Where to Buy Blue Light-Blocking Glasses to Balance Out All That Screentime

Warby Parker specializes in stylish and accessible prescription lenses and even offers comprehensive eye exams. You can add a blue-light filter for an additional $50 for both types of lenses. Plus, each pair of glasses includes scratch-resistant, anti-reflective lenses that block 100 percent of UVA and UVB rays. The blue-light lenses are designed to filter a higher percentage of blue light than the standard or high-index lenses. Don’t need a prescription? No problem; the company also sells nonprescription glasses and readers.

According to the company, the blue light-filtering lenses will cover up to 10 times more blue light than a standard polycarbonate lens. On a 1.67 high-index lens, blue light filtering lenses will do double the light filtering of a standard 1.67 high-index lens. The frame selection is one of the best online, with several types of frames in a variety of colors and materials. Warby Parker has a virtual try-on tool that allows you to see how a pair of frames will look on your face before purchasing them. The company also offers a home try-on program that gives you the option of selecting five frames to test out for five days for free.

Budget-conscious shoppers will appreciate the quality, style, and features that come with Peepers blue-light filtering glasses. For starters, you have two choices for lenses: no correction or reading magnification ranging from +1.00 to +3.00. You’ll also get seven layers of anti-reflective coating to reduce glare and reflection, dual anti-scratch coating, and UV 400 protection. And you get all this with a price tag of $32 per pair (at the time of this writing). That makes Peepers the most cost-effective option on this list. Plus, the frame styles range from stylish and hip to traditional and neutral.

Some people can pick up a pair of drugstore readers and look great, suddenly able to the tiniest print while still looking like they just got out of college. The rest of us can benefit from a little upgrade to the frames we found ourselves suddenly needing in middle age. Not only does Benny’s offer extremely stylish frames handcrafted in Italy, but the standard lenses that come with its readers block 100% of harmful UV and blue light, plus 40 percent of all blue light. If you don’t need reading glasses at all, you can also buy nonprescription blue-light glasses. These are pricier than a lot of the other glasses on this list, but still less expensive than many available in optometrists’ offices.

The glasses have a 30-day return window (with a $5 fee), and a limited one-year warranty.

Felix Gray is our favorite provider of blue-light glasses because it offers free exchanges, one-year manufacturer’s warranty, and a variety of frames to choose from. The company specializes in blue-light filtering glasses and sells two types of lenses: clear and amber. The clear lenses are designed for moderate use of digital devices and come in prescription, nonprescription, and readers. The amber lenses are more advanced and work at 440 to 500 nanometer (nm) wavelengths. They are designed to filter out more blue light than clear lenses and also come in prescription, nonprescription, and readers.

All Felix Gray lenses are treated with a double-sided anti-reflective coating that’s also scratch-resistant. Plus, the company offers a 30-day return policy.

Eyebuydirect offers more than 3,000 frame styles to choose from in a wide range of prices. There are four options for blue-light blocking lenses: EBDBlue Plus, EBDBlue 360, Kodak UVBlue, and Kodak PowerUp. All four options filter UV and blue-violet light (400-450 nm) while allowing blue-turquoise wavelengths (450-500 nm) through. (The idea behind that, according to the brand, is that you do need some of that exposure for a normal circadian rhythm.) The EBDBlue 360 comes with the bonus of a premium anti-reflective coating that reduces reflections by 50 percent during the day and 30 percent at night. The Kodak UVBlue promises enhanced clarity and an easy-to-clean surface, and the KODAK PowerUp is designed to make reading and screen use easier on the eyes.

Regardless of which one you choose, they all come with anti-scratch, anti-glare, dust-repellent, and water-resistant coatings. Eyebuydirect has a 30-day return policy and a 365-day product guarantee.

This Japanese eyewear brand routinely teams up with world-renowned designers and has a reputation for using high-quality materials and manufacturing methods. Among its collections is Airframe, frames that aren’t just made from lightweight material like titanium, but that also feature a design that takes weight off the nose bridge and instead distributes it along the temples (without squeezing too hard). You can choose these, or one of the brand’s other stylish frames to go with your prescription or non-prescription blue-light lenses.

The Jins Screen Daily Use lens is for everyday use with digital devices, and it blocks 25 percent of blue light. The Jins Screen Heavy Use blocks 40 percent of blue light. The brand also sells Night Use lenses that block 60 percent of blue light, but they are available only in stores (and there are locations in California). These three cost $60 above the regular price of a pair of glasses. To add blue-light filters and a special scratch-resistant, anti-static, anti-oil, and anti-reflective coat to the brand’s Made in Japan lenses, it’s an additional $160. Jins offers a 30-day money-back guarantee and one-year limited warranty.

Zenni Blokz glasses are the official eyewear of the Call of Duty League and are designed with gamers in mind. These gaming glasses have special blue light–blocking lenses called Blokz that are designed for all-day wear and protection from blue light. You can get Zenni Blokz glasses in nonprescription and progressive or bifocal lenses.

All Zenni gaming glasses include Blokz blue-light coating, antiscratch coating, and UV protection. Zenni has a 30-day return policy from the date you receive the glasses, which applies to a one-time use.