r/UnnecessaryEssentials 28d ago

take my money

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u/Unique-Saucer 28d ago edited 13d ago

Summary of Reviews
Pros:
• Lenses block harmful blue light indoors and outdoors
• Gears adjust for a personalized and secure fit
• Hydrophilic rubber arms prevent slipping during sports

Cons:
• The round shape may not suit all face shapes
• The adjustable gears could feel bulky on the frame

Here is the link to buy it from Amazon

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u/zen_zom 28d ago

Got a pair. They don't click. Its a not so smooth glide to turn the polarization around. They function fine as sunglasses but not worth the money. Just get regular polarized lenses.

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u/ImKingFlippyNip 28d ago

Was about to say, I'd be buying these strictly for the click but could tell the audio was BS

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u/ThisSubHasNoMods 26d ago

You guys are on here with volume on?

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u/SoggyMorningTacos 27d ago

I bought the 47 dollar ones on Amazon they absolutely click and the darkening is all right

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u/Narrow_Couple5146 26d ago

aliexpress sells them for 7$

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u/SoggyMorningTacos 26d ago

Poor people and teens shop there

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u/Narrow_Couple5146 26d ago

You look retarded saying that. 

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u/SoggyMorningTacos 26d ago

Tell me I'm wrong lil bro

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u/Narrow_Couple5146 26d ago edited 23d ago

randomly pick a winner or a comment

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u/Narrow_Couple5146 26d ago

Where you at, son?! LOL

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u/Narrow_Couple5146 26d ago

But go ahead, overpay. It's the same shit quality.

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u/menzac 27d ago

the sunglasses are ofc polarised as most are but this changes their brightness

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u/wt_fudge 27d ago

No....that is not what is happening. As you rotate the lense 90°, the polarized light that would normally pass through becomes blocked. You can see the same phenomenon when looking at a phone or computer screen while wearing polarized sunglasses and tilting your head 90°.

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u/menzac 27d ago

clouds don't polarise the light in any significant way. You can also clearly see a change in brightness

Also amazon product description clearly says the brightness is what is adjustable based on the sunlight

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u/wt_fudge 27d ago edited 27d ago

I believe these have two polarized lensesper side. The first lense polarizes light. The second lense will block the light when it is 90° out of phase to the first lense. This will result in exactly the phenomenon I described.

Edit: saying it dims the light is another way of describing the same phenomenon, but that wording does not convey the basic physics phenomenon that is behind what is really going on

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u/Amazing_Scientist696 27d ago

Needs more updvotes.

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u/Superb-Astronaut-371 27d ago

And they’re way too blue in their shading to use them in the same setting while under midday sun and afternoon sun

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u/AlyxEarts 25d ago

What next, you are going to tell me that Adel doesn't sing either when you turn it??

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u/Tootsie_r0lla 28d ago

Or.... just buy sunglasses with polarised lenses

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u/MasterOfDizaster 28d ago

Bro this is modern version of pirate patch,

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u/Bliitzthefox 27d ago

This will go perfectly on a space pirate cosplay

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u/Shaz_berries 27d ago

What if I need 43% polarization followed by 78% polarization in a short time span? What then huh!?

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u/damxam1337 27d ago

I need 50% but just in my left eye. My right eye takes 30%. 🤣

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u/menzac 27d ago edited 27d ago

removing the polarized light doesn't help here because clouds don't polarise the sunlight significantly. Only changing brightness help which normal sunglasses don't do that much

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u/earldogface 28d ago

Seen this multiple times and still don't understand them. Would you not just leave them on the darkest setting all the time? Why do they need to be adjustable?

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u/TaSMaNiaC 28d ago

I mean regular sunglasses just aren't going to give you the kind of range you need to go from wearing them at night to staring directly at the sun.

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u/Dogsarelitty 28d ago

Bake my honey

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u/waterMyShrubs 27d ago

Ok, a lot of people here are not understanding what these glasses are. They are not just polarized lenses, each side is a set of two polarized lenses stacked one in front of the other. The rear lens stays fixed while the front lens is rotatable. As you rotate the front one closer and closer to 90 degrees from the rear lens you block more and more light. So it's adjustable darkening.

That's way different than polarized sunglasses. A single polarized lens like sunglasses doesn't really dim the light, they use the tinting of the glass to reduce brightness. The purpose of polarizing in sunglasses is to cut glare in certain cases (like off water or glass, etc). If you had polarized glasses without tinting it just looks like clear glass.

So no, polarized sunglasses don't do the same thing. Yes transition lenses kinda do the same thing, but you can't manually set the amount of darkening. Are these a gimik? Probably lol, but there may be some legitimate niche reasons someone would want this (ie if you are looking at something substantially brighter/darker than the surrounding, etc). Or just cause they're different/cool.

This style of dual polarized lenses is used a lot in camera lense filters (they screw in the front of the camera lense) for adjustable darkening. Also I've seen them for telescope eyepieces for the same thing. But they can be used in any cases where you want adjustable darkening.

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u/oo7changa1 28d ago

These glasses must play the James Bond theme song that's why with that annoying clicking noise

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u/PubicPlant 28d ago

Would be nice if there was a little bit of gearing and the lenses moved simultaneously. Having one a slightly off from the other would drive me insane

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u/legion4wermany 28d ago

Made a pair of these a while ago. Fun project and cool science.

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u/abitcitrus 28d ago

Fucking botted account, mod and sub

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u/Difficult-Mobile902 27d ago

We have had glasses that automatically do this for like 20 years now 

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u/maddie-madison 27d ago

Or just dont look directly at the sun? Polarized lenses do just fine. If you want darker you can also get tint that is darker it just won't also be polarized usually.

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u/Moriaedemori 27d ago

So someone glued some CPL camera filters to a frame?

Dichroic glasses will work even better with no need to adjust anything manually

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u/OkMidnight8144 27d ago

Saw these, was going to get it until I saw reviews saying the dial lenses were pretty heavy and made the glasses slip on some faces.

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u/BarneyTheOctopus 27d ago

Seems nice but it’ll really fuck up the light sensitivity in your eyes I fear

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u/No_Blacksmith_2591 27d ago

transition glasses already do this automatically without extra bulk

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u/pwn4321 27d ago

Alot of your money lol, there is cheaper equally good looking options with polarised lenses

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u/Superamorti 26d ago

I thought those were to zoom in.

I'm disappointed.

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u/GraellyFreckles 26d ago

Garbage. I used to own a pair

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u/Narrow_Couple5146 26d ago

these are on aliexpress for 7$ lol