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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 436 16.5%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 964 36.5%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 525 19.9%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 178 6.7%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 104 3.9%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 77 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 221 8.4%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 67 2.5%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 31 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,644
Solo loop exclusive faves:
Pink
Star Fruit
Ultramarine

For non-exclusives I love these three oranges: kumquat, marigold, cantaloupe.

The first year of silicone solo loops, it feels like Apple sandbagged the sport band counterparts. They weren’t gooey soft to the touch and didn’t have as much color, so cantaloupe and kumquat hit harder in silicone.

But then as soon as series 7 hit, the sport band counterparts took their rightful place as the stronger versions of colors with all those yummy forever chemicals. Something I wish I had known at the time was going to shift after series 6.

Sunglow is great but I think Sunshine sport band is a little better. And the new Peony is lovely but I think forced to choose I go with the less magenta option of Pink.

I haven’t seen Periwinkle goo yet and as there’s only one red solo loop (same color as red gen 4 sport band) it’s worth getting.
Wow, thanks for all this history about the Solo Loops. Being new to the solo bands, this is soooo helpful. It sounds like they made nice improvements for both the Solo and Braided bands starting with the Series 7.

I think I’ll put the Ultramarine on my wishlist. I did do the Woot mystery purchase this week for both the braided, and solo loops. I’ll see that colors i get, and maybe get more after that. Maybe a sunglow or a red.
 
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I am considering getting a blue braided loop band. I would prefer something a little darker than mid-blue, but not something that is dark like Midnight. I would want a series 7 braided band or later so the Atlantic blue is out.

I've seen listings for Demin and Abyss, that seem to be in the color range. I don't want anything super bland even though these are a little on the darker side. Can someone who has seen these tell me how you'd rank the saturation or "pop" of these 2?
 
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Does this new, boxed, white solo loop look genuine to you?

Yeah and if it’s fake eBay has your back. I’ve never seen a fake box
 
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I am considering getting a blue braided loop band. I would prefer something a little darker than mid-blue, but not something that is dark like Midnight. I would want a series 7 braided band or later so the Atlantic blue is out.

I've seen listings for Demin and Abyss, that seem to be in the color range. I don't want anything super bland even though these are a little on the darker side. Can someone who has seen these tell me how you'd rank the saturation or "pop" of these 3?
Go for Denim, it’s really rich. Abyss would be too dark

 
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