Qray Bracelet

Welcome to the Qray blog. The beautiful QRAY bracelet is worn by millions of consumers who swear that it helps them. Do these bracelets do anything?

The questions brings to mind the story by O.Henry of a boxer who had good skills but lacked confidence. His wily manager told him that he had come upon a revolutionary new material that looked like cotton but when you used it as stuffing for boxing gloves, this material, which was called NOTTOC turned to steel. The fighter went on to a great career but he felt a little guilty because he thought he was cheating. His stuffed gloves had turned his hands into iron. But at the end of his career, his manager told him that nottoc, was nothing more than cotton, spelled backwards! The benefits were in the mind of the boxer–but they were very real.

Ionized bracelets, or ionic bracelets, are a type of metal jewelry purported to affect the chi of its wearer. The Q-Ray and Bio-Ray bracelets are the most well known brands of ionized bracelets.
In October 1973 Manuel L. Polo investigated the effects of different metals on humans, believing that some metals offered a benefit when worn. This led directly to his creation of the Bio-Ray (Biomagnetic Regulator), the first ionized bracelet. Years later in 1994, Andrew Park bought a Bio-Ray bracelet while visiting Barcelona. Believing that it had reduced his lower back pain, he was inspired to found QT Inc., which began manufacturing and selling Q-Ray bracelets in the United States by 1996.

So the question is this: If the founder believed it works, and the customers belives it works. Does it work?

We invite your answer and discussion.