AR coating with glasses does it help with lcd eyestrain?

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I've been reading about getting a AR coating on a new pair of glasses (going to have my eyes checked this week) I'm reading a lot that the coating scratches a lot but was wondering if anyone had success with lighting environments AR coating on glasses for PC use or at work.

Thank you
 
I have an AR coating on my glasses. This coating has improved over the years and is not nearly as bad as it used to be.

This is an interesting article to read.

You can still get a scratch resistant coating as well as an AR coating.

I got the AR coating because my stigmatism in one eye tends to cause a double lighting effect when I wear glasses without it.

I can't say that it will help with eye strain for staring at a monitor too long. However it does get rid of halos when your driving at night from other drivers headlights and is well worth the money to have it done regardless of the condition of your eyes.

If you wear glasses or sunglasses just the reduction in lens glare alone is worth it. Most glasses don't snug up to your eyes and leave gaps in the sides where light gets in and causes glare.

Getting a polycarbonate lens will also help with the scratch resistant part and should make them lighter at the same time.

The best suggestion I can advise for helping with eyestrain is not to sit in the dark and watch a monitor all night long. The old saying of making sure the room is well lit while watching TV is a good one and probably the number one cause of eyestrain.

Well, i'm no doctor so take my advise for what it's worth and always consult your eye care specialist before you put anything on your face.

Good Luck!
 
Thanks for that I'll get two pairs one with AV coating and one without the coating and the scratch resistance added I'll ask about that I guess it's free at Walmart.

If the pair with the AV help I'll use that for future reference Lasik would be best maybe but maybe not at the same time cause I don't want to get screwed up that bad just to improve things.
 
I haven't heard about anti-reflection having much of an impact with eye strain. The best practice to alleviate eye strain is to look away from your monitor every ~15 minutes or so, at different things around you at different distances.

I've also found what helped a lot with eye strain and eye-related discomfort with computer use is, if it's practical, to use a "high contrast mode" or a non-black-on-white text layout. Windows and other OS's have built-in alternative customized (and customizable) color schemes, and the less-intense the overall color/brightness is, coupled with text-on-backgrounds that don't "burn" into your retina as easily, it provides a lot more eye comfort with prolonged computer use. Of course, these schemes sometimes have problems--the biggest is that frequently the CSS in web pages does not render the proper color for your alternative color scheme, and sometimes you can't see words in webpages (in this case, most browsers have customizable color schemes, or you can switch color schemes back and forth).

Last thing I forgot to mention is try not to use glossy monitors.
 
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