Ray-Ban Meta Battery Problem? Testing the Carina C1 Wearable Battery Pack From PRISMXR

0:00 A few months ago, I featured a desktop charging station for your Meta Ray-B band smart glasses. It was from a company called Prism XR, and it was the Karina S1 charging station. It was a pretty cool product and was a really unique and interesting way to charge up your smart glasses. Well, Prism XR reached out to me and asked if I would like to check out their onthe-go charging kit, I guess you would call it. This is a way to connect your glasses to an external battery and charge them while you're using them. It's pretty cool. It's called the Karina C1 and that's what we're going to be talking about today.

0:46 So, the Meta Rayban smart glasses have become extremely popular in the blind and visually impaired community, mainly due to the Meta AI and how helpful it can be for us. However, there's one issue that a lot of people have with these glasses, and that is battery life. So, having a way to extend that battery life or to charge the glasses while you're using them, that's huge. And that's exactly what you can do with the Karina C1 from Prism XR. And unlike other portable battery systems for the glasses, this one is super sleek and definitely keeps that lowprofile style of the Meta Ray-B band smart glasses.

1:32 And I think at first glance, most people wouldn't even know that your glasses were modified. In fact, I've got the Karina C1 system installed on my glasses right now, and I bet you probably didn't even notice. [laughter] So, let's check out the system, and we'll talk about how it works. In the box, you get a wide variety of things. You have the plastic temple, which also has all the electronics and the nose bridge integrated into it. You get the batteries inside the rechargeable battery case. Two charging cables, one that you use to recharge your batteries, and the other cable will clip onto the system here to charge the glasses up while you're wearing them. I'll explain more about that here in a second. You have this white thing here that helps

2:18 you install the system onto your glasses. Then you get some instructional paperwork and some alcohol wipes for cleaning the glasses for the installation. So, it looks like a lot. It looks complicated, but when you break it all down, it really isn't. You're just going to install the plastic temple onto the right temple of the glasses or the right arm. Then, you're going to install the nose bridge onto the glasses. Both the nose bridge and the wire have adhesive on them so you can stick them onto the glasses. And that's pretty much it for the installation. It's It's actually pretty straightforward, pretty simple. One super cool thing is that Prism XR actually has a video on YouTube showing the installation. So, if you're confused

3:04 about anything, you can just follow that guide. When you want to charge up the glasses, either using the external battery or the charging cable, you just clip them onto the port here, the magnetic port at the back end of the right temple. This plug is magnetic, so your batteries and your charging cable magnetically attach onto here, which makes it super easy to attach those onto the glasses. And the magnetic connection is very strong. So, when you have either the battery on there or the cable on there, it's a very secure connection. It's not going to fall off. Even if you're running around or jumping or doing whatever, everything's going to stay in place, no problem. To recharge the battery of your glasses, you can either use one of the two external

3:50 batteries or the charging cable. If you're using the charging cable, you can just plug the other end into a an external battery pack. or if you're sitting at a workstation, you could have it plugged into a computer or plugged into the wall. Either way, this will steadily recharge the battery of your glasses. What's cool about using the external battery pack though is you have two of these. So you could have one on the glasses just like that actively charging the glasses. And then when you exhaust that battery and your glasses battery starts to run down, you can just hot swap it out with the other battery pack and you could have the dead battery being

4:37 recharged in the charging case. So, this means that whether you're using the two batteries or you're using the charging cable, you could theoretically have continuous battery power with your Meta Glasses all day forever if you wanted to. The really nice thing about this system is that you can leave it installed on the glasses all the time. It does not affect how the glasses close. It does not affect how the glasses fit into your charging case. They don't slide down. At least mine doesn't slide down as far as it normally does, but the lid still closes. But what's super cool is that even with the

5:23 Karina C1 external charging system installed on the glasses, they still will charge in the case. So, that's pretty cool. It doesn't prevent them from charging in the case or even on that Karina S1 desktop charging stand. It all still works even if you have this installed on your glasses. Comfortwise, I don't feel any different. Just wearing the glasses, I can't tell that there's anything installed on the glasses. It's still extremely comfortable on the bridge of my nose. It doesn't add any extra weight or really any extra bulk. The temple on the right arm here doesn't get in the way of the action button. So, I'm still able to press that to take

6:08 photos or take videos. I'm still able to adjust the volume on the right temple. I'm still able to tap, double tap, answer calls, trigger the meta AI with touch. All of the things that you could do before, you can still do. This system does not get in the way of any of that, which I definitely appreciate that. And if you're curious, when you're using the external battery pack here, it really doesn't add any weight. These things are so lightweight that I don't feel anything different on the glasses. And I can still take the glasses off. I can put them on with that battery attached. It doesn't inhibit my movement at all. Obviously, with the battery on, it's not going to fit into the case, but other

6:54 than that, you don't even really notice there's a battery pack hanging off the back of that right temple. Now, you might have noticed that my wire is not lying flat on my glasses. It's actually raised up a little bit. That is because I have the larger size Wayfair Meta glasses and they actually sent me the kit for the smaller size Wayfair. If you got the right size for your glasses, this wire would not be raised up like this. It would lie flat against the upper part of the right lens and be tucked away nice and and perfect. But unfortunately, they didn't know what size I had and so they sent me the wrong one. But even still, the wire isn't in the way. Everything still works fine. I can still open and close the glasses.

7:40 The wire doesn't get in the way when I'm wearing them or anything like that. So, it's not the end of the world for me. But just make sure you pick out the right version. Currently, the Karina C1 is available on Amazon for $69. Be aware that there are a couple of versions available depending on the size of the glasses. This goes back to what I was talking about with the wire. So, make sure you get the right size to fit your glasses. Okay, guys. If you would like more information about the Prism XR Corina C1 portable charging system for the Meta Rayband smart glasses, I will have links to the Amazon page listed in the video description down below. A huge thank you to Prism XR for sending this out so I can make this video for you guys. If you're looking for more content

8:25 about the Meta Rayban smart glasses, specifically for the blind and visually impaired community, [music] then check out my Meta Rayban playlist, which includes reviews and tutorials about the glasses themselves [music] and a bunch of accessories that go with them. But that is it, guys. Thank you again for watching Sam with the Blind Life. I will see you next