Riding at Night vision issues?

[Defekticon]

Same here. Maybe in my mid 40's I started noticing the halo glare thing. Now at age 52 it hasn't gotten much worse but its still annoying. Have to look at the right side lane stripes to keep from getting dazzled sometimes. I have been commuting in the morning at 4:30am and hadn't noticed it as much. Can't explain why. My biggest worry are deer and other critters on the roads.

I've been wearing glasses since I was 9yrs old and my prescription hasn't change one bit in all these years. Just something I was born with I guess. Although in the past couple years the eye pressure in my eyes was too high and I had to have laser surgery treatments. My doctor says my eyes are ok now but he did advice me to start taking eye vitamins. He thinks I might be at risk for macular degeneration. Its tough getting old.

I think your on the right track with the night vision glasses. I wear those in the mornings and on cloudy days. Makes a big difference for me. Maybe on cloudy days there is that hazy light I dont know.

I'm 32, had to have a vision check last year for a deployment (Not active military, Contractor, still have medical rules for deploying through CRC). Scored perfect 20/20 from my ophthalmologist, and passed the basic vision tests as well. I get dazzled horribly at night, bad halo's. The pinlock I run on my GT-air amplifies this effect. I need to get some anti-glare glasses and I'm really looking for a good solution. I might try "night vision" glasses.

 

[Happytrails]

I'm 32, had to have a vision check last year for a deployment (Not active military, Contractor, still have medical rules for deploying through CRC). Scored perfect 20/20 from my ophthalmologist, and passed the basic vision tests as well. I get dazzled horribly at night, bad halo's. The pinlock I run on my GT-air amplifies this effect. I need to get some anti-glare glasses and I'm really looking for a good solution. I might try "night vision" glasses.

For the last year I searched for an answer and then finally came across these from Amazon. Didn't cost too much and work great. At first I thought it would be junk because it was so cheap but its surprisingly nice.

http://www.amazon.com/RIVBOS-POLARIZED-Wayfarer-Sunglasses-Exchangeable/dp/B00JB339MI?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00

Sometimes in the summer I wear serengeti drivers because of the clarity but the lenses are glass. Just seems like a bad idea. Those other glasses are bendy plastic.

 

[tomatocity]

I'm 32, had to have a vision check last year for a deployment (Not active military, Contractor, still have medical rules for deploying through CRC). Scored perfect 20/20 from my ophthalmologist, and passed the basic vision tests as well. I get dazzled horribly at night, bad halo's. The pinlock I run on my GT-air amplifies this effect. I need to get some anti-glare glasses and I'm really looking for a good solution. I might try "night vision" glasses.

I try not to use Pinlock visors. Glare is an issue but vertigo lives in the Pinlock visor even without the Pinlock insert.

 

[Defekticon]

I try not to use Pinlock visors. Glare is an issue but vertigo lives in the Pinlock visor even without the Pinlock insert.

I hear ya. It might have to go. Or I might have to carry around a non-pinlock visor. I picked up a set of polarized yellow night drivers off amazon today. I also got a set of "Gamma Ray" computer readers, which should be interesting. I stare at a monitor all day for work now so maybe it'll make a difference. The reviews are pretty good on both.

http://www.amazon.com/Knight-Polarized-Professional-Glasses-Driving/dp/B012MI57DM?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

http://www.amazon.com/ESSENTIALS-E-801-C1-Protection-Resistant-52-18-135/dp/B00G04DGYW?ie=UTF8&psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00

 

[Happytrails]

I try not to use Pinlock visors. Glare is an issue but vertigo lives in the Pinlock visor even without the Pinlock insert.

Never knew this. Just bought a Neotec and it came with pinlock but haven't had a chance to break it in yet. This would be a disappointment for sure.

Sometimes I get a bit of claustrophia wearing a full face. Or maybe its vertigo. Only happens on certain days and I think its possibly caused by looking thru so many layers of shields maybe. I dunno but has come on once or twice when I'm cruising down the highway. Its rare for me but I still hate it.

 

[tomatocity]

My problems with the Pinlock visor is twofold...
... the visor has an inset to install the Pinlock. The difference between the lower edge and side edges vs the flat surface causes me to have vertigo. The same thing happens with the Pinlock installed. My answer is to use the flat (non-Pinlock) visor. The problem is no Pinlock during the temps that cause fogging. Needless to say I ride a lot with the visor cracked open a bit.

Arai Signet-Q. Not the best helmet but it fits my skull type.

 

[Dogdaze]

A note about helmets with pinlock visors and drop down inner visors. The anti-fogging/misting only works on the the outer visor, the inner drop down still gets fogged up. Normal programming will now resume.

 

[Davesax36]

Sometimes my pinlock visor functions like one of those infinity mirrors. The reflections bounce back and forth between the actual shield and the pinlock. It's a pain at night. I also wear glasses and have an internal visor (gt-air). I'm considering just taking the pinlock out and cracking the screen when I need to. It doesn't fix my glasses or shade visor fogging problems.

 

[Mtbjay]

51 here. Same. It's normal. Avoid it when you can. Anti-glare glasses help - as do prescription

 

[Cycledude]

Sometimes my pinlock visor functions like one of those infinity mirrors. The reflections bounce back and forth between the actual shield and the pinlock. It's a pain at night. I also wear glasses and have an internal visor (gt-air). I'm considering just taking the pinlock out and cracking the screen when I need to. It doesn't fix my glasses or shade visor fogging problems.

I have been using pinlock shields for years and like you have experienced many of the bad issues with them, but when it comes to being prepared to ride in the rain they work fantastic.
Another very good product to help reduce fogging is fogtech but don't use it on a pinlock insert because it would most likely ruin it. http://motosolutions.com/fogtech.html
The first time I used fogtech it was via the free samples available on their website. The nice thing about fogtech is it doesn't cause the vision problems mentioned in this thread that the pinlock causess. For me the only drawback with fogtech is it needs to be reapplied after a few days, if your out on a ride and it unexpectedly starts raining and you haven't recently applied fogtech it get to be a pain to stop somewhere to take care of it.

 

[RicoChet]

Im 36 and have astigmatism, it makes for very hard times to see at night. Even if I wear prescription glasses, the dark areas are way darker then what I think anyone else sees so sometimes its like driving in the pure blackness where the lights don't directly shine. I limit my night time riding as much as possible.

 

[Squibb]

Whilst luckily I don't have issues, an old riding buddy of mine is a good example. A specs wearer since his teens & now 73, he had been suffering with halos, dazzle & was feeling downright unsafe at night. As other have found, turned out to be cataracts developing, although not yet considered sufficiently 'ripe' for a lens replacement.

However, he was having none of that talk, so had both lens done last Spring - what a difference. Excellent vision at distance, peripheral restored; still needs reading glasses though as he decided against the cost of torics. No capsule problems, night vision pretty well restored. The strangest thing for him was no longer needing specs most of the time - glasses had become part of his life for 60 years, something to hide behind perhaps & look through like a window on the World. His message is go with the lens replacement route if you are developing cataract issues - there is a rsik factor, but it remains small if you are otherwise healthy.

Ride Safe .................... KEN

 

[Don in Lodi]

Im 36 and have astigmatism, it makes for very hard times to see at night. Even if I wear prescription glasses, the dark areas are way darker then what I think anyone else sees so sometimes its like driving in the pure blackness where the lights don't directly shine. I limit my night time riding as much as possible.

::026:: on the astigmatism. The dark spaces can be life threatening. Love the Rigid LEDs. The anti glare treatment I had done to my glasses helped a huge amount with oncoming traffic headlights. The star/halo got knocked back a good 75%. I didn't used to be able tell how far out or how many were coming.

 

[doodlebug]

Have you considered laser treatment? My mates wife had a similar problem, she had laser treatment done and she now says its like having new eyes, downside is I don't think its cheap.