Polarized glasses and GPS screens

[Landlocked]

Anybody else find it hard to read a GPS screen with polarized sunglasses?

Are there any lens colours that help this?

(I know, I can simply take the glasses off or get non-polarized but was just curious)

[SlowPoke]

Many LCD readouts are difficult to read with polarized lenses but if you tilt your head or adjust your view angle you may be able to see it without taking the glasses off. My Lowrance is viewable though polarized lenses thankfully - a feature I didn't even consider when purchasing.

-Brian

[cranks bait]

Yep. You just have to be a bobble head. I even do this while I'm on the boat looking at the horizon as it will also change. I don't think my inner kid has left me yet.

[Wendel]

Yes I find the very difficult to read with the glasses on.

Here's another one for ya though, what's the best way to get the fingerprints off the screen? I tried just a damp soft cloth and that spred them around more... is it okay to use windex? or maybe those glass cleaning towels? I'm not sure and don't want to cause permantent streaks.

[Guest lundboy]

if it's a Lowrance the anti-glare coating (bluish purple) maybe damaged by harsh cleaners like windex. Get a micro fibre cloth (Lowrance used to ship with one), and some eye-glass cleaning solution... works fine for me. Water stains take a few rubbings with the cleaner, but come off fine... Just Like New!

[Clampet]

Here's a case fer "flip-up" lenses.

[tjsa]

Not with my GPS or Sonar, but my cell phone, doesn't matter, gotta take of the glasses.

[forrest]

Yes I find the very difficult to read with the glasses on.

Here's another one for ya though, what's the best way to get the fingerprints off the screen? I tried just a damp soft cloth and that spred them around more... is it okay to use windex? or maybe those glass cleaning towels? I'm not sure and don't want to cause permantent streaks.

 

 

Yep, Windex will wreck your screen just about any screen (rear projection, crt)....its da ammonia I think, it can will also discolour it too.

 

Lundboy's glass cleaning method should be oK

 

 

 

forrest