Sun Zapper Innovative Glare Shield

I have an XM radio dock clipped to the sun visor of my 1999 GMC Sonoma (the dash attachment wouldn't work for me) and was unable to fold the visor down when needed. This sun shield works perfectly. It attached easily and stays in place and when needed, folds down quickly. There's also an additional extra sliding mini shield which you can move from side to side to help block the sun. These used to be common but are no longer handled in most automotive stores and if you can't find it through Amazon, well...good luck. The price was also right and it's a good quality.

As others have said, this is not made from optically-correct plastic. The distortion in mine isn't too bad... it's certainly not a hazard. It doesn't hide anything on the road, and it's not at all difficult to tell where things are. It's just not what I'm used to from a device intended to be looked through. I've had it for a couple weeks now, and the clips have held up just fine, the extra panel slides smoothly, and it flips in and out of position with no problem. My remaining complaints: 1) it's a bit smaller than I'd like (a limitation to fit so many different visors, I suppose) 2) it has about a half-inch gap between the plastic and the sun visor, where the sun ALWAYS seems to be these days -- I'm always slouching to get it to block the sun for me. 3) the extra panel is usually in the way. It's not convenient enough to remove/replace while driving. 4) the nature of the device's geometry and the way light bounces around inside plastic means when I have it put away, some of the sunlight it collects gets refracted right into my face. It works a little bit like a fiber optic -- sun hits the surface, bounces around internally, and comes out the edges. Since the edges are so nicely rounded, it's evenly distributed over a 180-degree arc. No matter how it's pointed, some light will get you in the eye. Nowhere near as intense as the straight sun itself, but still, an annoyance. 5) it's fixed in position to the sun visor. I've never had a car where the sun visor blocked the low sun more than about 50% of the time. It always seems to be just out of reach of the visor. Too far back on the side window, where the visor's too short to get, or between the two visors, above the rear view mirror. If you have that problem too, understand this will do nothing to help you. It can only hang directly below the visor. If it could slide on a rail to extend the reach of the visor, they'd really have something. I'm 6 feet tall, and sit with the driver's seat all the way back. Most of the time, the roof of the car blocks the sun just fine. Only rarely am I driving directly into the sun; my evening drive home to the west snakes north and south enough that the sun blasts me through the side window and above the rear view mirror as much as it hits me head-on. In my case, sunglasses make a much bigger difference on glare, and what's left is mostly the sun reflecting off of my white shirt into my eyes. If you're not very sensitive to sun (don't usually wear sunglasses) and have to deal with the sun right over the road in front of you, especially if you're shorter and could use a vertical extension on the visor, this could be perfect for you. I hardly use it at all, myself.

It is not exactly optically perfect. It does the job. The small sun zapper is not large enough or my two eyes! the edge catches the sun glare causing specular glare i feel two full shields one for normal no sun in your eyes and two for heading into the sun. Not exactly happy with this one. I am using it. I like it for the drivers door window using my car visor and flipping this sun shield down further helps and does not block my vision.

I have searched high and low for something like this. The things you find either have a poor build quality or clips that are in the wrong place or are too small, etc. This thing is designed and built with QUALITY. I am extremely picky and this item has impressed me in a big way. The clips are strong, large enough for the thickest visor, the tilting action has just the right tension, the sliding extra sun blocker works smoothly and is a stroke of genius and the plastic tint is beautiful and just the right darkness. Once installed, your visor will be able to be stowed as normal right against you headliner as intended (not hanging down by 1/2" or so because of this visor). I installed mine opposite to the way they show in the instruction to allow for the visor to stow against the headliner better. It can go on either way. One thing I suggest is if you have visors that are made with vinyl or anything other than carpet or fabric, you may want to get some stick-on felt and line the entire insides of the clips (this is the only reason I gave it 4 not 5 stars (I said I was picky!)). I did that and it really helped by not letting the powerful clips damage the visor. This type of stick-on felt can be bought in small sheets at any home center or hardware store. Buy this!!!

Definitely not worth buying except for a diffuser. The shield is blurry to look through, like looking through blurry jello. I drive straight into the sun both going into work and heading home. Luckily most is expressway so it acts as a shield. It would be very dangerous if you had to see through it.

Conclusion: Will break after little use due to all-plastic construction, poor design, and an extremely tight fit. Just look for yourself at the picture of this product, and it is obvious where it will break - the little plastic tabs where the clamps are attached. On the other hand, this could work for you if you plan to leave it in one position permanently (no flipping it up or down). The first time I bought this, it worked pretty well, but I noticed that it was pretty hard to flip down and back up. The plastic clamps turn on thin plastic tabs that serve as axles. As you flip it down, you can hear the groan of plastic on plastic due to a very tight fit, and you can feel the stress being put on each of the plastic tabs. I could already see that one would eventually snap off, but I hoped it would be a while. Well, the problem got worse in the summer as the fit was so tight it seemed locked into position, I assume due to expansion of the plastic. With a week or so, one of the plastic axles broke off as I tried to flip the visor down. But way before this, the small plastic square lens that you can slide to cover the sun fell completely off. When I examined it closer, I saw practically the only thing holding it on was tension. Even new, if you press on it gently it will pop off, but after just a little wear it will not stay on at all. Perhaps a fool, I bought another one thinking I could take some preventative steps to make it last longer. I reinforced the axles at their weak point with eight layers of packaging tape. I put globs of grease on them too, as well as shaved some of the plastic off to loosen the fit. But nothing trumps bad design. A couple of months into the summer an axle broke off. I had probably only used it a dozen times total. It lasted even shorter than the first one by a long shot.

I bought this for my 5"2' wife frequently who has had to fight blinding sun while driving for years. No matter how she positioned her seat - left, right, up, down - she could not escape the brightness. I discovered the "Sun Zapper," read most of the pro & con reviews and then looked at and read about every other similar product available through Amazon. This one appeared to be the best all-around device. She has been using it for about a month now and she loves it. So easy to install that it went into service minutes after arrival and - Viola! - sun problem is now totally recent history. Some complained about it being flimsy and the hinges breaking. If one handles the Sun Zapper roughly, I can see where it might break. With just a modicum of good sense and care, the hinges should be plenty sturdy enough. It is a very good product that meets it's intended purpose with excellence.

I bought this after seeing pretty good reviews about it. I have had it for at least three months now and love it. I am only 4' 8" and the visor in a car never works well enough for me. I found this for a couple bucks here on amazon and have loved it ever since. I like being able to slide the darkener around so when the sun is really in one spot I can block it out well. I have seen a few people say that it is made cheap and I will agree that it is. Though, as long as you don't plan on wrestling with your visor then it should be fine. My father has a horrible habit of stuffing every piece of paper he can find between the visor and the ceiling so I wouldn't recommend it for people with that habit as well. Overall this is a great product and I am very happy to have found it.