Live data from Hacker News

Sorry Mont Blanc, I will not be purchasing any product from you in the future

twitter.com

1–10 of 46 posts

Re: Sorry Mont Blanc, I will not be purchasing any product from you in the future

#3
Why would you buy a watch from them anyway? It's really lame business practise, but hardly surprising from a "luxury" brand. The good news is that there aren't proprietary electrons yet so if you can get something that fits and gives the right voltage you should be fine.

Re: Sorry Mont Blanc, I will not be purchasing any product from you in the future

#4
post #3

Why would you buy a watch from them anyway? It's really lame business practise, but hardly surprising from a "luxury" brand. The good news is that there aren't proprietary electrons yet so if you can get something that fits and gives the right voltage you should be fine.

It's actually a good watch. Vanilla WearOS and a nice design. A crown that let's you navigate and it's made out of titanium with sapphire glass.

I have a battery that fits but the connector is different. It is too small for me to replace and the risk of destroying the connector in a such tiny flex pcb is very high.

Re: Sorry Mont Blanc, I will not be purchasing any product from you in the future

#5
post #3

Why would you buy a watch from them anyway? It's really lame business practise, but hardly surprising from a "luxury" brand. The good news is that there aren't proprietary electrons yet so if you can get something that fits and gives the right voltage you should be fine.

The good news is that there aren't proprietary electrons yet so if you can get something that fits and gives the right voltage you should be fine.

The battery maker is under NDA, I'm sure Mont Blanc made sure you're not going to find something on AliExpress.

And, yeah, I hate to blame the victim here, but who buys high-tech electronics from a maker of...fountain pens? (And maker of fine fragrances, too. sigh)

Re: Sorry Mont Blanc, I will not be purchasing any product from you in the future

#6
post #5
post #3

Why would you buy a watch from them anyway? It's really lame business practise, but hardly surprising from a "luxury" brand. The good news is that there aren't proprietary electrons yet so if you can get something that fits and gives the right voltage you should be fine.

The good news is that there aren't proprietary electrons yet so if you can get something that fits and gives the right voltage you should be fine. The battery maker is under NDA, I'm sure Mont Blanc made sure you're not going to find something on AliExpress. And, yeah, I hate to blame the victim here, but who buys high-tech electronics from a maker of...fountain pens? (And maker of fine fragrances, too. sigh )

> And, yeah, I hate to blame the victim here

Then don't.

Re: Sorry Mont Blanc, I will not be purchasing any product from you in the future

#8
post #3

Why would you buy a watch from them anyway? It's really lame business practise, but hardly surprising from a "luxury" brand. The good news is that there aren't proprietary electrons yet so if you can get something that fits and gives the right voltage you should be fine.

It's actually a good watch. Vanilla WearOS and a nice design. A crown that let's you navigate and it's made out of titanium with sapphire glass. I have a battery that fits but the connector is different. It is too small for me to replace and the risk of destroying the connector in a such tiny flex pcb is very high.

Could you not cut the wires and connector from the existing bad battery and solder it onto the new one?

Re: Sorry Mont Blanc, I will not be purchasing any product from you in the future

#9
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's actually a good watch. Vanilla WearOS and a nice design. A crown that let's you navigate and it's made out of titanium with sapphire glass. I have a battery that fits but the connector is different. It is too small for me to replace and the risk of destroying the connector in a such tiny flex pcb is very high.

Could you not cut the wires and connector from the existing bad battery and solder it onto the new one?

It's not wires but a flex pcb. The connector is microscopic and plastic. If I nudge it with the iron it's destroyed.

Re: Sorry Mont Blanc, I will not be purchasing any product from you in the future

#10
post #8

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could you not cut the wires and connector from the existing bad battery and solder it onto the new one?

It's not wires but a flex pcb. The connector is microscopic and plastic. If I nudge it with the iron it's destroyed.

Ah, such a shame.
Post reply on HN