Wearing padded glasses protects your eyes from the wind and helps prevent them drying out or watering excessively
People come to us for a wide range of reasons looking for glasses and goggles that will offer their eyes protection against the wind and dust, or to help reduce the symptoms of hay fever, watery eyes, or dry eye syndrome.
Some customers are looking for sports glasses that keep out the wind in exposed locations, such as on the golf course or when cycling, riding, sailing or skiing, while others are looking to use them to reduce the drying effect of air conditioning, regular computer use, or central heating.
Eyewear Accessories in the UK has a comprehensive range of moisture chamber glasses that can provide relief if your eyes either water excessively or become dry and irritated. All the glasses can be worn outdoors for wind protection and equally indoors to reduce symptoms of dry eye syndrome.
Eyewear Accessories does not claim to offer advice on your optical health, for which you should consult your optician or specialist eye doctor, but we have had feedback from a growing number of customers who have found that our glasses and goggles have given them a cost-effective way to protect their eyes from the wind and dust and get back to a more active lifestyle in greater comfort and we are supportive to other people who wish to do likewise.
How moisture chamber glasses work
Moisture chamber glasses are designed to protect your eyes from irritation due to exposure to wind, dust, airborne allergens, or drying atmospheres.
Part of the concept lies in the wraparound frame design that shields your ocular area from the full effect of the wind.
The key design feature that separates this eyewear from normal wraparound sunglasses is a soft gasket that clips to the back of the frame so that when the glasses are worn, the gasket compresses against your face, providing an insulating cushion around each eye socket that protects your eyes from the drying effect of the atmosphere.
This technology has proved effective for protecting eyes that either become watery or too dry, because the windproof gasket seals your eye sockets from external atmospheric conditions that are causing irritation.
The term “moisture chamber glasses” refers to the ability of this eyewear to conserve tear moisture by reducing evaporation of tears, thus reducing the rate of your eyes drying out and therefore becoming irritated.
Body Specs Z-002 glasses showing windproof gasket
Which type of moisture chamber glasses will be best for me?
Wearing moisture chamber glasses for computer use
All the moisture chamber glasses in our range are suitable for wearing indoors and outdoors. We have customers who have found them beneficial for sports such as golf, cycling, and horse riding, while others use them while driving their car or sitting in front of the TV or a computer.
All the glasses in our range have clear and tinted lenses. The Body Specs range are supplied as standard with interchangeable lenses that allow a single frame to be used in different light conditions.
Choosing between the glasses comes down mainly to which style of frame you prefer, which tinted lenses you need, and whether you need to have them fitted with prescription lenses.
If you are looking for eyewear that you can use as sunglasses in summer without the gasket and as windproof glasses in windy/cold weather, this feature is available with either the BodySpecs Z-001 and Z-002. In fact these two products are the closest in style to normal sunglasses.
If you are looking specifically for polarized, light-reacting, or mirrored lenses, look at the BodySpecs convertible glasses/goggles. They are also ideal if you want eyewear that can be worn either as glasses with the temple bars or as goggles with the adjustable headband.
Will the frames fit my face?
All the BodySpecs frames are relatively close fitting so they are suitable for people with small to medium sized heads. The width across the glasses to the inside of the soft gasket where it touches your temples varies from 11.5 to 11.8 on these frames.
Flexible dry eye goggles that fit smaller heads
If you have a small head and are concerned about whether you will achieve a windproof seal with the glasses, you may find the flexible dry eye goggles most suitable. They have a bendy nose bridge so they can adjust to the shape and size of your face and have the added advantage of being particularly light and portable.
The goggles come as standard with interchangeable tinted and clear lenses, and can also be fitted with prescription lenses if required.
We also recommend purchasing the standard BodySpecs glasses with the optional toggle adjustable eyewear cord, which enables you to pull in the fit of the glasses to achieve the optimum eye seal.
Can I get the glasses fitted with prescription lenses?
If you need an optical correction when you are wearing the glasses, the Body Specs Z-001 and Z-002 have frames that are suitable for taking direct glazed prescription lenses. We also supply an RX insert frame that is suitable for higher prescriptions. Full details are on our dry eye glasses website.
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If you need help in deciding which dry eye glasses are best for you, we will be pleased to assist. Either email us at eyewearaccessories@yahoo.co.uk or call us on 01392 431 292 (helpline open Mon-Thurs 9:30 am to 5:00 pm and Friday 9:30 am to 1.00 pm.
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