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Ironfish653
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I ride a lot at night, both velo and moto, and yellow / amber lenses are not bad, but I much prefer clear lenses after it gets dark. Everyone's eyes are a little different, so YMMV, but my vision goes very monochrome at night, especially when there's 'orange' streetlights around, so tints dont do much for me.

I usually use sport-style safety glasses, since they're inexpensive, and my amber tints usually spend a lot of time in a pack / saddle bag, (compared to clears and regular sunglasses) and it's no big deal if they get broken / scratched.

I really like Amber lenses in low light / overcast / fog conditions for cutting through the 'blue haze' Also good if you're on a trail with really heavy brush / tree cover.

I try to stay away from Yellow lenses, since, at least on a moto, you have to deal with traffic lights, and i've had a pair of Yellows that were exactly the same tint as the yellow light on the traffic signal. I could see the red and green lights, but the yellow light had no color.
Kinda unnerving when you're approaching an intersection and the red light seems to come out of nowhere.
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