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Blue Light Glasses
Blue light glasses in Australia come in two genuinely different forms, sold under the same three words. One is a clear or faintly yellow daytime lens for screen glare at a desk. The other is a heavily tinted evening lens for after dark.
This page is the short version of how to tell them apart. We make the second kind.
What each tint can actually do
| Lens |
What it removes |
Built for |
| Clear |
A small part of the blue band, mostly the violet end |
Daytime desk work |
| Light yellow |
More of the band, still partial |
Daytime screens |
| Deep amber |
Most of the band |
Evening |
| Deep red |
Effectively the whole band, and into lower green |
After dark |
Tint depth sets the ceiling. A lens cannot remove a colour and still show you that colour, so a lens that filters the blue band cannot stay colourless. That is optics, not marketing, and no brand has a way around it.
Full breakdown: red, amber or yellow, which lens blocks what.
Four things to check before you buy any pair
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The percentage, and the range it applies to. "Blocks blue light" with no number and no nanometre range is not a specification. Ask what percentage, across which wavelengths. Why that matters.
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Whether the tint is bonded or coated. A surface coating scratches off. A tint bonded through the lens material does not.
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What time of day it is built for. Daytime and evening lenses are different products. When to wear which.
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Whether the claim is about the lens or about you. A measurable statement about what a lens transmits is a specification. A promise about how you will feel is not. What the evidence actually says.
Also sold as sleep glasses, night glasses or blue blockers
Deep red and deep amber lenses go by several names in Australia. They all describe the same thing: a heavily tinted lens intended for wear after dark rather than at a desk at midday. We call ours Blue Light Blockers.
What we make
One pair. A deep red evening lens blocking 99% of blue light across 400 to 500 nm, with the tint bonded through the lens material. Matte acetate, non-prescription, $80, 30 days money back.
We do not carry a clear lens or a yellow one, because we did not want to sell a daytime product and an evening product and pretend they were the same thing.
What it costs, and why
Blue light glasses in this country run from under $20 to over $250. We wrote a tier by tier breakdown of what actually changes with price and what does not.
