EyeQue VisionCheck Demo and Review

Test your vision with this device in your smartphone? Let's check it out

Dave Taylor here and I'm looking at something ridiculously cool. This is the IQ Vision Check

and this little Bluetooth device coupled with an app on your smartphone lets you test your vision

at home with no schedules, no doctors visits, no waiting until your appointment and considerably

less expensive too. Super cool. Now, one warning is that this works best if you're 27 or older

so using this with your kids isn't going to give you great results. There's a lot of reasons for

that, but suffice to say, if you're an adult, this is going to work great. If you're not

then this probably isn't going to be a solution for you. But what this is, is this is an automated

refraction test and what it does is basically it gives you a green and a red line in your

line of vision and then you adjust things to get them to perfectly overlap and then it's

solid yellow. It does that for nine different measurements on each of your eyes. You do that

three times and then it gives you an eyeglass number which is sufficient for you to be able

to order glasses or contacts. How cool is that? It also gives you what's known as near vision

ADD or an NVADD+, and that's a number that will actually let you go and buy readers or progressive

glasses straight off the shelf, right? So you can get them from the local drugstore or something

All of that from this little tiny device. It's amazing, really. It identifies nearsightedness

farsightedness, and it works with astigmatism, though if your eyesight is pretty far off the

measure, then this might not be that good enough for those real extreme situations. That would be

something you might double check with the company, but super cool. So it is a Bluetooth device. It

pairs with your phone. That process is super easy and it has three buttons on the top and the first

two buttons closest to the eyepiece move the two lines. So when you're looking at the two lines

the first button will move them closer. The second button will move them further away

because if you go too far, then moving them further away will get them perfectly lined up

and you basically just do that for each of nine different angles and then it can figure out what's

going on. So amazing. So those are those. Then the front most button basically is the I accept this

go to the next one. So that's a progress button. And then on the side, there's power and then

there's charging and it's a USB charger. So let me open the box and show you what else is inside

There is a strap because you strap this around your phone to make sure it stays in the right

place. A USB-C charger, very handy. And I like that it's USB-C. A product manual, a lint-free

cloth, and the other super cool thing is a PD check glasses. And what these are is these are

a special pair of glasses frames that if you look, you'll see that they have a T symbol in three

places. And basically you put them on and I know they make me look very fashionable and take a

selfie in the app. And then within the app, you then adjust its crosshairs to match these three

positions. It identifies where your pupils are and it gives you what's known as a pupillary distance

measurement. Amazing, really, right? And that's just with this and your camera on your phone. I mean

why are opticians so expensive and so complicated, right? So with all of that, oops, actually let's

keep this out because we're going to run a test. But let me just tell you just a tiny bit more

The output of this, like I said, is an eyeglass number. This is not a prescription. This is not

actually replacing an optician. This is just a way to do vision tests and get glasses and stuff

super easy from home. But it does give you that near vision numbers and everything. So, you know

it's definitely pretty dang cool. And so the pricing is a little funky. I'm not a super big

fan of that because this has a base price. And then for more than one user, you have to pay an

additional subscription fee. Now it's only $4.99 per person. So if you have a family like me

where it's me and three kids, then that's still only three times $4.99 additional, which is

collectively way less, you know, including the cost of all this hardware, it's way less than one

visit to the optician. So can't complain too much about that. But you should know that they actually

do that. And I, you know, some people are rather taken aback where this isn't for the family. This

is for one user. So not a huge crisis. And then you obviously need this. But you also need a

reasonably modern smartphone. It works with iPhone or Android, but your screen needs to be at least

250 pixels per inch, which means super low cost Android phones and older iPhones probably don't

have sufficient screen density. Check their website at iq.com to find out if your phone is supported

if you're worried. So cool, let's actually go ahead and use this. Now. It's already on. So

that's good. So I'm going to just launch the app. And let's go back to the beginning. I don't know

why the app let's see. Okay, I was halfway through a test. I shouldn't have done that. Right. So here

we are. I've already done the test. So here's the result I have. And it's showing me my spherical

cylindrical and axis for my left and right eyes. And it's given me a pupillary distance of 70. I

think it's millimeters. I'm not sure. And that NVADD is plus two. Yes, I wear glasses when I'm

reading how it goes. But now we know all those numbers. To run a test, you actually just push

test. And then I'm going to just go ahead and repair the device with my phone. And we're good

And so now I'm at this point. And now there's a little box. And here's the key idea. Put the

buttons on the top and then take your time to place this perfectly centered. So there we go

And then we just use this little band. It's sticky already, as you can see, but we use the band to

make sure it doesn't move around at all. So that's it. We're ready to roll. I'm going to turn the

volume on because it's kind of a chatty app and that's OK. So first thing I have to say is have

I removed my eyeglasses and contacts? Yes. Do I have a screen protector on? Yes. That's actually

pretty important. The app needs to know that so we can actually modify a couple of things

And then you can either go directly to an actual test. You have to do three full tests to get your

results. Or you can do practice. And the practice is really cool because you can stop halfway. You

can let one of your kids try it if they're wondering what you're doing. Again, this is not

for anyone under 27 to get really great results. But I know my kids are certainly curious about it

But if we just do a practice, I'll just do that. And then let's add the volume

So I'm actually going to step through this because I've done this a bunch of times. But basically

you're going to do this. Right. And then I'm going to adjust it until I can see both the red and

green lines. Right. So then on the bottom, there's a yes or no. So I'm going to say yes

And I'm going to do the same for my left eye. And I'm going to zip past their video tutorial

So now I'm ready to go. So we're starting with my right eye

Right. And that's pretty important. Don't close your other eye. Keep it open. And basically

I do this. Orient my fingers on the three buttons. And then I see the red and green lines

the red and green lines, approximately what you're seeing in the inset

And then I'm adjusting with the buttons to get it to line up. Once it looks like it's just

solid yellow. I then push the third button and. Oh, I have to tap the screen. Then I can do

So now it is good. Okay. So we're ready to go. So I'm on the next position and then I just do the

same thing for all the different angles. So I know not super exciting watching me take the test, but

lots of great positive feedback. So suffice to say, that's all you do. It's actually pretty darn

easy. You go through the process and you use each of those tests and you just, you know

line up the red and the green until you have yellow. And then you push the third button

the one closest to the screen. You go to the next one, you go to the next one. And when you're done

you can opt to save it. Or you can say, you know, I have allergies today, or I don't feel well

or it's really dry in the house and my eyes are really dry and I don't feel like I'm getting

good results. And you can just say, I'm going to discard this and I'll come back later. Or you can

do what I'm doing, which is just a practice. And I would highly recommend you do at least one

practice set for both eyes all the way around. So you get the hang of how it works. Really

the biggest challenge I had was not having my hand in the way of my other eye. So that couldn't focus

on anything. And that's something where you just sort of get the hang of how to hold it so that

your other eye has free vision. And that's all there is. You go through the tests, you save

everything. Once you've done it three times, you get all the results. This is really a remarkable

piece of technology. Like I said, it's an automated refraction test, and it is very similar to what

you would have at the ophthalmologist, optician. I'm not sure how they all differentiate, but

when you go to the eye doc and you want to get a prescription, they use a very similar device

This is the home version of that. How amazing, really. So really, the only thing left to talk

about is the price. But before we get to the price of this and I wrap up, let me ask if you

can subscribe to my channel. Really appreciate it. I get a lot of gear. IQ sent me this so I

could test it out and try it. Thanks so much. Super interesting. So please subscribe to my

channel, and I will give you the straight scoop on everything. So totally worthwhile

Now, this device and everything in the box, the whole package deal, is the IQ VisionCheck system

and it is $69 at IQ.com. Yes, you heard me. $69. Gets you the whole setup. So now you can see

if you do have to pay an additional $4.99 for another family member, then it's really not that

big a deal. Even if you and your spouse and grandma and grandpa and uncle Joe all use this

device and everyone has to get a subscription except for the first person, that's still less

than one visit to the eye doc. So really amazing. I am really pretty impressed by this technology

And not only that, but this is the second generation of this device. So they've already

gone through a lot of engineering refinement and the whole system with all the video tutorials and

the audio prompts and everything. I guarantee you'll be able to do it. This is really

straightforward. Run a couple of tests and practices, and you will be getting some really

good results, and you'll be testing your vision at home anytime you want. Amazing, really. So I say

definitely check this out. And with that, I'm going to get back and finish up my test

which means I need to put it back on my phone. And I'll catch you in my next video