These red lens-equipped ROKA Wind Down glasses shade you not from the sun, but from those electronic devices vying for your attention at the end of the day. We know that nighttime screentime is bad, but it’s so hard to cut it out of our routine. And now Roka says they have a solution – something that will let us keep checking social media and streaming the latest binge-worthy shows, and still help improve our rest and recovery.
Roka Wind Down eyewear block harmful light from screens
Sure, we’ve all heard from doctors & scientists for years that staring at your TV, laptop, and mobile phone just before you go to sleep is super bad for sleep quality. Everyone tells us the short blue & green wavelength artifical light messes with our brain and disrupts our natural circadian rhythm after the sun goes down.
Yet, most of us have failed to do anything about it. We’re seriously too addicted to screens at this point to completely cut them out of our nighttime routine, even faced with real consequences.
Now paired with Stanford neuroscientist Dr. Andrew Huberman, Roka created a broad new collection of Wind Down glasses with special orange-red lenses filtering out 400-520nm wavelength light aiming to boost sleep quality in order to improve rest, recovery, and overall mental & physical health. Roka claims this wider blue AND green blocking is what sets them apart as better than other blue-blocking lenses.
Improving health & quality of life through rose-glasses?
There are some pretty bold claims from both Roka and the doc’s Huberman Lab. Yet, they clearly aren’t the first to tout the powerful effects – good & bad – that different types of light have on the human body. And, even if it is only plausible to “lower stress levels“, “sync circadian rhythm“, “get better sleep“, and “help protect your mood” just by wearing a pair of red-tinted Roka Wind Down glasses in the evening, it’s worth trying, right?
Full disclosure: I’m by no means a specialist in light or human biology. This could be some serious snake oil for sale. And neither I nor Bikerumor are getting paid in any way to hype this (not even any affiliate kickbacks!) But, I totally stare at my stupid phone almost every night before I go to sleep, even though I know I shouldn’t. So, I’m game to try out Wind Down.
Wind Down for everyone – Standard, Rx Prescription & Magnifying Readers
A great part of the Roka Wind Down eyewear collection to me is that they are available in so many options to suit any and everyone. Roka will put standard non-prescription Wind Down lenses into 23 different frames, single-vison prescription Wind Down lenses into 17 frames, and simple low-cost magnification Wind Down reader lenses into 3 frames. All feature simple monochromatic or dark-colored frames to look good with the red lenses.
Roka Wind Down – Pricing & availability
Pricing starts at just $95 for non-prescription Wind Down glasses, and climbs up to $195 for the fanciest frames. A set of Roka Wind Down readers will run your $145. And, the prescription versions are not surprisingly the most expensive, ranging from $195-300.
All polycarbonate Wind Down lenses feature premium anti-reflective, anti-scratch, and hydrophobic coatings for long life and maximized functionality. All Roka glasses also come with a 30-day ‘No Hassle’ moneyback guarantee, even for Rx glasses. “Try them out, and if you don’t love your new glasses, you can return them within 30 days of purchase“.
Get them now directly from Roka, and see if seeing red can really improve your sleep and quality of life, while still staring at your mobile phone every night.
