The wife recently bought a Nike FuelBand which she was loving. However in about 4-5 weeks of regular usage, the strap on it broke and the links which hold it together fell apart. The device itself is working, but it cannot be worn now as it won’t lock making it quite useless. 😢
I was quite surprised as this is supposed to last more than this given both what it is meant to do and the cost of the device as well. Now this is an expensive paperweight.
Here are a few photos. This is what it looks like now, and cannot be locked, making it useless:
This is how it was when it broke and fell apart - we tried to rescue and pick up everything we could, but it seems there is a very small spring inside which is lost. This spring is crucial for the ’lock’ and which acts as a rocker. Without this spring, this is useless.
This is I was trying to figure it out how to put it together and when I figured the small metal part (silver in colour) needs a spring which rocks it up and down. When one locks and unlocks this that spring is what is acting and allowing you to open and close this.
This is how the broken piece looks like after I put it together, everything looks OK, except it won’t lock.
I am not very happy with this situation right now - if this was a year after using the Nike FuelBand, perhaps I could still understand but 4 odd weeks of usage and this breaking is not acceptable.
I don’t have much hope in Nike, as where I am currently living, this is not sold and I am sure they would try and squeal out of trying to replace this or fix this.