Anyone have success with night driving glasses to help with glare?

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If anyone else wants to read the article leg me know and I will message the link. Not sure why some links are fine and others not.

Basically article written by someone who list there mom in a head on collision due to blinding lights of oncoming traffic. They invented these night vision glasses. Doing some searches as I personally haven't found a pair that work.

Interesting that many people find glare an issue (who don't have cataracts or undergone cataract surgery). Headlights today are brighter than years past so I am not really all that surprised. But it may mean more products will be invented to help drivers.

Posted here on cataract forums as many of us are dealing with glare at night - oncoming traffic headlights etc. Wondered what others thought about night vision glasses, if they help with glare etc. Wasn't for clarity - just better vision at night.

I found a pair of visors that help cut down the glare but not eliminate it I would say it cut;s it down by 50%

there is a daytime and a nighttime visor the daytime is gray while the nighttime is yellow

They also have a slider of the same color on each so you can move it where you see the most glare

So I use all of them when driving at night the worst lights are the LED headlights that cause starburst effect So I adjust the visor halfway down so the road is clear in front of me up to a certain distance and use the slider all the way to the left to reduce most of the glare

Thank you for this info! Appreciate it and will look into this product.

Gad to change my ID to Sue.An2 as my original ID was deleted (no clue why).

Bummer that your ID was deleted, SueAn! You've contributed so much to this forum. Wonder if they can reinstate it? Unfortunate that others can't benefit from your past efforts here. But thanks for persevering.:)

Oh, I see. It looks like your old posts are still up. Good!:)

it's the strangest thing. My ID is still valid but when I log onto it I can only view posts cannot make comments -message pops up my account was deactivated. No idea why and I have tried to contact moderator but no reply so I created this new ID.

Yeah, strange! I looked to see if there's any way to deactivate your account by accident or reactivate it. Nada! Oh, well... Glad you're still here.:)

thanks for checking. I am totally baffled. Only thing I can think of is last post I made contained a link that moderator didn't allow so maybe they clamped down on rules s d deactivated me like the soup nazi on Seinfeld or someone flagged me?

Likely I will never know.

Hahaha!:) Yeah, Seinfeld checks bizarre parts of our society, hunh?

I haven't seen any links anywhere that were allowed. Overly strict, but probably trying to maintain security of this site.

That's why I just copied the whole description of that night visor from Amazon (different thread). Anyone can copy it into their browser or at Amazon search to find it. Might be best way to post any other links, just copy the whole title and let others search.:-)

Big Seinfeld fan - sadly today's comedy shows aren't that humorous anymore.

Thanks for the tip - copy and paste much better way to go vs links. Thinking this may be because they could promote other doctor's opinions vs ones supported here (or products).

I found something else that works pretty good

The earlier post was for when I was having cataracts and trying to avoid glare

Now after the surgery in one eye I am working on reducing halos

I found an old pair of gas welding glasses that I used when I was younger and working on my car

I believe this is a shade 5 so it's not as dark as the arc welding one but it's darker than most sunglasses It has a green tint to it and it also has protection on the side which comes in handy when the sun is setting and it's hitting the side of left eye when I am driving so I don't have to move the sun visor to the side and back as the road turns

It cut's down the intensity of the halos by a lot so the halos are fainter except for the super bright LED headlights

It also makes the halos disappear a few hundred feet earlier than without it

I can use it from dusk to dawn and I still see the dashboard with the glasses on

It also cuts down the sun reflections intensity of the halos but it does not eliminate them

I used to wear 2 and sometimes 3 sunglasses one on top of the other when the sun is really bright but with the third pair I could not see the dashboard

This one is about the right shade and also has the shields on the side to protect from the sun on the left side

with that many sunglasses wouldn't you have an issue with contrast?

No problem with contrast when the sun is so bright I find it very comfortable that I don't have to squint wherever I look

I've always worn sunglasses outside - even before cataract surgery (all seasons).

You mention wearing these at night so wondering how contrast is at night with them.

I also have worn sunglasses before cataracts but I did not have to deal with the bright circles around LED lights and sun reflections that seem to be brighter after the surgery than before cataracts

Perhaps there was a misunderstanding

I do not wear this one at night That would be too dark

But from sunrise to daytime and up to sunset it works well to reduce the intensity I can't do much about the circles but at least I can reduce the brightness of them to a more comfortable level so I don't go blind looking at them when I am driving

I did used to wear the regular sunglasses at night when I had the cataracts but those are not so dark and the vision was cloudy so the headlights did not seem to be as bright

It was mostly to reduce the starbursts

It is more difficult to drive that way but it was just local roads so slow speeds around 30mph and most of the time just following the brake lights of the car in front of me and just watching the painted line on the side of the road just back and forth to work no new roads and no highways

If there was no car in front of me and no oncoming traffic I could take the glasses off and could see quite well despite the cloudiness

It's when light reflects into the eye with the cataract that is the problem

At night I don't see the cloudiness so it's not a problem until there is a light shining into my eye

Later on I switched to the visor I mentioned which reduces the headlight intensity but I pull it down just enough to cover the headlights and the rest is clear below so the visor does not block the view of the road

Oh didn't realize daytime glare (circles) were an issue for you. I don't have any daytime issues other than brightness. Everything had a brownish tint when I had cataracts so on e they were removed everything was very bright. For several weeks wore sunglasses inside the house. Better now but still find outside sunlight too bright to go without sunglasses.

The circles are around a single point of light like when the sun reflects from a car glass or shiny paint or chrome piece

I don't mind the circles but the brightness of the sun is too much

for me

Even so I would rather have the brightness than the cloudy lens of the eye with cataracts At least I have some control over the brightness but the cataracts I can't do anything with it

I have no issues with day vision. See the concentric circles around light sources at night. what type of IOL do you have?

For the other eye if eye can still be corrected with contacts or glasses better off waiting.

I have the Restor 2.5D that was installed a few weeks ago I am sure you saw my post about it in the RESTOR 2.5 post

I just wanted to post here since I know how important this issue is with halos, circles and starburst and general glare The other eye has smaller cataracts so it cannot be corrected with glasses but I can still wait on doing that one as far as I can

I found another sunglass combination that works very well for me in the daytime

I had a pair of wrap around polarized sunglass that I bought for cataracts but I haven't used it since I had the surgery until now

It seems to cut down the sun glare by a lot and than when I put on the pinhole glasses on top of it the circle disappears almost completely There is just a 2 point sparkle that rotates as the object or the eye/head moves but it's very small and it's not noticeable unless you look directly at the sparkle

I have to try this combination at night and see if it works

I think I tried this when I had the cataract but it was too dark but maybe now after the surgery since everything is so bright it may work or I may look for a lighter shade of polarized sunglass that I could wear at night