I will never go on vacation without Snap's Spectacles, the sunglasses that record what you see

Hollis Johnson

When my gadget-loving boyfriend wore Google Glass in public for the first time, the thing I remember most is the stares. People squinted across trains and sidewalks at the utterly uncool head-mounted display built in the shape of eyeglasses.

So when Snap, the startup behind the disappearing messages app, unveiled Spectacles that can record what you see, we were both thrilled. Spectacles look cool compared to Google Glass - we aren't embarrassed to wear them on weekend adventures and future vacations.

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We recently took Spectacles out for a test run in San Francisco. Here's what I thought.