Review (5/5): Really nice! Heads and tails better than other hair tie bracelets...
I don't often post reviews on Amazon -- usually only for things that were completely awful or things I absolutely love. This falls into the second category. My daughter wanted a hair tie bracelet for her birthday and there were several different ones on Amazon. The "brand name" one was really expensive so I ruled that out. So I ordered a Cari Cuff and several other cheaper ones as my daughter tends to lose things so I figured having a couple backups wouldn't hurt. I also ordered one from Kohls -- it was more expensive than this one so I figured if the Cari Cuff was ok, I'd just return the Kohl's one to the store.
The whole point of this is to say that this is not one of those "I got the product for free in exchange for my glowing review"-type reviews. I purchased this bracelet along with several of its competitors using my own money. And I will say that the Cari Cuff was by far the nicest of all of them. It arrived in a beautiful gift box while the cheaper ones were in cheap plastic bags with barcode stickers on them or in a flimsy velvet drawstring bag with threads hanging out of the seams. The Cari Cuff is sturdy and a nice weight while the cheaper ones were flimsy and easily bent. The hair tie stays on it well while it falls off the cheaper ones all the time. The ends are nicely finished on the Cari Cuff while on the cheaper ones, it is like they were just cut from a long band of metal and not sanded or shaped in any way so they are a bit sharp -- they can scratch both your wrist and your laptop or desk if you lean your wrists against them to type. Comparing the Cari Cuff to the more expensive Kohls bracelet, the Cari Cuff was still the winner - the Kohls one was overly heavy and clunky and had a weird pattern design....and it was HUGE (as in probably would have fit my husband huge). No way would it stay on my daughter's wrist so I ended up returning it.
So overall the Cari Cuff is heads and tails above all the others I ordered. And perhaps the best testament to that is the fact that it has not left my daughter's wrist since day 2 (after she spent day 1 trying all the different bracelets) -- anything she manages to not lose or misplace is something she really really loves. (And note: after over a month of constant wearing, the bracelet still looks brand new so the finish is holding up great.)
And a maybe even better testament is that while I figured I would just wear the cheaper ones that my daughter rejected, after trying to use them all for the last month and being annoyed that the hair ties keep falling off and my wrist and laptop keep getting scratched by the unfinished ends, I am back here ordering another Cari Cuff for myself. (Happy Mothers Day to Me!)
So if you are trying to decide which of the many hair-tie bracelets here on Amazon is the best value, I would definitely recommend this one. It is a little more expensive than some of the other ones on Amazon, but well worth the extra money!