Hey there Geeks!
We recently got in touch with the makers of ROR – a high end screen cleaner for multi-layer plastic, glass, and mirror surfaces – and were curious in their recent initiative to bring their products to the consumer end, having them used for cleaning anything from cellphones, to cell phone cameras, and even TVs and larger screens (such as on laptops & iPads.) We decided to pick up some ROR of our own and do some simple quality comparisons to some Monster Screen Cleaner we had lying around.

For starters, we did a simple screen cleaning, as you could see in the above photo. The plastic and glass layering that composes the majority of smartphones and electronics on the market are a perfect surface for the cleaner to work on. While most cleaners feel like a soapy water that quickly evaporates when used, the ROR has a much different consistency; it appears to carry a basic quality to it (as there is a small amount of ammonia inside) and lets it glide and easily break down the oils on the surface, letting you remove them with a napkin (you don’t need to use micro fiber cloths!) and leave the screen bright and glossy. Even better, the larger sprays require a large amount to clean the area, the 1oz eye dropper and 2oz spray  bottle can clean an EVO is just one spray/drop, and an iPad in just two drops. This means just one bottle will last you for months at a time!

Next, we showed the origin of the ROR’s use, camera quality. We dirtied up a Canon lens we had lying around and took comparison shots below.  You can see the dirty/clean difference on the ROR, but even better, we tried it with a generic cleaner, note the blurry results!

In Conclusion, ROR is a fantastic product we suggest to the heavy user with oily hands, or an oily device. Here are the shots we took using the product

Before ROR was used.

After ROR was used

Before MONSTER Cleaner was used.

After MONSTER Cleaner was used.

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Perhaps the most obvious reason to wear protective eye wear, whether you are a Harley man or a sports bike aficionado, is that by wearing them you cut out the chances of having debris hit your eye. Remember that while on your bike the chances of debris, dust particles, bits of the road even can be kicked up by other larger vehicles. Ripping down the road at high speeds is no time to get bombarded by debris and dust. You can easily be blinded and loose control of your bike.

A good pair of goggles can prevent this easily. What’s more, the lenses available now a days offer a range of functions. Top among them is that they are shatterproof and highly durable. So, if you do get a pebble at high speeds it will not break the goggle lenses. Tinted lenses are now on the market and a favorite choice of riders who find themselves on the road at varying times. These tinted lenses are great for dealing with different light situations.

Now, it can be the case that you are stuck in your ways and believe that goggles just do not offer anything to you. Sure, the goggles are made of shatter proof material far better at deflecting debris from bombarding your eyes and sure the tinted lenses are great for cutting glare and improving vision but what else can there be? Many goggles are now treated with a material that cuts out the chance of the goggles to fog up. Many others are ventilated for comfort and are durable enough to last for years to come.

But, let us be honest many goggles are just not stylish and while that is really not reason enough to forgo wearing them, many do just for this fact. Some claim comfort as the issue, others claim that they can not find the right goggles to go with their bike; whatever the reason there are still some who are able to overlook the numerous safety benefits and refuse to wear any eye wear. Goggles these days are extremely stylish and designed for a number of comfort factors. Nice leather straps, chrome accents, shaped lenses and helmet friendly designs are all available without sacrificing the safety and durability of the eye wear.

Bikers understand the danger of riding. It is inherit in the lifestyle they choose. A careful breed by necessity, bikers make sure that their bikes are tuned, that they wear the right clothing and helmets. Motorcycle goggles should not be overlooked especially when it can make the difference between a crash and a safe drive home.

Undoubtedly the best way ensure that your goggles are kept in the best condition and always clean, is by cleaning them with ROR Lens Cleaner.  High end optical manufacturers and eyeglass boutiques have traditionally included a sample of lens cleaners with purchase. It’s a retailer’s way of reinforcing the importance of protecting an eyewear investment for the long-haul.

Welding helmets come with a variety of forms and sizes. Please choose the most comfortable and secure one if you decide to buy. You also need to consider the weight of the helmet. Choose the lightest welding mask you can find to support your work and ease your back and neck while welding. Picking up the light welding mask should not neglect durability factor. A strong and solid welding hood will certainly be needed.

As technology grows, so it does with welding helmet. There are high-end auto darkening welding masks that will change their lens color darker within less than a second as the electric arc is flashed. Auto darkening welding masks are batteries and/or solar powered and even when the auto darkening filter is not active, they still have protection to keep your eyes from UV and infrared radiation. Generally auto darkening masks are more expensive than the regular ones. Regular masks commonly cost below $40.

Does a welding mask really give you a protection? In many cases, work-related health problems are not happened instantly. The symptoms usually take times to occur, probably within years. In the world of welding, the most common health problems are cataract and sight-hand in coordination. Choosing a properly welding protection is a must thing to do. Understand that a welding mask has a filter shade to adjust the amount of light your eyes might reach and it should be set well. If the filter is set too dark it may disturb the welder to work in detail, on the other hand if the helmet does not filter the light in a certain amount the welder may have a bigger risk of having eye damage. Most auto darkening helmets have features that will enable you to regulate or set the light filters. There is a filter shade selector chart which a welder can manually adjust to meet the application needed.

The maintenance of a welding helmet is relatively easy. You just have to clean it out of dust and dirt.The best way to clean a welding lens is by using ROR Lens Cleaner, it is very affordable and works amazingly!Some welding helmet’s elements are sensitive to direct sunlight, dust and moisture so it is a lot better to keep it from them. Last but not least, remove all batteries from a helmet if it will not be used for at a long time. This is to avoid battery leaking to damage your helmet’s filter. For your information, the price of the filter almost covers up a whole new welding helmet price.

ROR Lens Cleaner is a Welder’s Best Friend

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Thousands of people are blinded each year from work-related eye injuries that could have been prevented with the proper selection and use of eye and face protection. Eye injuries alone cost more than $300 million per year in lost production time, medical expenses, and worker compensation.

OSHA requires employers to ensure the safety of all employees in the work environment. Eye and face protection must be provided whenever necessary to protect against chemical, environmental, radiological or mechanical irritants and hazards.

Eye and face protection is addressed in specific standards for the general industry, shipyard employment, longshoring, and the construction industry.

This according to OSHA.

It is clear that ROR can help in keeping our industry workers safe. Use ROR Lens Cleaner to keep protective eye wear clean and clear.

ROR is not an optical surface cleaner in the usual sense. It takes a big step beyond routine cleaning. ROR is specifically designed to emulsify and remove microscopic oil residues- a by product of environmental pollution- from the surface and pores of glass and acrylic.

When you clean an optical surface with ROR you will observe a measurable difference in brightness and clarity. For the first time, you will experience pollution free, unimpeded vision. Because ROR removes microscopic oil residues, dust has nothing to adhere to allowing the surface to remain cleaner longer.

ROR is safe and versatile for all delicate surfaces. It has been tested and used on everything from multicoated lenses to beryllium surfaced contacts and has proven time and again to be the finest and safest optical cleaning treatment on the market today.

Invented 25 years ago with professional and amateur photographers in mind, ROR is used today by the military, NASA, astronomers, scientists, hospitals, laboratories and universities.

Protect your investment through regular ROR cleaning and maintenance and your equipment will endure and perform excellently for years to come.

See better. See clearly. See the difference. ROR

http://www.osha.gov/SLTC/eyefaceprotection/index.html

Cleaning Cameras

by Philip Greenspun

Remember that your camera is just a tool. Don’t pamper it. You can always buy a new one. If you leave your camera in a closet, it will never get dirty or broken, but you won’t have too many great photographs to show for yourself. Many of the best photographs can only be taken under conditions that will render your equipment wet and/or filthy. That’s life.

The photo at right was the result of spending six hours at the bottom of a canyon in the Navajo Nation. For the entire six hours, sand blew down from the top of the canyon and into a $20,000 Rollei 6008 system. Was there a sickening grinding sound when I focussed my $3000 50mm lens for the next few months? Yes. Did I have to send the camera back to Rollei USA to be cleaned? Yes. Did the camera get stolen in Filthadelphia a couple of years later? Yes. So it really didn’t make sense to obsess over the camera, did it? We can still enjoy this picture even if that 6008 has disappeared. If the camera had been pampered, it would just be in that much better shape for the crook who is using it now.

Lenses

Basic lens cleaning tools are a blower, a microfiber cloth, and lens cleaning fluid (my favorite: Zeiss). Try to blast dust off the lens with the blower or canned air. Finger prints can be removed with a circular wipe of the new miracle micro fiber cloth (my favorite brand is Pentax because it is nice and thick; about $6). Persistent dirt should be removed with lens cleaning fluid, of which the safest is probably Kodak. Always drip the fluid onto the cloth and then wipe the lens; never put fluid directly onto a lens.

Even if your lenses don’t look dirty, every few months you should give exposed surfaces a cleaning withResidual Oil Remover (ROR). Even if you were able to protect your optics from all environmental sources of filth, there would still be crud condensing on your optics as camera bag plastics outgas. It is tough to verify ROR’s claims, but the optics do look visibly clearer after an ROR treatment and the amazing price won’t kill you.

If you are going to use an expensive lens in a dusty or wet environment and don’t want to obsess over your equipment, keep a B+W UV filter on the lens and count on replacing the filter every year or two.

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Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation from sunlight has been associated with the development of  cataracts and age-related macular degeneration (AMD).  Quality sunglasses protect your eyes by blocking 100 percent of the sun’s harmful UV rays. Sunglasses also protect the delicate skin around the eyes from UV rays that cause wrinkles and premature aging.

2. Sunglasses reduce glare.

All surfaces reflect light.  Surfaces like water, snow, and automobile windshields can cause extremely bright reflections that are distracting and can interfere with vision. Reflective glare is particularly dangerous when driving, riding a motorcycle, skiing, or boating.

Sunglasses reduce glare for safer, more comfortable vision.  Polarized sunglasses are particularly effective at reducing glare from surface reflections.

3. Sunglasses protect your eyes from wind, dust and debris.

Sunglasses are an effective wind barrier.  Wearing sunglasses reduces the rate of evaporation of tears and helps keep your eyes moist and comfortable.  Sunglasses also help keep contact lenses from drying out and prevent windblown particles from getting in your eyes and causing a corneal abrasion.

Close-fitting, “wrap” style sport sunglasses are particularly effective at reducing the potential for dry eyes and eye injuries from windblown particles.

4. Sunglasses reduce headaches and eyestrain.

The pupil controls how much light reaches the light-sensitive retina in the back of the eye.  In dim light, the pupil increases in size (dilates) to allow more light in.  In bright light, the pupil constricts to keep too much light from striking the retina.

In very bright conditions, the pupil cannot constrict small enough to reduce light to a comfortable level. This causes a person to squint.  (Squinting reduces the space between the upper and lower lids to further reduce the amount of light entering the eye.)  Muscle fatigue associated with squinting and constant constriction of the pupil can lead to headaches and eyestrain.

Sunglasses reduce the amount of light reaching the eyes to a more comfortable level, eliminating the need for squinting and severe pupil constriction.  This increases comfort and reduces the risk of headaches and eyestrain.

5. Sunglasses improve vision.

Our eyes require a certain range of ambient light for good vision.  Too much light is as bad as too little.  Excessive brightness causes glare, light-induced “bleaching” of the retina, and squinting – all of which can temporarily reduce visual acuity.  On bright sunny days, sunglasses reduce the amount of light that reaches the retina to more optimal levels for clear, comfortable vision.

Sunglasses Lens Cleaning and Caring-

ROR stands for “residual oil remover.” Unlike other lens cleaners, ROR is designed to emulsify and remove the microscopic film of oil residing on the surface that is caused by environmental pollution. Most lens cleaners skate over the surface leaving behind the embedded residue that impairs clarity. Compared to ROR, that’s not clean.

Professional photographers were among the first audience to embrace ROR. Now that the general population is equipped with cell phones with multi-touch tablets and cameras built into them, ROR has a whole new audience of consumers in need of its product.

Laboratories and hospitals have used ROR for decades because ROR cleans lenses, objectives and other optical surfaces better than any other solution available. Obviously, scientific and clinical laboratory testing requires hygienically clean lenses for accuracy as blurred vision can change whole diagnoses and findings. When human lives are at stake, there is no room for compromise.

High end optical manufacturers and eyeglass boutiques have traditionally included a sample of lens cleaners with purchase. It’s a retailer’s way of reinforcing the importance of protecting an eyewear investment for the long-haul. ROR is the perfect sample for your optical clients.

Top-of-the-line flat screen TVs and computer monitors do not respond well to cleaning performed with traditional glass cleaners. Eliminate streaks and fingerprints and avoid scratches that can permanently damage the flat screen. Increase your enjoyment of your cable, movie and TV viewing using ROR. Improve your productivity working on your computer using ROR to clean it weekly.

Don’t Take Our Word For It? Just Ask The Pro’s….

“It’s the only lens cleaning fluid I’ll trust on the front element of my Nikkor glass. ROR gets an enthusiastic two thumbs up, and my complete confidence.”

Mark Alberhasky, Nikon Pro Photographer, Mentor Series Worldwide Photo Treks

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A strong case for storage. Storing your lenses in a sturdy protective case whenever you are not wearing them will go a long way towards preventing scratches on your lenses. Proper storage also helps to keep prescription eyeglass lenses clean while protecting your valuable frames. Never place prescription glasses in a purse, pocket or bag unprotected.

Let them down gently. Okay. You don’t always use the case. If setting your prescription lenses on a table or desk, it’s best to close your frames first before laying them down. Always set them frame-side down to avoid scratching the lenses. The floor is never a good place to leave your glasses. And when in the bathroom, remember: A sink or vanity top puts your lenses in an unfavorable position. Spatters, sprays and cosmetic products can quickly soil lenses. What’s more, anti-reflective (AR) treatments can be damaged by hairsprays or perfume.

Keep glasses on your nose, not on your head. Prescription eyeglass lenses are designed to rest on your nose in front of your eyes; not on the top of your head. Frames can become misaligned in this manner, making even the cleanest of lenses less than effective if not positioned properly in front of the eye.

Why ROR. ROR is not an optical surface cleaner in the usual sense. It takes a big step beyond routine cleaning. ROR is specifically designed to emulsify and remove microscopic oil residues- a byproduct of environmental pollution- from the surface and pores of glass and acrylic.

When you clean an optical surface with ROR you will observe a measurable difference in brightness and clarity. For the first time, you will experience pollution free, unimpeded vision. Because ROR removes microscopic oil residues, dust has nothing to adhere to allowing the surface to remain cleaner longer.

ROR is safe and versatile for all delicate surfaces. It has been tested and used on everything from multicoated lenses to beryllium surfaced contacts and has proven time and again to be the finest and safest optical cleaning treatment on the market today.

Invented 25 years ago with professional and amateur photographers in mind, ROR is used today by the military, NASA, astronomers, scientists, hospitals, laboratories and universities.

Protect your investment through regular ROR cleaning and maintenance and your equipment will endure and perform excellently for years to come.

See better. See clearly. See the difference.

Find ROR at a store near your or Order today! ROR Lens Cleaner

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Our friends at REI have put together a great checklist for you to follow when packing your gear for the next big trip into woods….and guess what is #2 on their list of essentials…..SUNGLASSES!

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Make sure that you remember to back your ROR too, ROR Lens Cleaner is the #1 choice on and off the trail!

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ROR stands for “residual oil remover.” Unlike other lens cleaners, ROR is designed to emulsify and remove the microscopic film of oil residing on the surface that is caused by environmental pollution.

It has been used and tested on everything from multicoated lenses to beryllium surfaced contacts and has proven itself time and again to be the finest and safest lens cleaner on the market today.

Most LCD Screen Cleaners skate over the surface leaving behind the embedded residue that impairs clarity. Compared to ROR, that’s not clean.

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