In today’s digital era, most people spend a large part of their day staring at the digital screens from their devices, including smartphones and tablets as well as computer monitors and TV screens. Whether it’s for work or for entertainment purposes, these devices have completely changed how we live our lives by facilitating the way we connect ourselves with the digital world. However, staring at digital screens for a prolonged time comes with its own problems, as it requires us to focus our eyesight for long periods of time. On top of impacting our eye health due to the focusing strain and dry eye issues that are caused by the lack of blinking, the artificial blue light emitted by our devices’ digital screens also disrupts the body’s production of melatonin, which consequently affects circadian rhythm (i.e. the body’s natural sleep cycle). Nevertheless, there is an easy way to protect your eye health from these issues, and that’s by wearing blue light glasses, which are glasses specifically designed to reduce the amount of blue light that reaches your eyes. For those looking for a pair of blue light glasses that are effective and also stylish, the newly released tokidoki x GUNNAR Optiks Year of the Dragon might suit your fancy.
The tokidoki x GUNNAR Optiks Year of the Dragon are a pair of limited-edition blue light blocking glasses which embody the theme of the Chinese Lunar New Year. They feature a unique modified cat-eye-shaped frame and a single brow line metal construction that create an elegant style, along with handmade acetate temples that are adorned with the iconic tokidoki logo for an added touch of fashion. The glasses come equipped with flexible spring hinges, adjustable nose pads, and a set of polycarbonate blue light blocking lenses featuring GUNNAR’s patented lens technology, which effectively blocks harmful blue light and 100% UV rays, for which they’re protected with GUNNAR’s proprietary G-Shield Premium lens coating, which also makes makes them anti-reflective and smudge-resistant.
In addition to effectively blocking the harmful blue light that’s emitted by the digital screens from our devices, these sleek collector’s blue light blocking glasses also provide eye strain reduction when staring at digital screens for prolong periods of time.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at the tokidoki x GUNNAR Optiks Year of the Dragon and check out everything that this pair of limited-edition blue light blocking glasses has to offer you.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the glasses’ dimensions, the frame from these blue light glasses measures exactly 5.51 inches long on the sides / temple by 5.19 inches wide for the front-side of the frame (140 x 132 mm) with a nose gap of 0.62 inches (16 mm), while their protective blue light blocking lenses measure exactly 56 mm long by 16 inches. The glasses themselves are also incredibly lightweight, weighing just 0.70 oz. (20 g).
The tokidoki x GUNNAR Optiks Year of the Dragon also sport a stunning and stylish design, which embodies the theme of the Chinese Lunar New Year and its iconic dragon, meaning the unparalleled, supernatural being that’s associated with this renowned event from the lunar calendar.
The glasses feature a unique modified cat-eye-shaped frame that helps to create an elegant style, while also highlighting your face contours and drawing attention to your eyes.
In addition, the glasses’ frame also integrates handmade acetate temples that are adorned with the iconic tokidoki logo for an added touch of style and fashion.
More importantly, these blue light blocking glasses also pack a very high-quality construction, for which their frame consists of a single brow line metallic frame that’s built of a highly durable metal material, while also integrating flexible spring hinges and adjustable nose pads.
As for the glasses’ lenses, know that the tokidoki x GUNNAR Optiks Year of the Dragon Glasses come equipped with a set of polycarbonate blue light blocking lenses that feature GUNNAR’s patented lens technology, making them capable of effectively blocking harmful blue light and 100% of UV rays. The glasses’ lenses feature a lens index of 1.59.
The glasses’ blue light lenses are also protected with GUNNAR’s proprietary G-Shield Premium lens coating, which gives them anti-reflective protection and also makes them smudge-resistant.
Lastly, these glasses also come together with an exclusive microfiber cleaning cloth, a Lunar New Year-themed carrying pouch, and a gorgeous Dark Red leatherette storage case that seems like it is crafted out of dragon scales. These accessories perfectly complete the set as the ultimate collector’s item.
PRICING & AVAILABILITY
The tokidoki x GUNNAR Optiks Year of the Dragon Glasses are solely available in two (x2) different lens types: Clear and Amber (Light Yellow).
Note that these blue light blocking glasses can be purchased in prescription and non-prescription options.
If you’re interested in purchasing these blue light glasses, know that each pair is priced at just $115, and each purchase also comes accompanied by a 24-Month Warranty. You can order them online either directly from tokidoki’s official shopping page, or alternatively from GUNNAR Optiks’ web store while supplies last.
