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Non-OEM (FAKE/CLONE) Apple Watch Bands

Eric5964 said:
My first red leather loop has been delivered. Overall I am quite pleased. Great shade of red. Leather feels similar to the 2 Apple ones I have. Magnet isn't as strong or snappy, but it is sufficient. One third of the Apple price and the color I wanted in the first place!








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Thanks for the pics this is the exact band I want. I'm a bulls fan with space black so the lack of red leather loop really bummed me out. Looks great!
 
I really wouldn't recommend these Chinese loops to anyone. I was doing some tests before and while the apple band holds very tightly and remains in place all you need to detach these loops is to look at them and blink. They are not strong. In fact the magnets are so weak that they might as well have forgotten to put them in.

Very disappointed. It's not a matter of quality. We all know fake will be worse. But in this case they don't even work as intended.
 
jmmo20 said:
I really wouldn't recommend these Chinese loops to anyone. I was doing some tests before and while the apple band holds very tightly and remains in place all you need to detach these loops is to look at them and blink. They are not strong. In fact the magnets are so weak that they might as well have forgotten to put them in.

Very disappointed. It's not a matter of quality. We all know fake will be worse. But in this case they don't even work as intended.
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Hard to make a blanket statement like that, my magnet is holding fine

EricE
 
Eric5964 said:
Hard to make a blanket statement like that, my magnet is holding fine

EricE
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We need to be aware that maybe there are more than one factory making these loops.
I made this video and you can see it doesn't hold at ALL, and even the most subtle movement dettaches the loop.

Red fake loop
versus
Apple loop
 
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Of course, as every chinese item, the quality may vary. Also in newest orders they probably developed stronger magnets.
 
jmmo20 said:
We need to be aware that maybe there are more than one factory making these loops.
I made this video and you can see it doesn't hold at ALL, and even the most subtle movement dettaches the loop.

Red fake loop
versus
Apple loop
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Your videos are private.
 
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jmmo20 said:
We need to be aware that maybe there are more than one factory making these loops.
I made this video and you can see it doesn't hold at ALL, and even the most subtle movement dettaches the loop.

Red fake loop
versus
Apple loop
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Videos are private.
 
jmmo20 said:
We need to be aware that maybe there are more than one factory making these loops.
I made this video and you can see it doesn't hold at ALL, and even the most subtle movement dettaches the loop.

Red fake loop
versus
Apple loop
Click to expand...
Sacre bleu; votre videos est private. Fromage croissant Haagen-Daas
 
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I'm attempting to return or get a refund for my leather loop. The magnets just aren't strong enough. It makes me scared to wear the band out of the house.
The seller is being very difficult and I'm about to open a dispute.

I do not recommend SIKAI on AliExpress. Not unless they make their magnets MUCH stronger.
 
akonikui said:
I'm attempting to return or get a refund for my leather loop. The magnets just aren't strong enough. It makes me scared to wear the band out of the house.
The seller is being very difficult and I'm about to open a dispute.

I do not recommend SIKAI on AliExpress. Not unless they make their magnets MUCH stronger.
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Sikai is the one I got a refund from, although someone further up actually received the loop from him. It's a crapshoot right now.
 
AlliFlowers said:
Sikai is the one I got a refund from, although someone further up actually received the loop from him. It's a crapshoot right now.
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Still wishful hoping for an American seller to get a hold of these.
 
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akonikui said:
I'm attempting to return or get a refund for my leather loop. The magnets just aren't strong enough. It makes me scared to wear the band out of the house.
The seller is being very difficult and I'm about to open a dispute.

I do not recommend SIKAI on AliExpress. Not unless they make their magnets MUCH stronger.
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Don't even hesitate. The seller knows he shipped you a crappy product. Just open the dispute and ask for a complete refund. Usually sellers will give in once you provide enough evidence (like a video) and just refund your order because they want to avoid to be punished by AliExpress (in that case you would of course also get a refund).

A product that doesn't work as advertised is worth -zero- dollars IMO.
 
Jmona said:
Any of you seen this on Amazon yet? It has a review on it.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B00ZFF6BNK
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Pity it's not eligible for Prime. I'm twice burned now, so with only a single review (that the seller could have left), I'm afraid to order when I'm leaving town before it has any chance of arriving.

And notice how the prices on these have gone up and up and up?
 
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AlliFlowers said:
Sikai is the one I got a refund from, although someone further up actually received the loop from him. It's a crapshoot right now.
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Did you have to ship the band back? If so, how much was it? Did you go through eBay or AliExpress?
 
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