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A common misconception about UV protection is that darker tint sunglasses provide extra UV protection. However, there is no relationship between the colour or darkness of your sunglasses/eyewear and the amount of UV protection. The lens tint colour and shade intensity e.g. Category 3 only tell you how much visible light is blocked. A sunglass UV filter is actually clear and most sunglasses today have UV protection embedded in the lens rather than coated over it. Some older, inexpensive sung …

Regular media coverage about how authentic and accurate review sites and platforms are. It's well known that many companies “game” the system with a mass of fake (positive) reviews. One very high profile UK review platform is also not what it seems: they allow their website customers to pay for a ‘premium’ service which means they have the facility to manipulate ratings by removing any low ones including negative reviews. In our minds this renders their scheme worthless and it can’t be trusted. …

The ludicrous scare story that has been in circulation with UK regional media for a few years now seems to be getting another round of coverage. These stories claim you could get fined for wearing sunglasses whilst driving and fined for not wearing them! No doubt the “alarming” headlines that usually accompany these stories act as good online ‘clickbait’. Most of the content of these stories is factually incorrect. So again, let’s set the record completely straight. The only sunglasses you shou …