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Any good knockoff Sports Bands out there?
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A seller from Aliexpress asked me if I have input on new colors. He has the capacity to make maybe 2-3 new colors, outside the ones from apple.
I've done some mockups in photoshop (anyone wants the .psd, note me), some are better than the others.
Which ones do you all think might be the most popular?
I've done some mockups in photoshop (anyone wants the .psd, note me), some are better than the others.
Which ones do you all think might be the most popular?
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Would be interested to see how they turned out and how close they are to the originals!
Personally, 2 colors I'm looking for are Maroon and a pink that looks like Under Armour's "Tropic Pink" color (your middle one might be close, no?).
MoKo has another pink that's not showing up with the others. It's in a listing by itself called "Barbie Pink." This might be similar to the UA "Tropic Pink" I was looking for.
http://www.amazon.com/MoKo-Silicone-Replacement-Included-Lengths/dp/B00JP6I11K
http://www.amazon.com/MoKo-Silicone-Replacement-Included-Lengths/dp/B00JP6I11K
I think a deep red would be nice. Most of the red ones out there are too bright and almost have orange hues.
I like the 3 band colors in the left most column - the burgundy at the top, the bright neon yellow in the center, and the deep purple/eggplant on the bottom.
I have been a big advocate of MoKo on Amazon - bought them through Amazon and BCStore. I ordered six different bands (red, white, orange, purple, indigo, silver Milanese and Barbie Pink) from them. But I have had problems with the last two orders. I bought a band from BCSstore on 9/14, they said it would arrive by 9/28. They claimed they shipped it on 9/22. 9/28 came and went, no band. I emailed them because they never provided tracking info for the 9/22 shipment in my Amazon account, so I wanted to find out how they sent it and if there was a tracking number. They then claimed the shipment notification was in error and they said they were shipping it on 9/28. It is now 9/30 and the shipment has never gone past the "pre-shipment" notification. I now see that this Barbie pink band I ordered is supposed to arrive by 10/6 but they did the same thing - my Amazon account says it shipped on 9/28 but again, no tracking info.
To their credit, they issued me a shipping refund on the first missing band, but it is still missing. I guess I have to wait three days after the expected delivery date to file a claim for a late or missing item under the A-Z guarantee on Amazon but I plan to since I still have not received it, or seen any tracking activity. To be honest, the thing that irritated me was they claimed to have shipped it on 9/22. If it was backordered and you didn't have it, they should have just told me that. Instead, they now admit it was never shipped then.
I like their bands a lot. But after this experience I will never again buy anything that is not fulfilled by Amazon. Third party sellers are not for me.
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Yeah, my first four orders went through great. I'm not sure what happened on these two.
I haven't gotten it yet. That is the one I ordered on 9/14 that the seller initially said shipped on 9/22 and would arrive by 9/28, then they said it never shipped and that they shipped it on 9/28. No activity since pre-shipment on 9/28 listed on the tracking. I needed it for this weekend so I just ordered a JetTech one through Amazon that is supposed to arrive tomorrow.
Edit: looks like both the MoKo and JetTech will arrive tomorrow so I will update this then with the answer to your question.
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Updated to my Stapped & Co red band. The top band, the shorter one with the pin, won't stay secure in my watch. All other bands, my original Apple black, 1 from ebay and 2 from Moko are working fine. I'm going to contact them to see if they can send me a new one.
I've found they aren't as precise as the Apple bands but not bad enough to have an issue with the quality them, for the price paid. The Strapped & Co being the exception but I was able to return it through Amazon.
I received the JETech and MoKo knockoffs of the Apple Milanese today. To be honest, I couldn't really tell a difference between them so I returned the JETech as it cost twice as much. Both were tge same feel and weight, and the magnets were called mparable strength. I would prefer the Apple one, and probably will eventually buy it, but the MoKo will do for now. It feels about the same as my Kartice knockoff black Milanese for anyone familiar with that one.
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A couple of my MoKos are slightly wider than the casing, but it is not that noticeable. The only issue I have is sometimes the magnets take a few tries to catch. It is worth ot though for the lower price point.
If you are talking about the sport band, I do not have wiggle that I notice, but the width it a tiny bit wider (acceptable). It sometimes misses the buttons catching and have to slide it back and forth, but it has always caught.
I also must note that after a couple months of daily wearing my work horse black MOKO band, it seems to pop out of it's pin hole almost every time I put it on and try to tuck the end. I would attribute this to it's thinness and becoming more pliable through heavy use. It's not as big of a problem as the black OEM's peeling coat, so I use this every day at work and abuse it, sweat with it, and still recommend it for it's price point.
I had almost the exact same experience from BC Store on the Moko Red sports band I ordered. Ordered on the 16th. No tracking info, but marked as shipped. Due to arrive no later tan the 24th but that date came and went. Funnily it arrived on the 30th.Yeah, my first four orders went through great. I'm not sure what happened on these two.
I received a response to my emails explaining it was a shipping error and was erroneously marked shipped. The credited the $6+ shipping but I was disappointed it took so long to get here.
I like their sport bands and have 4 now but I do wish it was more of a deep red and not this bright orangey red.