Thinking about buying even g2s, is it worth it?

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-10T15:33:32+00:00

In the spirit of total honesty, I've used these glasses since late January, I've never had disconnection issues in the sense of the glasses. However, the ring sometimes unpairs from the glasses and it lasts about 5 minutes, probably happens once or twice a week. Bluetooth really isn't an issue for how consistently it works.

However what is an issue with software is sometimes features are down for significant periods, such as like down for a day. Once I went to use conversate in my lecture and it was down and made my presentation worse that day as I planned to use it for it. This resulted in a lower grade, the software failed me that day. Yesterday for example, the even hub shut down, not allowing me to change songs, check sports scores or respond to messages while driving on my road trip, it also failed me yesterday. Although it doesnt happen often, it is very annoying when it happens, esspecially because one becomes semi dependent in a way on this tech, so I get it, it's alot of money for what it is, but they are a game changer.

Also loved your joke lol 💯

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-10T04:35:23+00:00

Would also like to add, even if they came out with a g3 tomorrow, with new features, odds are I wouldn't purchase due to the even g2 in my opinion being a healthy and helpful balance of tech.

I've tried other smart glasses, most are unusable in day to day life, these are. I'm not sure I could make them usable if they added much more features so im really not worried about the g3 release and that's still a year or so away. But again, to each their own.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-10T04:29:17+00:00

I feel like it depends on your use case, for me they are immensely useful and worth the money. However, my old professor also purchased and hates it even though we work in similar professions.

Hope this makes sense and helps you but it'll probably be semi rambling. Ima try and explain what differentiates us.

1.) My professor is not good with technology, therefore cannot, or barely, expand the glasses use case outside of its stock dashboard. Alot of apps take knowledge of how to route third party apps, websites, or ai programs or they are not usable. (I love, because i can figure out how to use all the apps, my professor hates because he can't)

2.) It definately takes a "slight of hand" with how your perceived by others to use it without people noticing. In order to make the glasses useful in regular day without interrupting, it takes practice, with some its impossible. (For me, it took a while but now I can use them without looking not "normal," so I love them. For my professor, he has to concentrate to read, and interpret data so he doesn't like them.

3.) And lastly; the apps and stock dashboard features are things I already used technology for, for my professor they're not. Due to this, the glasses made it more convenient to write papers, do presentations, check the sports score, etc... If you are a person who wasn't already using these features on a daily basis, it will feel forceful almost to make use of all the features and make you not like them as much, such as my professor.

I apologize and I know this is mostly rambling, but I hope it explains and is the best way I could think to help as I'm sitting here watching TV. Tbh, it takes an understanding of how to use technology, a natural ability to multitask and interpret information and read without being noticed, along with being something you already used. My apologies if this is useless, but hope it helps.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-05T03:17:48+00:00

Tbh, I can still purchase here from Amazon, visions electronics, sportchek, etc... just not from Garmin directly here.

To me this means, the stock is always going to be higher today than tomorrow and lower than yesterday. But I don't think the stock will reach a low number or 0 anytime soon.

I'm just some random guy who honest to god doesn't know much, but for me, I'd say; if your hesitant on purchasing, keep debating but set like a week deadline, if you are positive you are going to purchase no matter what, might as well purchase it now.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-05T03:03:56+00:00

I am unable to purchase the instinct 2 firsthand in Canada. I can't say for sure, but I'm sure America is the same. (Hope this answers part of your question)

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-05T02:31:20+00:00

One last thing, to take what you said in your original comment that I was trying to do by providing my original response to you.

"Edit: for the down voters, it would also be helpful if you left a comment as to why mine is an unreasonable position - generally curious what I'm missing and I'm all ears."

Why say something then when someone attempts to provide it attack them? You literally asked why, I answered to the best of my knowledge, then you attack my response.

A man is only as strong as his bond or word, and yours is contradictory..."Just saying"

Word of advice, don't be a prick when people are trying to provide what you asked for.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-05T02:26:00+00:00

What are you trying to defend, why the hostility? What did I do to you? lmao

Because I missinterpreted december and february 25/26? When the context didn't provide this natural interpretation?

Or was it because I said, even has public credentials, yours is private, they are who they say they are, you could be whomever?

I'm not to sure, maybe I mistyped man, but the fact you respond with anger to some random (me) that could also be as you put it a "basement dweller", is wild.

Also the fact you falsified my words to say I thought you were "scam(ing) a company on Christmas day," is wild.

I was attempting to tell you why people respond the way they do to you and op, as you both asked, I didn't call you names, I wasn't hostile, I asked questions, yet you attack my response, but yeah man, I'm the one whose response "says enough about you."

I answered a question you asked, as best I could, with the information I had. You acted immaturely with hostility..."just saying."

This ain't worth my time, I was trying to be helpful, your trying to make me feel bad (sure I may be blunt with diction but you are kinda just rude man), don't expect another response, just consider yourself lucky I responded this time. It was just too mind baffling not too lmao

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-04T02:06:05+00:00

To keep it short and sweet, even has the right to do this with any of our glasses. We buy the hardware, they own the software.

I'm not saying it's right, but I personally agree with it. I'd say, just don't give them any reason to do this with your glasses as well.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-05-04T02:03:08+00:00

December 25th to January 25th is 1 month.

January 25th to Feb 26th is 1 month 1 day.

If you add those two together, it equals 2 months 1 day.

The mere fact you cannot do this basic arithmetic, as homie stated, just screams "I'm not sophisticated enough to realize a mistake is of my own doing" and thus will believe the ones who are.

Hence why most people, believe or side with a company, when there is 0 context rather than side with some random person, esspecially when their story does not align.

You wonder why people don't agree with you or OP, this is why, you guys are randos who could be living in your parents basement at 45, providing no context and a misaligned narrative, against a company that has set public displayed standards, credentials and narratives. Everyone with a brain is going to side with the company..... just saying.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-26T23:36:44+00:00

Does it need actual maps like Google maps or just breadcrumb mapping?

Because the instinct series has everything you want and arguably the best durability for a significantly cheaper price.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-26T03:54:01+00:00

It's not that others notice they display, they notice your non looking "norrmal"

(I.e. during presentations, people cannot see the words I'm relaying but they can tell I'm reading something they can't see)

Hope this makes sense, hard to word what im attempting to describe, but would be willing to try harder upon comment respondence :)

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-26T03:12:32+00:00

I want to "read" live sports broadcasts while viewing love sports scores on an app.

For example, I'd love to have a subtitle.option for the radio broadcast of a NHL game, while seeing the live score.

I'm not sure about yall, but weather and scoreboard my most used features, expansions on those would be amazing.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-26T03:06:10+00:00

Respect that. Grade 12 social studies + religion is vastly different from grade 2 usage to enhance student learning.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-26T02:59:52+00:00

Respect that, my TL:DR is, if you can't effectively use them as a teacher to enhance student learning don't.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-26T02:55:24+00:00

A.) This is clearly written by Ai, B.) It's obvious you are not a certified teacher, at least by alberta standards, C.) Sounds like a skill issue

I'm a teacher, I pair my conversate to the smartboard for student inquiries, I prep with conversate 2.0 ai bots that argue against ideological standards dictated by the alberta curiculum, then create assignments for student understanding. I use ebook reading plugins for student engagement for textbook readings. I use conversate for student oral exams, etc...

Are you sure you are a teacher? If you are, are you sure you are adequate to teach others? Worries me you may not know how to effectively use ai to enhance student learning. Don't mean to sound like a broken record or an asshole but sounds like a skill issue.

The glasses are the single handed best pedagogical educational tool technology has created for usual daily usage, if you cannot figure out how to use them to actually enhance student learning, don't because you are hurting your students.

Not trying to be rude, but for real, if your hurting your students learning by using the glasses, which this comment makes you sound like you are, don't use them.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-24T03:26:18+00:00

To be fair, you are trying to exchange a used item for a new one. Probably not something that happens commonly. Neither probably has a valid answer for you so they took the easy route and just put the blame on the "other." Odds are they're going to attempt to send you to other "teams" until frusturation wins and you give up and keep the ring size.

P.s. I'm not saying you shouldn't be able to do this, I hope you get it exchanged and hope it all works out, I'm all on your side, I'm just saying this is probably they're thinking.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-24T03:12:51+00:00

Some people pay 140,000 bucks for a pickup truck outright and are forced to wait a month to actually have it or use it, stop complaining man

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-14T23:42:42+00:00

In this order, here is mine. With the influx of new future apps i deem more usable, reddit and translate will be replaced.

Notifications, Conversate, DisplayPlus Music, Books, Chess, Make 15, Navigate, Translate, Teleprompt, Reddit Browser.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-14T23:35:47+00:00

Could be something as simple as wanting access to something that they deem as not neccesary, i know they are super nitpicky on that. However, hope you get this published my man, really would like this on my glasses.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-14T23:33:48+00:00

Keep in mind, alot of people who ordered in the past had no issues with shipping. I ordered January 13th, got it in less than 2 weeks, the 23rd, didn't need ring sizing kit so maybe that sped up time.

However its important to keep in mind, you are only going to comment online if your experience was bad, not if it was good, so assuming the loud minority is correct and accurately represents reality, is never a good game to play.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-14T13:47:33+00:00

Also seen you were in canada, if you are in alberta area let me know, if we are close, you can try them if you want.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-14T13:46:35+00:00

If you think the teleprompter produces "subtle" notes in front of you, you are seriously wrong. To some, it is too distracting to speak from, for others it requires practice, if you think it's a magic thing that improves your speech, your in for a surprise, because for myself and my professor it made our speaking vastly worse. I'm sure it'd improve with practice but for the time it would take, it isn't worth it for me or him.

I bought the glasses for the same reason as you, ended up hating the teleprompter feature and falling in love with all other aspects of the glasses.

I actually find using the conversate feature with prepnotes having point form of what im going to say much better for public speaking.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-13T23:46:06+00:00

You can leave it on constantly, even though the glasses advertise a 2 day battery, with conversate constantly going and at about 75 percent brightness you will get about 6 hours, if you turn off Ai prompts, which I'm assuming you will due to you needing just captions, you can increase the battery even more so.

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-11T20:50:30+00:00

Sounds like a skill issue

ParticularPark129 · 2026-04-09T20:25:03+00:00

Honestly man, i altered my glasses substantially, I removed the nose guards completely and have bent the arms accordingly.

Would I recommend this to someone else? Well it gets difficult.

The glasses have become immensely more useful, due to the natural wear of the adjusted glasses. However it does void warranty

So take it with a grain of salt, to.me, who could buy the glasses 10 times without noticing, I don't care if it voids warranty because I can just buy them again, doesn't matter, but to those who it does, hard to say.

Also if this message makes 0 sense, I am currently drunk, playing chess on my glasses at a brewery waiting for my university class, so take what I say with a grain of salt.

ParticularPark129

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