First, a disclaimer: I'm an Optical Technician. I dispense glasses for a living, so I know good eyewear when I see it.

Now, the review: This is good eyewear. It's a quality pair of glasses with all the right enhancements to do exactly what they claim they can do. Specifically, this is a pair of glasses with a +.50 add correction on the lenses, so they do magnify just a tiny bit, but are still comfortable for someone with no prescription for corrective lenses. They have a high-quality gold tint that naturally blocks some of the harsh blues from the light spectrum. They seem to be a high-quality material (I'd guess they're a hi-index, but not a premium brand) and have an anti-reflective coating to cut down on glare from the computer screen (or they'd work equally well when driving).

The frame itself is of excellent quality. I wouldn't say it's a high-end frame, but it's certainly good material and a pleasing design. Nothing cheap here. It's a drill-dot frame, and... Read more

I was very excited at the prospect of what the Gunnar Optiks eyewear could possibly do for me. I sit at a computer anywhere from 8 to 12 hours per day, and for me, looking at a monitor for any length of time results in headaches, and stressed, tired eyes. Could the claims that Gunnar Optiks make about it's special eyewear hold true? I was about to find out.

Upon receiving my package from the nice folks at Amazon.com, I was instantly impressed with how Gunnar Optiks handled the packaging. Inside a dense cardboard box with the Gunnar Optiks logo, lay another box, presumably some form of aluminum or tin, with a hinged lid. The glasses were pressed into a foam cutout that held them perfectly safe, and covered by a soft cloth pouch. There was no way these glasses could have been damaged during shipping, unless the package were to be run over by a vehicle or some other sort of catastrophe.

The niceties of the product packaging aside, the real question remains, do the... Read more

I am a software developer who is in front of the computer for 8 hours a day. I love the way these glasses seem to enhance the text and images on the screen, and I definitely notice less fatigue on my eyes. The last 3 hours of every day is usually when the eye fatigue starts setting in, but since I've been using these, there seems to be a lot less strain.

However, there is one obnoxious thing about these glasses that is driving me crazy. The plastic part in the middle that connects the nose piece to the lenses stretches a bit too far onto the lens, so while you are wearing them it gets a little annoying to have this black thing right there in your line of sight. It's not obtrusive per se, but it is a bit distracting at times, particularly when you move your head. For as much as this product costs, I would think they would not have an issue like this. These seem to be very cheaply made overall, but I would look past that if the nose piece attachment wasn't so noticeable... Read more