just got the black/grey trail loops s/m from verizon and for those wondering i have small 152mm wrists
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Apple Watch Ultra Trail Loop Bands
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I will let you know on Friday as soon I get mine delivered. If that is the case, I will return mine for sure.
By far the best band Apple had made! Loving mine after almost two weeks. Still getting use to the size of the watch, but love the band.
Question: I still struggle which size with trail loop. I have between 157 mm and 162mm wrist - better choose trail loop in S/M or M/L? Thanks for your help
So what’s your wrist in mm? Curious as I used alpine in M and had it closed in strap 4, sometimes 3 - like boardiesboiI have both Alpine and Trail Loops and mine fit almost exactly as in @Boardiesboi's pictures. My wrist appears to be just slightly larger, as the Alpine Loop fastens one stop down from theirs and the Trail Loop closes right at the center underside of my wrist. That's with a medium Alpine and a S/M Trail.
If the medium Alpine Loop fit you similarly, I think you should consider the M/L Trail. The Trail is an odd duck because it comes in S/M and M/L just like the Sport Loop, and is indicated to fit the same size wrists in mm, but the Trail Loop is shorter than the Sport Loop. This makes it a bit of a squeeze to get my hand through the loop and also causes the fastener to fall in the most undesirable location, right at the underside of the wrist. The S/M Sport Loops, which again are for wrists with the same measurements, do not have either problem because they are about an inch longer.
I ordered my watch the Trail Loop and on experiencing the tight fit of the S/M, attempted to exchange the band. I had planned to get an Alpine Loop anyway so was going to swap for that one since Trails are not yet in stores. Unfortunately, I learned from the retail staff that Apple has not given them a way to swap bands on the Ultra specifically -- they can do it for the other watches -- so I would have had to return the entire Ultra to swap the band it came with. Wasn't going to do that, so I'm using the S/M but wishing it were a M/L.
Anyway, choose wisely!
Trail loop coming tomorrow - M/L black / grey. Finally! Purchased from T-Mobile (thanks for the heads up there). Canceled my orders from Apple. Still trying to decide if I want to keep the Ocean Band I purchased (in addition to the Alpine band that came with it). I really like the Ocean Band too.
Check it when it arrives as people that have been ordering Black/Grey from T-Mobile have been receiving the Blue/Grey
Black/grey trail loop in S/M preparing to ship for delivery.
Can also be picked up next Monday 31 Oct in store in Sydney Australia.
Can also be picked up next Monday 31 Oct in store in Sydney Australia.
Oh wow, can I contain my excitement as my M/L Black/Grey trail loop from Apple has jumped forward from the 15th November to the 14th….a whole day 🙂
Oh wow, can I contain my excitement as my M/L Black/Grey trail loop from Apple has jumped forward from the 15th November to the 14th….a whole day
My S/M is still showing as 5th to 12th November and hasn’t budged.
Really?? That will be a disappointment. Well, if I get the Blue/Grey guess I'll have to decide if I want to keep it. I've waiting this long for the Trail Loop, I guess I can wait a couple more weeks for the Black/Grey. I'm definitely keeping the Ocean Band too then!
Which band size and how many mm is your wrist size? Looks great!By far the best band Apple had made! Loving mine after almost two weeks. Still getting use to the size of the watch, but love the band.
I have both the Ocean band and Alpine loop. I don't understand what you mean by "sticks out a bit due to the lugs". Can you say more?
Hmm...it might feel very OEM but does not look OEM at all. Look at how the band is sewn on to the bottom lug. Instead of wrapping the fabric so that the seam is hidden, the seam is showing. That to me makes the band looks like you're wearing it "inside out".
I got the m/L and I am not sure my exact measurements, but I wear the size 8 in the braided solo loop if that gives you an idea.
If people are happy with the cheap knock offs then that’s fine. Personally I wouldn’t be as they’re definitely not the same quality nor do they look identical to the official Apple ones.
I suppose if I could be certain that the non-OEM band will not fall apart suddenly and that its lugs do not interact with the watch in a way that wears out the watch, I would be ok. I'm concerned about an inexpensive band suddenly giving way and its metal lugs interacting with the Watch slot in such a way that it weakens the material or some such.
I do agree though that $100 for the Ultra bands are really rather expensive. I have a feeling that the bands for the Ultra are priced at $100 rather than say $49 simply because Ultra is considered a premium product. There's nothing much about the Ultra bands that makes them that much more expensive, if at all, than the regular OEM bands
I would never use a knockoff band on at £850 watch. If that band gets jammed and can’t be removed, I don’t think Apple would cover it under the warranty as cheap knock off bands are not apple approved
An even bigger concern for me would be the stitching coming apart/not being as robust.