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The Great "Third Party Band/Strap" Thread

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trek360 said:
Not sure if this is what you mean about size but:
38m AW (avail for 42mm also)
Hoco 3 bead band is 24mm in width. Comes w adapters attached.
Great band. Solid value. You can get it for $30-45 from Chinese sellers on eBay. I got it from here from a U.S. seller. Took two business days.
Can't say enough about this band. It is a great look and feel.



http://www.ebay.com/itm/HOCO-Stainl...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item541f502c30
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Awesome. Thanks! I wasn't sure if that was a 38 or 42. Looks great! I'm ordering this for my 38 now
 
Jmona said:
They have those at Best Buy. Exactly same colors and more ranging from $6-10. I was going to pick a couple up the other day but I wasn't sure what size I'd need until I got my click adapter. I was mainly looking at these links. I'm going back this weekend to pick a couple of the multicolor straps. #
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What band is that and how can I get one?
 
kqwik78 said:
How did you get this already? This is the same one that is listed kickstarter right? It shows there are still 19 days left on their campaign.
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It's one from China

http://www.ebay.com/itm/351398733290?redirect=mobile

I'm familiar with the kickstarter one as well. I'd think they're will be better quality. But for 35 in not complaining.


 
Esoom said:
Failed Monowear link band pics:

48 hours of use. And a nice new scratch on my pristine SS Apple Watch, I'm not a happy camper.
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while Hoco bands are very good quality (for what you paid for). Im afraid the Monowear is not, the band they use is exactly the same as those 6$ stainless steel band you can get from ebay for Moto 360. Sometimes those are 10$, depends on what your search coming up with.

The only difference i can see is that they put the logo onto the band claps, Other than that, the links, the claps, everything looks exactly the same sadly.
 
Daryl6784 said:
What band is that and how can I get one?
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Best Buy. If you go in to the store in the section where they have all the wearables, Fitbit and so on, you'll see them alongside screen protectors from Invisible Shield for the Apple Watch. This one was about $10 I believe.# I wanted to make sure they JD something to match my Space Gray Watch and they do. The prices are way better than I expected and the quality is just the same as Hoco without the branding and to my liking the color is spot on twin to the SG. As I mentioned just waiting for my SG Click to arrive so I can get one but mainly my reason for being there was checking out screen protectors even though I'm not so sure about wearing one because the screen so far it's okay but a little bit of protection isn't so bad. Anyways the protectors are $20 and the links starts anywhere from $6-14 depending on if you want one of those colored ones, a leather one or a stainless one. #
 
Hoo Brown Leather Strap

Bought the Hoco leather band in brown.
actually pretty satisfied. looks way better than the original hoo advertisement photos.
 

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Gjwilly said:
If you pre-order from get-click.com you're charged immediately.
You might not have been charged if you'd ordered through kickstarter but as far as I can see that's no longer an option -- all the links I can find now take you straight to get-click.com.
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Thanks, that's what I was referring to. I didn't get in on the kickstarter. I think I'll just wait until it comes out in that case and see some reviews.
 
Jmona said:
Best Buy. If you go in to the store in the section where they have all the wearables, Fitbit and so on, you'll see them alongside screen protectors from Invisible Shield for the Apple Watch. This one was about $10 I believe.# I wanted to make sure they JD something to match my Space Gray Watch and they do. The prices are way better than I expected and the quality is just the same as Hoco without the branding and to my liking the color is spot on twin to the SG. As I mentioned just waiting for my SG Click to arrive so I can get one but mainly my reason for being there was checking out screen protectors even though I'm not so sure about wearing one because the screen so far it's okay but a little bit of protection isn't so bad. Anyways the protectors are $20 and the links starts anywhere from $6-14 depending on if you want one of those colored ones, a leather one or a stainless one. #
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I found those, too - not bad, although the link bands don't work with most of the third-party adapters floating around (the "bar" is too thick). They also had some nylon ones, but they're one-piece so you lose the sensor capabilities.
 
where did you get the metal band from? I really like it.

Jmona said:
They have those at Best Buy. Exactly same colors and more ranging from $6-10. I was going to pick a couple up the other day but I wasn't sure what size I'd need until I got my click adapter. I was mainly looking at these links. I'm going back this weekend to pick a couple of the multicolor straps. #
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bball2 said:
Ended up ordering one of those and a silicone strap as well:

http://www.aliexpress.com/store/pro...ition-Bracelet-Strip/1342080_32342071169.html

Came out to $40 with the seller having a $4 coupon of orders over $41.
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Well that was kind of disappointing, seller just informed that the factory couldn't make the stainless steel bands and is delayed (20 days after I put in the order):

I am sorry to inform you the item is out of stock because the factory has some problem in making the stainless steel band. Could you please extend the order processing time for me? If you can't extend the time, then our systerm will automatically change the status of order into shipped. But in in fact it is still awaiting shipment. If you don't want to wait for it anymore, please cancel the order.
Sorry for the inconvenience.
Thanks so much
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Ddmm said:
Bought the Hoco leather band in brown.
actually pretty satisfied. looks way better than the original hoo advertisement photos.
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I like the look of the Hoco leather bands. I just don't understand why they did not match the colors between clasp to the connector. Why did they go with gold clasp on a SS unit?
 
JT2002TJ said:
I wish you guys would say which bands you don't like (or do like). Was mine one of the "ruin the looks of the watch" bands in you opinion?

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Yours is one of the few that I actually do like.

A lot of these look like they are 42mm watches with 38mm adapters as well while your adapter fits the width of your watch perfectly. Where did you get your adapter from?

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schmidt65 said:
Or mine? Only had compliments so far about it!

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I like this brown leather as well. Personally, I want a brown leather alligator skin style band with stainless steel buckle.
 
Daryl6784 said:
Girlfriend uncle owns a jewelry store in Atlanta and I ended up with this band on my 42mm space grey sport. What do tall think? its a navy blue
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I like that a lot.

Hmmmm... I may need to get a Hoco stainless steel link, a brown alligator leather band and a navy with white stitching like that one. Good thing we can easily change out the bands!

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Therealbigmofo said:
Early post had some great alligator pics check page 22-25 I think
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I saw that. It did look nice.
 
Gutted.

Went to start taking the links from my Hoco link strap and the thing fell apart on me.

I've messaged the guy on eBay and asked for details about returning it.

Probably just got a duff one in the production line.
 
Which part broke? I've removed and added a link several times because I couldn't decide if I wanted it tighter or looser (spoiler alert: went with tighter), and it seemed pretty sturdy.
 
iBlazed said:
What about your monowear band? Do you like the look of the HOCO better?
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DO IT! I got one of Amazon and its awsome! I love it. Only band I like more then my Monowear Black Stainless Steel band is my Milanse Apple band! Both are awsome. If anyone wants detailed info or photos let me know :cool:
 
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