I wore Meta's $499 prescription Ray-Bans for 6 weeks: They're stylish but not for me

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Back in March, EssilorLuxotica, the parent company of Ray-Ban, unveiled a new version of its smart glasses for Meta called the Meta Ray-Ban Blayzer Optics . They're the company's first prescription-focused eyewear, designed to be worn all day long by glasses wearers with comfort at the forefront.

The includes new replaceable nosepieces as well as some improvements over previous-generation hardware, but in essence it's the same technology inside as other Gen 2 hardware, such as the Meta Ray-Ban Wayfarers .

The naming of Meta's Ray-Ban glasses is confusing, but there are two designs of the prescription Optics models: the Blayzer Optics , (which I tested) with a square lens, and the Scriber Optics , with a round lens.

Also: Ray-Ban Meta vs. Optics: Why glasses wearers should consider the new model

I recently got my hands on the second-gen Meta Ray-Ban Blayzer Optics, and I've been wearing them for about six weeks. Although I have glasses of my own, I'm not a full-time wearer, as I tend to use them off and on. For my review unit, I had Essilor use the prescription in my reading glasses.