Thanks for sharing
What is your opinion about the adapter? Good quality? It looks good with the SS watch?
What is the max you can put on it 22mm or 24mm?
You bought it on Amazon?
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The Great "Third Party Band/Strap" Thread
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Thanks for sharing
What is your opinion about the adapter? Good quality? It looks good with the SS watch?
What is the max you can put on it 22mm or 24mm?
You bought it on Amazon?
The adaptor looks good to me. I'm presuming it's not stainless steal but you would never be able to know, looks good on my SS. I don't think it's going anywhere either, pretty sturdy.
To be honest, I'm not sure on 22 v 24 but there's definitely room left over so if I was ordering a strap from new, I'd probably buy at 24 to try it.
Bought off Amazon yes, hope that all helps.
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Where did you order the band from? It looks great.
Is it 22mm or 24mm? I see some on eBay but I'm not sure what size would be better.
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It looks much better than the Milanese loop. Much less feminine and I agree about the double layer as well.
I ordered an adapter from a guy on eBay based in NY. It should arrive tomorrow. I'm going to go the local jewelry store and if it looks nice I will cancel my link band order. 16 bucks for the adapter and I'm willing to spend up to 100 bucks on a nice link band. I think 116 bucks is a fair price. I plan to get a better adapter once they are out and available. I will post pics - I'm hoping USPS doesn't let me down on the adapter.
Cheers,
B
Cheers,
B
Is it seller from Utica? I ordered from them. After 5 days of no movement I messaged and he said there were logistics issues. 2 more days I messaged again asking to cancel. Within an hour my PayPal was refunded. If it's the same seller, I hope you have better luck.
It was the seller in Utica but I have a notice from USPS that it's left the Post office there and is scheduled to arrive tomorrow. There were a couple of days with no movement - I ordered on May 12th and it finally shipped on the 14th. I will let you know tomorrow if it's worth it - fingers crossed I hope it arrives tomorrow as scheduled.
Glad you had better luck than I did! Maybe they got it all sorted out by the time you ordered. I just got impatient I guess and wanted the adapter by a specific day.
I completely understand - I was really hoping I would have it by this weekend. I was getting worried too and was going to give it to the end of the week to ship out - my estimated delivery date was the 19th when I ordered.
We ordered two from the eBay seller in Utica, NY on Tuesday AM. They arrived on Saturday.
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I love those watch kits...I've taken many links out with them and the sets are so cheap!
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Can I ask a few questions:
1) Do ANY 3rd party bands connect directly to Watch in the same way the Apple band do, or do they all use adapters of some sort?
2) Does using adapter effectively make the strap connect to the Watch in the traditional way of using a pin, etc? One of my big reasons for getting a Watch was for use during soccer for fitness tracking, but I lost count of the number of times my old watches' straps used to ping off easily
1) Do ANY 3rd party bands connect directly to Watch in the same way the Apple band do, or do they all use adapters of some sort?
2) Does using adapter effectively make the strap connect to the Watch in the traditional way of using a pin, etc? One of my big reasons for getting a Watch was for use during soccer for fitness tracking, but I lost count of the number of times my old watches' straps used to ping off easily
Sure they do. People are using adapters mostly because the number of available bands is low right now.
that "render" seems weird cuz it doesnt even show the connector being used
It's just the image from Apple's site colored red in photoshop. I don't even know how that style of band would work with those adapters.
Review please.
Pics please.
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This seller claims to have CNC-machined aluminum adapters.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Watch-Band-...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item51d09dbd6e
When they arrive I'll post some pics.
Yes. There are some on Amazon. My Kollea black leather band arrived today. No adapter needed.
Kollea black leather band pics
It arrived yesterday. Was straightforward putting together. Only issue I encountered was the buckle side would slide completely through a couple times before it would latch. Checked it several times to make sure it was secure. The longer band had no issues.
The quality of the leather is as good as can be expected for $30. It's comfortable and there's enough holes, even for my fairly small wrist. Another loop would have been nice, but overall, I'm pleased.
Can't post all pics together.
It arrived yesterday. Was straightforward putting together. Only issue I encountered was the buckle side would slide completely through a couple times before it would latch. Checked it several times to make sure it was secure. The longer band had no issues.
The quality of the leather is as good as can be expected for $30. It's comfortable and there's enough holes, even for my fairly small wrist. Another loop would have been nice, but overall, I'm pleased.
Can't post all pics together.
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