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Breo Box Winter 2018 FULL Spoilers + Coupon!

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ByMSADec 10, 2018 | 93 comments

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We have the FULL spoilers for the Winter 2018 Breo Box thanks to Faye!

The Winter box includes:

W&P Design “The Popper” - $20

W&P Design Wellness Fitness Band - $12

Sanctuary Mortar & Pestle - $45

Sanctuary Nutcracker & Bowl - $35

Honorable Beast Roll-Up Backgammon Set - $45

Designed exclusively for brēō box and not available for individual purchase.  Features a zipper pocket to hold game pieces and roll-up straps with buttons, perfect for storing or taking on the go during all the holiday travels

Ember Ceramic Mug - $80

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93 comments

Erin B.

I didn’t have any issues with the box – that’s too bad the ink transferred on items for some people. It’s a really pigmented color and with the winter weather, that’s a risk. It’d be great to have the chance to opt out of receiving the box. I’m giving my empty boxes away at this point. Maybe we could select to receive another item instead of the box?

I’m not as crazy about this one as past ones, but I do really like that I’m always surprised by the items. For me they are unique and interesting things. If I can’t use them, I can think of friends/family who will.

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Rochelle

I’d love to swap for a couple of ember mugs if anyone isn’t interested in theirs. My daughter wants to gift them to her father and brother for Christmas.

I’d also buy/split the box for the mug plus shipping.

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Emily

I just got my box, and I was really hoping that I wouldn’t be disappointed like everyone else when I received my box. I am sooooo upset. When I received my box, the side of the cardboard box was wet. I didn’t think much off this until I opened it and saw that most of the packaging was now dyed red. To begin with the packaging of the nut cracker and grinder was really beaten up, and when I opened the nut cracker, the black handle had fallen off the left side of the nut cracker. How is that supposed to be worth 35 US dollars???? (canadian)I spent most of my christmas budget on buying this box as a gift for my dad, and I don’t even think i can give most of it to him. The only thing that was safe was the popcorn bowl. I literally cried a little bit when I opened it. even the ember mug packaging had red on it due to the plastic covering being torn. I wish I could get my money back ;( #christmas ruined

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Rochelle

Emily, Breo box needs to replace the damaged items for you. Packaging damaged enough should be replaced & certainly the broken items. Email them the photos right away and ask them to reship the items that are ruined in a plain box 2 day shipping to receive by christmas & send you a return label for the ruined items to ship back to them. Take a lot of photos & save/document everything well. It’s their responsibility and they will have to replace them.

If they don’t (my guess is they will), start posting the pics on their facebook page until they do the right thing!

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Emily

I am sooo sad after receiving my box. I was hoping I wouldn’t be let down like everyone else, but I feel like I got it even worse. The side of the shipping box was a little wet when I got it.
When I opened it, all the products were covered in red dye. The boxes to the products to begin with were really battered. With further inspecting, I opened the box to the nut cracker, and the black piece to the nut cracker handle on the left side was at the bottom of the bowl and not even attached to the nut cracker(broken). I am so upset, I bought this as a present for family and I feel like I can’t even give it to them. I literally cried because I spent most of my Christmas budget on this, and it’s basically garbage. Atleast I can give the mug to my dad, but it’s also covered in red, due to a rip in the plastic. 🙁 wish I could get my money back…..

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Sonia

Emily, I feel your pain. My popcorn popper went directly to the trash due to the red dye. The red box went also to the trash I took everything out of the boxes and put them on my donation room pile . That was suppose to be my husband’s gift. I owe him one but he understood once he saw the red mess and my asthma symptoms.

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Kate

Breo-

I’m really disappointed about the “perk!” You say the discounted price is the perk but you give $20 discounts to new subscribers so where is the incentive to keep subscribing? I’m the highest level and was lead to believe we’d actually get something for that.

The mug is the only thing I want (and that’s as a gift). The last box was terrible too. But i stayed because i thought Breo would make it worth my while. Either reward those who stay with you or lower your price. I get Popsugar Must Have ($75?) and Happy Rebel ($100) and get much better value for my money.

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Ks

I just got my box. Honestly, I like all of the items. I just don’t like the price. I think the hero item is a REAL hero item…not one of those overinflated-RV items that some boxes like to push. I love the nutcracker set. I have use for the rest of the stuff. However, I wish either another small item was included or fewer items with higher individual values.

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Elizabeth

Breo–I was SO excited about the Ember mug as I posted about incorporating one in the box on this forum a little while back. That was a total win. Sadly the rest of this box was a hot mess and I have no idea what to do with it. This actually caused me to cancel. I get it is difficult to please a wide customer base but in past boxes I could at least regift all of the items that I didn’t personally find appealing. I can’t gift anything here aside from the popcorn bowl. Even another throw blanket or fleece socks or an edible would have been preferable to what was actually included. 🙁

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Sonia

At least you can gift the popcorn popper. Mine is full of red paint residue.

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Elizabeth

Mine was too but a damp paper towel cleaned it up to make it passable.

Rochelle

Does anyone know if the ember mugs will all be white? I wonder if they will get stained from continuous coffee use? I would love 1 or 2 of them if anyone wants to swap theirs.

Unfortunately, I can’t use or gift the rest of the box so it doesn’t make sense to buy the whole box for double the price of the mug. If only it had another tech item or something like the Tesla lighter or salt & pepper shakers from previous boxes !

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Steve

Folks as a warning, be careful how you handle this box. The paint rubs off very easily and will stain you and anything it comes in contact with, with red dye.

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socaldeb

Second that. I’ve burned through a lot of paper towels wiping mine down and there’s still transfer. I don’t want to throw away this nice box but I don’t see how I can use it except maybe in the garage.

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Erin

I was disappointed when I saw the spoilers but even so much more disappointed after I received the box. The packaging on the resistance band is beyond basic —not giftable at all in my opinion. But the nutcracker, and grinding thing and the backgammon game packaging is so basic it looks as though it was some kind of freebie and definately not something you purchased someone as a gift. That alone makes these items unusable. That perk of being able to gift what you cant’t use is gone if the packaging looks like this. Only the ember mug has professional looking packaging. So sad with this box. Also I was at Ikea and compared the kitchen grinder thing and there is no difference in quality in the ikea version just less than 1/2 the cost.

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Rochelle

Erin, I totally agree & would be disappointed too. I almost bought this box for the mug myself.
Just as an idea, maybe you could take the backgammon game out of whatever cheap packaging it’s in then tie it with a ribbon (or clear wrap-you’re probably more creative than I am) to something similar in height to make a game night duo…depending on the recipient, you could use a bottle of wine, tall bottle of beer/liquor, sparkling lemonade (my son loves this), soda etc. You could even stick a candy filled candy cane or other thin snack (slim jims/beef jekey sticks) into it as well.
I agree the nut bowl is sad looking but I would unwrap it and consider decorating it with a big themed ribbon/ big college or sports team sticker or something ‘themed’ you could slap on there & fill with packaged nuts, the cracker, some colorful holiday wrapped candy or maybe something else colorful like a small team flag to go with it, a specialty bottle of beer/wine then wrap the whole thing in clear wrap with a bow.
Try pairing the grinder with a sleeve of garlic or small bottle of olive oil or herb plant and print out a recipe for a pesto if you know someone who likes to cook. Might be a lot of effort but hopefully everyone can make gifts out of them at least if they’ve already bought the box.

Or just donate it all to charity and take the donation write off at Breo box retail values 🙂

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Kate

Some great ideas! Just sad we have to go through so much trouble to make an item appealing! What a let down!

Jennifer

it’s going to be a lot harder to write off donations under the new tax rules. :-/

Chadi

Hi Erin,

Thank you for the feedback we will definitely keep that factor in mind in the sense of making sure our vendors have appealing packaging before we move forward with a product even if we love the product itself.

-Chadi
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Ks

Hmm…I’m not interested in packaging. I sub for myself. But please, no more board games for a while 😫

Tanya Cox

Wow. I ordered this as a gift for my boyfriend because the past boxes were filled with tech-geared stuff. I am so embarrassed by this box…only the mug sounds cool. Everything else is kind of meh. I am so disappointed!!! There is no way that this box is worth the cost. I would never buy this stuff…it feels like a bunch of crap you would find at a dollar store. I don’t think I can justify spending money on this again. Now I have to go get more presents!

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Chadi

Hi Tanya,

We were going for a holiday type feel box with core fo the box being at least 3 products t that would be commonly used for this type of year. In regard to tech, the Ember Ceramic mug is one of Time Magazines top 25 inventions of the year so even though we’d like to include multiple tech items having such a big ticket product makes it tough to get more tech in the same box. Thank you for the feedback we will keep that in mind for Spring and try to hit home on the tech aspect a bit more.

-Chadi
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Sonia

Me too!!! I am broke!

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Maraina Brown

I agree with the others. I am pretty disappointed in this box. It seems like each box is getting worse. With that said, I love the Ember mug, the popcorn popper, and the nutcracker/bowl. My dad actually requested pecans and peanuts in the shell for Christmas this year so the latter will be a great gift for him. Other than that I definitely didn’t get my money’s worth.

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Chadi

Hi Maraina,

Thank you for the feedback, it seems you loved at least half the box which is good it’s so difficult to hit home on every product for every persons liking but we truly try our best. Hopefully this Spring you will feel redeemed with what we have planned.

-Chadi
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Sonia

Beware! There is red residue all over the boxes.I was going to try to gift the popcorn popper but is all full of that red stuff!! The same with all the boxes. On top of that they look battered ( like they had been stock on a pile at the dollar store). The only thing useful is the cup. As a bonus, the red paint residue triggered my asthma ( besides staining my clothes). I dont know if hallucinations are a side effect of the asthma inhalers but I see and hear the box telling me” Merry Christmas , Sucker!!!!

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Chadi

Definitely not what the box is trying to say! That being said I apologize for some of the red stain getting on your clothes we followed the same process with staining this box as we did all of our previous hand crafted wood boxes. We will keep that in mind about this red when we are selecting future colors for our boxes.

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JenniferGoldman

I have loved and swapped for almost everything from their past boxes. I finally started subbing 3 boxes ago and it’s like Murphy’s law bc the minute I sub the box goes downhill and I like nothing in them. I am really unhappy with this box even more so than the other 2. Where is the tech stuff? Where is anything interesting or useful? Everything seems overpriced and barely useful. Very disappointing.

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Chadi

Hi Jennifer,

Thank you for the feedback we will definitely try to return to be more tech focused on the next edition. In regard for a tech presence in box; the ember ceramic mug was one of Time Magazines top 25 tech inventions of the year.

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Kathleen

I just received the box and I’m pretty happy with it. I put the popcorn popper to use immediately and loved it (especially the fact that it collapses and is machine washable) – already ordered another for a Christmas gift. I’m excited about the mug, but haven’t tried it yet. The mortar and pestle is the perfect gift for a specific friend (I already have one or I’d keep it for myself). I like the backgammon game and it will fit well with my game collection. I’ll probably use the nutcracker bowl for something other than nuts, but I like its size and shape. And the fitness band will be added to my fitness stuff (though I do have another band, so it’s the least likely thing to get used right away). Plus I love the red box this season!

Sounds like a lot of people are down on Breo Box right now, but it’s given me so many useful things that have become a part of my daily life (my toothbrush, diffuser, scale, shower speaker, and now the popcorn maker) that I really can’t complain. Much better for me than the endless sheet masks, scarves, beanies, hair salt sprays and eyeshadow palettes in all of the other boxes. I used to subscribe to SEVEN boxes but gave all but Breo Box up because I was getting too much repetition and too much little stuff that I really used or even wanted. I may not use everything in Breo Box, but there’s usually at least one thing that I didn’t know I needed but now I can’t live without!

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Chadi

Hi Kathleen,

This means so much to us, I hope we continue to impress and give you something to look forward to for future boxes to come!

-Chadi
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zo

Received my box yesterday. I was expecting an extra since it was my 5th consecutive box and they mention perks brēō platinum. Anyone receive an extra?

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Chadi

Hi Zo,

Perks change from box to box depending on what we have happening at brēō box! Perks do not generally include an extra item in a box but that is not to say we don’t do something like that in the future. I do appreciate the feedback and we are going to work on being more clear on what we deliver as perk box to box moving forward.

-Chadi
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Kate

I’m really disappointed about the “perk!” You say the discounted price is the perk but you give $20 discounts to new subscribers so where is the incentive to keep subscribing? I’m the highest level and was lead to believe we’d actually get something for that.

The mug is the only thing I want (and that’s as a gift). The last box was terrible too. But i stayed because i thought Breo would make it worth my while. Either reward those who stay with you or lower your price. I get Popsugar Must Have ($75?) and Happy Rebel ($100) and get much better value for my money.

Beth

No. There is no extra!

Since this was my fifth box, I wrote to them and asked what the perk would be. This was their response:

“It’l vary season to season, and will be only a small gesture of appreciation. The discounted pricing is the real perk. Something such as product voting, early spoiler reveal, etc..”

Such a seriously bad move in their part. If the discounted pricing is the real perk, they should have just left it at that and not invented another tier with such a lame “reward” that seems to serve no purpose other than to annoy their customers into feeling they got a bait and switch.

I signed up for what I thought was a techy gadgets box. Unfortunately it’s morphed into something entirely different. This is my second box in which I will use absolutely NOTHING. I foolishly was hopeful after seeing the mug. But I’ve learned my lesson. I’m definitely unsubscribing.

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Chadi

Hi Beth,

We will do better with being clearer on the perks in regard to tech, we will definitely try to include more of that presence in upcoming editions. This box definitely had a tech presence with the Ember Ceramic Mug being one of the top tech items of the year on multiple publications. That being said we don’t take the feedback lightly and will try to keep improving and add even more tech influence with our upcoming editions.

-Chadi
Hi Angel,

Thank you for the feedback, hopefully you make your opinion on an average on all of our boxes as it is most difficult to curate a box that meets the needs/interests on every product for every person on every box. We will definitely be more tech focused on the upcoming editions and hope you stick around to see what we have planned.

-Chadi
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Erin

Right. Next box will be my 5th and I may cancel before then now that I know this.

zo

Oh, not happy about that. I was very pro-breo but this just smells fishy.

Olivia

That’s so dumb. Glad I didn’t fall for their so called “perks”.

Erin

Out of all of my breo boxes so far, this is my least favorite. That being said, it’s still not horrible. I’ve wanted a mortar and pestle for a while, so that was a useful one. The backgammon is meh…but I’m sure I can gift to someone. The nutcracker bowl is just odd, but I will likely just use the bowl for something else. Another fitness band?!? I have like 20 now thanks to sub boxes. Over those. My favorite items were the popcorn popper and mug. Not things I would go buy retail, but I’ve wanted to try.
I’m gonna give breo one more chance, but if spring is a bust, I’m out.

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Chadi

Thanks for the feedback Erin, I hope what we have for Spring blows you away!

-Chadi
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Rochelle

I’d love to swap for the mug (or box split) if anyone is interested. I’m on the swap site!

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ME

I received my box today and it’s even worse than I expected. It’s just like I threw my money away – my boxes were all a little battered on the top and honestly struck me as dollar store buys. I’m sorry I stuck with this box because I also strongly disliked the last. I won’t take the risk next time and will cancel for now.

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Chadi

Hi ME,

We hate to see you go, thank you for the feedback. Hopefully we can win you back with what we have planned for Spring and Summer.

-Chadi
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Angel

I’m normally a big fan. I really loved some of the past boxes. This one, however, is a complete fail for me. I will use the popcorn thing… I’m going for zero waste this year, but otherwise… nada… it makes me sad… I have been worried about their game in the past when there are big breaks in social media engagement… it seems like there needs to be a switch up with the curator and the business negotiator purchasing the items in bulk. This is shoddy Christmas curation. I do think these items are overvalued… considering what the competition… and I’m not even talking about luxe boxes… are able to negotiate. This feels like over dependence on friends that make or sell stuff and not a true curation of the cool stuff out there. Get on your game… meet people make more friends… you guys can do better than this!!!

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Chadi

Hi Angel,

Thank you for the feedback, hopefully you make your opinion on an average on all of our boxes as it is most difficult to curate a box that meets the needs/interests on every product for every person on every box. We will definitely be more tech focused on the upcoming editions and hope you stick around to see what we have planned.

-Chadi
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TK

I love the red box!! My coffee drinking son will love the mug. Popcorn popper is interesting and useful. I’m not too excited about the nut cracker and bowl. My grandmother had one like it in the 70’s and I haven’t had the need to crack a nut in 40 years. My son and I may use the backgammon game over the holidays. It’s not my favorite box but it’s nice.

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JJ

Another miss. My first box was the one with the electric toothbrush, which I love! I’m struggling with whether to cancel. I have almost everything from the past two boxes sitting collecting dust…..

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Brian

Honestly what has happened with this box? Look at past boxes up until this past summer and they were freaking awesome. Now it’s all crap that I wouldn’t even regift. The last 2 in particular are so below par and the exaggerated prices they give you for what you get….please. Is this what we should expect from now on and accept that they peaked in year 1. Honestly look at the past boxes and tell me how you can’t say you’ve lowered your standards.

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Chadi

Hi Brian,

Well I sure hope we didn’t peak in year 1 as we are heading into year 3! Thank you for this feedback, we will refresh our curation with more of a tech/creative focus and hope to impress you come Spring.

-Chadi
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Chris

I’m glad I cancelled. In my opinion, this selection is really random and over-valued!
You can buy an identical mortar & pestle at Ikea for $15.00!
Square wooden box and a nutcraker $35.00? Please!
Go to michaels and buy a box for under $6.00 and a nutcracker for $1.00 at the dollar store.
I like that popcorn bowl, but that’s it.

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Chadi

Hi Chris,

Hopefully what we have planned for Spring/Summer is more to your liking and we have an opportunity to win you back.

-Chadi
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C.D.

Not very pleased, liked the 1st spoiler (mug) but everything went downhill after that. This is the first box from them I’m displeased with. I subscribed for unique and/or hi tech type items, this is more like fabfit, with exercise, kitchen and cooking items ( and I cancelled them).Hoping the spring box is better.

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Chadi

Hi C.D.

Thank you for the feedback, we hope to truly impress you come Spring.

-Chadi
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