This bracelet looks the same as the Zelos Mako 3 bracelet but seems to be made to a much lower quality standard. The finishing of the bracelet is perfect, it's comfortable and looks good. On the other hand, fitting and sizing it was really painful and opening the clasp without tools is basically impossible.

Here is the list of gripes I have with the bracelet:
- It doesn't come with its own springbars. You have to use the ones from the rubber strap.
- The springbar channels are quite tight or not straight, the springbars didn't want to go through
- I don't understand why, but installing the bracelet was really difficult compared to any other watch I've experienced
- The screws in the links are so tight I was afraid I would damage them while sizing it
- I don't know, whether it's a negative, but the links fit together so tightly, it is hard to separate them and put them together afterwards
- And the clasp. I don't understand why anyone would use a friction clasp when clasps with push buttons are so cheap. I didn't expect it to be a huge problem, but it is. Trying to open it with a fingernail would probably result in an injury so I have to pry it open with a guitar pick. It hasn't loosened up even after a few hundred opens and closes.
- The safety latch on the clasp opens fine, but closing it requires quite a lot of force.

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