sunglasses for glare

seefin

Not long driving. A few evenings been driving and even with regular polarised sunglasses find it so hard to see in late evening with sun . some friends have said it doesn't matter how expensive the glasses,you still can't block the sun totally and need to use the visor. Is that the case? If go to opticians,they'll promise that sun moon etc but don't want to fork out 100s only to find I still need to use visor

jimgoose

The problem with sunglasses sufficiently strong to dim the worst late Winter/early Spring glare is that they dim everything in every direction, almost to the point of being dangerous. What's wrong with just using the visor when you need to? I have the opposite "problem" - I have a very old pair of proper sunglasses from an optician in the glove-box, and I very rarely need to use them, between the visor and the very slight, almost imperceptible, anti-glare tint in the windscreen.

dudara

Polarised sunglasses are a good start and they work largely for me, but sometimes, yes you need the visor to manage the glare.

Interslice

I find the polarised sunglasses great.

seefin

I need to get a cushion so :-) Only 5 ft so visor is well above eye level when pulled down! Might check out cost of anti glare tint ..What about those glasses that adjust to light level?

Faith+1

I wear Rayban Chromax glasses. Great for anti glare plus they enhance the colours of traffic lights, signs etc...

dennyk

If you're driving directly into the sun, it's better to use the visor, but decent sunglasses will keep you from being blinded when peeking around it, at least.

ams

Only thing with polarised is you can't look at the screen of your phone/atm machine. I wear prescription ones so bit of a pain...might not be an issue for you though.

seefin

Tried cushion last night and helped with visor. Is evening sun like this all year around ? Never noticed before I drove how blinding it is(plus it's not like we get it most days!!)

Dravokivich

Can you not adjust the height of your car seat?

Don't think it's a good idea to sit on a cushion.

Del2005

ams wrote: »

Only thing with polarised is you can't look at the screen of your phone/atm machine.

Neither of which you should be doing while driving a vehicle.

seefin wrote: »

Tried cushion last night and helped with visor. Is evening sun like this all year around ? Never noticed before I drove how blinding it is(plus it's not like we get it most days!!)

Evening sun is always the same but as the days get longer the chances of driving in it decrease, it gets worst in winter when the sun doesn't get as high in the sky so you need visor and shades all day.