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The Gunnars!!! “Advanced Computer/Gaming Eyewear advised to protect, enhance and optimize your vision”. “Snake oil...” shouted my Ed, “...there's annihilation such as this”. If you are as sceptical as my Editor, I wouldn't accusation you. Afterwards all, how can chicken brave glasses admonition your eyes aback staring at the screen? And why am I so absorbed in blockage Gunnars out (other than for the account of curiosity)?
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Time for a little flashback... Aback in 2003, aback I was arena GTA:Vice City a little too much, my eye doctor awful recommended blaze abbreviation spectacles for me, this, in animosity of accepting 20/20 vision. From again till now, I've consistently beat glasses aback sitting in advanced of the computer to abate eye-strain. Therefore I was actively absorbed in aggravating out this 'off-the-shelf' band-aid than the ones I get fabricated through the bounded boutique abutting to my house.
Gunnar Optiks is alleged afterwards the co-founder Jenny Michelsen's son. The name Gunnar is of Nordic agent acceptation fighter, soldier, and attacker, but mostly is referred to by the Viking adage which agency Brave and Bold warrior (gunnr "war" and arr "warrior") (Source wikipedia)
But Which Gunnar?Gunnars comes in two flavours, the Amber brave and the Bright (Crystalline) no-tints copy marketed as “Gunnars Advanced Gaming Eyewear” and “Gunnars Advanced Computer Eyewear” respectively. The difference, as Gunnar markets it, is that the chicken cast helps in “improving beheld efficiency, endurance, and accretion while active eye fatigue during connected hours of gaming”. This is not to say the apparent whites don't do anything. Added on that later.
But Why Yellow/Amber?Using Chicken tints in glasses is annihilation new. Professionals such as marksmen, hunters, drivers, skiers/snowboarders, pilots and bikers are accepted to use them to enhance eyes by accretion contrast. Of course, this will not about-face you into a pro-gamer aloof by cutting these, but will absolutely abetment you in spotting your abutting arch shot.
No, this not a impaired blonde, she is Julie Goloski able markswoman, antagonism shooter, and national/world champion
Below is a archetypal archetype of abominable 80's American bartering which is snake oil at its best and ambrosial (unintentionally) funny too.
Don't Anatomy MeAll the glasses that you see at Gunnars.co.in website such as Rocket-Onyx, MLG Legend – Olive, Wi-Five – Espresso, etc are annihilation but altered frames and styling. They all authority the aforementioned brave or non-tinted glasses accepting the aforementioned bloom allowances beyond the line-up. Some as you may apprehension accept basal frames to acknowledgment administration with added field-of-view such as Halogen – Onyx.
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If you attending like this however, no bulk of alarming glasses or photoshop can accomplish you attending into this...
Yes these are absolute gaming breed application their own (bought and paid for) Gunnars, xMrsViolencex analysis and Raychul Moore review.
Marketing Advertising or Reality?The botheration with Gunnars website is that it is ever brindled with business allocution that’s a little too in-your-face for aerial sensibilities of best humans. You'll see “proprietary terms” aerial left, appropriate and centre such as Lens_Tint [IONIK], Lens Geometry [FRACTYL], Lens Material [DIAMIX], LENS COATINGS [I-FI] and cephalalgia inducing adorned allocution such as “A berserk basal keeps baptize spots to a minimum while an oleophobic blanket protects from smudging and fingerprints”. I'm actively PR-O-phobic of this.
In animosity of this, decidedly and thankfully the technology works as advertised as Ophthalmologists about admonition (Arstechinca addendum this too)...- Anti-reflective (AR) blanket to abate blaze acclimated in about all optical technologies (exactly what I had on my antecedent spectacles afore Gunnars)- Berserk and Oleophobic apparatus are no altered from the ones acclimated in exceptional coatings in spectacles and sunglasses- The amber/yellow cast increases adverse aback attractive at computer or television screens- “Comfort and focus while abbreviation eye strain” is partly due to Gunnars accepting .25 dioptre, a accepted convenance alleged "lag of accommodation", that is a hardly college cardinal reduces the squinting and abrupt that eyes about do afterwards connected hours of account or examination a screen
So in the end what we are attractive at is annihilation added than a scattering of acclaimed optical techniques put calm by Gunnar in a adequate off-the-shelf accessible to use package. No rocket science, no re-inventing the caster and absolutely no snake-oil.
For added on Gunnar technology business spiel, see their technology videos here.
The Gunnar StoryThe abstraction for the glasses was built-in out of one woman’s annoyance (Jenny Michelsen) with her husband’s digitally induced migraines and anguish about the eyes of her adolescent who was absorbed by technology. Apprehend added about it here.
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But Again Why All This Business Talk?This is the catechism that I advised on for long, the allowances are annihilation new, the spectacles assignment as advertised but why all the over-the-top business talk. Gunnar Optiks absolutely gets the bulletin beyond but doesn't absolutely animate confidence.
Apparently I'm not the alone one who asked this question, afterwards account betanews article, you can't admonition but feel a bit compassionate appear Gunnar's predicament. I quote...
Gunnar's architect Joe Croft told us the advertising outweighs the science to advance their affairs of bazaar adoption.
"There are times aback we've been accused of accepting 'slick marketing' which could possibly backbite from the medical message," Croft told Betanews. "From day one, we accomplished we were authoritative commodity that is inherently uncool, computer assurance eyewear. In adjustment for it to become socially adequate and broadly adopted, you've got to accomplish commodity abhorrent actual cool. And that's area it doesn't aching to cull in the celebrities, and coin these partnerships, and accomplish a big accord out of the angel ancillary of it."
And on why is there no distinct allowance of medical approval in the marketing?"There isn't absolutely a distinct cast of approval to say: yes, this is a medically benign product." Croft said. "And at the end of the day, every mom in the apple would adulation to accept their kid who's arena bags of video amateur abrasion assurance glasses, but it's a cast analgesic if Mom says 'Here, Johnny, you accept to abrasion these."
"You accept to assignment the adverse angle," Croft continued. "You can accomplish it air-conditioned with all the pro gamers and influencers and all the guys that Johnny aspires to be…once you accept them, it's an accessible advertise at that point. Because mom again doesn't apperceive what they are, but aback she finds out they assure your eyes, she's accept with them. That's absolutely what we're activity for.
So Would I Acclaim Them?That would be a aural “Yes”. While I absolutely wouldn't acclaim this to my mom who uses the computer for almost 2 hours, I would absolutely acclaim it to all those who use computers for 8 hours a day; affiliated to a able alive with accoutrement which advance to anatomic hazards. The anatomic hazard in the case of computer users is “Computer Eyes syndrome” e.g. dry eyes, blurred vision, irritation, eye fatigue, headaches, and abutting and aback pain.
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Luckily I accept not suffered from above eye diseases, admitting I accept noticed redness, affliction and sometimes dry eyes. Cutting glasses has consistently assisted in abbreviation the furnishings but don't apprehend the furnishings to absolutely go abroad unless you chase simple 20:20:20 Rules (every twenty account focus on commodity twenty anxiety abroad for twenty seconds).
I've acclimated both the amber brave and the bright bottle Gunnars and the aberration is absolutely noticeable. While both do the aforementioned job essentially, the amber cast does tend to relax the eyes added than the bright whites. The side-effect effect, amber cast on aggregate that you see on the awning and off. While best bodies will not like the 'unnatural' tint, it does become ephemeral afterwards application it, abnormally in games, area you'll be far added active with what's on the awning to apprehension a nude gamer arena abutting to you (check out Nude Gaming Party-NSFW). As for professionals, that charge authentic colour correction, stick to non-tinted bright white glasses.
Are These Worth The Price?While cher face-huggers are not appealing, bargain ones don't board abundant to affection either. The basal spectacles that I've got fabricated through an optician amount me about Rs 3000 including the anatomy (around 2 years back), the added adorned the frame, college the cost. However, the accepted brace did not board scratch-resistant adamantine covering (the optician assured me “some scratches chalega”), bare the amber tint. Adding that would calmly accompany the amount abutting to Rs 4500, the starting amount of Gunnar's spectacles and boilerplate abreast the affection or the anticipation put abaft the frames either.
As per the frames; you get the accustomed ones about accompanying with bright bottle and headphone/headset affable frames that don't baffle aback gaming for connected hours. The ones fabricated for gaming are not business faff, they do board aback headphones columnist adjoin the temples and are accessible to booty off and put on with headphones on the head.
Left are approved frames VS on the appropriate are angle affable frames
Those who accept a cardinal will be blessed to apperceive that Gunnars offers Rx accordant glasses. The glasses are fabricated by Carl Zeiss eyes and abominably amount a ambrosial penny. Apprehend to pay added than Rs.10,000 for a brace of Gunnars to clothier to your needs. Alternatively, you can consistently abrasion lenses and again buy a accepted brace for abundant lesser. Click actuality to apprehend more.
Try Afore You BuyI for one did not appetite to buy after aggravating some of the Gunnars myself. While we got our analysis samples anon from the company, you can analysis the glasses out at retail gaming shops such as Amateur The Boutique at malls. They don't accept abundant in agreement of styles to analysis out. Alternately, you may alarm Sparen International (Mumbai) and appeal for a audience afore you purchased. Once you accept absitively to buy Gunnars for yourself, I'd advance blockage out online prices that could be about Rs.500 to Rs.1000 lower than the retail prices.
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Editor's note: All references to the Editor fabricated in this commodity are absolutely a bubble of the reviewer's imagination. The analysis is absolute though.
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