Steelseries Scope Gaming Glasses by Gunnar Optiks Unboxing & First Look Linus Tech Tips
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·Linus Tech Tips
·2012-05-07
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now this is something that I've actually been curious about for the longest time
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this is steel series gaming eyewear
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developed with Gunner Optics so the claim and there are many claims
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about these glasses is that they will reduce the overall eye fatigue and eye
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strain associated with using a computer
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monitor for prolonged periods of time so I don't know if you guys know this but
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probably on a daily basis I use a computer monitor for anywhere from about
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8 to 12 hours so it's a very very long time and that causes some fatigue on my
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eyes especially at work where I've got three 24in monitors and then a fourth
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17-in monitor it's a lot of eye gouging
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brightness and light that is uh that is making me feel tired so one of the
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things that I did do recently is even though I have a very mild prescription I
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tried getting some glasses to see if that would make my eyes feel overall
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less tired all the time so far it hasn't really made a difference I've had them
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for a couple weeks the next thing I wanted to try was using the steel series
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scope so that's the particular one we're looking at here glasses
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now I'm going to make the overall approach to this video fairly simple and
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I'm just going to outline all of the claims that steel series and Gunner
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Optics make in addition to just unboxing
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looking at the product then what I'm going to do is I'm going to wear these
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glasses every time I'm in front of a screen for at least a week maybe let's
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why don't we say two weeks let's say two weeks to get a feel for whether my eyes
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actually experience any difference in
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their fatigue level so I'm actually cheating because there's a lot of
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different stuff that they have to say about it I got my iPad there but why don't we start with uh some of the
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included okay what is this the digital performance eyewear something okay is
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excellent out of the box non-prescription Gunner eyewear is highly recommended as a solution for
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contact wearers or post corrective surgery parent patients crystalline and
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Amber lenses are precisely tuned with Plus point2 diopters for digital screen
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viewing distance okay cool yeah limited
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warranty okay uses and care instructions so probably just basically yeah be
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careful with them and use the cleaning solution compatible with the okay y got
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it and and that's like um billion
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different languages okay inside the Box we also find nice little
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sleeve little Gunner thing on it okay we
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find a separate box for the glasses
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themselves and we will have to figure out how those come
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off so what does steel series or and
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Gunner okay so this is a collaborative project here what do they have to say
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about them so I've already outlined what the overall effect is supposed to be but
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let's talk a little bit about how they say they work so number one is the tint
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of the glasses so this is Amber but they capitalize some of the letters and not
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some of the other letters but these are Amber lenses and they're supposed to reduce the amount of harsh bright blue
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light and make everything appear with more of a of a warm color so that is
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supposed to reduce fatigue okay so
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that's the Y yellow him the shape so the
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wrapped curved lens is supposed to retain eye moisture so rather than
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having moisture evaporate away from your eyes much more readily when you're not
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wearing these glasses it is supposed to allow them to retain some of it which
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means that when you're not blinking for a prolong period of time let's say when you're very very focused whether it's on
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a spreadsheet or whether it's on a game uh they are not supposed to dry out as
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easily so that's one of the things that my optometrist actually mentioned when I
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first went in complaining about eye fatigue was make sure you're blinking
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enough because eye dryness can be one of the leading causes of eye tiredness so
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there's that uh the proprietary lens material offers the clearest image
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possible and comprised of lightweight materials for Long Haul ergonomics I can
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tell you guys right now it's very very light the overall glasses including the
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uh including the frames extremely light the coating so they're designed to
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reduce glare and protect the lens okay anti-reflective coating I guess you guys
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can be the judges of how anti-reflective it is when I go like this okay the fit
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ergonomically designed the lens and frame solution are constructed Advanced lightweight so okay once again
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lightweight yet durable so let's have a look at how they're
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made so those are the hinges right there
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I'd say you still have to be careful with them they're still glasses they got
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kind of a neat carbon fiber
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ears are crooked so whenever I wear
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glasses that are just kind of off the uh off the rack so to speak the only way
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that they fit me properly and evenly is if they grip the head a little bit and
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these ones do grip they do hold on just like my uh just like my uh my sunglasses
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but they don't grip too much they're not uncomfortable so that's that's a good
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thing as well okay the benefits for gamers so improves visual efficiency
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with the change in the tint coating focusing power and curvature okay
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improve visual endurance improve visual recovery keep your eyes fresh and
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relaxed okay minimizes eye strain so you
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can get them with a prescription although the ones that are available to
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just like buy online are going to be the non-prescription ones so if you already
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have corrective lenses such as contacts these are going to be ideal for you and
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uh but yeah if you go to Gunner Optics you can actually get them directly from
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them with prescription lenses and oh this is neat so headset
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compatible that's a really good point because most glasses whether they're 3D
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Vision glasses for example Le or whether they are prescription glasses are often
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a bit of a pain with a headset and I wish I had a headset on me but you can
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see how flat to my head these sit so I
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can't imagine there'd be any difficulty with a headset but when I do my Impressions video I will definitely try
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a headset between now and then so I can let you guys know so yeah expect an
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update from me anywhere from sort of let's say 2 weeks to a month from now
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I'll give them a really Lo prolonged trial to see how they go and I will let
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you guys know sort of once and for all from someone who gets very very bad eye
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fatigue just from using a computer so much whether these things are actually
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worth the Fairly Hefty ticket price so thank you for checking out this unboxing
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and first look because we're going to need a much longer look and don't forget
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