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I'm blown away by the value in this review from a regular customer. Both in terms of reassuring others of the value of the product, and providing incredibly valuable real-world feedback to the company. I hope OP gets at least a personal thank-you from Engo, if not a free pair of their next iteration to review.

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Hey, thanks for saying so. I've never reviewed a product before so wasn't sure how it'd go. I normally write (on another blog) about software development like the rest of the HN crowd so this was quite different for me.

It would be amazing if more real reviews of this depth existed, or where easy to find. Any long reviews are usually just crap ad copy, especially for sporting gear. To find the rare honest review is getting harder and harder.

I actually use Reddit for that a lot. While you have to filter a lot, I normally trust it more then most comercial review sites. At least on Reddit people will call out the reviewers BS. I normally search for the item + review + Reddit. I think of it as actually reading what “the people” think of the product instead of the “professionals”.

I used to do the same thing with 'forum' in the place of reddit, for the same reason.

Check out Ray Maker's blog for impartial long form reviews of sports kit: https://www.dcrainmaker.com/blog

Andrew Skurka has similarly meticulous “long term reviews”of running/backpacking gear: https://andrewskurka.com.

He runs and backpacks more in one year than many people do in their lifetimes, which means he gets to observe deterioration quickly, and develop + test opinions very rapidly. Through his blog and reviews, he’s changed my mind on a lot of things that I wouldn’t have questioned otherwise.

The twin “appeals to authority” of experience and conscientiousness, when plainly genuine, are a deservedly powerful thing.

dcrainmaker.com for literally any sports tech.

Really? Reading this review I wouldn't buy them - the whole gimmick of seeing your stats on the display falls apart if the stats just fail to display for no reason. Yeah cool that they are comfortable and the display isn't distracting, but if the stats sometimes don't show then why would you buy this, unless you like being a QC tester and paying for it.

The parent comment was referring to the quality of the review, not the glasses themselves.

Right, sorry, I misunderstood then.

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