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Faulty Breo Watch Anyone?

I have been meaning to blog my thoughts on a breo watch  I recently bought, apologies if you came to look at pictures I had to get this out and close my chapter on it. So here is my breo watch review:

The breo watch - I was immediately sucked in by the light & minimalistic look of the watch when perusing through the in-flight magazine on the way to Cuba.  Its price reflected the weight, I had mentally “bought” the watch  before the cabin attendant had even resumed counting the passengers.  I won’t mention the fact that it also claims to improve concentration, sleep and moods…

A month on it now gives random time  and did quite the opposite of uplifting my moods … I can’t help but feel that I have fallen for a piece of “rubber” wrapped up  in glossy and ingenious marketing dust.

I bought the watch on a spur of the moment with cash and discarded the flimsy box it came in – big mistake of course looking back, I guess I did not expect  it to last 3 years at the time but certainly more than a few weeks…

Talking to folks and relatives I quickly realised that I was not the only one who experienced a broken breo within weeks of buying it.

Last Friday I engaged with breo on twitter:

In all fairness to breo I received an email  5 days later confirming what I knew already : with no proof of buying they would not be able to help me.  Oh and apologizing that their twitter account was faulty…oh the irony…

It is not a big deal and did not cost much but I would much rather spend £10.00 on my friend’s charity run than waste it on a piece of rubber.  I am uncomfortable with the thought that possibly thousands of rubber watches are being left and dismissed by breo and how little responsability they seem to take for it.

If you have experienced a faulty breo, this is the place to discuss it.  I welcome breo here as well of course with  any insights, metrics on returns and customer service success stories you are all welcome!

In the meantime I make this post the unofficial breo’s cemetery…RIP.

Skechers Shape Ups on a trial

We have an ongoing keep fit campaign  over at Fuelmyblog - Skechers Shape Ups are being put to the test by the bloggers. One of my role at Fuel is to make sure that the campaigns run smoothly and that everyone has all the elements requested to carry out the reviews…so far I have seen bloggers go on holidays,  drinking coffee I have even been responsible for their bathing experience…and every time I am thinking to myself: “how very nice..I blog but I don’t get to take part in any of that stuff…”{I know you are feeling really sorry for me} That’s until I started getting bloggers together to review these puppies:

SkechersShapeUps

An online conversation about these miraculous toning trainers started on twitter and @glowstars suggested to try them too. It made perfect sense!  The lovely guys behind Skechers agreed and I am now a proud owner of a pair of pair of shaping trainers.

So far I have only been messing around with them and doing the odd hoovering which has left me well…dribbling:skechers trial

*very sorry for this poor photograph that was taken from a dodgy blackberry AND totally against my will…revenge will be painful…

My initial reaction is that it feels like walking on air – the shape of the sole makes the body rock unnaturally so the pelvis has to work harder at stabilising and I guess that’s where the workout comes into action.

So – having only just received them and the weather dictating flip flops here in La Rochelle rather than bulky trainers…I am looking forward to giving you my full feedback on the sporty virtues of these body shaping trainers in the next few weeks.

I am planning on using them on long Sunday walks, first up:  walking over the Ile de Re bridge that’s a 6km round the trip walk…wish me luck :)

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