Nike Fuelband teardown - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: BravoV
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 05:12:51 pm
content: Thanks Mike, as always, great teardown job, also love to watch burning those magnesiums, but nothing beat this ... a really nice "touch" at the ending. ha..ha....<thumb up>

author: firewalker
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 06:48:42 pm
content: Excellent!When I dad saw the band on an advertisement I searched for a transparent version.I actually fell of my chair with the logo!Alexander.

author: almoehi
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 31, 2012, 08:16:23 pm
content: Mike, your videos are extremely cool. Keep them coming. :-)

author: sonicj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 05:52:02 am
content: lol @ the t-shirt.seems like the band would be more effective if worn around an ankle...soldered lipos? really? i wonder what the instructions say to do when the batteries expire in 2 or 3 years?-sj

author: rolycat
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 06:44:17 am
content: Quote from: sonicj on June 01, 2012, 05:52:02 amLithium batteries are a gift for the planned obsolescence merchants.Mike, that was an awesome teardown, and your slogan definitely belongs right up there with 'don't turn it on...'

author: amyk
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:34:29 am
content: Quote from: sonicj on June 01, 2012, 05:52:02 amI think that's why the batteries are in a (relatively) easily accessible compartment instead of being moulded into the main housing --- if I remember correctly it is some EU disposal regulation. For the same reason that electric toothbrushes come with instructions on how to remove the battery for disposing of the unit --- which very obviously makes those who don't want to buy an entire new unit just replace the cells for a fraction of the cost.

author: TriodeTiger
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:40:38 am
content: Was that a scalpel by chance to open the rubber? My buck knife fails to do much with grace, wonder how much one would cost (in bandaids!)

author: mikeselectricstuff
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:43:52 am
content: Quote from: sonicj on June 01, 2012, 05:52:02 amA bit hard to read the display.. Running Bluetooth long enough to talk to a phone for display would probably take too much power.QuoteOn the remote chance the user isn't bored of a gimmicky thing like this, I suspect the policy is to return to manufacturer... Many consumer lipo products are not user replaceble.

author: sonicj
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: June 01, 2012, 07:56:25 am
content: Quote from: amyk on June 01, 2012, 07:34:29 amSonicare* tells you how to open the thing to recycle the batteries, but you'll end up destroying the plastics in the process if you follow their instructions. It took me at least a couple hours to replace the cells in my Sonicare* without wrecking the aesthetics. They could have just as easily added a grommet + battery door like the Nike wristband. Actually, the way the batteries were positioned in the handle, I wouldn't be surprised if there were versions of this design on a hard drive at phillips that actually had a battery door, but were ditched by greedy decision makers. This sort of behavior by manufactures chaps my @$$! F ROHS too!-sj*not sure if their entire line is like this. ymmv, but i doubt it...

author: jogosa
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: August 29, 2013, 06:17:43 pm
content: Hi. Anyone know where I could find these cheap, like in a broken condition?