I saw a photo someone posted of a braided loop a few days after the bands were released, that had one of the loops really stretched/pulled out. I really did not take it seriously. I thought Apple would never put out a product that was that delicate for such a high price tag. I thought of it sort of like the iPhone bend-gate from a few years ago. I still went ahead and bought all of the colors. I loved them until I looked down after wearing the green one for about two days and noticed it had a snag in it. I have no idea how it happened. I did not even feel it happen. So I ended up taking them all back. I'm not going to pay that much for a band that I have to worry about.