[dai]

I have always worn glasses, when I was in my forties I needed reading glasses or varifocules. Now I'm in my 70's I no longer require reading glasses unless the print is tiny.
I use reactolite lenses with anti UV protection to combat the glare when using WFP, I also have prescripting polarised sunglasses.
These past two years I have started seeing halos around certain lights at night, like a rainbow.
During a recent eye test I mentioned this to the optician, she said my eyesite has actually improved since the last test. She couldn't see anything wrong, but said seeing halos can be an indication of cataract, but she couln't see one.
The point is, are we taking enough care with our eyes?  Using WFP, looking up at reflected sunlight sometimes for hours on end can't be good for your eyes, but apart from using polarised shades and a long peaked baseball cap, what can we do?
Does anyone else see halos around lights at night?

[Arnold Palmer]

Does anyone else see halos around lights at night?

Only round dazmond.

[Stoots]

Looking up at sunlight is quite rare in the UK.  Usually clouds round here.

What a bizarre post

[dai]

Looking up at sunlight is quite rare in the UK.  Usually clouds round here.

What a bizarre post

I don't se what's bizzare abut it. When I was cleaning trad it wasn't a problem, with WFP it certainly is. Surely I'm not the only one affected by reflected glare from clean glass. The long term risk of eye damage should be considered.
We are told never to look directly at the sun, but when the suns behind you when your doing the tops, it's the next best thing to looking at it directly.

[Dave Willis]

Good point Dai, same goes for sunburn when you think how many hours a day we are exposed to the rays in Summer.

[NWH]

Lens replacement is the new thing now the trade off can be halos at night but not in everyone,it's supposed to be far better then laser it gives you long and short vision and in a lot of cases better than 20/20 vision. 5k per eye or as Dave would say only a couple of
Weeks wages per eye lol 😂

[Stoots]

Looking up at sunlight is quite rare in the UK.  Usually clouds round here.

What a bizarre post

I don't se what's bizzare abut it. When I was cleaning trad it wasn't a problem, with WFP it certainly is. Surely I'm not the only one affected by reflected glare from clean glass. The long term risk of eye damage should be considered.
We are told never to look directly at the sun, but when the suns behind you when your doing the tops, it's the next best thing to looking at it directly.

Cant say its something ive ever thought about but then im half your age and have no eyesight issues so maybe it will become more of an issue as i age.

[steve rix]

Thats it. WFP too dangerous, all back to trad!!

[Tom White]

Aye, Dai, I always have a baseball cap and sunglasses in the van; just in case the sun pops out; not just to protect my eyes, but it's more comfortable while working too.

But it does protect my eyes.

[dazmond]

im always wearing my polarised shades even when its cloudy as my futures so bright.

I recently went for my first eye test in 30 years.my eyes are fine.no glasses needed.....yet.

[AuRavelling79]

Good post Dai. Not bizarre at all.

Some of the young'uns on here still think they're immortal and "it won't happen to them".

I wear reactolite glasses. (needed glasses from early forties) I don't go for baseball caps but unless it is cold a wide brimmed hat all round . This keeps glare out of my eyes and has the bonus that when it is showery I don't get my glasses wet!

[bobplum]

Baseball cap and sunglasses on most of the days, i believe one of the main causes of makuladengeration is long exposure to sunlight

[G Griffin]

im always wearing my polarised shades even when its cloudy as my futures so bright.

I recently went for my first eye test in 30 years.my eyes are fine.no glasses needed.....yet.

That's the rock star in you, Daz.
Did you study nuclear science?

[Dave Willis]

My eyesite is getting worse, I thought I saw Michael J Fox in my garden centre today. I wasn't sure but he had his back to the fuchsias.

[duncan h]

age 51 now and need glasses for reading anything close up. I hate it. I buy £1 glasses as I throw them all over.
Last 3 times I went to specksavers they said I was fine, try using a lmap WTF.
the sun does bother me. Sometimes unavoidable and a pain

[nathankaye]

Ive always had a problem with sun glare even when trad, but more so now  on wfp and im late 30's (dont burst my bubble,  still telling myself im still young). I wear sunglasses whilst working. Cant see how you cant without squinting all day long

[dai]

Looking up at sunlight is quite rare in the UK.  Usually clouds round here.

What a bizarre post

I don't se what's bizzare abut it. When I was cleaning trad it wasn't a problem, with WFP it certainly is. Surely I'm not the only one affected by reflected glare from clean glass. The long term risk of eye damage should be considered.
We are told never to look directly at the sun, but when the suns behind you when your doing the tops, it's the next best thing to looking at it directly.

Cant say its something ive ever thought about but then im half your age and have no eyesight issues so maybe it will become more of an issue as i age.

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And thats the point I'm making mate. 20 years ago we were all climbing ladders like monkeys, glare wasn't such an issue with the window right in front of you. Now glare is a much bigger issue with WFP. WFP is still pretty new, no assesments have been made yet with regards to long term eye damage.
The fact that I now see rainbows around lights at night maybe a personal problem, but one I would like all of us to be aware of. Youngters in their 20's should really consider the long term effects this glare could do to their eyes. Perfectly cleaned glass makes a really good mirror. Please just consider it.

Looking up at sunlight is quite rare in the UK.  Usually clouds round here.

What a bizarre post

I don't se what's bizzare abut it. When I was cleaning trad it wasn't a problem, with WFP it certainly is. Surely I'm not the only one affected by reflected glare from clean glass. The long term risk of eye damage should be considered.
We are told never to look directly at the sun, but when the suns behind you when your doing the tops, it's the next best thing to looking at it directly.

Cant say its something ive ever thought about but then im half your age and have no eyesight issues so maybe it will become more of an issue as i age.

[M & C Window Cleaning]

I get trouble with watery eyes on really cold windy days. Makes me look like I'm crying. Most embarrassing. Fortunately we don't seem to get many of those down in the south east.
As far as the sun is concerned, most of the time a baseball cap keeps enough of it out of my eyes but I keep the polarised wraparounds in the car for those bad days. Found myself wearing them just the other day as it was really in my face.

[Tosh]

I end up wearing polaroids most days, Ive found my eyes have become quite sensitive in the last three or so years. Glaring at windows is when they’re most prone to making me want to squint.

[Windy Miller]

Unfortunately my eyesight is poor and I wear contacts through the working day and change back to glasses after work, any of you chaps with perfect vision always take care of your eyes as sight is something that is so easy to damage and you can't get it back once it's gone.
For me i wear shades every day, nothing fancy but a pair that allow zero rays in around the edges of the frame, and a baseball cap for those angles where you can't get out of facing directly into sunlight.

Sometimes it's easier to stand closer to the house and work at a steeper angle giving you better shade than standing further back and having the sun on you from over the roof so a bit of manoeuvring around always helps.