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* I found the display easy to read, unlike my other head up display glasses. It's bright enough to read in bright sunlight, though I often wear a baseball cap with the display positioned so it's looking like it's part of the bill of the cap.
* The heads-up display is made by a separate company from the glasses. This means there are various glasses available from different manufacturers, including Julbo. I think this creates a more viable ecosystem that is more likely to be supported in the long term.
* The Engo-2 are $299/€299, which I think is good value, with the photochromic version another $/€50 (a worthwhile upgrade). The Julbo EVAD-1 are €500. The "enterprise" version with clear lenses is €250.
=The Bad=
* The biggest downside to these glasses is there's an electronics bulge on the nose piece. If you put your thumb along the right side of your nose and your first finger along the left side of your nose, you'll get a fairly good impression of how it interferes with your vision. You can still see everything, but the centre of your vision is now only through one eye. You get used to this after awhile, but it still creates a little bit of eyestrain. The bigger issue is you've lost depth perception in the centre, which puts me off using these on any kind of technical trail. Even non-technical trails where you might have rocks to avoid might be dodgy.
[[File:ActiveLook Glasses.jpg|center|thumb|300px|Here you can see the electronics bulge, which interferes with depth perception.]]