Do Color-blind Glasses Really Work??? Reviewing EnChroma's Indoor and Outdoor Glasses
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- Опубліковано 19 січ 2023
- I am color deficient and in this video, I review my EnChroma color-blind glasses. I review both the indoor glasses and the sunglasses for outdoor use. I also tell a humorous story and take color-blind tests with and without my glasses on.
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I think if you really want to know if these glasses make the color perception better, you should make a test from an independant source, not the page you bought the glasses from.
Just my opinion 😊
May be just your opinion, but it seems a fair point, though.
@@MeshamuNot a fair point at all, since the test doesn't know if you are wearing the glasses or not. Also, the test is the same everywhere in the world, as the original ones are hand painted. So, no.
Actually, you can make no conclusion taking the test while wearing the glasses. Site says so.
Great video I’m red green colorblind, and I got a few videos as well explaining my experience with them. Unfortunately I did cry, I have the Pilestone colorblind glasses I tried the enChroma did not get much of a response from them , but maybe that’s the way it should work for me they have made things brighter for me.
That’s so great that you found something that makes a difference. I don’t think it’s unfortunate at all that you cried. It sounds very fortunate to me! Thanks for sharing!
thank you so much for all of your help. this video was so information, i think after 22 years its time to buy some. glasses for myself!
Hey thanks for watching! I hope you find the glasses helpful!
so how is it to get scammed?
Thanks Jesse that was really helpful. I think I might grab a pair of those indoor glasses (plus everything feels bright to me all the time so I'll work out pretty good and I'll like cool like Cyclops from the X-Men or something...)
Perfect! I bet you’ll like them then!
In this EnChroma color blind test the background was grey for every single number. So you know only one thing after the test for sure. You can differentiate colors from grey alone. This test doesn't give you a feedback about whether you can or cant't differentiate all the other colors from each other.
You should definitely try an Ishihara test where much more colors are mixed.
Those tests were fun. I saw all of the numbers, but my eyes are twice as big as normal eyes, so I have powers. And fuzzy is my all-time favorite color, so I'm glad you can see that one!
That’s impossible because as far as I could tell some of them didn’t even have numbers. 🤔
@@JesseJorgensen Don't ever remove those glasses lol.
@@AnikaShea 🤓
Thank you!! That was so fascinating!!
(and the fuzzy scarf was hilarious 😂)
Haha yeah it was a funny moment!
I’ve been waiting for this review. 🙌
I hope it’s helpful!
I have a video review on my UA-cam channel.. Of my glasses. If you would like to see my experience I explain how the glasses work for me, like I said if they're scam great because they work for me if I'm delusional great because I see bright colors that I've never seen before.
I'm glad to see that they're not worthless because it means that they really are helping some people.
If you are a deutan, you should use the CX1 DT (the bluish lens, not the CX1 reddish lens, there is now confusion, see below).
Where did you get the reddish indoor glasses? Enchroma discontinued these (originally called CX1).
Enchroma's original offerings for indoor use was CX1 (red, for protans) & CX1-DT (blue, for deutans). CX1(red) was discontinued. CX1-DT (blue) was then renamed CX1. (Manufacturers should NEVER change a part number of an existing item, especially when it is the same as former item!) I use the color (blue) & (red) to identify the lenses in attempt to clarify this confusion.
The blue lens CX1 absorbs less light than the red CX1 lens, so you should find these less objectionable to use indoors or outdoors at night. You should exchange your red ones for the blue ones.
Side note: DON'T put any credence on colorblind test results while wearing the glasses. Enchroma specifically advises against this. Judge instead by WHAT YOU SEE. You will need to wear then for a time before the full effect is seen.
If you go to an Enchroma retailer, you can also get CX2 (for deutan) & CX2-SP (for strong protans). These are of intermediate tint between the indoor & outdoor glasses.
This is a very informative comment.
Hey Brian, thanks for the info. I got my glasses from an eye doctor that sells EnChroma glasses 🤷🏻♂️ I’ve had them for about 6 months so maybe I got them before they were discontinued.
What about the CX3 ? I’m looking at that rn from the EnChroma website
Ishihara color blindness test is the most accurate there is online or you can get it from the bookstore . I am an avid electronic fan (enrolled in vocational school for Electronics decades ago but unable to even continue it due of finding out that i can't fully read the resistors or components color codes. I failed the color vision part of exam when i applied for a CA State Job for LE position bcoz of their strict protocol that they won't accept any applicants who have a color blindness(but i made it to the State somehow after i wrote a letter to then Governor Brown to consider me specially i'm a Veteran of Foreign War and now just enjoying my State Retirement and also resuming playing guitars and visual arts,and thanks to God for it even though i'm still a color blind he blessed me so much) .
By the way, im red-green colorblind, but i've got all the numbers u sayed without glasses. I've got the lens by the way, with the red dot. You can see the numbers a bit clear, but the blurry effect stays and it's pretty annoying. I'm not sure that i have change with real colors, only a bit better with the numbers in the test.
Hey thanks for watching!
I got a pair out of curiosity. When I do the tests it comes back as Normal but I wondered if the difficut ones could be seen more easily by other folk. The ones You couldn't see were just about apparent to me so I scored higher. I have used them outdoors on sunny days and I deemed them to ne my 'trippy' glasses because all the colours of flowers popped out at me. Taking the glasses off I could see the colours now (having seen them) but they all blended into a background collage again. They do bring out detail in that shades of all colours are more clearly deliniated and hench different repairs in brick walls, for example, over time are more readily noticable. I have tried them with other folk telling them that they were builder's glasses so as not to tip them off about colour expectation. No one yet has claimed to see any significant difference other than things being more vivid. The experiment continues :-) I have the blue tinted outdoor glasses.
They do make a difference
You are correct. They make it worst
Thanks for the review man. The indoor glasses just make you way cool, even if they don't work as well. You sure did use the word hypothesis a lot. Great video man.
Well I had to make sure people knew how smart I think I am 😂
Hahaha, you did.
I also hypothesized that you all would comment on how often I said hypothesize.
If I may ask, which optician did you use.
The closest to me appears to be St Albans.
Been debating these for a couple of years now, but I am at that point of starting to need reading glasses, so am waiting until my eyesight settles on a prescription, as with the cost, don’t want to be replacing every couple of years.
I am a Protan, though the severity changes on every test from mild to strong lol😂
Hey! I guess I'd rather not say as I'm on the fence about if I'd recommend them or not. The EnChroma website had a page where you could search for retailers near you. I'd recommend checking that out!
No problem. Hopefully they’ll have some for me to try out.
Thank you so much!
You’re welcome!
how do you have normal color vision when i saw you make several mistakes? do i see extra colors? was i not supposed to see those ones?
I have no idea how that test works 🤷🏻♂️😂
It is a test of color discrimination, not color perception. The glasses block some frequencies of visible light which makes some colors appear more different than before. This causes a better score in the said test. Of course the glasses cannot make anybody magically see new colors.
Im colorblind and I work as a photographer. I rely very much on the rgb color values in photoshop. Does these glasses work as good on screen as in real life?
It'd be difficult to say as I understand results vary for every individual. I do a fair bit of graphic design work and wear the glasses but I don't know how much they help. However, I did do better on the color blind tests with the glasses on so they must help me a little 🤷♂
Hi mate, i've tried the test in enchroma site, sometimes im mild deutan, sometimes moderate deutan. I'm looking for something for indoor, which will look more like normal glasses, than sunglass. Does it worth if the sell something like that? Could that correct the colors?
Hey Oldboy....I'd recomend talking to your eye doctor. I'm no professional, just a customer!
Hym, you seem to all of the EnChroma videos asking something similar...
Find an eye doctor in the area that has the glasses get diagnosed and try them there.
My roommate didn't have a reaction either, he just noticed the definition in the trees across the road and then started asking me what colors things were. He is strong Dutan and got EnChroma, had them for 2 years, lost them for 7 months and was really sad. Last week I ordered a pair from Pile stone, he not only likes them better, but they were 1/3 of the price. They help him a lot, and his attitude is better, and he seems more perky and happy about life.
That’s awesome!
@@JesseJorgensen I told him about your video. He wanted to know the difference between the outdoor and indoor glasses. Now he knows. Thanks for the video.
@@standdown4929 Great! Thanks for watching!
@@JesseJorgensen are you a bot? if not then stop answering like one
@@Nickxxx85 🤖
I'm trying to determine which I should get for my colorblind boyfriend. It seems like you have to sacrifice brightness level to achieve color correction with these lenses. I can only afford to buy one and i was wondering which glasses produce the most vivid colors? I'm guessing the sunglasses, but are they ideal for indoor movie/tv watching. My boyfriend spends more time inside than outside. Or are the sunglasses too dark to enjoy indoor entertainment?
yes it seems to me that you sacrifice brightness for color correction. Another commenter on here mentioned that maybe my glasses are an older model and the newer models are different, but I can't speak to that. The sunglasses definitely seem to be more helpful to me. I have used them in door and they are a little dark but not as dark as most sunglasses, so it could be done. Probably just depends on how sensitive his eyes are to brightness. Hope that helps a little!
@@JesseJorgensen Fantastic, thank you so much for your insight! Your video was very helpful.
Before you buy glasses for somebody they need to go to a proper eye doctor and get diagnosed otherwise it could be a disaster
It seems to work by making colour differences more defined. But does it allow us to identify those colours? For example, are you able to identify purple in a easy way?
Without the glasses, I see purple is blue with the glasses. I can tell the difference between two colors. Am I seeing purple like a normal person? I have no way to know, but there are two distinct colors.
They are a scam Megalag has a two part soon to be three part exposé on the shady business of these companies.
@@cillianennis9921 He’s made 4 videos about it, it’s pretty obvious he’s just trying to create fake drama. And you actually believe him.
@@pogmonke5217 noting that actual colour-blind people can tell apart colours better than people with regular colour vision its not a problem that needs fixing. This was well documented by the US military after the 2nd world war as they noticed that colour blind people could spot camouflaged troops better than those who had normal colour vision. When Life is limited it learns how to deal with that & adapts & usually can become better at things due to these adaptions its only a bad thing when somebody is selling something to fix something that is barely a problem. I am colour blind but yet I hardly see it as a problem unless its dealing with similar shades of small lines which messes with my sight but that's barely a problem & I don't think its worth a couple hundred pounds for a cheap pair of sunglasses with a red tint.
@@cillianennis9921 It’s fine if you don’t want it fixed, but it’s a problem most people would rather have fixed and glasses for it are the closest someone can get to that. I’m colour blind and enchroma glasses let me see brighter colours than I can without them, they’re not the same as just red tinted sunglasses.
Someone really told you a scarfs color was fuzzy? Oh noooooo.
Also, thanks for sharing. Cool to see what you see and where things are less clear. How our eyes work is cool to me! Color is such a weird thing!
Yeah eyes are cool. The scarf lady probably just got excited to describe the scarves 🤷🏻♂️😂
@@JesseJorgensen Perhaps she meant that the colors were blended together, or she was colorblind, too, and didn't knew it. Just my 5 Cents! Thanks for your video, I just stumbled over some viral videos about those glasses and thought it was a scam
I am green-red deficient. I see a lot green with no problem, such as summer grass or traffic light. But when it comes to these very small Green LED that some of the old fashioned charging indicators uses, I am really confused.
I know! I often wonder why we can’t use some different colors for the LED charging lights!
lol im colorblind but when you took the test with the sunglasses, the ones you couldnt see i could see
Best review I've seen, tried to find a review without the theatrics, been wanting to buy these glasses for a while as I'm red an green colour blind (deficient) 😁 very helpful for me so thank you for this review 👍
Thanks James! I hope they work for you. There must be a scientific reason why people don’t do color tests with the glasses on like this but it seemed like a good idea to me!
did you buy it ? I saw in a video that they are fake
@cakonemicke2198 no sorry mate I still haven't tried them yet, when I do though I'll be sure to reply on here for you
@@cakonemicke2198
You mean, the video by the guy who said that he tested colorblind at the age of 21, but was working for a client who had him color correcting video... without telling his client that he was colorblind?
yeah nice acting :D
@@johnabbottphotography
The colour blind test are adjusted for their glasses. other colour blind test dont work with those glasses. 150 dollars waste of money
I was considering these, but I cant get both the indoor and outdoor. Would you say that the outdoor glasses still work indoors?
Hey good question, I have used my outdoor glasses indoors a little and they do work. They are a little dark but then again so are the indoor ones. It’s almost like the indoor ones are too dark and the outdoor ones are a little too light for really sunny days. That said, if I could only buy one pair I think I would buy the outdoor pair. They seem to work better/be stronger. One other suggestion. I used the enchroma website to find an eye doctor that sells these glasses near me. They let me borrow a couple (very ugly pairs) of these glasses for a couple weeks to try them out before I bought them. You might see if that is an option for you!
@@JesseJorgensen I didn’t even think about going to a reseller. Thanks a ton!
@@BethePandaGames Yeah the nearest one for me was still a bit of a drive but it was nice to try them out.
Yes you did miss some of the questions even with the glasses on. Some of them were hard to discern without much contrast but a couple of the ones you missed were easy to get with color vision.
Are you sure that these classes induce any MegaLag?
You’re spamming misinformation everywhere.
@@pogmonke5217 And you are a shill.
@@HVM_fi And you eat babies, any more ridiculous claims you want to say?
2:03 I think you asked someone that was deaf and just heard "blind" and.. No wait, I guess even if you were blind you could feel that it was fuzzy.. Huh..
i am so happy for you, i can only imagine someday...i can buy it for my son....someday...help me god
I am colorblind I have known since I was around 12 years old I am red green brown colorblind and when have issues with as I see it close together in shades but other people I know are shocked when I can’t tell the colors apart I really want to try the colorblind glasses but 300 for a pair is a lot of money to see if they really work. I work in the heating and air conditioning industry and when I have to wire some systems the low voltage could have 8 or more wires depending on the equipment and I have to pull out my electrical meter and start testing the wires cause reds greens and browns look 100% the same to me and I would love to be able to save time by knowing the colors
If you ever try a pair you'll have to let us know if they help!
I am also red and green deficient, you should go to an eye doctor and get properly diagnosed, then try the glasses on at the doctor's office. Before you spend the money but I paid $100 for my glasses you can find them on the Internet. I find they work when it's a nice bright sunny day, and I wear them all day, on those days its cloudy days I don't even put them on. good luck.
I missed one, I think it was a 1 or 4 lol!
Me too!
Oh damn I need the glasses
Im Green, Brown and Blue colour blind which is not too common. The best story was from college and do a psychology test were you read out the colour of the ink not the word so like if i write "Red" you would say black cos the ink is black. However i could see the list of words contained Mauve and Violet and was like im not doing this, so i advised my lecturer im colourblind.....her response was "Your not colourblind you're just stupid."
Oh that wasn’t very nice! Sorry that happened to you!
I lost mine and I am going to buy another pair.
Bummer!
6:21 - There's a seven there I see clearly, but I've got strong Deutan according to enchroma.
6:44 - I definatly see a 3.
Try it with and without the glasses, I've heard of reverse colorblind tests, but never actually seen one that worked
It might also be youtube bringing up the saturation, so the actual test gets lost.
Cool. Yeah I think different screens color the test differently too 🙂
It seems that if folks are skeptical when they obtain the glasses, they just aren't as impressed with the improvement. I'm not colorblind, but if I was, I'd sure appreciate any noticeable improvement. Thanks for sharing your thoughts.
Thanks for watching!
If normal color vision, you should able to see all. So the test is bad.
Just use an app to adjust certain hues
Thanks for the comment Emenesu!
What color is fuzzy lol
🤣🤷🏻♂
i got enchroma for my son after taking the test to determine if he is protan or deutan. i have the video of him wearing it for the first time. it was very emotional. on that same activity, I invited my friend who was also color blind. he didnt find it as dramatic as what my son experienced. I believe his color blindness is different and the glasses of my son didnt match. My son only use this for outdoors, not indoors.
I think effect is called 'megalag' you should search that here in the UT.
Yes. MegaLags two parter series is worth the watch....
wow, you only got one wrong on the test, i think it was with the indoor glasses. even one you marked as unsure, you named correctly!
definitely a very convincing review
Thanks for watching and I appreciate the comment!
I would avoid the online color vision test. The red color factor is delibrately miscalibrated. Always "red-green" color blindness. The best tests are in a liscenced color lab. Avoid Church.
I thought these glasses were a scam?
🤷🏻♂
it IS a scam
They are. The MegaLag two part series is worth the watch....
The fact that you can do the test is because the glasses changes the brightness, not the colours
Certified scam
These glasses are a scam. Do not buy.
They aren’t. You just watched a megalag video and you now know it all.
so how much did they pay you??
( before you say something stupid.. I'm a doctor myself , I studied opthalmology and I can assure you those glasses will never f*ing work ) @@commissary4196
@@commissary4196 Who??? Okay, I'll give that the glasses may help slightly for differentiating that objects in front of you are different colors, its been known for fifty years that a colored lens can do this. But, if you can't see blue, there is nothing that is going to make you see blue. Then there is the side effect that everything else will not be the right color.
@@wowza- So it isn’t a scam then. 👍
@@commissary4196 Yes it is a scam
When that awful music came on for the colourblind test I was compelled to click on any other video. I fought that compulsion long enough to comment and will be clicking on another video right after I post this comment.
The music made me want to play Wii Sports, which seems like a great idea now that I think about it.
These glasses are just a scam.
What a shill
So sorry for you that the glasses don't make much of a difference for you. Yeah, i agree with the test here - you're not color blind (well maybe extremely extremely mild) - thus no tears nor any emotional feeling about it from you - you seem to almost make fun of people whom enchroma glasses make a big difference for. Just give your glasses to someone who really appreciates them and can't afford two pairs. Then you don't have to keep making videos downplaying how much these glasses change peoples lives.
Hey, thanks for watching! I’m so sorry I came across as making fun of people who have an emotional reaction when they try these. I was trying to make a joke like I thought I was too tough to cry while also communicating that they were not a very drastic change for me. But I really do not think less of anyone who has an emotional response. I’d celebrate with anyone who finds them that helpful! What is your story? Are you colorblind and have you found these to be helpful for you?
We all saw the truth come out. Notice all the influencers who cry the first time they wear these glasses are never seen wearing them again unless there's an Enchroma affiliate link at the bottom.
Enchroma is a scam. Go talk to an actual licenced optometrist or even a colour vision specialist and they'll tell you the same. Kinda disgusting how they take advantage of people with a disability actually.
Those viral videos are fake. I mean, it would seem that the glasses can help with certain conditions as the tests here seem to show but they are certainly not the life-changing emotional experience that the videos make them out to be.
It's probably a lot like the experience of putting in regular glasses for the first time to correct near-sightedness if I had to guess. That is to say, certainly not useless but also not like the impact of seeing your child laugh for the first time.
@@jamesc5751I wear my glasses everyday I would not wear them if they did not work, and I don't care where you buy the glasses. If you're color deficient go to a proper eye doctor and get diagnosed and try the glasses on before you buy them but stop telling people these are a scam and don't even try at all that's a disservice.
theyre a scam..
You are just being honest, these glasses are not doing what the company claims. They can help with ishihara test a little, but the view you get is highly twisted and definitely not natural. So sorry about your condition.