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wildaman

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How is quality over the time? Looks solid for me and “AdamRickEverything” bend / stretching / pulling from connectors tests were passed 😅

It's holding up well but I haven't used it as much as some of my other braided solo loops as the material doesn't feel quite as soft to me
 
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rstark18

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FYI the Alpine Loop bands are showing up in the usual places. Around $11usd.
Ordered a few.
Haven’t seen the Trail Loop anywhere yet.
 
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wildaman

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FYI the Alpine Loop bands are showing up in the usual places. Around $11usd.
Ordered a few.
Haven’t seen the Trail Loop anywhere yet.

interesting that Apple only offers the Alpine loop in orange, white, green... I might have to get one from jansin to try but probably will go with black as none of the original apple colors would go that well with a red watch. also interesting that the apple store offers small, medium, large, but jansin/urvoi don't.
 

SusieS

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not sure about a consensus, but Urvoi does have some sport loops. I bet they're of decent quality, but can't vouch for them personally
I buy all my sport loops from URVOI and so far I’ve bought 21 of them. The sunflower one had cosmetic defects on the lugs, and the rainbow pride one had a broken thread in the weaving, but the rest have been fine. They all measure about a quarter or third of an inch longer than current OEM bands, and I actually prefer the longer length. I’ve washed them by hand and air dried them and they turn out fine.
 
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cannono

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FYI the Alpine Loop bands are showing up in the usual places. Around $11usd.
Ordered a few.
Haven’t seen the Trail Loop anywhere yet.
I see Alpine for $8 and Trail for $11 on the third party import markets
 

Phima256

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Anybody know of any good 41mm colorful magnetic leather bands for small wrists? Most are for 6.5 inch and above. I have 150mm or a bit less than 6 inch wrists.
 

revs

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Think I’ll pick up an Alpine once people get the third party ones and if they look good.
 

CWallace

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I am still looking for a nice gold stainless steel band for men. Anybody got recommendations?

I know you posted this back in January, but I just purchased a Gold Stainless Steel Series 8 and I found this band from Hallsen has the same style as the Apple Stainless Steel Link bands (I have a Space Black for my Series 4). It is the "silver gold" of the Series 7 and 8 so it would not match the "copper gold" of the Series 5 and 6. The gold color is "richer" than the watch color, but it still is the closest thing I have found to what I would expect an Apple OEM Gold Stainless band to look like.

I also purchased the GamCap band and it is identical - to the point they pasted their label over the Hallsen box. :p
 

blairh

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I know the 45mm bands fit on the Ultra but I suspect the 49mm bands will simply feel better in comparison. Seems Gruber is kinda alluding to that in his review too.

I wish there were more 3rd party Ultra bands available for immediate shipping now.
 

rstark18

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Just got the Alpine Loops from Ali.
Look and feel great!
On a S4
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rstark18

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I just got the same on ebay for my 41mm S7. They look great, cant wait to get the bright orange band!

Wore one all yesterday. They are extremely comfortable. We’ll see about the durability but nothing so far to suggest that they shouldn’t last. Definitely my new favorite band. My last favorite was the braided loop. This is just as comfortable but adjustable. It is a pita to take off quickly.
 

pheonix320

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Wore one all yesterday. They are extremely comfortable. We’ll see about the durability but nothing so far to suggest that they shouldn’t last. Definitely my new favorite band. My last favorite was the braided loop. This is just as comfortable but adjustable. It is a pita to take off quickly.
Shame that they're tough to take off.

I use the sport loop, this looks like a step up from that which happens to be bright orange!
 

NYCValkyrie

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Hi, do you know supwatch bands?
Do you know how quality they are? i was thinking of buying a leather loop band and a link loop band.

I realize this is a very old post but wondering if you ever bought from them? I'm trying to find a leather loop band and no one seems to sell them anymore :(
 

cannono

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I realize this is a very old post but wondering if you ever bought from them? I'm trying to find a leather loop band and no one seems to sell them anymore :(
I buy the cheap imitations on AliExpress or Amazon. They are fine to me and I worry less about damage to them.
 

cannono

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It’s in my original post. The leather loop. I don’t buy from Aliexpress.
Ok… I originally responded to you looking for the leather loop from the person referencing a Chinese knock-off site with where I get such alternatives, then you said they didn’t have what you were looking for.

But they do have leather loops, so maybe it would have been clearer for you to first say you have caveats or wanted an OEM models?

The post you quoted is referencing a site that sells the Chinese copies that are drop-shipped from Alibaba/AliExpress. I wouldn’t consider the off-shoot websites more secure than a major company’s market with protections. Those bands are sold under many sites, good luck if you are avoiding the popular marketplaces like Amazon and AliExpress and Ebay for the Chinese copies.
 
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NYCValkyrie

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Ok… I originally responded to you looking for the leather loop from the person referencing a Chinese knock-off site with where I get such alternatives, then you said they didn’t have what you were looking for.

But they do have leather loops, so maybe it would have been clearer for you to first say you have caveats or wanted an OEM models?

The post you quoted is referencing a site that sells the Chinese copies that are drop-shipped from Alibaba/AliExpress. I wouldn’t consider the off-shoot websites more secure than a major company’s market with protections. Those bands are sold under many sites, good luck if you are avoiding the popular marketplaces like Amazon and AliExpress and Ebay for the Chinese copies.

Yes but you aren’t the person I was asking a question to. I buy bands from Amazon, Etsy & occasionally eBay. I very specifically asked someone else a question about a specific store for a specific reason and you decided to chime in with other comments. Let's just go our separate ways. Thanks.
 
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