Full Guides - How to Test Blue Light Glasses

Blue light glasses are good for you to improve your sleep at night. A pair of good blue light glasses will bring many benefits to your eyes. To get a pair that works, it is important to choose a pair that filters out the most melatonin-disturbing light.

So, in this article, we will show how to test blue light glasses and how to test computer glasses.

Before showing how to test computer glasses and how to test blue light glasses, you should know the different types of blue light glasses, which have different lens colors and different performances.

The Types of Blue Light Glasses

Computer Glasses - Clear Lenses

First, we will show you the computer glasses which have clear lenses, These glasses are made to be used when working on your computer, smartphone or while watching TV. The best computer glasses can filter 5-30% of all blue light.

Night Driving Glasses - Yellow Lenses

When driving at night, the blue light glasses with yellow lenses would be suitable. These blue light lenses are good at removing more of the highest energy blue light, around 440 nm and they are also able to distinguish traffic lights when driving at night. These glasses can block around 65-70% of blue light.

Blue Light Glasses for Sleeping - Red Lenses

The blue light glasses for sleeping have red lenses. The best blue light glasses come with red lenses and they block 99.5%-99.9% of all blue light and a large amount of the green light spectrum, from 495-550 nm.

After knowing the different types of blue light glasses, we will show you how to perform the blue light glasses tests.

How to Test Computer Glasses (Clear Glasses)

First, we will show you how to test computer glasses with clear glasses.

1. Ask for Blue Light Glasses Brand Spectrum Report

To find out whether your blue light glasses are the best computer glasses, you should contact the company you bought them from and ask for a spectrum report. It will show you how much blue light your computer glasses can block.

After sending the spectrum report to you, you should make sure that your computer glasses are able to filter at least 30% blue light, otherwise, they are unsafe.

2. Use the Lens Reflection Test

As for how to test computer glasses, you can use the lens reflection test. You can see what color the light is that reflecting off the lenses.

If it reflects the blue light, they are filtering some blue light. If the reflection is violent or purple, the computer glasses may be not effective.

This is a good way for you to perform a blue light test at home.

How to Test Blue Light Glasses (Amber and Red Lenses)

This section will show you how to test blue light glasses with amber or red lenses.

1. The Black and Blue Squares Test

1. Prepare black and blue paper.
2. Wear your blue light glasses after sunset and check whether both paper appear black.
3. If they do not appear black, your blue light glasses can’t block all blue light.

2. RGB Color Chart Test

1. Prepare an RGB color chart as follows.
2. Wear your blue light block glasses and look at the chart.
3. After wearing blue light blocking glasses, if the B section becomes black and the G section becomes darken, it shows that your blue light glasses block blue light and some filter some green light.
4. The less bright the green circle with your blue light glasses, the better they are.

Besides the above ways, you can ask the professional optician to perform a professional blue light glasses test, which would be more reliable. After that, you can know whether your glasses work effectively to block blue light.

What’s more, if you want to purchase a pair of effective blue light blocking glasses, you can try Koalaeye Optical. It is cheap and provides free shipping services.

If you have any different ideas for the blue light blocking glasses test, you can leave them in the comment zone. If you have any queries about eyeglasses, sunglasses, or blue light blocking glasses, you can contact us via the email service@koalaeye.com.