u/tdalton44

Early on I was enjoying these Meta RayBan 2's but lately I've become a little perturbed by them. First of all, I use them for just taking pictures and maybe videos of things I see. I don't use them for posting anything on Facebook or Instagram and don't even have them linked up. Those vehicles have come and gone for me. Audio for reading my incoming texts, and announcing who's calling I like. Audio for podcast and music is a solid "B-". I wish it would go a little louder.

Lately though, there's been some bug where the damn thing (in this case Akawfina) just announces the battery level constantly - like every 30 seconds. And to top that off, the battery level is seriously dropping, almost a percent each time she chimes in. I just power the damn glasses off and scour the sites like Reddit for answers. Restart, Factory reset, Unpair - really haven't changed anything. Some days it will do nothing and be normal. I've also read that the glasses will announce a battery level every time I stand up? Honestly nothing every like this happened for the few two months that I owned these.

Another completely bizarre issue is that I may be allergic to the nickel in the arm bands, which cause some bumpy rash behind my ears. It could also be the weight or the plastic - but it really is a thing apparently. I did order some covers from Amazon that may take care of this; haven't received them yet.

I bought these through EyeBuyDirect - sunglasses with a prescription with a cozy $400+ investment. They don't seem to want to hear my story and pointed me to RayBan directly. My two issues seem to be a RayBan problem and a Meta problem combined.

And the Meta AI feature? very lame compared to what out there with Claude and Chat GPT.

I'm filling out my CIT 0001 of course!

I've put almost everything together, my certified copy of my birth certificate, my father's certified copy of his birth certificate - which happens to mention that his father's (my grandfather) birthplace: CANADA. Right now I'm waiting patiently on a wonderful women from a Catholic to do some research on trying to find any documentation for my grandfather. She works for the cemetery where my great-grandfather is buried, and the parish, St. Columban church - which burned down 20+ years ago.

My attempts to utilize the "Archives of Ontario" were stymied because of the inundation of requests from us Americans. They have a notice out since April of 2026 that seems to state that help for any documentation has been suspended due to lack of manpower.

Back to the CIT fill out - I found a wonderful series of YouTube videos "Your Canadian Ancestry" called "CIT 0001 Application Walkthrough" which comes in parts to easily complete the document. I initially tried on my own - but use this to offer confidence for yourself that you are checking all the boxes and answering correctly. This woman provides some great insight and well as updates.

I've got to be honest, finding my grandfathers birth/baptismal records right now appears to be my roadblock. As mentioned earlier, right now I'm relying solely on this gracious woman to do her research. Her last update was that since this church burned down, the records would be with the Seaforth St. James Catholic Church. She wanted to wait until Monday after all the Canada Day holiday festivities have completed.

If anyone has any thoughts or could point me in any particular direction - that would be appreciated. I've heard about the possibility of obtaining a letter along the lines of "all efforts to find documentation have been exhausted" - and that said letter from whatever governing body - would complete my checklist for documentation.

I'm really in no hurry with this quest, and considering my age - I'm not really sure how much dual citizenship with Canada will be of benefit. I'm really working on this for my kids, in the event they could utilize this situation any better. Saying that, I'm assuming I need to take care of me receiving this dual citizenship before I consider adding in my daughter? Would it be smart to "kill two birds with one stone" here?

Thanks for any intel in advance!!