Win a Swannies bundle from Swanwick

This month, we have a review and giveaway in one. Swanwick has provided us a pair of Swannies blue light blocking glasses to try out as well as a Day & Night bundle for one of our readers.

Swanwick was founded in 2015 by two sleep-deprived brothers over in Australia. They learned that the blue light emitted from electronic devices wreaks havoc on the body’s production of melatonin, a hormone that helps to regulate sleep patterns. That’s when they set about designing and producing a range of fashionable eyewear that blocks out the offending blue light.

I’ve long been an advocate of blue light blocking glasses, this time it was Justin’s turn to give them a go.

He’s been wearing off-the-shelf reading glasses for a few years now, so we requested a pair of 2.50+ daytime blue light blocking glasses to test drive.

When the package arrived and he ‘unboxed’ his new specs, he was very impressed by the initial look of them. They’re very well made and have a real quality feel – robust, without feeling heavy. He finds them very comfortable to wear, even after long periods of use.

If you spend a good deal of time working at a computer, playing computer games, reading e-books, scrolling on your phone or watching TV, you’re probably exposing yourself to excess blue light.

Even if you don’t need to wear vision-correcting glasses, you can benefit from wearing Swannies. They’re available with both magnification and non-magnification blue light filtering lenses. They’re also available in kids’ sizes too!

To be in with a chance to win a Swannies bundle of your choice, tell us in the comments section below how many hours per day you reckon you spend on or looking at electronic devices.

A Swannies bundle from Swanwick

Price Points: Double glasses cases

If you’re a spectacles manufacturer, and you happen to be reading this, I have a tip for you. If you start making double glasses cases, you’ll be on to a good thing! I’m on the lookout for a single case that can hold both my reading glasses and my sunglasses. There are a fair few double glasses cases on the market already, but mainly soft shell ones.

I’ve found just one with a hard shell (see above) – but it’s not to my liking. I like cute cats & kittens as much as the next person, but I don’t want one emblazoned on my glasses case. My glasses are normally to be found (in their case) somewhere inside a stuffed handbag or rucksack, jostling for space with keys, purse, phone, flask, camera, another pair of glasses… Therefore, I need something that can take being knocked about a bit.

Dual glasses case for two frames: £13.36, eBay
Ashlie leather double spectacles case (various colours): £15.99, Amazon
Tobacco leather glasses case, double: £46.86, Etsy

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Tobacco leather glasses case, double
£46.86

Ashlie leather double spectacles case
£15.99