Purchased this bracelet to replace a different model. Like this one much better. I find it is nice enough for dress wear or just casually going about my day. Did it cure my ills or make them better? Can’t say that it did. However, it seems my energy level has definitely changed since wearing it. I had to remove a couple of links and it was fairly EZ with the kit included. Putting it on became even easier with the bracelet holder sold separately (see photo). This bracelet will not disappoint. There is also an Eagle imbedded on the piece. Had numerous compliments on the bracelet. Read more
It sure beats the tiny one I ordered a few months ago that is also copper and also has magnets but is less than 1/3 the width of this one. I would recommend it (this one) except for the procedure required to remove a link or two. I recently bought a watch from Amazon where that procedure was a blessing compared to this. First you have to discern the two pictures as to what distinguishes the RIGHT one (check marked) from the WRONG one (an X). Frankly I still see no difference although they hint that one is convex and one is concave. Regardless and pursuing onward I used their tool to push the pin through the link and in both cases the pressure from forcing the tool onto the pin created a two headed monster. Since no additional pins were included, I was/am stuck with using it the way it is. First off you really have no clue which way to force the pin out! You can push up or push down and if the clue of convexity is supposed to direct you, good luck with that. How do you tell if a pin HEAD is convex or concave. I pursued and aligned the pin with the tool although there IS NO WAY TO MAKE THIS ALIGNMENT OTHER THAN BRUTE FORCE and a lot of luck. It is like our missile system where one missile travelling at 5 times the speed of the other is supposed to hit the other and render it useless. Okay, once I was able to allow a very small part of the pin to be dislocated, the instructions say to do the rest by hand. That wasn't too hard, so I pulled the pin out and removed the 2 links I needed to. NOW the HARD PART, getting the pin back so that the remaining bracelet now correctly sized would attach to the remaining structure. First you must simply (Oh and by the way, there are no instructions from this point onward. It's common sense from here on out) put the linkage in a way so that it clearly matches the rest of the bracelet, a piece of cake! Then you take the pin, trying to remember if the head that now has two heads because the tool mashed it so thoroughly, is the part you want to push up from the bottom or push down from the top.At LEAST you do not have to decide which end of the pin goes in first because with a two headed pin, you now have no choice. So While getting the slender end of the pin into the hole was easy, getting it ALL THE WAY DOWN TO THE OTHER HOLE WAS NOT! I tried several times to align the second hole and finally after much tzuris(!) found the second hole and pushed the pin for all it was worth. OF COURSE I COULD NOT PUSH IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH, since now the head of the pin was too thick to fit into the hole it originally came through since it now had 2 heads. I took the tool and tried to align it to one of the heads and oddly enough as I pushed it down to the hole the two heads sort of mashed together. Frankly, I thanked my lucky stars and left it alone. I am now wearing it for the last 36 hours and much to my surprise it is holding but I have no problem distinguishing which pin I worked on to remove the links. That is now indelibly marked. So if you are willing to go through this frustrating ordeal it is indeed a handsome (or pretty) bracelet and does not leave a green stain (so far) as the other skinnier one did, but another review said to be careful of a patina and since I have not worn it long enough to grow a patina, I will defer to their wisdom. IT DOES however seem to work great against arthritis in my fingers Read more
