Anti glare coating on specs.

[Bill Dawes]

The last few new specs I have had were supplied with an anti glare coating (extra cost of course) I've never been totally convinced they make any difference to be honest but not had the opportunity to do back to back tests.

My specs are also vari focal with photochromic action,  never been sure whether they are as good as plain vari focal for nightime driving.

Any thoughts guys.

Bill D.

[NemesisUK]

I have varifocals and have the photochromic coating along with the anti-glare coat. The later I thought was on the inside (facing one's eye) surface to help eliminate reflected glare, not that from oncoming lights?

I find the glasses work well enough and haven't noticed any detrimental effects when driving. The modern photochromic coating actually works quite effectively behind glass, older coatings didn't react at all..

[wharfhouse]

I always used to have any reflection / glare coatings on glasses but started using contact lenses more and so on a pair of glasses for occasional use I decided to skip the anti glare coating - big mistake... I continually noticed reflections in the lenses which were distracting and I hated driving in them for that reason as I kept seeing reflections in my peripheral vision. Next pair I got the coating again and all good. The only downside is that the coating is easily marked such as putting the lenses gave down on a table. 

[Cotswold Pete]

Anti-glare a must, espcially as you get older.

I prefer polaroid coating over polychromic as they cut down glare rather than cut down all light and they (IMHO) are better for when you are one minute driving in sun  and then cloudy conditions, as polaroid will only filter out a max of 50% light, and next to 0% if the light is all in one plane.

So I carry clear set with anti-glare and polaroid set with no anti-glare with me

[Newbie777]

On 1/23/2024 at 3:38 PM, Cotswold Pete said:

Anti-glare a must, espcially as you get older.

I prefer polaroid coating over polychromic as they cut down glare rather than cut down all light and they (IMHO) are better for when you are one minute driving in sun  and then cloudy conditions, as polaroid will only filter out a max of 50% light, and next to 0% if the light is all in one plane.

So I carry clear set with anti-glare and polaroid set with no anti-glare with me

I also agree anti glare is a must. When you driving at night and the very powerful headlights hit your eyes, the impact is lessened with having the coating