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I had only heard of Enchroma but then stumbled across and bought some Pilestone glasses last month. I think they cost me around £120 here in the UK. At first I
by samdb 6y ago
I had only heard of Enchroma but then stumbled across and bought some Pilestone glasses last month. I think they cost me around £120 here in the UK.
At first I put them on and they just made everything look tinged with pink so removed them after a minute or two. Then I noticed the instructions. I had assumed glasses didn't need instructions but all it said was to leave them on for at least 15 minutes for your eyes to adjust.
My eyes did 'adjust' after a few minutes more and while it wasn't something that would make me cry like the viral videos, there was definitely an emotional reaction. I wore them on a walk through the countryside and the vivid colours of certain flowers did make me stop and I found I couldn't stop grinning.
I did find that reds look a bit orange - things like the Royal Mail van which is certainly red appeared quite bright and what I would previously have called orange. Who knows if that's wrong or right though? It's hard to know how everyone else sees things.
I don't wear the glasses day-to-day but I do take them with me if we are going somewhere picturesque.
- floatingatoll 6y agoThe reaction of ‘grinning’ you describe was the same for me when my sense of smell was fixed surgically and began working properly some years ago.
- FreeFull 6y agoFor comparison, you could have someone who isn't colourblind wear the glasses for a bit, and ask them if the reds appear orange to them.