Vyzr Sunglasses on Kickstarter: Blue-Light Blocking Eyewear for Festivals, Raves and High-Glare Sport

Latest update: July 26, 2026. Published from Vyzr's Kickstarter pre-launch listing, and updated as the campaign progresses.

Earplugs are normal at festivals now. Nobody thinks twice about them. Walk the same field and count how many people are doing anything at all for their eyes, under LED walls the size of buildings. Ordinary festival sunglasses do nothing for that, and Vyzr sunglasses on Kickstarter exist because a 22-year-old who kept going home with headaches asked why the gap was there.

The campaign goes live soon with 61 followers so far on the pre-launch page. There is no track record to lean on: this is a first product from a founder who went to a specialist eyewear manufacturer after his own nights under high-powered rigs stopped being fun. What it does have is certification: Vyzr says every lens was third-party tested to EN ISO 12312-1 and carries a CE mark, which is rare for eyewear at this stage of a campaign.

Quick Verdict

Who Is It For?

Vyzr sunglasses are built for anyone spending time under high-intensity lighting: festival regulars and ravers who come home with headaches and afterimages, but also players of indoor and outdoor sports lit by LED floodlights — pickleball, padel, tennis — plus cyclists and anyone who finds strobes and white-blue LED light uncomfortable. Because the lens is balanced rather than simply dark, the same pair also works as an everyday sunglass, so this isn't a purchase for six festival weekends a year; it's built to be worn year-round.

Main Strengths

• The Dual Spectrum System stacks four functions into one lens: blue light filtering, UV400, a rear anti-glare coating, and transmission tuned for daylight and darkness.

• Vyzr states it blocks over 80% of blue-violet light between 380 and 455nm, plus blue-turquoise wavelengths from 450 to 500nm.

• Unlike most festival or sports eye protection, every lens is third-party tested: Vyzr says they meet EN ISO 12312-1, sit in filter category 2 at 22% VLT, and carry a CE mark, covering UV protection, transmission and optical quality.

• A published VLT and filter category (Cat 2, 22%) means the day-to-night, indoor-to-outdoor balance the product is built around is now a stated, checkable figure rather than a marketing claim.

• Curved full-wrap frame, adjustable nose pads, unisex sizing and four colourways, light enough to stay put while dancing, playing a match, or cycling.

  
  

Main Limitations

• Vyzr says plainly that these should not be worn for night or low-light driving, since all four designs use tinted lenses with no clear-lens option.

• A first campaign from a new brand with a projected budget of £2,319, so the operation is founder-scale rather than industrial

Is Vyzr Worth Following?

Follow it if LED and strobe lighting bothers you, whether that's a festival field at midnight, a floodlit court, or a commute home, and you want one pair that works across all of it. Skip it if you need something you can drive home in, because these are tinted and the brand says so without hedging. A lens built to handle the full range of everyday high-glare conditions, rather than one narrow moment, is what makes the Vyzr sunglasses on Kickstarter worth following.

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Vyzr Price on Kickstarter

No pledges are being taken yet. The tier to plan around is the £50 single-pair early bird, 30% off the planned retail price and limited to 50 units, since it includes the full lens system and accessory kit without committing you to four frames. Beyond it, a four-pair bundle runs £160 at 40% off, capped at 25, and a £500 tier lets one backer submit a name for the signature black and gold frame, subject to Vyzr's approval.

Certified eyewear is not usually where a festival or sports budget goes, and what £50 buys here is a lens Vyzr says was tested for optical quality — Cat 2, 22% VLT, EN ISO 12312-1 — rather than a generic tint bought on the way in and lost by Sunday. The Vyzr glasses on Kickstarter start at £50 when the campaign opens.

What Are Vyzr Sunglasses and What Problem Do They Solve?

Vyzr: A Four-Layer Festival Lens in a Lightweight Wrap Frame

The Vyzr sunglasses are built around a lens engineered for high-glare environments generally, not just one setting. Four things happen in it at once. A filter cuts high-energy blue light from LED sources. A UV400 layer blocks ultraviolet to 400nm. A rear anti-glare coating cuts reflected light. And the transmission is balanced — filter category 2, 22% VLT — so the lens stays usable as light drops or shifts from outdoor to indoor.

The frame is a curved full wrap with nose pads that widen or narrow, sized unisex and light enough not to bounce when you move. Four designs launch on the same lens. The Vyzr glasses came out of a run that began in January 2025 and reached production in May 2026, with the founder working alongside a specialist manufacturer.

Why Nobody Protects Their Eyes at a Festival

Hearing protection won that argument years ago. Earplugs are normal and socially invisible, and nobody asks why you wear them. Eyes never got the same treatment, even though a modern LED rig, floodlit court, or bright indoor arena throws out some of the most intense light most people encounter regularly. Vyzr cites its own research finding that one in two festival-goers experience visual overload, one in three report glare or temporary vision disruption, and 90% of LED rigs sit in a moderate to high risk band for blue light retinal exposure.

The gear that exists does not fit. Ordinary sunglasses are built for daylight and go opaque after dusk or indoors. Blue light glasses are built for screens, which Vyzr notes put out far less intensity than a stage rig or LED floodlight. Neither suits a day that swings from bright sun to a dim room lit by LEDs, which is the gap Vyzr closes with one lens instead of two — whether that day includes a festival, a match, a commute, or all three.

Vyzr Key Features and Specs: Lens Stack, Day-to-Night Transmission, and Fit

The Dual Spectrum System: Four Filters in One Lens

The blue light layer is why the product exists. Vyzr states it blocks over 80% of blue-violet wavelengths from 380 to 455nm and filters blue-turquoise light to 500nm. The research Vyzr cites is context, not proof of this lens: a 2013 conference abstract linking certain retinal cells to migraine, and a 2024 festival-lighting survey. Neither tested a Vyzr lens.

The other three layers do more of the daily lifting. UV400 blocks UVA and UVB to 400nm, standard for any serious sunglass. The anti-glare coating sits on the rear surface, reducing reflected light in a venue lit from every direction. Together these are what make festival eye protection more than a plain tint, in or out of a festival setting.

Balanced Transmission: One Pair From Daylight to Strobes

Most sunglasses solve one lighting condition. A day that moves between open sun, a dim tent or indoor court, and strobes or floodlights is at least three, and a lens dark enough for the afternoon is often too dark for later. Vyzr's lens sits in filter category 2 with a 22% visible light transmission, a mid-range figure intended to hold up across that whole range rather than being tuned for one extreme.

The upside is that one pair covers the whole day — festival, sport, commute, or ordinary outdoor use — instead of a pocket after sunset. With the VLT and filter category now published, backers have a concrete figure to weigh rather than an unverified claim of balance.

Wrap Frame and Adjustable Fit

The frame is a curved full wrap that follows the face rather than sitting flat, closing more of the side gap than a flat lens. Nose pads adjust for different face shapes, sizing is unisex, and the frame is built light on purpose, since anything heavy moves when you do.

Fit is the quiet variable that decides whether protective eyewear gets worn. A pair that pinches or slides comes off within an hour, which is why the adjustable pads and the low weight matter as much as the lens for something meant to to be worn for hours at a time, in a wide range of settings.

Four Designs and the Accessory Kit

The Vyzr glasses launch in four designs on the same lens, so the range varies the frame style rather than the optics and the protection is identical whichever one is chosen. Every pair ships with a micropouch that doubles as a lens cleaner, a microfibre cloth, a hard case and anti-fog wipes, packed in a branded box.

Should You Follow Vyzr on Kickstarter?

Vyzr is asking a question that goes beyond festival culture: why does high-intensity lighting get no real eyewear response, whether it's a festival field, a floodlit court, or an evening commute?

For anyone who spends real time under LED or strobe lighting — at festivals, on courts, cycling, or simply outdoors regularly — eyewear tuned to a published mid-range transmission (Cat 2, 22% VLT) beats sunglasses that go opaque at dusk or blue light glasses built for screens. The proposition has widened from a single setting to a lens meant for daily use, and the certification gives backers a real figure to weigh it against.

The early bird runs 30% off the planned retail price, and every pair ships with the full accessory kit. At £50 for a festival lens built for the job, the Vyzr sunglasses on Kickstarter opens for pledges Wednesday 29th July 2026, 6am EST.

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FAQ about Vyzr Sunglasses on Kickstarter

Can you wear Vyzr sunglasses at night?

They are designed to stay wearable in dark or dimly lit venues, which is the point of the Cat 2, 22% VLT balanced transmission. But Vyzr is explicit that they should not be used for night or low-light driving, because tinted lenses are unsuitable for it.

Have Vyzr sunglasses been tested and certified?

Vyzr states that all lenses were tested by a third-party house and certified to EN ISO 12312-1, sit in filter category 2 with a 22% visible light transmission, and that every pair carries a CE mark.

Will Vyzr sunglasses fit my face?

The frames are unisex, with a wrap design intended to suit a range of face shapes and sizes. Nose pads widen or narrow to fit, and the frames are built light specifically to avoid bouncing during activity, whether that's dancing, sport, or cycling.

When does Vyzr launch on Kickstarter?

The campaign opens Wednesday 29th July 2026 at 6am EST. The pre-launch page is live with 59 followers, and reward tiers list September 2026 delivery.

Where do Vyzr sunglasses ship, and what comes in the box?

Vyzr intends to ship worldwide, with tax, import costs and final shipping prices confirmed once the campaign opens. Every pair comes with a micropouch that doubles as a cleaner, a microfibre cloth, a hard case and anti-fog wipes in a branded box.

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About the Author

Jonathan

Crowdfunding Strategist & Analyst at GizmoCrowd

Jonathan is Co-Founder of GizmoCrowd and a crowdfunding strategist with over 15 years of hands-on campaign experience on Kickstarter and Indiegogo.

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