TL;DR
Anti-Reflective Coatings and Blue Light Filters
Many users recommend glasses with anti-reflective coatings to reduce glare from headlights at night. These coatings can help bring more light through the lens, reducing the intensity of glare [5:2]. Additionally, blue light filtering glasses are noted for their ability to reduce glare from LED headlights, which emit a lot of blue/violet light that causes dispersion inside the eye
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[5:4].
Prescription Night Driving Glasses
For those requiring vision correction, prescription night driving glasses with specific coatings can be very effective. Brands such as Zeiss DriveSafe and Titan's DriveEz have been mentioned positively by users [3:2]
[3:5]. These glasses are designed to reduce glare and improve visibility during night driving.
Avoid Yellow-Tinted Glasses
Several users caution against purchasing yellow-tinted glasses from petrol or service stations, as they tend to be ineffective and may not provide the desired results [4:2]
[4:7]. Instead, it's better to invest in quality lenses with proper coatings.
Polarized Lenses
While polarized lenses can help reduce glare, they are not always recommended for night driving because they can also reduce overall visibility [5:6]. It's important to find a balance between reducing glare and maintaining clear vision.
General Tips
Keeping your windshield clean and ensuring it is not micro-pitted or scuffed can also help reduce glare while driving at night [5:5]. If you experience persistent issues with glare, it might be worth getting your eyes tested for conditions like astigmatism, which can exacerbate glare problems
[4:6].
I just bought a pair of thesprescription night driving glasses and they are really amazing. I can't say enough about them.
Awesome! Exactly the firsthand feedback I was looking for! I'll have to give these a try.
I’ve tried a bunch and none work for me. Some that others like are Zeiss drive safe, Oakley low light, ColorBoost has one that Dink sells.
Thanks for your insight.
vuarnet nightlynx
Thanks, do you use them personally?
I feel like the actual benefit to night driving glasses is that they’re able to be polarized which helps A LOT with obnoxious LED headlights at night. I wish people who make those headlights could see what they look like with an astigmatism.
For that purpose, a lot of the polarized blue light glasses/lenses meant for computer use should also help with night driving without darkening things. And you can have those kinds of lenses made for most frames from what I’ve seen
They're so obnoxious. Thanks for your input.
As title... genuinely need a glass while driving at night. Today almost hit a person, I am literally scared of driving at night with all the high beam. On top of that people with dark clothes crossing road dangerously. It is too hard to focus on road being blind completely.
Please suggest a night glass which atleast block some portion of incoming light. 🙏🏽
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Please share the link if you find one.
Need some suggestions for glasses to reduce glare while driving at night.
Either Titan's DriveEz or Zeiss's Drivesafe
Don't buy online. Walk into a titan eye plus & ask for anti glare driving glasses. Try & buy. Lenskart is ok but quality of titan is better
Just asking for anti glare driving glasses would work?
Yes man. I am wearing regular (power) glasses with the antiglare coating. Works good. However note that nothing can save you from extra bright after market LEDs
Zeiss drivesafe lens glass.
You can only wear them for driving. Not good for day to day use I guess.
not at all
I use it in day-to-day use, and at night, the glare cutdown is quite efficient
Like, e.g, I can now stare at auxiliary lights (I know I shouldn't), and my eyes don't get watery or I don't get blinded.
How well do they work? Don't they reduce the effectiveness of one's own headlights?
They will just decrease the glare from other vehicles light . They may not completely remove it nor it will affect visibility .
I have prescription glasses , yours will be without power cant say anything about price .
Polaroid ambermatic. Buy from a store.
I got a pair of prescription night driving glasses and absolutely love them. Not the cheapest but amazing how they work.
I never used to drive much at night, then I moved out of London and had to buy a car, and now it's winter and I'm routinely finding myself on the road when it's dark (i.e. 5pm). I don't mind it when I can put my full beams on, but that's rare so I end up squinting and muttering at how bright other people's headlights are (and full on swearing when they're on high). I've noticed it makes my eyes feel incredibly tired.
I saw some yellow glasses at a service station recently. Do they work? Or will I just pay a tenner to look ridiculous?
As a follow up, my windscreen has the tiny wires in that can heat it up (sorry - I'm sure there's a technical name for this but forked if I know it) - that definitely doesn't help the glare situation as they cause the light to splinter out in a million different directions. Presumably if the time comes to replace it I don't need to have the same one? The windscreen blower thing (sorry - it's late - can't think of word - if you're getting the impression I'm old and decrepit and my faculties are slowly leaving me, well you might be on to something) is very good so I just don't see why I need it.
>I saw some yellow glasses at a service station recently. Do they work? Or will I just pay a tenner to look ridiculous?
Pretty much just the latter. You'd look quite silly
>As a follow up, my windscreen has the tiny wires in that can heat it up (sorry - I'm sure there's a technical name for this but forked if I know it) - that definitely doesn't help the glare situation as they cause the light to splinter out in a million different directions. Presumably if the time comes to replace it I don't need to have the same one? The windscreen blower thing (sorry - it's late - can't think of word - if you're getting the impression I'm old and decrepit and my faculties are slowly leaving me, well you might be on to something) is very good so I just don't see why I need it.
Heated windscreen is what you have. They're great, I wouldn't get rid of it.
When it gets icey the defroster does sweet shit all compared to having a heated screen
The blue light filter glasses are actually fairly useful for removing the absurd amount of glare from the bright LEDs on the road, but as expected any light you filter means you're seeing less. So pros and cons.
With that said, I wouldn't buy the shit brands from petrol/service stations. Source: I work at a petrol station that sells them, tried them and they're shite.
Ah yes - I'd forgotten about ice!
I get what you mean with oncoming cars blinding you especially newer models LED lights
I think that's exactly what it is. I notice the angle of them is a big factor as well - like as the car crests a hill they get even brighter. So annoying
/r/fuckyourheadlights
>newer models LED lights
It's the angle / height of the lights, plenty of LED headlights are fine.
So many SUVs now, practically every other car is blinding at regular height.
Best thing you can do is keep the windscreen as clean as possible. Maybe be get your eyes tested, astigmatisms make lights flair badly increasing strain.
Yeah, modern streetlights really dont help either. Had the good fortune of driving in Europe recently, and they have actual working streetlights which illuminate everything properly, like we used to. It was an absolute joy.
I was out recently and was thinking about this. Newer LED lights have made streets substantially darker than I ever remember them being.
Older sodium lights are far better in that regard.
I do a lot of night driving. The new lights are appallingly bad. Along with the fact they have no diffusing lenses, meaning they cause glare when in your eyeline as well as only illuminating the area below them.
Round here they turn some of the streetlights off past 12am, but leave the LED traffic lights at full illumination, meaning you can't see a thing past them.
I have Astigmatisms in both eyes. Effectively, I get light trails at night from headlights and what not.
I have blue light glasses which help, it’s just a coating on my glasses which are intended for woking at screens all day (Which I also do) but supposedly help with night driving too. but In reality it’s just something you mostly have to deal with and get used too.
Give some blue light a try, the yellow lense ones do fuck all.
A fair few of us struggle with this, it’s been accelerated since led lights became a thing, HID’s are a problem too.
Unfortunately, it is what it is. If you do try blue light lenses, don’t buy the shit from petrol stations, they fucking suck.
Some car's new LED headlamps are worst than HID in blue spectrum!! My car has Dimming side/rear mirrors and they can't keep up with newer headlights! I'm talking Brand New off the lot cars, not someone installed wrong lights or driving with high beams.
New Honda with multi-cells are the worst! And some Camery.
MFG need to come with some kind of dim mode to dim the down when in traffic.
Can we file a complaint to DOT about this? I think its just going to get worst.
I will probably get downvoted but how old are you? Commonly as you age and often even a few years after Lasik, night time light glare becomes more of an issue. You don't need polarized glasses, you need good anti-reflective coating on glasses. If you don't need vision correction, you can go to most optical offices, and get plastic lens(cheapest, best clarity, but not as durable) with A/R coating in some glasses and leave them in the car for night driving. Shouldn't cost too much unless they are assholes. Automotive lighting has definitely made leaps forward in light output but I have no had issues with lights from other cars while driving unless it's on a full-size or modded truck where the lights are too high.
Automotive lighting/architectural lighting enthusiast with optician experience.
By the way, there are various levels of quality in A/R coatings.
As the other commenter said anti-reflective coating is not not what helps here. Anti reflective coating is designed to bring close to 100% of the light through the lens, while glasses without the coating only manage to bring ~90% through the lens.
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The problem is the wavelength of the newer headlamps. They have a lot of intensity in the most glaring part of the spectrum, namely everything around 380 to 440nm, blue/violet light which is the most glare-producing light color of them all and produces the most dispersion inside the eye.
So what you want to reduce the glare is blue-light-filters. The are many variants, some filter up to 410nm, some up to 440nm.
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Also age plays a huge factor. Your eye lens is a closed system and loses clarity constantly, especially above the age of 45.
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I believe I stand corrected. You are right in your knowledge. I believe I was getting my info confused with someone who had previously glasses without A/R and glare issues. I forgot to consider photon wavelength variability. I never imagined my blue light filtering glasses could be helping with automotive glare.
I have anti-reflective glasses and not only does it not help, they get smudged and dirty constantly.
Really? I'm sorry to hear that. It's usually the first option that helps nearly everyone's night vision unless there is a more physiological disorder/change. It could be either your eyes need more help or the A/R quality could be better. Yes A/R coatings can smudge more easily. I just keep a microfiber and lens spray/pad in the car or I wash them with dish soap and water at home.
How many miles on your windshield? Is it micro-pitted or scuffed? This can cause night and sun glare.
The best you can do is polarised glasses with no tint. The elimination of glare helps quite a bit - but not completely.
> Can we file a complaint to DOT about this?
You can. But so far, all the complaints haven't amounted to anything.
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Play the game. Drive with beams on and whe somebody illuminate your evening. Do some rude gestures to him. You will be fine.
I've had factory led headlights before. I couldn't control how bright they were. If you put your high beams on while I have my low beams on...your getting full high beam led. No reason to be a dick to someone just because the manufacturer put led headlights in their car.
I mean led lights are still adjustable.
People in glass houses.
My optometrist recommended that I get driving glasses with anti glare to help reduce glare from headlights I get in my mirrors and from oncoming traffic. I’ve never worn glasses and the script he wrote me is only to correct slight near sightedness and I still dont need to wear glasses all day.
Can yall recommend me any company that makes the best anti glare glasses for driving at night? Seems like there are a lot of scams out there. I tried the yellow lenses and they didnt help at all. thank you for your help, god bless
One thing I'd suggest is get yourself checked for astigmatism, I found out I need a very light prescription like 0.25 but a few years ago I developed astigmatism and that made night driving and the glare ridiculous. Now that I have some lenses that correct that, my night driving is vastly improved.
I accidentally stumbled on something that helped me with night driving. I bought these static cling patches to block the sun in the corner of my windshield. Theres always that one damn spot! They are semi transparent.
At night, I use them on the drivers side window, so that 3/4 of my mirror has coverage. When I need the full side mirror view, I lean back and have the full mirror view. I place one on the windshielsld, to the left of my sight range, where oncoming traffic headlights are. This one requires you to lean slightly right on curves, for full range view.
Unlike those child mesh covers which take up 3/4 of the window, these are removable in seconds, and are small, so you arent limiting your view options.
I cant drive at night without them now. You can still see the headlights, but the glare effect is greatly reduced.
I wouldnt recommend using these on the passenger side window, as you cant reach to remove them while driving.
Swipe to the 5th frame on the product on Amazon and it shows a video of how it works during the daytime. Similar effect at night.
Yellow clip ons or just yellow glasses if you don't already wear glasses.
Yellow makes night more bearable while also not removing too much vision. Bonus points if they are polarized.
Walmart sells a clip on pack with 5 colors for like $15 and you can try clear yellow & clear blue and it has 3 for daytime too.
I'm a new driver, and I really don't like wearing sunglasses. I've always had cheap ones, and they're just awful all over. I've realized now that it's probably because I've always had bad ones that don't do anything for glare. Now that I'm actually driving myself around, I definitely need to get a good pair of glasses for sunset/sunrise.
I don't want to break the bank but I would like something stylish for women and that actually works well to filter out the glare from the sun on the windshield & lines on the road etc. Help🥺
There is nothing to recommend for less than $200 retail. You can usually find them 40% off, though. It just takes some looking. How much is breaking the bank. As was stated, Serengetti has the best driving lenses in the world. These are the frames I got for my wife. [holy shit! They're 40% off! Get these ASAP]
https://www.serengeti-eyewear.com/us/sunglasses/hayworth-87171.html
If you want the best lenses for driving, I think you should look at Serengeti Drivers.
While they are usually quite expensive, you might find a vintage pair secondhand for under 50 euro.
I’m a big fan of goodr. They are pretty cheap and work great for me.
I drive more than 8 hours a day and the best glasses so far have been Maui Jim.
I haven’t specifically worn them at night, but on overcast or rainy days they are nothing short of amazing.
This 100%. I used to call my pair I had my "night vision glasses" lol
A coworker of mine swears by them in they daytime with snow on the ground too
Dang sorry. That’s encouraging that they’ll help tho thank you. I’d like to try them too it’s awful here in Northern Virginia with these crazy headlights. I think I’ve seen them at Wally World but didn’t want to drop the cash if they are bogus. Hope alls good out there be safe.
They are absolutely fantastic. Protects you from drivers that use high beams. They also help you better distinguish details.
Mine are polarized and at first things look weird but pretty soon you feel like you have night vision goggles.
If you have any bit of astigmatism those work wonders, you will see a large starburst and struggle to see more at night than others. Spend the $25 it'll help
man im not the op but i definitely have an astigmatism in both eyes. thank you for this information!
Sucks is that I wear glasses so I can't really wear glasses on top of glasses. Be cool if they had clip ons.
Fair warning. Don't wear them during the day (bright light) and then just randomly take them off. That will be a painful flash of vibrant light. Not a fan. 0/10, do not suggest.
I use blublox, and emailed them my prescription. Best thing I ever did for my eyes.
I wear mine all the time. some of the bright lights are still too bright but it cuts back on how "sharp" the light is to your eyes. I love my pair
ROCKNIGHT Aviator Polarized Night... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07B8YLSM1?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
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I don’t have perfect vision, although not bad enough to be required to wear glasses by law I don’t feel confident driving at night without them.
My sunglasses also have the same prescription although in practice I put them on because I feel like I need sunglasses rather than because I can’t see.
My “nighttime” glasses I had an anti-glare coating added to them. Maybe you could get the same but without the prescription lens?
yeah I've got 20/20 vision a boy do I struggle at night with the led lights. I think there is glasses with an orange tint to them that might help.
Astigmatism can cause "glare" with light during night driving.
Might need to speak to your optometrist about this.
Good info! Been cleared for astigmatism, but thanks for the input
I thought this was my issue because I saw street lights as big diagonal streaks and doubled vertically but then my optometrist said my eyes were fine. Even went to a different place the second time and also same answer. Infuriating thinking it would be a simple solution.
Do you normally wear glasses? If you do, you can get an anti-glare coating applied to your prescription glasses. I donkt know whether that can be applied to an existing pair of prescription glasses, you can include it as an optional extra for new glasses. Most major optical stores will offer it, e.g. OPSM and Specsavers.
If you don't normally wear glasses, you should still be able to have a pair of glasses made with zero prescription but with the anti-glare coating added to the lenses.
No glasses, but Thankyou
Thanks, I’ve got 20/20, but would be interested if they can offer a custom glasses or something that would make the night drive more pleasant, though the biggest issue is light pollution, the glare reduction would help
The glare from the headlights of oncoming cars gets to me more than it used to. I was looking into night driving lenses from Zenni optical. Has anyone tried something similar? Did they help, and if so, where did you get them? Thank you!
Unfortunately this. I have the yellow glasses at night and love them lol
Zenni is so affordable, I would get them and try them. If they don’t work they have a great return/refund policy.
yes the frames are inexpensive, but not the lenses. over $200 on the last pair I ordered last week. the frames were $16. Yes they were progressive lenses.
I wear progressives too. I’ve used Zenni for about five years and love every pair except for one. Sent them back and got a different pair, no issues at all.
The pair I have on now are from MyEyeDr. I saw them when I was with my husband while he was getting his exam, and could not stop thinking about them for two weeks. Went and ordered them, got them in two weeks, and damn it if they don’t slip down my nose ALL the time. For $512 they should fit like a glove, but lesson learned. Never again.
I tried the ones from Zenni, and they made absolutely no difference to me.
Have you had an eye exam? Sounds like astigmatism to me
Terrible product way to dark. I wear these and hands down the best I have tired.night driving glasses
Best glasses for night driving
Key Considerations for Night Driving Glasses:
Anti-Reflective Coating: Look for glasses with an anti-reflective (AR) coating to reduce glare from oncoming headlights and streetlights, improving visibility.
Yellow Tint: Some night driving glasses feature a yellow tint that can enhance contrast and depth perception in low-light conditions. However, personal preference plays a significant role in effectiveness.
UV Protection: Ensure the glasses offer UV protection to shield your eyes from harmful rays, even at night.
Comfort and Fit: Choose lightweight frames that fit well and are comfortable for extended wear, especially if you drive for long periods.
Prescription Options: If you wear prescription glasses, consider options that can accommodate your prescription or look for clip-on versions.
Recommendations:
Night Driving Glasses: The Night Sight Driving Glasses are popular for their yellow tint and anti-reflective coating, designed specifically to reduce glare and enhance visibility at night.
Prescription Option: If you need prescription lenses, consider Ray-Ban's prescription glasses with an anti-reflective coating, which can be customized for night driving.
Clip-On Option: The Fitover Sunglasses Night Driving Glasses are a good choice if you want to wear them over your regular prescription glasses.
Takeaway: While night driving glasses can help reduce glare and improve visibility, it's essential to ensure they fit comfortably and meet your specific vision needs. Always consult with an eye care professional for personalized recommendations.
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