Eye Care Monitor?

jvickers · Sep 4, 2021

I've been looking for the best 24" Eye Care monitor I can find. I find mixed reviews on the Web and Amazon. I work on my computer for about 10 hours as day, so this is important to me. Currently, I have blue light blocking glasses and use Windows 11 Night Light set to 40.

Any suggestions on a great eye care monitor?

iko22 · Sep 5, 2021

There are different reasons to care for eyes. Either vision is impaired long/short sighted, or eye strain is accompanied by headaches. If your eyesight is impaired then I would aim for a larger monitor in region of 25" to 27". Otherwise, if you suffer from eye strain and headaches, then some form of Blue light reduction may well help out - either use blue light blocking glasses or a monitor with built-in blue light reduction. But if you are using blue light blocking glasses already, then such a feature on a monitor might be a bit redundant. I cannot recommend specific makes/models, no.

jvickers · Sep 5, 2021

iko22 said:
There are different reasons to care for eyes. Either vision is impaired long/short sighted, or eye strain is accompanied by headaches. If your eyesight is impaired then I would aim for a larger monitor in region of 25" to 27". Otherwise, if you suffer from eye strain and headaches, then some form of Blue light reduction may well help out - either use blue light blocking glasses or a monitor with built-in blue light reduction. But if you are using blue light blocking glasses already, then such a feature on a monitor might be a bit redundant. I cannot recommend specific makes/models, no.

Thanks, @iko22! I have great vision (20/15), so that's not an issue. It's more eye fatigue from what I suspected is the monitor blue light because I rest my eyes every 50 minutes for 5-10 minutes to mitigate reading fatigue. My current monitor has 144Hz refresh rate and is good. It's not designed for blue light filtering, however. Though I have blue light blocking glasses, I figure the redundancy can't hurt in this case. I've read reviews online and on Amazon, but you know how those are. I am specifically looking for a 24" monitor due to space considerations. Many of the reviews are for larger monitors. I'm not concerned about the cost. I'm concerned about my eyes, so price is not really a worry.

I'll see what others say.

jvickers · Sep 6, 2021

I thought I would try out this ViewSonic 25" monitor:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071DTCPP3?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

Winuser · Sep 6, 2021

jvickers said:
I thought I would try out this ViewSonic 25" monitor:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B071DTCPP3?psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&ref_=chk_typ_imgToDp

I bought a pair of blue light blocking glasses from Walmart yesterday. I've been getting a lot of blurred vision because of the eye strain from looking at my monitors for hours at a time. I wear glasses so I have to wear them over top of my prescription glasses. I have to get use to wearing them so it's to early to tell if they help or not.

vannn · Sep 7, 2021

jvickers said:
Thanks, @iko22! I have great vision (20/15), so that's not an issue. It's more eye fatigue from what I suspected is the monitor blue light because I rest my eyes every 50 minutes for 5-10 minutes to mitigate reading fatigue. My current monitor has 144Hz refresh rate and is good. It's not designed for blue light filtering, however. Though I have blue light blocking glasses, I figure the redundancy can't hurt in this case. I've read reviews online and on Amazon, but you know how those are. I am specifically looking for a 24" monitor due to space considerations. Many of the reviews are for larger monitors. I'm not concerned about the cost. I'm concerned about my eyes, so price is not really a worry.

I'll see what others say.

stare at something at a distance to relax your eye muscles.

the only time i get an eye-strain is mostly due to the glare or when i sit in an awkward position which puts alot of stress in my eyes. one time my eyes were so strained i had double-vision for a week! :ROFLMAO:

A Guy · Sep 7, 2021

Does 11 have the Blue Light Filter setting like 10?

A Guy

jvickers · Sep 7, 2021

vannn said:
stare at something at a distance to relax your eye muscles.

the only time i get an eye-strain is mostly due to the glare or when i sit in an awkward position which puts alot of stress in my eyes. one time my eyes were so strained i had double-vision for a week!

Thanks vannn. I do that already. Maybe age is just catching up with me. A slightly larger monitor with better color and an ever better refresh rate (if my VC will handle it) might help as well. Pluse the monitor's blue light filter can't hurt.

jvickers · Sep 7, 2021

A Guy said:
Does 11 have the Blue Light Filter setting like 10?

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A Guy

Yeah, I already use that feature, jut at 45.

jvickers · Sep 7, 2021

Winuser said:
I bought a pair of blue light blocking glasses from Walmart yesterday. I've been getting a lot of blurred vision because of the eye strain from looking at my monitors for hours at a time. I wear glasses so I have to wear them over top of my prescription glasses. I have to get use to wearing them so it's to early to tell if they help or not.

I have some from Zenni. They're really good, but don't cut it all the way.

jvickers · Sep 8, 2021

I called my optometrist yesterday morning about this issue. Despite my excellent vision, he recommended I get some cheap, low-magnification readers from the drugstore. So, I did that yesterday. So far, so good. I'm still keeping the monitor! :ROFLMAO: