the power bracelet

beano345

hey all not sure if this is the right place for this.i was talking to a friend of mine today who informed me he was after purchasing a power bracelet! its supposed to give you better balance and increased power and strength by ommiting frequencies that react with the electrical field of your body. to be honest i think its a complete an utter scam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd0Gb9EgkHA

MinnyMinor

beano345 wrote: »

hey all not sure if this is the right place for this.i was talking to a friend of mine today who informed me he was after purchasing a power bracelet! its supposed to give you better balance and increased power and strength by ommiting frequencies that react with the electrical field of your body. to be honest i think its a complete an utter scam!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yd0Gb9EgkHA

i think you are probably right. it reminds me of other scams of similar product i will not name in case anyone suggestible see this

Recon

The Australians already went after them, they have to refund anyone who asks for one because there's no proof they work.

http://skepticbros.com/placebo-bands/

beano345

Recon wrote: »

The Australians already went after them, they have to refund anyone who asks for one because there's no proof they work.

http://skepticbros.com/placebo-bands/

id actually love to take one of these things apart.theres probably nothing more than a magnet underneath the hologram.

Dave!

beano345 wrote: »

id actually love to take one of these things apart.theres probably nothing more than a magnet underneath the hologram.

I don't think there's even a magnet, think it's just a hologram

A couple of skeptical types brought out their own competitor band for $2.
http://skepticbros.com/placebo-bands/

Shows how much of a profit the scumbag power bracelet guys are making :rolleyes:

beano345

Dave! wrote: »

I don't think there's even a magnet, think it's just a hologram

A couple of skeptical types brought out their own competitor band for $2.
http://skepticbros.com/placebo-bands/

Shows how much of a profit the scumbag power bracelet guys are making :rolleyes:

it does look like something you'd get in a christmas cracker! just seen different videos on you tube of it it sells under different names!looks like my mate got stung by the scumbags.ah i'll leave him with his imaginary powers.some people wont listen:rolleyes:

Dave!

Send him that video, or ask him to undergo a bit of a test himself

Here's a randomised, double-blind test that was conducted recently
http://rmit.biz/browse/News%20and%20Events%2FNewsroom%2FNews%2Fby%20date%2FJan%2FMon%2024/

The gullibility is depressing

beano345

Dave! wrote: »

Send him that video, or ask him to undergo a bit of a test himself

Here's a randomised, double-blind test that was conducted recently
http://rmit.biz/browse/News%20and%20Events%2FNewsroom%2FNews%2Fby%20date%2FJan%2FMon%2024/

The gullibility is depressing

seems like any positive results are more than likely the power of suggestion at work.

meryem

Sellers of such products make joke of things that are really spiritually blessed but do not come for a price, but out of human cause from one human to other.

easychair

beano345 wrote: »

it does look like something you'd get in a christmas cracker! just seen different videos on you tube of it it sells under different names!looks like my mate got stung by the scumbags.ah i'll leave him with his imaginary powers.some people wont listen:rolleyes:

When you say your "mate got stung" you mean your friend voluntarily bought a bracelet?

beano345

easychair wrote: »

When you say your "mate got stung" you mean your friend voluntarily bought a bracelet?

yep i know were your going with this,more fool him, hes susceptible to the likes of this id still maintain its false advertising though.

Oryx

Theyre still selling these things in Lifestyle sports. Such a con.

beano345

Oryx wrote: »

Theyre still selling these things in Lifestyle sports. Such a con.

no way, any idea of the price of them?

Fuzzy Clam

If anybody is stupid enough to be fooled into buying one of these, then they deserve to be ripped off.
I would love to know how they determine the frequency to be 7.83Hz

If anybody here has bought one, I'd love them to break one open to see what exactly is inside.

beano345

found this: http://techbucketblog.com/www/2010/12/14/taking-apart-a-power-bracelet/

turns out nothing surprisingly just a band of metal that seems to be slightly magnetised to give out a frequency.

Recon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Piu75P8sxTo

and that's how all those tricks are done.

Emme

Oryx wrote: »

Theyre still selling these things in Lifestyle sports. Such a con.

I saw those. Years ago M&S sold "power bracelets" in different colours supposedly for different purposes. They cost much the same as a normal bracelet and that's all they probably were only power bracelets were trendy at the time. I bought a green one to help me study for exams, wearing it was a way to remind myself to keep my head in the books.

Later the bracelet broke - it was just green beads strung onto a bit of elastic with a long bead at the end.