Drink to go charm review: A charm for coffee lovers
A few days ago, I had the opportunity to buy a very interesting voucher on a French private sale to use on a reseller website of Pandora. The voucher which costed 40€, allowed you to spent in fact 80€. So quick maths, 2 vouchers of each 40€ allowed me to spent in total 160€.
Without even thinking, I took my chance and bought two vouchers to maximise my Pandora budget of the month. One of the items I bought, is the drink to go charm, retailed at 39€ and with reference number: 797185EN160.
Upfront, I want to show you where it is placed on my bracelet. This is the main bracelet I wear everyday and have been wearing for around 1 week. I felt like its place was already decided when I bought it.
Detailed pictures of the charm
The drink to go charm is, in width, smaller then the other charms, but still carries a lot of detailed work.
If you would like to know more about specifications, I urge you to keep on reading. At the end of this article, a new section called "specifications" will be added. In that section, I write about the measurements of a charm, it's width and it's length. With that information, it will be easier for you, reader, to have a sense of measurements regarding a charm to put it on your bracelet.
The front of the drink to go charm features a heart filled with pink enamel. In the heart itself, figures the Pandora logo crown outlined in silver. The heart itself is meant to be a sleeve that goes all around the coffee. Like the sleeves you would get at Starbucks in carton for hot drinks.
The whole heart, outlined in silver, lays on top of the smooth silver surface of the charm. Like a top enamel coat. It gives a depth to the charm to allow us to distinguish the cup and the sleeve.
Underneath the pink enamel heart, we can find the Pandora writing in capital letters with as usual the crown on the O.
In terms of versatility, the charm already sets the tone with its pink enamel featured in the middle of the charm. The colour doesn't allow everyone to have it on their bracelet as there is a colour restriction. It would go well on pink, purple or white bracelets, but when mixed with green I am not so sure of the rendering.
On the back of the charm, features the same heart outlined in silver and filled with pink enamel. The pink enamel is the same colour as the front heart. A soft pink, not too bright and almost close to white. Underneath the pink enamel heart we can see "Take a break" written. The writing is in cursive lettering and gives it a sweet and feminine touch.
For all the coffee lovers, "Take a break" means a lot to us. Most of the time, we enjoy our coffee on a break, alone or with friends. It is also a good reminder that a good coffee can be shared with a good friend. Taking it a step further, this charm would be perfect to share with one of your close coffee friend, best friend or just friend.
On the Pandora website, the description of the drink to go charm takes a new dimension. It is described as a charm to pay tribute to your daily rituals. I could not agree more with this.
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The top of the charm features a lid for the coffee cup. The charm has clearly been made to distinguish, the cup sleeve and the cup lid. This adds even more detail to the charm and enhances its beauty.
The hole where you drink your coffee out, is in the shape of a heart. This detail makes the charm outstanding and very unique. The detailing is pretty well made and makes us love the charm on it's own.
The heart shape is a huge component of this small but still very detailed charm. It is present on the front and back of the cup sleeve and present on the cup lid as well. For people loving hearts, this charm will find its place on your bracelet.
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On the side of the charm, features all the inscription Pandora would have on a silver charm. We can find as usual S925, which stands for Silver and 92,5% of the charm is constituted of silver and the rest of other metals.
The inscription ALE is as well present, meaning Algot Enevoldsen, Pandora's founder.
Remember that these two marks aren't present on all of Pandora's jewellery. It doesn't mean your jewellery is fake, but means that there wasn't enough space on the charm to make it visible.
Also, these two mentions on a charm doesn't mean your charm is genuine. Some fake pieces carry these inscriptions as well. Be careful!
Specifications of the charm
As mentioned above, this section is a new section called "specification of the charm". In this section, you can find all information relative to the size of the charm in its width and length. All measurements are taken in CM's. Tell me in the comments or on my Instagram - which I will mention at the end - if this section is/was helpful to you. If yes, do you want me to continue this section?
When measuring the full length of the charm in height, we can see that it is 1,1 cm high. It is indeed, taller than most charms but nothing to be bothered about. The cup is just a bit higher to really let us feel like this is a coffee cup with a real scale. Anything a bit smaller wouldn't have shown the reality of the cup.
The coffee cup is in a cone, smaller at the bottom and wider at the top. The rough measurements of the coffee cup standing on the ground at its smallest, is around 0,5-0,6 cm wide.
This is the measurement you would need to know the size it would take on your bracelet. It is a smaller charm that will allow you to put it wherever you still have a small spot left and that's what makes it special.
Putting the coffee cup on its head, we can see that it is a bit wider. Again, it is because of the cone shape, smaller at the bottom, wider at the top. Remember also, that in order to show the difference between the cup lid and the actual cup there needs to be a difference in size. Without that, we wouldn't be able to differentiate the two, and the charm will lose its meaning.
The rough measurements of the charm like that, is 0,7-0,8 cm wide.
As you can see from the measurements, it is a higher charm, to still have a correct scale, but it is smaller than usual. Its width will allow you to put it wherever you have a small spot left. Too small for regular round charms for example. It is also perfect next to a center piece in the middle of your two clips. For me, I always have trouble finding the perfect charms to match my centrepiece as the space left never concords with the charms I have.
Positive and negative points of the charm
Positive
- Very small in width, it can allow anyone to give it a small spot on their bracelet
- All the details are very realistic and well made
- For all coffee lovers out there it is a perfect charm
- Can work as a friend/best friend charm
- Full of meaning
Negative
- Not everyone like heart shapes
- The pink enamel doesn't allow the charm to go on every bracelet
- The odd shape can turn off some people
Right, I hope this article helped you into choosing if it is or not the right charm for you to get.
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