Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This review is for the Uvex Skyper with SCT Orange lens tint, but the Skyper glasses are also available with other lens colors. I'm a blue light sensitive consumer who likes Uvex's tinted safety eyewear because they publish the spectral charts. SCT Orange is a non-polarized lens tint which blocks virtually all ultraviolet, violet, and blue light while allowing most of the longer wavelengths (from green to red) to pass through (see the spectral chart). This gives it a deep orange color. Unlike many other orange glasses, these are truly 'blue-blocking'. They were originally designed as specialty safety/work glasses for industrial environments with high UV levels. But in recent years, consumers have learned how effective they are for blocking out blue light from TV, computer, tablet, and cellphone displays - in the hours before bedtime, to avoid sleep disruption. Uvex recently began to advertise these glasses for this purpose. These can also be used as outdoor safety/work glasses - if you don't mind that they are brighter than most sunglasses. However because they so effectively block the blue and violet part of the spectrum, color discernment is poor; blue colors will be greyed-out or blacked-out, and whites, yellows, and oranges will look similar to one another. This SCT Orange lens tint isn't meant for properly seeing colors - and especially not for driving, where color perception is important. If you need decent color perception while still blocking most (but not all) of the blue end of the spectrum, Uvex has a brownish/coffee-colored lens tint called Espresso, which is better as a general-purpose sunglass lens. Most of Uvex's glasses are meant for safety or sporting use, so they're not very fashionable, but you know the spectral characteristics you're getting. The Skyper earpieces slide in and out to adjust for different head length, and the lens can click to different inclination angles. The lens is a large but snug-fitting wraparound shape...seems designed to fit adult men best. It fits me perfectly with no light trespass around the edges. Because it fits very close to the face you probably won't be able to wear prescription glasses underneath. I don't like the padded earpiece design - they put pressure on my head and give me a headache, but maybe I'm extra sensitive to pressure points behind the ears. Everyone has a different face & head shape, so your experience may differ with regard to fit and comfort. So the only way to know for sure if they are comfortable is to actually try them on. Lastly, the thin, clear, slightly rubbery anti-fog coating on mine started to peel off after a few months. But I don't care - I bought these for their spectral protection more than anything else. Some alternative choices, which are also non-polarized: Uvex's Ultra-spec 2000 is available with the same SCT Orange lens color. I haven't tried them. Most reviews say it fits better over prescription glasses. Blublockers brand glasses with the original 'amber' (orangish-brown) lens color are also fully blue-blocking lenses. They are darker than SCT Orange - maybe too dark to use indoors - but awesome as outdoor sunglasses. Smith & Wesson Magnum 3G Orange-lens glasses are brighter than the others but are still true blue-blocking lenses - however the rubber nosepiece on my second pair of S&W Magnum 3G glasses had an awful chemical smell. Cocoons brand fitovers with 'Orange' lens tint fit very well over prescription glasses (if you get the right size) but the ones I bought are not fully 'blue-blocking' lenses. In recent years, many more blue-blocking glasses have hit the marketplace.