Night time clear or yelllow lenses?

[SS Retro]

Riding at night a lot on unlit roads do I go for yellow light enhancing or clear lenses in my glasses?

 

[jonny jeez]

clear

 

[ianrauk]

Clear

Yellow are for cloudy non sunny days

 

[SS Retro]

Yup cheers guys been out today on yellow but heading out tonight for a night ride and wasn't sure.

 

[potsy]

I've been using yellow safety cycling glasses this week for the commute 6.40am and they've been fine, albeit it getting light around 7am anyway.

 

[musa]

Always clear. I'm looking for a new set of glasses as it is

 

[tyred]

I've never tried it myself but some recommend yellow for reducing the glare from car headlamps.

 

[cyberknight]

I've never tried it myself but some recommend yellow for reducing the glare from car headlamps.

tried them for a while then moved to clear , i prefer the clear lenses .

 

[SquareDaff]

Clear! Yellow lenses give me a headache!

 

[User6179]

I've never tried it myself but some recommend yellow for reducing the glare from car headlamps.

Am sure the yellow lenses increase the glare from headlights

 

[T.M.H.N.E.T]

Am sure the yellow lenses increase the glare from headlights

I found this (might just be a quality issue) but I have a lazy eye so glare gives me issues anyway.

Clear lenses go in if it's dark or going to be dark at some point on the ride.

 

[edindave]

The point of yellow lenses is to improve contrast in soft light conditions like dull, cloudy, misty, daylight.
Objects can blur into the background because they don't have much of a shadow, which they would have in sunlight or at night from the usual artificial light from car headlights, streetlamps etc.

 

[snailracer]

AFAIK yellow and brown-tinted lenses work by cutting out the light flooding into your eyes directly from the sky - this light is primarily blue, so yellow/brown tint blocks it effectively, which means your eyes are more sensitive to the remaining non-blue light scattered from coloured objects. At night, there is no light from the sky, so tinted lenses don't have the same effect.

 

[Moodyman]

I've never tried it myself but some recommend yellow for reducing the glare from car headlamps.

Yes I prefer a very light yellow for reducing glare.

 

[mr messy]

Yellow for me, makes massive difference and actually allows me to still see in oncoming headlights...