Felix Gray Computer Glasses - Non-prescription glasses for people who stare at screens.
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Are you engaged to your computer, tablet, phone or books? And do you often feel eye strain, headache and blurred vision? If yes, then you should consider getting some of these Felix Gray Computer Glasses. They have an anti-glare coating, blue light filter and magnification to help your eye muscles.
As a programmer, I've been wearing gunnar glasses daily for about 5 years -- how do Felix Grays compare?
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@ibanez270dx Hey Jeff, same concept, just a more modern lens and frames made of Italian acetate in contemporary styles. Our first partnership was with Jet.com and quite a few of their developers wore Gunnars before trying Felix Gray. The ones that were waiting for something that looks a little more "normal" or "fashionable" switched, however there was one die-hard Gunnar fan that said he would never wear anything but... It's all preference, our lens is just a bit more advanced and styles a bit less futuristic :)
What's the difference between this and Gunnar glass?
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@ichenjia Hey Jia, same concept as gunnar, just a modern lens and a little more attention paid to detail in contemporary frame styles and material (we use premium Italian acetate, not plastic) :)
@felixgrays your product is great, congrats on all your success so far! I see a lot of people asking about prescription. Check out @lensabl (www.lensabl.com). We have the perfect API/plugin solution for online brands like yours. Would love to chat and tell you more....andy@lensabl.com
Hi, excited by this product and wish it came out like 8 years ago when I was first needing them. I now have very minor prescription reading glasses for this exact purpose (+.75). Not sure whether it's worth it to try Felix Gray instead, can it in any way be better than wearing prescriptions?
@taykcrane Hi Taylor! We'll be launching reading soon enough for exactly that reason! If you want email us at help@shopfelixgray.com and we can join to our reading glasses mailing list :)
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@felixgrays hey! The product is beautiful. Perhaps I am not understanding the technology behind it. How is this any different than installing a plugin on my Mac that reduces the blue light output? Not dissing the product, just curious of the additional benefits of having the blocker in a pair of glasses.
@justcolbss@felixgrays Hi Colbey. Thanks for the kind words! Sure of course. So blue light is naturally produced by energy efficient screens, like LEDS. Software can't really fix that problem :/ What things like Nightshift and f.lux are good at though is changing the temperature of your screen. Our eyes don't do well with contrast, so a white screen in a dark room is tough on them. But beyond that, it doesn't do much. Our lenses specially filter blue light and eliminate glare, which are the major causes behind eye strain, sleep loss, etc.
Here's a good Forbes article on Nightshift and how it doesn't really filter much blue light.
"Night Shift, which turns down the amount of blue light produced by the display, won't significantly affect the production of melatonin enough to influence the circadian rhythm and improve the user's nighttime sleep cycle. I've looked into this before and it's more of a placebo effect.”
http://www.forbes.com/sites/gord...
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@felixgrays I'm based in the UK so have ordered some temporary ones from Amazon until you guys ship to here. Something I've noticed about these is the lenses are pretty plasticy, they're showing up skin oil pretty bad. What are the lenses on yours made of?
@danielalcorn@felixgrays Hi Daniel! We use a better quality lens. Not sure if they're using polycarbonate or something worse. Ours is a CR-39, which gives it a better Abbe value :) (that means better clarity)
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I think this is a great idea/great positioning! It would be awesome to see on the website (more clearly) how you guys differentiate from other "normal" optical brands, whether it is the quality of the lenses like you mentioned below or the tech you use. I used to study Vision Science so I know a little about it, but most people might not! In Australia, we have optical shops like Oscar Wylee and Bailey Nelson that sell prescription frames from $95AUD (~$71USD equivalent) and you can get a blue light filter for an additional $20. So I'd love to know what the difference is straight off the bat from the website!
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Great concept. Especially in entrepreneurial and design circles as well as with the shift to e-books in so many learning institutions. I spend time in all 3 of these groups... might need to get a pair for myself.
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