrast a lot of the bitumen against white road lines via glare. For LED headlights, there’s a specific spike in the blue part or the spectrum usually - not evenly spread out. Meaning you could use a filter to take out a certain bandwidth of light in the blue spectrum and greatly reduce their impact. We have similar filters in astrophotography and astronomical filters to cut specific emission lines.
Honestly, I dont care if they "brighten the night up". I just want those annoying glares ffrom those laser beams to get reduced from destroying my eyes.
I think they yellow cuts the star shaped down and also helps to see curbs better. Perhaps it’s just a placebo but less anxiety means a calmer driver. All depends on how lit the route I’m on is.
You are exactly right. While they will not help you see better in complete darkness, they will help you feel more comfortable. I find them to be very helpful in dealing with the new bluish headlights nowadays. Since no two people are exactly the same you can expect it it will help some and not others. I really enjoy your videos. Keep it up.
What many parents and driving schools don’t teach you is that when you have bright headlights coming at you, you’re supposed to look away towards the white shoulder line which keeps you in the lane while saving your eyes.
A neat trick is to close one of your eyes and keep your night vision on at least that eye. I drive RHT so I close my left eye and let my big pecker obscure the blinding oncoming lights.
It helps if there IS a white line, but most roads I drive don't even have a center line. When those LED headlights hit your eyes, you can't see where the road is at all.
Another thing that is good, if not mentioned, is that for long trips, it keeps your eyes moist. If you have the AC or heater on or even an open window, keeping your eyes moist helps keep you eyes from tiring out.
The tinted glasses help me with driving because it decreases the harshness of oncoming traffic lights. Just because I put them on doesn’t mean that I can’t take them off…. If I feel like I need more clarity when driving around town I just take them off. When I’m driving the back roads home they save me! I love them!
I get two pairs of eye glasses when I buy glasses. I get one clear and one amber. The amber lens does help me at night and snow blizzards. Mine even help give me better detail in daytime.
I've been using these at night for a few years and I definitely believe in them. I drive on dark roads often but haven't tried driving without the glasses. I'm going to try that to compare.
Thanks for this informative video and the science behind your observations. At 74 years old, I've had trouble driving at night for at least 20 years. About 10 years ago, I tried a down and dirty yellow clip-on just for the heck of it. It clearly reduced the glare of oncoming headlights and seemed to "soften" everything else that caused nighttime driving distractions. I understand that they do not help you to "see" better at night, but glare reduction is a plus, at least for me.
Glad to read these comments I am also 74 and only just started being blinded by oncoming headlights or in the side mirrors coming from behind ...this last trip to Montana made me start looking for a solution before I kill myself from being blinded from headlight at 80 mph.
I have a pair. It doesn't lesson the halos or starbursts, but it does tone them down a bit. So they do help me. I don't really buy the study unless they tested only people with halos and starburst. I mean anything that makes the blinding less is a help.
I agree have a study done with people only that see halo night driving. Halos are blinding during night driving after Caterat Surgery vision improved a lot but halos on coming traffic night time, any remedy let me know try yellow, anti reflective len Not much help.
You're right, yellow glasses don't make things brighter and I'm just as dangerous with them as without, but the reduced glare is a godsend and makes the driving experience so much less stressful dispite the oncoming high beams on a wet moonless night. Thanks for your insights.
I’m a over the road truck driver and I agree I have not seen a difference wearing yellow tinted glasses except for oncoming headlights. I agree I get less of a headache when oncoming traffic has their headlights on at night especially when divers don’t turn off their brights.
I tried the yellow glasses once just to see if they were a gimmick, or if there was any merit to them. I found that in overcast situations they helped reduce the dreary feeling of the day. But they tend to give an unnatural yellowish tint to everything which I found disturbing. Back then, there weren't as many bluish LED and Xenon headlights as you see today I've been seeing more and more of the bluish lights, and a lot of them do seem too bright. They may not actually put more lumens of light out than the older halogen bulbs, but maybe our eyes are better suited to yellower light. I'm giving some thought to trying the yellowish glasses again. After all, they aren't very expensive, so it's not like I have a lot to lose. I wonder how long it would take me to get used to seeing everything with a yellowish tint. And, yes, I agree that very blue, purple, or even pink (I kid you not; I've even seen pink) headlights ought to be outlawed! Should States regulate the color temperature of headlights? I don't propose to know a definitive answer to that. Maybe they should be limited to off-road use. I would like to see something done, however, because if nothing is done, the situation could easily get out of hand.
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I use yellow flip-down clip-ons. I flip them down to cope with the glare of blue-white headlights and flip them out of the way to get maximum light when there isn't oncoming traffic.
This is 3 years late, but after complaining about struggling to drive with night time glare and the dumb over bright blue/white led headlights... She said I should look into this.
Appreciate this video is 3 years old as at 2023. I am 74 and fine them very useful. I thought my issue with bright headlamps was an age related thing but seems it is not just age but also LED bulbs. As you point out, it cannot make things brighter but they do appear to alleviate the intense glare of modern headlamps.
I bought a pair of yellow night vision glasses as well as a clip on for the visor. I used to drive I-5 a fair amount at night and a certain part of the trip the glare was really bad. These worked very well and reduced the strain on my eyes.
When my patients ask about tint on their glasses, I always explain that the benefit from tint is very subjective. Two patients in the exact same situation may have different experiences with tint. Some may say that it helped immensely while some may say that it had no effect. And this is the same for basically any type of tint.
I have a pair but I don't have them for night driving. I think they make it harder to see at night. What I use them for is seasonal affective disorder. Everyone gets that feeling in winter, the light is more gray and dreary. Putting these on during the day makes it seem bright and gives things more of a summer time tint. I find it makes things a lot more cheery and less drab than they would typically be. It's amazing the difference wearing them for an hour or so and then suddenly taking them off how crappy things look.
Had polarised bronze tinted glasses which helped a lot in all conditions (except total darkness, obviously). Especially good in total white out. But I often had to explain to my clients/passengers how they worked.
Found a old pair clip ones and tried the. They helped. As a boomer we used these back in day and truck drivers used them. They help during day also, not sunny days but cloudy days and fog. I already wear glasses for far vision and reading now.
It does not reduce glare, but it makes the glare bearable. Once the vehicle with blinding light goes away, you can immediately focus on road. without glasses, you'll be blinded for few extra seconds or feel irritation because of the cool white lights. simply put, it reduces the color temperature, not intensity.
Thank you for that balanced review. I am a church pastor and am often called out at night, and I do find the glare of oncoming headlights distracting. I heard about night vision glasses, and so I tried to do some research, but it is heavily weighted by advertising. Anyway I thought I had nothing to lose by buying a cheap pair. I found these made no difference, and wondered if the more you pay, the more effective the product. What are your thoughts? ( In the UK prices range from £7,99 to £59.99.)
Well, if it does not worsen night vision and it helps other people in certain conditions during night driving, then it must mean it works. Though not in all situations. It doesn't exactly "brighten" your vision at night since it is filtering blue light, it just increases contrast.
I am a truck driver so I drive many times at night, these are really great glasses because help your eyes to be relaxed, its like sunglasses during daytime. But when I go to curvy country roads it makes harder to see the bends and the sense of distance.
I found deep yellow filtration makes the environment so contrasty that I feel a little bit claustrophobic; a little less or more subtle amber would go a long way to normalizing the night scene into a comfortable neutral panorama. Polarization, though darker, helps me view the road much more in midnight rain and twilight ambiguity. You're right: amber polarization is more comfortable despite a darker confined view..
Yes, the blue lights are terrible. The glare from the oncoming lights is blinding. The yellow glasses do help a little with the glare, maybe 30-40%. They do not resolve the problem, but they help some with the oncoming headlights. They do not make things brighter etc.
Yes , agree with you on the blue headlight. Once those lights hit my eyes and when I went to turn left I went over the curb . Thank God no one was there.
I just had lasik eye surgery (5 days ago) and driving home at night is awful, I can't see anything when a car is coming at me, I'm praying these will help
those probably arent factory. someone probably put LEDs in a car with a reflector housing instead of projectors. they also dont have their lights properly aimed
@Louis Hernandez I understand what you imagine about what causing the blinding effect of led lights, but sometimes light from that type of car is blinding for some people (like me), not in a long time, just a split second, but it is still distracting, and I don't need to directly staring at the light to get the blinding effect, cars from the opposite direction can cause this, not all cars, but some, I don't really know about cars maybe there are some specific type of light that causing this
Back in the 80s, I had the original BluBlockers. I tried them at night and they turned bright oncoming headlights into two yellow dots. These days, they make them where they're dark at the top, and fade to lighter at the bottom. I want lighter from top to bottom but can't find them.
I like the yellow tint to make the on coming headlights a little softer not so harsh. I also like them on a rainy day , when I'm watching TV or my phone screen. It just makes it more comfortable and easier on the eyes, less eye strain.
Glad to read these comments; I am 74 and only just the last couple of years started being blinded by oncoming headlights or in the side mirrors coming from behind ...this last trip to Montana made me start looking for a solution before I kill myself from being blinded from headlight glare at 80 mph.
I absolutely love a set of well focused warm LED headlights. But what's been going on is that people buy the headlights because they think a certain color looks cool even if that means they can't see s*** at night. They also don't focus them properly. And then there are the drivers that don't care what their headlights look like, whether they're on high or low, whether they're aiming at the moon or the shoulder of the road.
These days you are forced to upgrade to the new LED lighting because the old sealed beams fail in a year or so because they lose the seal. They have the seal of quality now "Made In China". I install the LED lights and aim them but that does not stop the glare or blinding from the lights. They do not project a clean beam. not a good light at all, but all you can get now.
I used them a lot when I was a long-distance truck driver doing mostly the night shift. I really felt a difference in my energy level and reduced eye fatigue over long driving hours. However, as you mentioned, Doctor Eye Health they are a liability when in real darkness. Like on a county road with no road light, as you said, perfect example. that the exact place I felt they were dangerous rather than useful You need some environmental light for night driving glasses to be an asset. Full moon, interstate lamp post, city driving, etc.
I used to have the yellow lenses in one pair of glasses specifically for driving. I didn't use them at night because they actually made it hard to see. But they were GREAT in fog or overcast conditions with snow on the road. They were also excellent at what we call in the country "venison time"....in the fall at dusk where the fields, the roadside and the deer all look the same color. They gave enough contrast so you could see those furry car demolishers on the side of the road. Those glasses saved my hood numerous times😂!
I'm a small car delivery driver, and i work in the rain and at night. I'm primarily concerned about the glare. So I'll probably give the yellow glasses a try. I already have very dark UV filter sunglasses I wear when the sun is low in the western sky and I am driving into it. They help quite a bit. The reflection of the sun on wet black pavement is really bad, and the dark UV sunglasses are great for that. I just need something to cut down on the glare of oncoming lights, especially during night-time rain.
I was an over-the-road driver 1991-2018 and tried them in the mid 1990's. In the rain at night, they weren't too bad BUT whenever I stopped somewhere and went inside a building everything still looked yellow and I'd left them in the truck. One thing I noticed my last decade or so of driving, which I did mainly at night, headlights are aimed too high. The first time I went from a truck with incandescent lights to on the new styles I noticed that first night the headlights were aimed too high. With them aimed too high it is harder to see the road in the rain. I quickly got into the habit of moving the truck at night to where I could see if the headlight beams are above the bottom of the a trailer. If the beam was on the side or doors that meant they were aimed too high. If you are going down the road/highway and your headlight beam(s) shine on the door(s) of a big truck then your lights are in need of adjustment. It also means you are blinding every driver in front of you whether they're coming towards you or going the same direction as you.
I keep a pair of yellow-tinted clip-on lenses in my car for foggy days, or for those snowy times when it is more gray mist than true snowfall. The yellow tint does help bring out the contrast in those specific situations, but not in others.
I clear snow from roads and parking lots in the winter. Out shifts start at night and continue through sunrise into early morning hours. And the absolute worst thing is when the sun come up after a fresh snow covering event. The reflection is atrocious and just destroys my ability to see. I do use these yellow lenses in that scenario and they work very well for me.
i have macular degeneration and i think theses yellow glasses will help in glare.i see my eye dr every 4 months ,take areds vitamins twice a day and everything has bee staying stable.thank you
In your video you mentioned the newer headlights with LED and other super bright lights. What about the height of all the different vehicles? Some trucks are very high or add their running lights in addition to driving ones. I am searching for glasses to cut the oncoming glare and, after watching this video, think they don't exist.
like you said on a rain or foggy day they work best. And help filter the blue beam from the headlights. I recommend them for motorcyclist. They work for daytime and night and keep you from having to carry clear and sunglasses.
I have worn yellow sunglasses while night driving for years. I find the yellow lenses brighten up dark corners and tone down bright lights. In fact, I can stare directly into hi beam headlights with no ill effects. !
I have very sensitive eyes that get fatigue with backlighting on screens and glare on roads. It feels like a flinching i can't control. The yellow lenses diminish that effect so I can drive in bright light or with increased glare on rainy days, which happen a lot in the PNW. They also help with contrast and partially eliminate the phosphenes i experience due to pressure or effects from my cataracts.
I'm a mild deutan. Reds are intense while greens are subdued, or so they tell me. They both look fine from my point of view. The Ishihara test says I'm colorblind while the Falant says I'm just fine. The shooting glasses are a godsend to me. On foggy mornings when driving into the sun, I'm blind. When wearing shooting glasses, everything is just great. Same thing at night. It really tames those over the top bright headlights and completely eliminates glare even with a dirty windshield. So, is it possible that the mixed test results have a something to do with how each individual sees color? It' my understanding that colorblindness tests are not part of regular eye exams and only recall being routinely tested twice. The first time was in what is now called MEPS 40+ years ago and then when I was applying for a private pilot license 25 years ago. The Doc passed me using the Falant Lantern but assured me I'd never get a commercial license of any type. One optometrist I spoke with in casual conversation suspected many more people were colorblind than estimated because, at least at the time, colorblindness were only routine for military and just a few particular occupations.
They help me with glare when it rains at night. They also seem to cut down the star pattern in headlights in the rain. I am elderly with the start of cataracts so I’m sure that would be a big cause.
I too am light sensitive and i got myself a pair of glasses off of amazon. nothing out of this world and cheap too. they have a somewhat of a pink lenses and i noticed that it improved my visibility during rain, foggy and moggy conditions. in some cases, it helps me in night time driving. I'm not sure if they are polarized or not. i have to look into that.
From my understanding, our eyes have an easier time with yellow tints because it reflects back less than blue, I know a lot of rally people run yellow light bars because they “cut through” the dust. I wear orange sunnies during the day and tried them briefly at night and they certainly reduced eye strain, but I think that was mostly the polarization. Dark tint was dangerous though, couldn't see pedestrians. I'll try it
The very light color yellow lens really work for me when driving at night. (It takes the glare away, making a huge difference) >>>The dark color yellow lens does not work for me, as they are too dark, impairing my vision for night driving. >>>I have given over 25 pairs of the "light color yellow lens" over the years to family and friends alike, and most of them would never go without them for night driving.
Being Brain injured from many years ago, I am Migraine prone. I am also light sensitive. But with that said, I have tried these type of glasses. I live on an old US highway that has long stretches of low light, with proper headlights, you can drive these roads fine. But there are many people that do not know how to drive without using their brights. I tried these once before, but I had expected them to improve night vision, which of course they did not, as they do not allow more light to enter the eye. But I had noticed that bright streetlights were tamped down a bit. But the tint on this pair was too dark to adequately use at night. I chose the lighter tint, so it just barely turns the most obnoxious LED Blue headlights, and turns them more of a yellowish tint (like Warm White Incandecent). I find that after getting blasted by the idiots in the oncoming lanes running their brights at all times, I am not struggling with pindots for pupils in my eyes. These things actually work, in that they make driving at night more comfortable. Just use a light yellow tint.
I had early cataracts and had surgery. My problem is horrible halos around lights while night driving. I see my ophthalmologist once a year and I did have surgery a few months ago to correct double vision while watching Tv which worked great. But the halos around lights is bad and especially when it’s raining at night. What can I do to help me? Those yellow glasses don’t fix the halos just makes them a different color. Thanks. Btw cataract surgery was done at age 49. I’m 60 now. Dr suspects the steroids I was taking for spine issues may have caused early cataracts
Recently viewed this video when I was waiting for my night driving glasses. I can honestly say for me it’s a game changer. They are superb. Please ignore the conclusion of this video and try some. Hardly ever comment on RUclips videos I hope it helps someone.
Interesting what you said about polarisation and water reflected on the road. I live in Sweden and when the sun is low the glare on a wet road can get really strong and blind you. And there’s no way you can protect yourself with the sunscreen or a cap. So polarised yellow glasses might do the trick.
I have just been to see my optometrist for an annual check up and enquired about amber tinted spectacles for driving during the hours of darkness especially during the winter months when there is less daylight. I'm not seeking glasses to drive better I merely want a more comfortable journey from bright headlamps. Sometimes the headlamps are not adjusted correctly and cause glare the same as the newer headlamps. I am having my -50 prescription added to the lens in addition to a reflective coating on the amber lens. There is no requirement for me to wear driving spectacles it's just a comfort thing. Great review 👌👊
I have a presciption pair, they do give a bit of contrast, but they relax the eyes as regards oncoming headlights, I feel my eyes are more relaxed to actually see and drive. Theyre not perfect but this is thier advantage.
Can't remember if I have posted on this matter before but if I have, I can't find it. I have these yellow glasses. They are a help in some circumstances but not in others. They certainly help on lighted roads, cutting down the white light glare from headlight which are not needed and which should be banned. But on unlit road where there are many bends,, although they do help to cut down glare, they also serve to darken the edge of the road which becomes difficult to make out. For that reason, I stopped wearing them. But then I have cataracts which my optician says are nowhere near bad enough to warrant an operation. So I think that the solution, at least for me, is to wear them on lit roads but not on unlit ones where, paradoxically , they are most needed. I also try to confine night driving, as far as possible to roads which have street lighting- or perhaps all roads where there are no bright white headlights. Some hope these days!
Don't close your eyes, that's dangerous (if an on-coming car suddenly swerves in front of you, you won't be able to notice it if it happens while your eyes are shut). rather squint your eyes until your vision is blurry. Squinting this much really helps block the glare from those bright led lights while allowing you to still see the road.
I think the polariser makes the biggest difference, as the reflections reduces, and contrasts boost, and with the yellow glasses, it will be way better then my polarised sunglasses at night
Hi, I know its late but I recently bought a cheap but photochromic and polarized pair of sunglasses off Aliexpress and this pair is much more comfortable to use at night and in daytime, this gets darker so that serves a purpose too. I should mention that I ride a motorbike.
I had toric implants put in after cataract surgery. I keep getting horrible halos in one eye despite laser etc. Tried drops, and then the glasses. The glasses help at dusk but do nothing when it comes to the insane headlights, help a little with normal. They do help for the streetlight halos. Overall I didn't feel very safe wearing them as I felt I was losing more sight then the occasional annoyance I was trying to avoid.
Funny thing, I saw somewhere that the human eyes have more blue cones, and that the yellow lenses technically will make things harder to see. I do agree that during dawn, dusk and twilight they make things appear much brighter.
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LED headlights are simply out of control these days. There seems to be zero standards/restrictions placed on vehicle manufacturers with lights such as from the new Cadillac Escalades, along with some of the Honda vehicles literally blindingly bright. Headlights were designed to illuminate the road directly in front of the vehicle at a downward angle. Today, manufacturers attempt to illuminate all areas in front and to the side of the vehicle as far forward as possible. For people driving pick-ups and large SUVs it isn't so much of a problem but for those of us driving cars that are sitting lower the intensity can be blinding.
Yea.. have this kind of concerns to
Some drivers don't know how to respect oncoming traffic and just uses high beams.. so irritating..
I think it is mostly drivers adjusting their headlights higher than needed. Manufacturers just provide the option for adjustment.
I don't like the bright lights period, on cars they blind you, on houses they're ugly and overly bright
@@Stej-i7m Those pure white or cool white lights fatigue your eyes way more than the warm white lights of halogen. That is even without them hitting you square in the face.
They do help with removing the “blue” from oncoming headlights a little, but not the brightness of those lights.
I personally think those super bright LED headlights should be pulled off the market. I didn’t have problems with night driving before they became common.
Blue or violet wavelength head lights (for that matter police lights) SHOULD become illegal. There are multiple reasons why yellow or light-amber/light-umber lights were originally put on vehicles. Yellow light wavelengths go further through fog and rainy conditions, and it's easier on the eyes. Whilst blue/ ultraviolet light actually damage vision. Try driving through a work zone at 2 a.m while blue cop lights are flashing and tell me it's not Intense.
I agree the blue and purple lights are very bothersome
I just whist there is a law to prevent some car from putting the sun in the their headlight , I dont get why some ass hole turn on their "main" headlight in the city.
@@VJETRA The majority of those lights aren't road legal. Its just that the cops don't ticket people with them.
It's not intense
Whoever thought putting blue/violet/led light on car are asshole. Yellow light just work i dont understand why we need brighter light. I use to drive at night and the road is pitch black but the yellow light is enough for me. The problem is the asshole that uses high beam and drive reklessly and now my eyes are highly sensitive to light.
Yellow glasses help tremendously to defend yourself from the blinding cool-white of modern oncoming headlights. It is terrible that manufacturers use 6500K cool white color temp. They should be using ~3500K, it improves depth perception versus 6500K, reduces glare off fog on your windshield, fog in the air and light skimming off wet surfaces. Blue light causes the iris to constrict and elderly drivers suffer the most because their eyes take longer to dilate after the blinding light has passed. You can also blind yourself with blue light when it bounces of road signs and takes some time for your iris to dilate afterward.
Where can I order this glasses?
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I'm 51 and these new lights kill my eyes! I wish they would invent glasses that work like the auto dimming mirrors so the bright headlights would seem dim. My eyes have always been sensitive to bright light and now that I'm older it's really bad. I'm gonna try the night driving glasses. I have nothing to lose
@@Patriot2332can you give us an update the brand glasses and where you got them if they worked please?
I'm a night time truck driver and I can see where yellow night driving glasses makes a difference especially when vehicles are approaching my truck from behind with their bright or high energy led lights on and beaming into my truck mirrors. The night time yellow driving glasses makes these lights less blinding on my eyes and they make visibility better in wet conditions.
Thank you! Perfect.
Awesome 👌
What brand of glasses would you recommend?
Mine help in fog too.
I was a test driver for 3 years and these were a life saver at night and helped with eye strain massively
That is super helpful to hear! How do you become a test driver?
I saw a camouflaged test car on the road in the mountains one day and I googled test driver job and the first result was the job I got. Haha a lot easier than people think. I do think the blue blocker glasses helped mostly with eye strain, not so much anything else, but for long distance night driving, it helped fatigue.
Yes awesome insnowy areas to help prevent snow blindness.
@@taylor1212eminem wow I'm so happy to hear the yellow glasses helped you! I drive for a living too, and the LED lights are killing me. Night time is stressful due to my vision with the lights. Did you buy just regular yellow lens glasses or were they special from the eye doctor or anything? I just wanna know if maybe I can hit up Amazon and buy some decent looking glasses I can just keep on at night, instead of taking em on and off when I get in and out of my car during work.
@@corninyourpoop get a clear ceramic windshield tint on the inside of your car. it reduces glare
is 22 testers statistically significant? Isn't it possible it could help some people more than others due to physiology differences.?? At 64 I struggle with this and I appreciate the advice and tips on keeping windshields and headlights clean.
I’m a doctor and do night shifts regularly and I can attest that night glasses (in a well lit hospital environment) help a great deal with eye strain and fatigue!
But have your diagnoses of jaundice increased? lol
Proper glasses/contacts help more. Eye strain is caused by improperly corrected vision.
I use the "night driving" glasses in the evening and at night. I use them mainly because of the ridiculously bright and/or blue headlights. It makes them less bright, less blue, less harsh on my eyes as they approach in the opposite lane. Yes, I know they can inhibit on a completely dark road with no oncoming traffic, so I usually lower them in those situations but keep them on so when that ONE vehicle with the bright blue lights suddenly turns on to the road, I don't immediately lose my night vision from the glaring light.
This! I just bought the clip-on yellow lens to attach to my vision glasses because when I drive from work at night I usually go trough a dark road with occasionally car going the other direction with their very bright lights and it’s always been a struggle! I hope these lens will solve the problem
As an OTR truck driver I can say that those glasses work great. They not only work for night but work great in places like a giant car plant. Everyone in Honda of Canada wears them and they work great with the light in the plant. They make the man made lights look better . On the road they really help with eye strain. I always wear them when driving at nights. . Yes it is for on coming lights which is what a long haul driver will face most of the time. So they work great.
Everyone at Honda Canada does not wear them
what brand did you buy?
I find that yellow glasses help when driving on a dark country road at night in a snow storm. Also driving at dawn when the light is so "flat" that it is hard to tell where the snow filled ditch is compared to the road. They seem to increase contrast a little bit. I think they also help when meeting oncoming overly bright headlights at night by making them less piercing blue-white in colour.
They should eliminate the LED headlights all together, as they blind you temporarily.
It's even worse when people install aftermarket LED headlights and fog lights into their older cars, and they don't aim them properly.
*Ban the asshole from using the blinding led when there no need to use one.
Led is good the extreme brightness is also helpful , BUT NOT IN THE ALREADY WELL LIT PLACE.
its like stairing into the sun bro, im always like wtf are these headlights.
I worked as a company electrician for a welding shop for a few years, and I had a pair of prescription yellow tinted glasses that I wore as safety glasses (with side shields). They really helped with the glare coming from the welding booths at times when I was passing by (not looking at the arc, just getting caught by the glare of it), and felt noticeably less strain at the end of the day.
I tried the "night driving glasses" back when I was a kid, and understood that they don't "brighten" things up, but they sure do make it easier to notice and identify objects.
I came looking for the video because as I've gotten older, I'm way more sensitive to these new LED lights. It adds to the stress of night driving, so I wasn't expecting to see "better", just be less annoyed with rude drivers.
Same here. But it isn't just the people buying the cars but the mega car companies that make them.
I've tried driving with yellow tint at night and it helps some with blue light glare but otherwise it filters out the total amount of light coming in. One thing I've learned from flying is that eyes and night vision take time to adjust to darkness and glaring light can instantly degrade the natural adaptation that the eyes make after 15 min or more. That's why in the cockpit we use red light as much as possible and turn down the lighting on the console. In my opinion, more cars should allow you to not just dim lights on your console but also change the tinting to more red light. If your car allows for dimming inside console lights, you should use it if you're bothered by night driving eye strain. Your other tips about cleaning your own lenses, windshield and headlights was right on
Thank you sincerely for the advice about dimming the dash lights. So obvious that I kicked myself for not thinking about that.
I drive a 1998 car with old school incandescent backlit dashboard lighting and when I step into a modern car with stupid LED screens everywhere I can't see sh* at night
Actually the best use would be to turn the brightness all the way up, so that your eyes don't have to adjust as much to oncoming traffic with bright lights. This is the reason, as an airline pilot- we turn the cockpit brightness knobs UP during lightning storms
Also, aviation cockpits haven't used red lighting in a LONG time. The theory of red lights and your rods and cones wasn't quite the study they once thought it was.
I always have turned down the light of my speed in my Prius. Fortunately, they don't have other lights lol. Hard to see buttons for radio etc. I will be more diligent in cleaning thanks.
I guess it is the same principle based on the yellowing of your mobile phone screen at night. Yellow light is less irritating to the human eye than blue light. The polarisation helps when roads are wet.
I'm a night time truck driver 2 years in my first year i have terrible experience without them in the morning especially also during driving also but now from 1 year i used them i feel perfectly no watery eyes no problem in the morning they help they really help
I will take the overall slight darkening because personally I appreciate the reduction in glare and color correction from those obnoxious blue headlights.
They 100% help when driving down windy backroads with on coming traffic, especially in the rain. Or in areas with high ambient lighting (city driveing). However when driving in areas with no ambient lighting it has a neutral to slightly negative effect. As for the tests done with simulators. There's no good way to simulate being blinded by oncoming traffic on a left turning road, especially on roads with no white lines to advert your eyes to
I have a pair of "amber vision" night glasses. When I was younger I had no issues driving at night. I find that they really help to cut the glare from oncoming traffic for me, or a particularly bright sunset, etc.
First off, IF people could dim their bright lights when a vehicle approaches most night driving problems would go away. I wear yellow night glasses because they reduce glare. They obviously do not improve the overall visibility but, they do lessen the glare - especially from those who never learned how to switch lights to low beams. Maybe we should put that dimmer switch back on the floor where it once was?!
I feel disgust every time I get in a customer's vehicle, and the high beams are on. There are a few things that customers can do to piss off mechanics, by just sitting in their car. You can have a nasty car full of garbage and bugs, you can have a car that has the high beams on at 1 in the afternoon, and you can even crank your radio out to the max and just let the mechanic get ear-fucked 30 minutes into the day, and not even after a whole damn cup of coffee. I'm wiping stuff out of my eyes, plugging up my scan tool, and at the flip of a switch I'm getting my mind rocked by Veggie Tales. Don't get me started on LEDs and other manufacturer design issues.
I drove for years all over the UK and remember buying my Night Glasses when they first came out. They were quite expensive then but boy did they make a difference at night and in rain. Would not drive now without them in the car.
I tried many night vision glasses, the one that I found that works is a combo of light yellow tinting, polarization and lights, like city driving. No illume or zero lights like country driving these glasses doesn't work. The yellow tinted ones with out polarization works during dust, dawn, or bad weather (Gray world), I found that computer glasses also works great.
Driving alone on a country road with no street lights is easy. The problem is oncoming headlights of another car when there are no street lights to illuminate the road, the oncoming headlights on dark roads when they’re right in the next lane reduces contrast a lot of the bitumen against white road lines via glare.
For LED headlights, there’s a specific spike in the blue part or the spectrum usually - not evenly spread out. Meaning you could use a filter to take out a certain bandwidth of light in the blue spectrum and greatly reduce their impact. We have similar filters in astrophotography and astronomical filters to cut specific emission lines.
Honestly, I dont care if they "brighten the night up". I just want those annoying glares ffrom those laser beams to get reduced from destroying my eyes.
I think they yellow cuts the star shaped down and also helps to see curbs better. Perhaps it’s just a placebo but less anxiety means a calmer driver. All depends on how lit the route I’m on is.
You are exactly right. While they will not help you see better in complete darkness, they will help you feel more comfortable. I find them to be very helpful in dealing with the new bluish headlights nowadays. Since no two people are exactly the same you can expect it it will help some and not others. I really enjoy your videos. Keep it up.
Should I buy the driving glasses !
@@Reddyliondid you end up getting any?
@@XX-_-XX420 yes.... it's worth it. Even some safety glasses are good too daytime etc.
What many parents and driving schools don’t teach you is that when you have bright headlights coming at you, you’re supposed to look away towards the white shoulder line which keeps you in the lane while saving your eyes.
A neat trick is to close one of your eyes and keep your night vision on at least that eye. I drive RHT so I close my left eye and let my big pecker obscure the blinding oncoming lights.
It might also help to wear sunglasses with such horribly bright headlights.
@@nhytg376tgyuu765gjmg That's a lot of directions. Do you wink all the time?
The what now? Is this an American term?
It helps if there IS a white line, but most roads I drive don't even have a center line. When those LED headlights hit your eyes, you can't see where the road is at all.
Another thing that is good, if not mentioned, is that for long trips, it keeps your eyes moist. If you have the AC or heater on or even an open window, keeping your eyes moist helps keep you eyes from tiring out.
The tinted glasses help me with driving because it decreases the harshness of oncoming traffic lights. Just because I put them on doesn’t mean that I can’t take them off…. If I feel like I need more clarity when driving around town I just take them off. When I’m driving the back roads home they save me! I love them!
I get two pairs of eye glasses when I buy glasses. I get one clear and one amber. The amber lens does help me at night and snow blizzards. Mine even help give me better detail in daytime.
I've been using these at night for a few years and I definitely believe in them. I drive on dark roads often but haven't tried driving without the glasses. I'm going to try that to compare.
Thanks for this informative video and the science behind your observations. At 74 years old, I've had trouble driving at night for at least 20 years. About 10 years ago, I tried a down and dirty yellow clip-on just for the heck of it. It clearly reduced the glare of oncoming headlights and seemed to "soften" everything else that caused nighttime driving distractions. I understand that they do not help you to "see" better at night, but glare reduction is a plus, at least for me.
Glad to read these comments I am also 74 and only just started being blinded by oncoming headlights or in the side mirrors coming from behind ...this last trip to Montana made me start looking for a solution before I kill myself from being blinded from headlight at 80 mph.
I have a pair. It doesn't lesson the halos or starbursts, but it does tone them down a bit. So they do help me. I don't really buy the study unless they tested only people with halos and starburst. I mean anything that makes the blinding less is a help.
I agree have a study done with people only that see halo night driving. Halos are blinding during night driving after Caterat Surgery vision improved a lot but halos on coming traffic night time, any remedy let me know try yellow, anti reflective len
Not much help.
You're right, yellow glasses don't make things brighter and I'm just as dangerous with them as without, but the reduced glare is a godsend and makes the driving experience so much less stressful dispite the oncoming high beams on a wet moonless night. Thanks for your insights.
I’m a over the road truck driver and I agree I have not seen a difference wearing yellow tinted glasses except for oncoming headlights. I agree I get less of a headache when oncoming traffic has their headlights on at night especially when divers don’t turn off their brights.
I tried the yellow glasses once just to see if they were a gimmick, or if there was any merit to them. I found that in overcast situations they helped reduce the dreary feeling of the day. But they tend to give an unnatural yellowish tint to everything which I found disturbing. Back then, there weren't as many bluish LED and Xenon headlights as you see today I've been seeing more and more of the bluish lights, and a lot of them do seem too bright. They may not actually put more lumens of light out than the older halogen bulbs, but maybe our eyes are better suited to yellower light. I'm giving some thought to trying the yellowish glasses again. After all, they aren't very expensive, so it's not like I have a lot to lose. I wonder how long it would take me to get used to seeing everything with a yellowish tint.
And, yes, I agree that very blue, purple, or even pink (I kid you not; I've even seen pink) headlights ought to be outlawed! Should States regulate the color temperature of headlights? I don't propose to know a definitive answer to that. Maybe they should be limited to off-road use. I would like to see something done, however, because if nothing is done, the situation could easily get out of hand.
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not brightness of other car lights
I use yellow flip-down clip-ons. I flip them down to cope with the glare of blue-white headlights and flip them out of the way to get maximum light when there isn't oncoming traffic.
This is 3 years late, but after complaining about struggling to drive with night time glare and the dumb over bright blue/white led headlights... She said I should look into this.
Appreciate this video is 3 years old as at 2023. I am 74 and fine them very useful. I thought my issue with bright headlamps was an age related thing but seems it is not just age but also LED bulbs. As you point out, it cannot make things brighter but they do appear to alleviate the intense glare of modern headlamps.
I bought a pair of yellow night vision glasses as well as a clip on for the visor. I used to drive I-5 a fair amount at night and a certain part of the trip the glare was really bad. These worked very well and reduced the strain on my eyes.
Great to hear! Thanks for sharing Robert
When my patients ask about tint on their glasses, I always explain that the benefit from tint is very subjective. Two patients in the exact same situation may have different experiences with tint. Some may say that it helped immensely while some may say that it had no effect. And this is the same for basically any type of tint.
Get a pair of anon ski goggle with different zeiss lens, show them the difference real quick.
Yep! No effect whatsoever. We're all different. I was sure they would work after reading reviews but they actually made night driving worse for me.
I have a pair but I don't have them for night driving. I think they make it harder to see at night. What I use them for is seasonal affective disorder. Everyone gets that feeling in winter, the light is more gray and dreary. Putting these on during the day makes it seem bright and gives things more of a summer time tint. I find it makes things a lot more cheery and less drab than they would typically be. It's amazing the difference wearing them for an hour or so and then suddenly taking them off how crappy things look.
I'm a forklift driver and these are a lifesaver thank you so much
Glad to help
Had polarised bronze tinted glasses which helped a lot in all conditions (except total darkness, obviously). Especially good in total white out. But I often had to explain to my clients/passengers how they worked.
Found a old pair clip ones and tried the. They helped. As a boomer we used these back in day and truck drivers used them. They help during day also, not sunny days but cloudy days and fog. I already wear glasses for far vision and reading now.
It does not reduce glare, but it makes the glare bearable. Once the vehicle with blinding light goes away, you can immediately focus on road. without glasses, you'll be blinded for few extra seconds or feel irritation because of the cool white lights. simply put, it reduces the color temperature, not intensity.
Thank you for that balanced review. I am a church pastor and am often called out at night, and I do find the glare of oncoming headlights distracting. I heard about night vision glasses, and so I tried to do some research, but it is heavily weighted by advertising. Anyway I thought I had nothing to lose by buying a cheap pair. I found these made no difference, and wondered if the more you pay, the more effective the product. What are your thoughts? ( In the UK prices range from £7,99 to £59.99.)
No, I don’t think they help that much, (but I have heard a few people say they love them)
Well, if it does not worsen night vision and it helps other people in certain conditions during night driving, then it must mean it works. Though not in all situations. It doesn't exactly "brighten" your vision at night since it is filtering blue light, it just increases contrast.
I am a truck driver so I drive many times at night, these are really great glasses because help your eyes to be relaxed, its like sunglasses during daytime. But when I go to curvy country roads it makes harder to see the bends and the sense of distance.
I found deep yellow filtration makes the environment so contrasty that I feel a little bit claustrophobic; a little less or more subtle amber would go a long way to normalizing the night scene into a comfortable neutral panorama. Polarization, though darker, helps me view the road much more in midnight rain and twilight ambiguity. You're right: amber polarization is more comfortable despite a darker confined view..
Yes, the blue lights are terrible. The glare from the oncoming lights is blinding. The yellow glasses do help a little with the glare, maybe 30-40%. They do not resolve the problem, but they help some with the oncoming headlights. They do not make things brighter etc.
Yes , agree with you on the blue headlight. Once those lights hit my eyes and when I went to turn left I went over the curb . Thank God no one was there.
In the military and I have to drive vehicles at night that don’t have windshields so just wearing yellow lenses really help
Oh wow, then yeah I can imagine something like this would be great. No windshield?
I just had lasik eye surgery (5 days ago) and driving home at night is awful, I can't see anything when a car is coming at me, I'm praying these will help
I wish they would make LED headlights illegal. I’ve had to pull over many times due to going temporarily blind from them.
@Louis Hernandez *Well why do you stare at them? You gotta have a bit more sense than that.
@Louis Hernandez did you not understand?
those probably arent factory. someone probably put LEDs in a car with a reflector housing instead of projectors. they also dont have their lights properly aimed
@Louis Hernandez I understand what you imagine about what causing the blinding effect of led lights, but sometimes light from that type of car is blinding for some people (like me), not in a long time, just a split second, but it is still distracting, and I don't need to directly staring at the light to get the blinding effect, cars from the opposite direction can cause this, not all cars, but some, I don't really know about cars maybe there are some specific type of light that causing this
Yeah it seems like they have high beams on. I think you have to look more to the right try not to look at the light. I am very light sensitive.
Back in the 80s, I had the original BluBlockers. I tried them at night and they turned bright oncoming headlights into two yellow dots. These days, they make them where they're dark at the top, and fade to lighter at the bottom. I want lighter from top to bottom but can't find them.
I like the yellow tint to make the on coming headlights a little softer not so harsh. I also like them on a rainy day , when I'm watching TV or my phone screen. It just makes it more comfortable and easier on the eyes, less eye strain.
Glad to read these comments; I am 74 and only just the last couple of years started being blinded by oncoming headlights or in the side mirrors coming from behind ...this last trip to Montana made me start looking for a solution before I kill myself from being blinded from headlight glare at 80 mph.
I did try them. I think they did help with the glare of oncoming car headlights. I liked them especially on cloudy days, it made things brighter.
I absolutely love a set of well focused warm LED headlights. But what's been going on is that people buy the headlights because they think a certain color looks cool even if that means they can't see s*** at night. They also don't focus them properly. And then there are the drivers that don't care what their headlights look like, whether they're on high or low, whether they're aiming at the moon or the shoulder of the road.
So true!
These days you are forced to upgrade to the new LED lighting because the old sealed beams fail in a year or so because they lose the seal. They have the seal of quality now "Made In China".
I install the LED lights and aim them but that does not stop the glare or blinding from the lights.
They do not project a clean beam. not a good light at all, but all you can get now.
I used them a lot when I was a long-distance truck driver doing mostly the night shift.
I really felt a difference in my energy level and reduced eye fatigue over long driving hours.
However, as you mentioned, Doctor Eye Health they are a liability when in real darkness. Like on a county road with no road light, as you said, perfect example. that the exact place I felt they were dangerous rather than useful
You need some environmental light for night driving glasses to be an asset. Full moon, interstate lamp post, city driving, etc.
I use them when I ride at night with an open face helmet. I feel less I eye fatigue while still protecting my eyes from road debris.
Glad to hear they help!
I used to have the yellow lenses in one pair of glasses specifically for driving. I didn't use them at night because they actually made it hard to see. But they were GREAT in fog or overcast conditions with snow on the road. They were also excellent at what we call in the country "venison time"....in the fall at dusk where the fields, the roadside and the deer all look the same color. They gave enough contrast so you could see those furry car demolishers on the side of the road. Those glasses saved my hood numerous times😂!
I'm a small car delivery driver, and i work in the rain and at night. I'm primarily concerned about the glare. So I'll probably give the yellow glasses a try. I already have very dark UV filter sunglasses I wear when the sun is low in the western sky and I am driving into it. They help quite a bit. The reflection of the sun on wet black pavement is really bad, and the dark UV sunglasses are great for that. I just need something to cut down on the glare of oncoming lights, especially during night-time rain.
I was an over-the-road driver 1991-2018 and tried them in the mid 1990's. In the rain at night, they weren't too bad BUT whenever I stopped somewhere and went inside a building everything still looked yellow and I'd left them in the truck.
One thing I noticed my last decade or so of driving, which I did mainly at night, headlights are aimed too high. The first time I went from a truck with incandescent lights to on the new styles I noticed that first night the headlights were aimed too high. With them aimed too high it is harder to see the road in the rain. I quickly got into the habit of moving the truck at night to where I could see if the headlight beams are above the bottom of the a trailer. If the beam was on the side or doors that meant they were aimed too high.
If you are going down the road/highway and your headlight beam(s) shine on the door(s) of a big truck then your lights are in need of adjustment. It also means you are blinding every driver in front of you whether they're coming towards you or going the same direction as you.
I keep a pair of yellow-tinted clip-on lenses in my car for foggy days, or for those snowy times when it is more gray mist than true snowfall. The yellow tint does help bring out the contrast in those specific situations, but not in others.
100% Agree!
I clear snow from roads and parking lots in the winter. Out shifts start at night and continue through sunrise into early morning hours. And the absolute worst thing is when the sun come up after a fresh snow covering event. The reflection is atrocious and just destroys my ability to see. I do use these yellow lenses in that scenario and they work very well for me.
i have macular degeneration and i think theses yellow glasses will help in glare.i see my eye dr every 4 months ,take areds vitamins twice a day and everything has bee staying stable.thank you
In your video you mentioned the newer headlights with LED and other super bright lights. What about the height of all the different vehicles? Some trucks are very high or add their running lights in addition to driving ones. I am searching for glasses to cut the oncoming glare and, after watching this video, think they don't exist.
like you said on a rain or foggy day they work best. And help filter the blue beam from the headlights. I recommend them for motorcyclist. They work for daytime and night and keep you from having to carry clear and sunglasses.
I have worn yellow sunglasses while night driving for years. I find the yellow
lenses brighten up dark corners and tone down bright lights. In fact, I can stare
directly into hi beam headlights with no ill effects.
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I have very sensitive eyes that get fatigue with backlighting on screens and glare on roads. It feels like a flinching i can't control. The yellow lenses diminish that effect so I can drive in bright light or with increased glare on rainy days, which happen a lot in the PNW. They also help with contrast and partially eliminate the phosphenes i experience due to pressure or effects from my cataracts.
I'm a mild deutan. Reds are intense while greens are subdued, or so they tell me. They both look fine from my point of view. The Ishihara test says I'm colorblind while the Falant says I'm just fine.
The shooting glasses are a godsend to me. On foggy mornings when driving into the sun, I'm blind. When wearing shooting glasses, everything is just great. Same thing at night. It really tames those over the top bright headlights and completely eliminates glare even with a dirty windshield.
So, is it possible that the mixed test results have a something to do with how each individual sees color?
It' my understanding that colorblindness tests are not part of regular eye exams and only recall being routinely tested twice. The first time was in what is now called MEPS 40+ years ago and then when I was applying for a private pilot license 25 years ago. The Doc passed me using the Falant Lantern but assured me I'd never get a commercial license of any type. One optometrist I spoke with in casual conversation suspected many more people were colorblind than estimated because, at least at the time, colorblindness were only routine for military and just a few particular occupations.
They help me with glare when it rains at night. They also seem to cut down the star pattern in headlights in the rain. I am elderly with the start of cataracts so I’m sure that would be a big cause.
The red tint is the best for farmers, foresters, & wetland delineators. It helps see areas of vegetation that are getting more water. No joke. Try it.
I love them for daytime driving makes everything like a sunny day
I too am light sensitive and i got myself a pair of glasses off of amazon. nothing out of this world and cheap too. they have a somewhat of a pink lenses and i noticed that it improved my visibility during rain, foggy and moggy conditions. in some cases, it helps me in night time driving. I'm not sure if they are polarized or not. i have to look into that.
From my understanding, our eyes have an easier time with yellow tints because it reflects back less than blue, I know a lot of rally people run yellow light bars because they “cut through” the dust. I wear orange sunnies during the day and tried them briefly at night and they certainly reduced eye strain, but I think that was mostly the polarization. Dark tint was dangerous though, couldn't see pedestrians. I'll try it
The very light color yellow lens really work for me when driving at night. (It takes the glare away, making a huge difference) >>>The dark color yellow lens does not work for me, as they are too dark, impairing my vision for night driving. >>>I have given over 25 pairs of the "light color yellow lens" over the years to family and friends alike, and most of them would never go without them for night driving.
Being Brain injured from many years ago, I am Migraine prone. I am also light sensitive. But with that said, I have tried these type of glasses.
I live on an old US highway that has long stretches of low light, with proper headlights, you can drive these roads fine. But there are many people that do not know how to drive without using their brights.
I tried these once before, but I had expected them to improve night vision, which of course they did not, as they do not allow more light to enter the eye. But I had noticed that bright streetlights were tamped down a bit. But the tint on this pair was too dark to adequately use at night. I chose the lighter tint, so it just barely turns the most obnoxious LED Blue headlights, and turns them more of a yellowish tint (like Warm White Incandecent). I find that after getting blasted by the idiots in the oncoming lanes running their brights at all times, I am not struggling with pindots for pupils in my eyes. These things actually work, in that they make driving at night more comfortable. Just use a light yellow tint.
I had early cataracts and had surgery. My problem is horrible halos around lights while night driving. I see my ophthalmologist once a year and I did have surgery a few months ago to correct double vision while watching Tv which worked great. But the halos around lights is bad and especially when it’s raining at night. What can I do to help me? Those yellow glasses don’t fix the halos just makes them a different color. Thanks. Btw cataract surgery was done at age 49. I’m 60 now. Dr suspects the steroids I was taking for spine issues may have caused early cataracts
Recently viewed this video when I was waiting for my night driving glasses. I can honestly say for me it’s a game changer. They are superb. Please ignore the conclusion of this video and try some. Hardly ever comment on RUclips videos I hope it helps someone.
Interesting what you said about polarisation and water reflected on the road. I live in Sweden and when the sun is low the glare on a wet road can get really strong and blind you. And there’s no way you can protect yourself with the sunscreen or a cap. So polarised yellow glasses might do the trick.
I have just been to see my optometrist for an annual check up and enquired about amber tinted spectacles for driving during the hours of darkness especially during the winter months when there is less daylight.
I'm not seeking glasses to drive better I merely want a more comfortable journey from bright headlamps. Sometimes the headlamps are not adjusted correctly and cause glare the same as the newer headlamps.
I am having my -50 prescription added to the lens in addition to a reflective coating on the amber lens.
There is no requirement for me to wear driving spectacles it's just a comfort thing. Great review 👌👊
I am tempted to get some of these to see if they reduce the issue of looking into too-bright led headlights.
I have tried these night driving glasses and they have not worked for me. Thank you for a very informative chat.
Thanks for the feedback! Cheers
I have cataracts and the amber lenses do definitely make a difference for when I drive at night with regards to the on coming head lights.
I have a presciption pair, they do give a bit of contrast, but they relax the eyes as regards oncoming headlights, I feel my eyes are more relaxed to actually see and drive. Theyre not perfect but this is thier advantage.
I use yellow glasses most of the time. Excellent for me day and night.
Hands down I'm with you on this one! Great lenses for fowl weather or "low" light dusk/dawn twilight situations, but definitely not night time.
Can't remember if I have posted on this matter before but if I have, I can't find it. I have these yellow glasses. They are a help in some circumstances but not in others. They certainly help on lighted roads, cutting down the white light glare from headlight which are not needed and which should be banned. But on unlit road where there are many bends,, although they do help to cut down glare, they also serve to darken the edge of the road which becomes difficult to make out. For that reason, I stopped wearing them. But then I have cataracts which my optician says are nowhere near bad enough to warrant an operation. So I think that the solution, at least for me, is to wear them on lit roads but not on unlit ones where, paradoxically , they are most needed. I also try to confine night driving, as far as possible to roads which have street lighting- or perhaps all roads where there are no bright white headlights. Some hope these days!
Absolutely hate those LED headlights. Sometimes I close my eyes when they get to close 😱 I'm very sensitive to light. Might give these a try
Don't close your eyes, that's dangerous (if an on-coming car suddenly swerves in front of you, you won't be able to notice it if it happens while your eyes are shut).
rather squint your eyes until your vision is blurry. Squinting this much really helps block the glare from those bright led lights while allowing you to still see the road.
You can tint your windshields. check you state for the required amount of tint allowed. Arizona is 33%.
I think the polariser makes the biggest difference, as the reflections reduces, and contrasts boost, and with the yellow glasses, it will be way better then my polarised sunglasses at night
Hi, I know its late but I recently bought a cheap but photochromic and polarized pair of sunglasses off Aliexpress and this pair is much more comfortable to use at night and in daytime, this gets darker so that serves a purpose too. I should mention that I ride a motorbike.
I had toric implants put in after cataract surgery. I keep getting horrible halos in one eye despite laser etc. Tried drops, and then the glasses. The glasses help at dusk but do nothing when it comes to the insane headlights, help a little with normal. They do help for the streetlight halos. Overall I didn't feel very safe wearing them as I felt I was losing more sight then the occasional annoyance I was trying to avoid.
Thank you for this review. I hate to drive at night. I have wondered if these glasses would help, but have never bought any.
Funny thing, I saw somewhere that the human eyes have more blue cones, and that the yellow lenses technically will make things harder to see. I do agree that during dawn, dusk and twilight they make things appear much brighter.