Do Fancy MTB Glasses Actually Work?
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- Опубликовано: 18 ноя 2020
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Substitute teachers should wheel in TV carts playing VanCan the Science Man™.
VanCan the Science Man™
😂😂😂
I hear rumors he’s an educated man! 😂
I think a lot of us forget how smart nick is
Ikr
He was able to get a van inside a can...so
Bringing the science to mountain biking!
I like my glasses to filter the dirt out of my eyeballs. What wavelength is dirt?
FAS!
This is great
Great indeed that it almost does what they claim it does: slightly reducing the amplitude of certain frequency ranges. The real question is if there's indeed any benefit to it? That would be really cool to see.
sorry could you be a little less enthusiastic lmao
That video did NOT go as expected. And I loved every 1 min 50 seconds of it. 😂
Best science class I’ve ever taken. 😂 great video, might have to pick up a pair.
This is a great departure from the normal POV riding video. Thanks for the cool content Nick!
As an engineering student this was awesome (and accurate)!
Nic, I can't even begin to tell you how great this video was! More of the science talk, please! Videos like this always make me think that I should have studied something actually useful instead of law
Short, sweet, to the point. Nice! We could all use more of that these days. Thanks for the video!
That was so straight and to to point I feel like this is the RUclips video that you can learn the most in under two minutes.
Grateful that people like you exist. This is really informative.
This is the content I like to see. Keep chasing the untapped markets!
The mountain bike science we didn’t know we needed
thx nic. even happier with the wildcat photochromatic lens. just ordered the red mirror
I've got some Julbo Fury, the glasses Rémy Métailler has. They are pretty alright
I got those too... came scratched had to get new lenses. Those r Now scratched... I even always store them in the glass’s bag inside of a hard glasses case
I always like to buy products reviewed as “ pretty alright”.......definitely seems like a wholehearted recommendation!
@@TheWillberry i only say that because they're not meant to fog up but still do when I'm doing some tough climbing
I feel like I’m watching a science class...
I am long time Smith Optics guy. I have some polorized chromaPop lenses that I wear daily and they are great. I switched to POC Crave Carl Zeiss lenses when I ride. I havent seen lenses yet that can come close to the clarity, definition, coverage and performance the POCs provide.
Julbo NXT Reactiv
Cheers
I recently got Oakley facebreakers with the trail torch prizm lens (and extra darker lens for fatbiking/road biking) and they definitely seem to help. I'm kind of curious if the filtering allows your eye to focus on other things or if the extra contrast makes it seem like your vision is better. I'm slightly near sighted and the lens gives me a bit more clearity further out. Anyways they're definitely worth it imo.
Very cool. I always wondered about the claims of the various cycling glasses brands. I'm actually surprised with the results.
TBH, based on the thumbnail I was kind of hoping this was a more mechanical test and you were going to blast your glasses-wearing-self with water or something :D
Great vid!
I ended up working with Oakley a few years back on one of their ski goggle products and I seem to remember their Prizm lenses showed a much wider gap between the R G and B wavelengths (eg more distinct peaks), would help with contrast, after I too analyzed it through a spectrophotometer
I’ve also heard great things about their optics. Maybe they should send me some 😝
@@VanCan Haha. Maybe I should try myself too if my contacts are still working there :)
BTW: Congrats on the new job!
This was super interesting. I’ve been wanting someone who isn’t smith or oskley or whatever to do a test like this
Awesome. Works great and super easy set up. We love it.
Van Can, the science guy (queue Bill Nye science guy music)
Thanks! I've had Smith attack MTB sunglasses And they were great until I broke them. I like the transition lenses and thinking of the mags. Great video!
Sweet quick and to the point!
This is the type of review people should hear.
That’s awesome! Bring out the geek toys! Always wondered if they do that. I have the chromapop lenses in my ski goggles and I like them. And I do get this odd colour distortion when i take them off for a few seconds while my eyes adjust.
Neat! Best ending ever for a video such as this.
I would love to see the difference between these and any other mtb glasses as seen on the photo-tool...
I will send you my melon optics I use to test them and make another vid.... Interested?
more vancan science videos this was awesome
I absolutely LOVE my Wildcats! Just wish I could get a different lens color than black and clear....their website says more colors coming soon, but who knows when that will be...it's said that for a long time lol
Websites dont say anything. They read a lot.
I love it. Keep up the great content.
Your squiggly doodle is backwards. hehehe.
This is the most honest an honest review can get.
dude. that was awesome :) thank you. more science! :)
Love this kind of video!
I use under armor change up black polarized sunglasses, Oakley flight Jacket prism trail torch and Spy+ Ruby goggles I need some clear lens as well.
Love this video. Interesting and useful
Cool video! I was not expecting that when I clicked on this one.
VanCan out here goin full scientist on us 😂
Do I put them OVER or UNDER my Pit Vipers though? Please test. 👍
I just use Walmart working glasses.
I mean why not🤷♂️
Yeah I just use safety glasses from my work which worked fine until I stopped working there and destroyed my last pair, got some pit vipers on sale and some sweet protection on sale, pit vipers are just cool looking expensive safety glasses not worth the price but the sweet protection are pretty nice and they stay on my face.
I feel like he has a secret second channel dedicated to science tutoring 😂
This was not what I was expecting. But I will take it! I always felt that these "technologies": ChromaPop, Prizm (Oakley), HiPer (100%), etc. were just marketing gimmicks. Good to see that it's a bit more than that.
Hahaha didn’t not expect that but I am so happy I did lol.. but my wild Katz asap!
Well done, chapeau!
Science is cool! Thanks for sharing!
First! Great vid I love my wildcats!!
That was great!!
Science makes my brain feel funny
3M tinted safety glasses work 👌🏽
*in jesse pinkman voice: YEAH SCIENCE BITCH
ok, but do they fog up?
Literally what I'm doing in Chem class xD
SCIENCE! Now film thru the lens vs not thru the lens for even more footy
When your macbook doesnt have Microsoft paint and you have to use a sheet of paper and a pen.
Very traditional :D
Aye bro, what are you majoring in at university?
Masters in biomedical engineering :)
@@VanCan In your chart at 0:50, I think you need to switch the 400 and 700 nm. Since 400
Nice catch! You are indeed correct.
@@VanCan You posted a pic of yourself in the Arctic or Antarctica in one of your videos, wondering what were you studying there? 🤘🧐
I went to Churchill, MB to deploy a mobile sea-ice monitoring device I designed.
Damn my man is smart
nice
So the tech works, proceeds to the wear the clear lens :)
It’s dark here in the winter! Summer I’ll use the normal lens 😎
@@VanCan Yep just amusing myself 😀
You are so smart...how did you end up with a specialized?😂😂😂
One of the geekiest MTB things I’ve seen......but still cool 😎
Interesting brings me back to yr9
Neat
Fancy!
I thought this channel was about gravity....
Am I the only one who's audio is not synced with the video?
Me thinks someones going to get a Christmas present from Smith 😉
Neat O
I wear cheap glasses purely to prevent dirt going in my eyes! All the other reasons are not needed.
but what about pit vipers 🧐
Their claims of party rockin seem to hold up
@@VanCan every time i put em on i seem to see more empty beers.
@@VanCan Hulk Hogan called and wants his sunglasses back.....
Do you have a science background? If so, in what? May be a captain obvious type of question but thought I'd ask.
Did my undergrad in electrical engineering with a focus in physics and I’m almost done my masters in biomedical engineering :)
does anybody know of some good clear sunglasses that don't look dorky?
I have a set of safety glasses from the discount bin in hardware for £1. They look the part and function.
So they do what theyre supposed to. Cool. Does it actually help on the trail though?
Like
Technically they work, but i'm not sure about real advantages when riding a bike. I mean the filtering effect can be quite annoying.
They work really good when they save your eye from getting ripped off your face from a tree branch.
@@lifebehindbars8504 Yes, of course they protect your eyes! I was talking about the filtering effect being annoying, not the glasses themselfes.
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Kermit the frog talking colors lol
Hello
I am the brand owner of kapvoe glasses (a company specializing in sports sunglasses)
I watched a video of you analyzing glasses
Your video analysis is very professional and great
Can I send you some kapvoe brand glasses for testing?
Looking forward to your reply
Thank you
5th
Who wants to get me some
Thought it might be a bit more of a review, eg do they move, disperse sweat, lenses look good, pinch your head, fog up. It was good that he demonstrated they do filter the light but didn’t say weather it made a difference or not when riding. Oh well he did something different most ppl wouldn’t do 🤷🏽♂️
I ride for pit viper, but besides the bias, they work really well and i think they're way more breathable then everything else out there.
Hulk Hogan called from the 90s and wants his sunglasses back......
Keeping with the nerd vibe, do you know why pit vipers are called pit vipers? Don't Google, just answer what you've always thought.
@@Chuckolicious i know it's a venomous snake in a country. But I mean, they look beyond great
Wow I’m early
it should. other than the special feature.. a fly or leaf flying into your eye will blind you in a fraction of a second and that fraction of a second is enough to fracture your collar bone or worst :)
I just wear freebie safety glasses. Just keep them scratch less. Works great.
Is this similar to how glasses for colour blind people work?
this was part of your masters thesis wasnt it
Hi
They do what Smith says they do, but do they actually "work"? Those are two different questions.
They do what they claim to do, thus they work. Now whether or not you like it is subjective and I don’t have a sensor for that 😂
@@VanCan "Work" in this case means, to me, that they use technology of filtering/shifting specific wavelengths of light in order that the effect makes things easier to see or easier on the eyes or whatever, physiologically. Do they work better for you than their competitors due to the ChromaPop tech they have? That would be interesting data to have on top of the confirmation that they actually do what they say.
The claim that these improve your ability to see colors seems dubious. Aren't the filters just effectively reducing the color rendering index of the light that's reaching your eyes?
Some lights like LED's and fluorescents create light with similar peaks and valleys, but they're usually seen as a negative. Daylight, and lights that resemble daylight is generally preferred.
they live up to the claims that the separation of colours is more apparent. Whether you like that or not is up to you. Lighting for homes and for photographs is a bit different. You want that lighting to be pleasing to the eye, which is different than wanting lighting that increases some performance metric.
"chromapop" is just Smith version of blocking out certain spectrums for increased contrast. Costa pioneered it decades ago blocking out the 480 range, thus their lens name, '480', and many have copied including Smith. Works very well. Problem with most Smith chromapop options is they use cheap plastic lenses and sell for mineral glass prices. If you're paying $300 for an ounce of plastic, then good for Smith. In this regard, it is just marketing hype.
you proved that the lenses filter specific wave lengths (as any tinted lenses would). That does not mean that you necessarily get greater contrast.
It increases contrast between the colours. Whether or not you like that is up to you.
but why?
why not
@@VanCan fair enough, lol
@@VanCan I guess to be a little more specific, I was wondering why you would want ur glasses to filter out some shades of colours for mountain biking specifically?
okay I guess...
too much rocket science for me
what?