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Ocelot79
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May 18, 2018
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Usage: Wearing the optician glasses I can see the screen isn't as bright and blue colors are slightly less blue. Reviews that the amber tint of the Gunnars help with contrast ingame are true although I mostly play RPG, action and fighting games so keep that in mind while reading this. Purpose and price wise I'd say for taking glasses Gunnars do their job well especially since these allow for comfortable over ear headphones wear as well. No more headaches after a day of starting at screens with either one.
Smudging: As long as you avoid touching the glasses you should be fine either way. So far I've found my optician glasses smudged pretty easily when accidentally directly touching them and I think this might hold true for the Gunnars as well. I suspect this has to do with the anti-reflective coating on my optician glasses.
Pricewise: The optician reading glasses with blue filter are slightly costlier, but when you already use prescription glasses you might need to reconsider and calculate which is the cheaper and more cost effective option according to your wishes. In my case the Gunnars are cheaper since I didn't get them with prescription lenses, however getting prescription glasses from and optician can also be pretty costly depending on the glass and frame options to name a few. The biggest selling point of getting glasses at an optician would be knowing, seeing and fitting everything before you commit yourself to the sale.
In short for people without prescription glasses the Gunnars are cheaper and work well enough while wearing over ear headphones, for people needing prescription glasses make a checklist of options then make a price comparison to decide if the Gunnars are best for you or not.