How to Install VR Wave Replacement Lenses on Meta Burbank Audio Glasses

These are the Meta Burbank audio-only glasses, and this walkthrough is all about getting replacement lenses for them. Not through Meta, but through a third party: VR Wave, a company I work with.

Heads-up: VR Wave is a brand I work with, and it has sponsored the channel before. Links on this page are affiliate links.

Why I like VR Wave lenses

They’re excellent. I love them because they’re inexpensive, they ship fairly quickly, and they make quality lenses. They make basically everything you could want:

• Prescription or non-prescription
• Shaded lenses
• Transition lenses

They’re also very easy to install. I’ve had these glasses for a while but hadn’t really tried them out much, so here’s how to get them set up.

Step 1: Remove the stock lenses

Taking the stock lenses out is very easy. Push with two thumbs on the lens, pushing from the nose side outward, and it comes right out. Do the same thing on the other side.

Why audio-only frames are worth it

The nice thing about the Burbank being audio-only is that you get better battery life, up to 12 hours, and a lighter frame on your nose, ears and face. That’s great if the weight of the Ray-Ban Meta or the other Meta glasses bothers you. You lose the cameras, but you get a lot more battery life and less weight. Personally, I don’t get bothered by the Ray-Ban Meta, but it’s still really nice to have a little less weight. And up to 12 hours is amazing.

Step 2: Check the case and the left/right labels

VR Wave’s lenses come in a case. You can put your old lenses in there, or if you have different lenses from them, you can swap them out and keep them protected and clean at the same time.

What I love about these lenses is that each one is labeled with which side it’s for, left or right. Even without the label it’s pretty easy to figure out. You can just line it up.

Step 3: Pop in the new lenses

I wear gloves to keep the lenses less fingerprinty, so you don’t have to clean them afterward. There’s also a little protective layer on both sides to keep them clean when you get them.

Start from the side and push the lens right in. It snaps right in. Perfect fit. Then do the same with the right lens.

Transition lenses: clear indoors, tinted outdoors

The lenses I put in are transition lenses, also called photochromic lenses. Indoors they’re clear, and when you go outdoors they transition into a tint. They come in all kinds of transition colors. I usually go with gray or black, because it goes with almost anything.

Here’s how the shade compares to regular sunglasses:

• When UV rays start to hit the lens, it adds roughly 60 to 70 percent of the shade a traditional pair of sunglasses would give you.
• You won’t get the full dark feeling of sunglasses, but they shade things out enough outdoors to be very helpful. They were a lot easier on my eyes after being inside all day.

I use these now exclusively over regular sunglasses. Sunglasses are only good outdoors. With transition lenses it doesn’t matter if the sun’s coming out, you’re heading back inside, or it’s cloudy or night outside. You can always wear your glasses, and I love that.

How fast do they clear up indoors?

When you go back inside, it takes anywhere from about 30 seconds to a minute, maybe 90 seconds or two minutes, for them to go from the sunglass look back to clear. It can happen really quickly, and it depends on how strong the UV rays are.

My recommendation

These are just so convenient, and I love convenience. If you’re thinking about getting lenses, especially replacement lenses, I totally recommend them. I love the ones from VR Wave, and they’re in all my glasses.

• VR Wave lenses for Meta audio glasses (use code gtv10 at checkout)
• Meta Burbank glasses