I'm wearing the brown loop for those "dress up" occasions (which is most of the time for me) when the band matches my outfit. Is it as comfortable as the sport band? No way. Not in my opinion, anyway. I'm super impressed with the comfort of the sport band. But the leather loop looks great, and if you wear it properly it's comfortable, for me. The discomfort and 'clicking' noises I read about is mostly due to the band being too tight. I see lots of photos of people wearing their watch so tight it looks like the hand is getting squeezed off.