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Leather Loop knock off ~ anyone get one yet?
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With all due respect, sellers drop shipping directly from China seems to be the norm, regardless of where they say they're based on eBay for these sorts of items, unless they specifically say it's "local stock". If you find a trustworthy seller, stick with them, but I suspect most (not necessarily in these threads) would choose the cheaper ones!
Ended up cutting it. Doesn't look too bad, I'm satisfied with it.
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I hope the photos shown are nothing like the real thing as they look more "brown" like someone else mentioned, and not as "sandy".
I did the same as you. Ordered my blue LL from Freedomoclock09, which has been holding up nice, and yesterday ordered stone LL from Inkoo888. Got email today that it had shipped. I wrote him a message a day earlier to ask a couple of questions and he replied pretty quickly to me. He did say that the bands are the same as the ones with the yellow box. He also said all the dimensions listed about the band are the actual size he is shipping. This will be interesting to see if that is correct. So far all the adapters that have shipped by these third party vendors for the 42mm bands are 33mm in width. It actually should be 34mm in width to match with the OEM version. His site says 34mm and others that sell the leather loop do list it as 33mm .
After day 2 of conditioning the leather loop with Voodoo Blend Leather Rejuvenator and wearing the loop for about 6 hours I can confirm the band feels slightly softer, with a slight sheen to it, and by smelling the watch (I did this in privateAfter 1 day of leather conditioning the large red leather loop band but not the small band, I have noticed the large band is slightly softer, with a slightly darker sheen, although it doesn't seem to show in pic. It looks better to me, but it might be a Jedi Apple mind trick. Smells nicer because Voodoo conditioner has a nice leather scent. I'm giving it another rubbing and report back tomorrow. For those that think the LL feels plastic-y or scentless this may may help.
), it seems to have a convincing leather scent. No rashes or discomfort. In fact, I don't notice the watch is on my wrist at all. I'd recommend a couple good treatments of some type of leather conditioner for all of your leather (or leather-like) products
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http://www.ebay.com/itm/Apple-watch-leather-loop-band-/261968098574
This is the one i got and it is great! Ships from US as well!
Ah cool. My wrist is a littler smaller than yours. Just hoping the band isn't too big on me. I wear the small sport band on the 2nd to last hole.
i also ordered from inkoo888 and he sent me a USPS tracking number 2-3 days ago. The number is still not active on USPS.com. I messaged him this morning asking what's up. Still haven't heard anything.
He usually responds in the middle of the night. My tracking number also took forever to become active. Don't worry though, he's legit.
Mine was shipped but I didn't receive a tracking number. How did you get yours?
http://www.amazon.com/HappyCell-Gen...8&qid=1438221588&sr=8-1&keywords=leather+loop
Other than this, it has been 2 days I've been using my blue LL (putting my SS Link Bracelet aside for a bit
) and it's my second favorite band partly because I like how it connects to the watch in a similar way as the Link Bracelet + it is comfy to wear & easily adjustable. Magnets are plenty strong. No allergic reaction and the texture of the band is still good. Really happy with this purchase. Planning to buy the other colors (Stone color on the way!)
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http://www.amazon.com/HappyCell-Gen...8&qid=1438221588&sr=8-1&keywords=leather+loop
Other than this, it has been 2 days I've been using my blue LL (putting my SS Link Bracelet aside for a bit
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Cool, thanks!
It looks like the lead time for orders is about a month. I am thinking about ordering one of the "Wearlizer" ones which appear to be the same, but ship via Prime.
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Ordered from Iinkoo88 on Ebay. I'll post pics soon + compare it to utica guy one.
Those looking on Amazon, there are LL clones for $50 with Prime shipping.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B011T..._rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2072522802&pf_rd_i=mobile
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B011T..._rd_t=36701&pf_rd_p=2072522802&pf_rd_i=mobile
Agreed. If there was one made with the proper width I would be all over it, but that slight difference there would bug the heck outta me.