Gunnar glasses made an appearance on Shark Tank drawing attention to their glasses that block blue light and help with eye strain. Sadly, we are one of the millions of long-term computer users who never knew this existed. We were sold as soon as he made his pitch. So, how do they work?

Based on price ($39.99) and availability we chose the Gunnar Micron in Dark Ale/Amber colors. We thought others were cooler looking, but we're not going clubbing with them.



Packaging

Our glasses arrived in a black cardboard case with nice graphics. The glasses come inside a carrying case wrapped in a piece of white cardboard. A black cardboard flyer is also included explaining the company and how to register for a warranty. The packaging was nothing super exciting but not that boring either. After all, we want to get to the glasses.



First Impressions

Our first impression was these glasses are sturdier than some reviews claim. A few people who saw us wearing these commented that they made us look studious or smart. Too bad I can't wear them everywhere!

The Gunnar Glasses fit well. They were snug, but not too snug. Comfort is one reason we prefer brand name sunglasses because the cheap glasses are often uncomfortable. While Gunnar Glasses aren't as comfortable as a high-end pair of sunglasses, they are comfortable.

As you can see in this photo with Gunnar on the left and Maui Jim on the right, the Gunnar glasses have that one piece molded design while the Maui Jim's have a nosepiece for comfort.



First Use

Our first use is right now as we're typing this. As you put on the Gunnar glasses, the whites on your screen take on a yellowish hue, but as you adapt, it just flattens the color. We've had some eye strain in the past couple of days, so it took us a bit to get adjusted. As we continued, our eye strain faded away. We've never worn glasses before, so we also expected a little bit of adjusting for that.

We took a picture but keep in mind that monitors always take fuzzy pictures, so this is just to give you a general idea. It's hard to describe, so we'll call it an off-white.



We also noticed as we took them on and off that some fonts seem clearer and even appeared larger. Repeated testing of websites we've seen thousands of times confirmed a clearer, bolder, larger looking font. We think you'll be impressed.

At this point, we passed them off to someone not related to MajorGeeks, and female, for a second opinion. She found the glasses comfortable and confirmed what we did; that they made viewing her monitor a better, less strained experience. She felt it took a couple of minutes to adjust to the monitor, initially she thought her eyes were drying out, but that went away.

This leads us to believe, as happened with us, that you might have to give your eyes five minutes to adjust the first time you wear Gunnar Glasses.

Summary

There's no doubt in our mind that Gunnar Glasses make staring at your monitor much more comfortable for short times. Of course, we're not doctors (even though you'd think we looked like one wearing these) so we certainly can't speak to or promise that they will save you from future damage. That's up to Gunnar. They did relieve our eye strain while writing part of this review over the course of thirty minutes or so. For forty to sixty bucks they seem like cheap insurance, especially considering a nice pair of Oakley's or Maui Jim's could set you back two hundred dollars.

Gunnar Glasses has 20 or more different styles for the geek or gamer (including Razer designs) plus numerous color and prescription options.

Check out Gunnar Glasses at https://gunnar.com/.



Those of you on a budget can still reduce eye strain in Windows 10 -
Enable Night Light Mode in Windows 10 to Reduce Eye Strain.