My theory is that people who often have dirty glasses have likely worn glasses for most of their lives, because neuroplasticity has kicked in and they don’t notice the smudges until it gets exceptionally bad.
Dirt that’s that close to your eyes can also be corrected away by the second eye and your brain.
Honestly, mine just get dirty throughout the day, even if I don’t touch them.
You don’t realize how dirty the air is but glasses show it.
If I don’t carry a cloth with me all the time they’ll be gunked up by the end of the day.
Walking around during pollen season is always exciting!
I’ve had glasses with a scratch and learned how to hold my head and look at screens so it doesn’t block anything
I’m actually super zealous about this. I literally wash my glasses every time I will start watching tv, go to the movies or do anything with a screen generally. So I wash my glasses like minimum 3 times a day.
I’m mostly jealous about being able to lie down and watch TV without having to worry about smashing my glasses.
I’m with you here brother. I play a lot of VR and I’ve got prescription lenses. Nothing is more horrible than getting a smudge on them with your eyelashes or eyelid and wondering why the left half of your peripheral vision is blurry.
Dude that is the worst, I pretty much stopped using my headset because of that.
I got glasses in first grade, that taught me to ignore the coating of muck. But I still clean my glasses at least once a day.
Mine have a weird scuff pattern on the anti glare coating, I don’t have money so I just live with this now
Don’t go with the temptation to scrape it off with your fingernails. The surface under the coating may not be uniform.
It’s way past any sort of removal or repair at this point
I highly recommend kimwipes for cleaning glasses. I keep a box handy in almost every room of the house.
- Never scratched the lens or anti-glare coating over the many years I’ve used them
- Cheap to buy in bulk
- Don’t stink of alcohol or leave streaks
- There has never been a smudge that I couldn’t clear with enough work
- Useful to clean other optics in the house (binoculars, phone camera lens, etc)
Microfiber cloth is reusable and just as good
At least for me, microfiber cloth works best when paired with a spritz of lens cleaning solution. I have had no issues using these wipes dry, so the convenience factor of not needing to carry a bottle of liquid is worth it.
Going to try these out. Thanks bud.
Just wash em with soap?
Soap works, but then you have to still dry your lenses without scratching the antiglare coating or letting them streak. Idk, maybe I’m just overly obsessed with keeping my lenses clean, or I’m a dirty person, but finding a sink to clean my glasses isn’t very convenient. If I’m just sitting down to watch a film and I notice a smear, it’s easier to pull an emergency kimwipe out out of my glasses case than to run to a bathroom.
The picture looks like the box isn’t sealable. Do the wipes not dry out after a few days?
These wipes are dry. They’re basically a blend between tissue and lens paper that is used for damn near everything in the lab (microscope lens, cuvettes, runny noses, etc.).
The wipes have no moisture to them. They’re made of some kind of paper that doesn’t damage the anti-glare coating on glass, but which still has a slightly rough surface to remove grease and dirt.
I wash my glasses (soap and water) every time I shower, and I keep microfiber clothes in my bathroom, kitchen, living room, my desk, and in my truck.
~No, I don’t have a problem.~
That’s not how this works.
I knew people would end up buying 4K sets that aren’t any bigger to watch 1080p sources that were already good enough.
I just recently at the age of 43 got my first pair of glasses and I try to be super careful to not get them dirty and I still have to wipe the lenses 10 times a day lol
I clean mine pretty often and never stopped my entire life. It’s the eyebrow hair streaks, not finger prints.
That’s weird actually, do people pick up their glasses by the lenses (wtf)?
Wash, dont wipe. You’ll scratch your lenses. Your glasses aren’t afraid of a little soap and water.
Those suuuuuuuuck
Are there better? The “fleets” brand leaves water spots. The Zeiss are lightweight and don’t seem to have quite enough liquid, but work reasonably well.
A good, soft, and most importantly CLEAN cotton or microfiber cloth with some isopropyl is what I use. Rinse any dirt or debris in the sink, then iso on the cloth and clean/dry. It’s not the cloth that scratches lenses, it’s the dirt and harder bits of dust that rub on the lens using the cloth.
Yeah. Soap and water then a lens cloth with the lens cleaning solution. Those single use towelette things are so rough and dry - they just smear finger prints.
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Even better than soap and water is using cleaning fluid for glasses
Use that after soap and water.
I’ve just been using the little cloth specifically for glasses. I don’t really have a choice when I’m not at home lol
You’ll probably be broken of that eventually, lol
How it feels to game in 2025 upscaling enabled
since I don’t need glasses for anything under 1.2m (4ft), i watch videos on a desk chair and 4k monitor, ditched the living room setup years ago
y’all mfers need lasik.
ICL > Lasik
Not in a million years will that ever be true given the complications of ICL. ICL is much MUCH more invasive, and has a chance to trigger cataracts to develop.
ICL is reversible, and it’s on the surface layer of the eye, which can fully heal itself.
Way less invasive than burning off a part of your inner eye permanently.
Also, Lasik is the one with the higher chance of cataracts, because it’s actually damaging the inner eye.
Meanwhile the lens in the ICL naturally gives a tiny bit of extra UV protection.
ICL is scarier to get, I’ll say that though. A knife on the eye is definitely much more terrifying than a quick laser zap, but the downsides of Lasik are not worth it - the dryer eyes, worse halos, etc.
Worst part with Lasik is since it’s permanent, if you get it at a younger age (45 or under really), you’ll still need glasses if your vision gets worse.
With an ICL, you can swap to a stronger lens that’s adjusted as needed.
Lasik is the one with the higher chance of cataracts, because it’s actually damaging the inner eye.
Nope. Lasik is surface level. Also Lasik can be adjusted over the years if need be. This is some qanon-rank misinformation from you. Also I don’t have a horse in this game - I have family with both, and I have perfect, 20/15, never adjusted eyesight without a need for glasses. I understand the benefits and risks of both, and ICL is more intrusive, has more complications, is more expensive. There is no way, without some implicit bias, that you can reasonably call ICL “better” overall.
LASIK:
LASIK permanently changes the shape of the cornea, the clear covering of the front of the eye, using an excimer laser. A mechanical microkeratome (a blade device) or a laser keratome (femtosecond laser) is used to cut a flap in the cornea. A hinge is left at one end of this flap. The flap is folded back revealing the corneal stroma, the middle section of the cornea. Pulses from a computer-controlled laser (excimer laser) vaporize a portion of the stroma and the flap is replaced.[2]
Performing the laser ablation in the deeper corneal stroma provides for more rapid visual recovery and less pain than the earlier technique, photorefractive keratectomy.
[• Undercorrections. If the laser removes too little tissue from your eye, you won’t get the clearer vision results you were hoping for. Undercorrections are more common for people who are nearsighted. You may need another LASIK procedure within a year to remove more tissue.
• Overcorrections. It’s also possible that the laser will remove too much tissue from your eye. Overcorrections may be more difficult to fix than undercorrections.](https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/lasik-eye-surgery/about/pac-20384774)
(Linked texts cover additional risks, just highlighting the ones proving LASIK works by permanently damaging tissue)
versus ICL:
[After dilating and numbing your eyes, your surgeon will make a very small incision at the base of your cornea. They’ll fold and insert the implantable lens into the cut and then adjust it behind your iris and in front of your lens. You probably won’t need stitches because the incision is so small and will heal on its own.
• If you needed to have the surgery reversed, you could. There’s no structural damage to your eye. ](https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/25050-implantable-collamer-lens-icl-surgery) And unlike LASIK:
• You’re at less risk for dry eye.
• You may have really good night vision.
Sorry, y’all have been bamboozled then, and you’re the one spreading qanon level misinformation. The only real thing you’ve said is that ICL is more expensive, which is true. Which calls into question the integrity of the rest of your anecdotal claims as well.
Way less invasive than burning off a part of your inner eye permanently.
Your own source material betrays you.
https://www.centralfloridaretina.com/wp-content/uploads/eye-anatomy-infographic-1.jpg
The cornea is not YOUR INNER EYE
Ok, my mistake, I made one error, about which part LASIK permanently burns off and damages.
My bad.
The main point still stands tho.
