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Silicon Solo Loop tearing

onFIRE

onFIRE

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Has anyone else had a silicon Solo Loop that tore like this? I’m not sure if I accidentally did something to cause this tear or this is natural. I’ve only had this for 4.5 months. I’m mostly wondering because I don’t want to buy another one and have this happen again. Despite this, I’ve found this band to be really comfortable.
 

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Is it an original Apple Band or a third party? (lint attraction seems as a third party). I’m asking because I think that’s interesting to know if it’s Apple fluoroelastomer or not.
 
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stanza.richi said:
Is it an original Apple Band or a third party? (lint attraction seems as a third party). I’m asking because I think that’s interesting to know if it’s Apple fluoroelastomer or not.
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It’s an Apple band. Bought it from the Apple store.
 
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Damn. For the price that Apple ask for this kind of band, it’s really bad to see this thing after only few months. Did you ask for a replacement?
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I haven’t. I guess it doesn’t hurt to try, I’ll try online first. But ya, I wasn’t sure if I did something on accident to cause this or if this was normal. Wish these bands weren’t so expensive!
 
There was a thread about this very thing a little while back. Mine split in half after about eight months of use after showing signs of cracking like that. I wouldn’t use that band anymore if I were you. My crack was much less noticeable than that before it split and luckily my watch fell on a soft surface. Didn’t do anything to cause it. Just happened probably from the constant stretching to put it on and take it off. Just a friendly heads up.

Was the most comfortable band I ever used but I wouldn’t trust that thing ever again.
 
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iamdtang said:
I haven’t. I guess it doesn’t hurt to try, I’ll try online first. But ya, I wasn’t sure if I did something on accident to cause this or if this was normal. Wish these bands weren’t so expensive!
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It's still be under warranty so Apple will replace it. Seems the solo sport loop has had problem's splitting/cracking so it may happen to the replacement too
 
The same issue happened to me. Got the first one in 2021 and a nick showed up one day.. Got it replaced under warranty (11 months use). The replacement came and I started using it.

During cleaning the band yesterday I noticed it had a nick (small tear) on one side of the band. I think this one lasted less than 1 year.
 
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