Hello all! For today’s post I will be talking about the much anticipated open bangle that was announced two months ago.
I heard through the grapevine that unfortunately the bangle’s release has been delayed due to production issues and I can only speculate as to the reason why. At first I wasn’t excited about this bangle because it seemed like a copy of other brands that already have a similar design such as Trollbeads and Persona. However after thinking about it, I realized it was a great thing because now I could wear my mini set designs that I had just started creating, and it meant I could wear the charms on top of the bracelet instead of on the bottom!!!
Now I’m thinking it’s not that hard to design and create an open bangle, a lot of jewelers and brands have successfully done so, my theory is Pandora has encountered a snag with the end caps. Persona encountered the same problem with the end caps becoming unscrewed and falling off to the point where if someone lost one they offered free replacements. Apparently this happened all the time. My opinion is that if Pandora provides stoppers, they don’t need the end caps as the stoppers should provide enough protection where the beads should not fall off. Again, this is just speculation on my part, the problem could be something else completely different.
I hope this bangle is released, it does not bode well that they are having production issues with this bracelet. It was supposed to be released May 11th, hopefully it will be released soon and it won’t be something that either gets recalled within weeks or not at all. What are your thoughts about this issue? Are you disappointed that there is a lag in the release now?
NNNNOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!! Was soooo looking forward to it. I love oval shape cuffs. I have the Chamilia ones (Not the flex which overlap) but they don’t make them anymore. They have twist lock endcaps which are great & come with stoppers. Trollbeads glass fit on them too as there are no threads on the ends like Chamilia brilliance bangle. I recently got a Trollbeads bangle & love it (Was hesitant as could only order online & couldn’t check sizing first). Chamilia plain ball stoppers I already had fit very firmly on the Trollbeads bangle (& I can get them for AU $7 vs AU $20 for plain Trollbeads stoppers).
Hope Pandora sort out the issues & release them soon.
That is great that you already have nice options! I ordered a Trollbeads bangle online too and ended up with the wrong size LOL, I have the correct size now though. I really hope they can sort it out as well, it would be a shame for them to scrap the idea. I don’t know why they always do this though, they say they are going to release something and then they never do because of production issues!
I was looking forward to this release for similar reasons. BUT I can also respect a company that is postponing release before creating a group of paying customers that are dissatisfied with a purchased product. So, I hope they don’t scrap the idea entirely, but I hope they come up with a fix soon cause I really would love something like this! Maybe if they have like the clasp stoppers they produce, but only with 1 side open would be a fix… hmmmm
Completely agree with you, although I’m getting the feeling that they will scrap the whole idea entirely! I really hope they don’t though. Hopefully they will just redesign it!