Colour-Blindness Correcting Glasses

[Malachite]

Has anyone tried these?
I recently received, at great expense from the US, a pair of Enchroma glasses.
They claim to greatly help people with colour deficiency.
I had been watching lots of clips of people trying them for the first time on Youtube and took the plunge.
I'll go into my experiences if this post generates any interest.
Cheers
Mal

[woofgang]

the answer seems to be yes.....and also no.
https://geekdad.com/2015/12/enchroma-color-blind/

[Malachite]

I meant anyone here Woofgang, but thanks for answering ;-)

[chrissa1]

Oh please let us know about your experiences.

[Malachite]

Just for you Chrissa1 ...they work.
I'll await further fascination before I ramble on ;-)

[Cloverjo]

I'm interested, Malachite.

[chrissa1]

Excellent, Malachite.

[hc4361]

Me, too.
Ramble on

[Cloverjo]

Any more news, Mal?

[Malachite]

Thanks for the answers.
As mentioned earlier, I watched A LOT of Youtube clips, many of which featured people "seeing color for the first time" often bursting into tears in the process. I was skeptical, having done my homework and went into the purchase fully knowing that they are not a "cure" just an aid.
As I expected when I put them on for the first time, the effect was not nearly as extreme as some of the new users implied.

BUT* After some time, things started to glow and come to life, reds looked redder and blues looked bluer and ...separation! OMG the separation of colours is fantastic. It took me a few days of wearing them for the effect to maximise and now I rarely leave the house without them on if it's reasonably bright. One of the first things I noticed when walking into town was the green of traffic lights!! I am used to seeing them as a sort of muddy white, but with the glasses on I can clearly see the colour that they actually are.
This is how they work:
First of all, you go to their website and take a 10 minute long colour deficiency test to see what type of colour deficiency you have. In my case it was "moderate deuteranomoly" in the green/red area which means I have a tough time telling the difference between blue and purple or green and brown.
*Now the technical bit*:
With normal colour vision, there are three main wavelength patterns: red, green and blue but the fade out points between them are very distinct. With my type of colour deficiency, there is an overlap of these wavelengths and that is what causes the confusion.
The glasses contain a tint that is set to a specific colour to effectively cancel out those overlapping points.

Conclusion: they definitely work and are fantastic, not sure about $500 worth of fantastic but still ...they're keepers for sure.

*"But what? Everyone I know has a big BUT... Come on, Simone, let's talk about *your* big but" (Pee Wee's Big Adventure)

[pixie374]

That is really clever- glad they have made a difference.

[chrissa1]

So pleased for you, Malachite. I too have watched YouTube vids about the glasses and I noticed that in some of the cases there was not the “instant omg” moment.

They are, expensive but I would say, very well worth every penny/cent.

Good for you.

[Cloverjo]

Thank you, mal. Very interesting.

[Malachite]

Thanks for the responses folks :-)
Chrissa, they are expensive but as often is the case, they are relatively new technology and I think other manufacturers will start making them and the prices will come down. A couple of businesses have already started making them but they're not as good as Enchroma, apparently ...I'll look after my ones ;-)