I have heard tales that Yellow/amber visors help vision in low light levels (much like the old amber aviators I would assume).
are such tales true, or just pub waffle?
I have trouble riding and driving in the dark. In the end i bought myself a pair of yellow glasses and they helped alot, they helped me see better in the dark and stopped the other lights being so bright and hurting my eyes. Im thinking of getting one as i cant be bothered to carry a set of glasses around.
It is true. It’s because the yellow lenses filter out the blue part of the spectrum which is the part that diffuses and causes loss of clarity, or something like that.
Like most generalisations, fairly true. But that’s a generalisation.
Yes, they can help with cutting glare and the like for some people under some circumstances.
But on an unlit country road they just cut the amount of light reaching your eyes which is “generaly” a bad thing.
Too many variables for anyone to say either yes or no.
polarised lens work just as well and are sold as ‘driving glasses’
but you can’t get polarised lens built into a visor, you’ve got to wear the glasses!
(they enhance red and diffuse blue lights).
never used one? seen them about for a good few years, let us know if you try one!
I really struggle to see in the dark now, the lights seem so bright and i cant make things out… im only 31, dont wear glasses but have really noticed my eyes getting worse over the last few years…
i reckon it sitting on these bl**dy screens all day…
For MTB riding in Epping Forest I have a pair of specs with changeable lenses. The yellows are excellent on a sunny day when you are riding into and out of deep shade - they really cut through. The clear are nowhere as good, and the dark lenses are a real liability. I have worn the yellows a couple of times when commuting on the scoot on sunny winter days and they help there too. Not sure about yer actual darkness though.
They don’t work with some visors, depending on the coatings. I bought a brand new pair of polarised sunglasses. They were great until I put my visor down, when they made the world rainbow coloured. I had to give them away and get some non-polarised shades.
I bought a pair of these last week and the benefit from them is superb.
I ride eastwards in the morning, into the low sun so they go dark as sunglasses, then I ride westwards in the evening into the setting sun and they change from sunglasses to yellow lenses which seems to make everything lighter than it really is.
When I get home and take them off I’m surprise at how dark it really is.
I have one of these , similar to the specs mentioned :
http://www.phoenixnw.co.uk/fine-vision/fine-vision-universal-photochromatic.html/
ive got one of those on my clear visor, its works well, cant beat a black visor for sunshine but its handy for those changeable days… …