OK, if you’re sick of hearing about Apple Watch bands, delete now. I currently have only have 4 bands, 3 from Apple and one via Amazon.
I chose the black sport band when I bought my Watch. I have a stainless Steel Silver one. The Sport band is comfortable in winter and all but when you begin to sweat or even when cooking around a lot of oil and such, it can get hot and begin to take on the smell of whatever is going on there. It’s not lingering or something anyone else would notice but you will when you take the Watch off. Then I got the original Milanese Loop in silver. It’s a heavy dense tiny chainmail but flexible and really fun to touch. Its biggest flaw imho is the magnet closure which doesn’t stay clasped and tends to slide just enough to make the watch body move throughout the day. I felt like I had to keep cinching it up. I also don’t like the different lugs for each end. One, the one you are supposed to place on the end away from your body, is larger and causes the band to lie strangely with a big roll on that side and a smaller roll on the inside of your arm. I like symmetry. I do like how the band feels against your arm. It has a much lighter feel when on than you’d think. Next I got the black Milanese Loop band from Amazon for $16. Yes, it fits the Watch nicely though it could be a tad wider. Both sides are equally spaced against the Watch and the band snugs up very nicely and stays that way. The chainmail mesh is thinner and can catch ever so slightly, making it feel almost wrinkled but it smooths out around your wrist just fine. It flows through the fingers like that gage of chainmail should. I can’t speak to the look of it, does it have the diamond something or other finish the Apple one has, but I got omplements on it last night when I wore it. The issue with both the loop bands is that I have a charger on which the Watch lies. I had to take the puck out of the cradle of the charger and use it as I would if it wasn’t on that nice little cradle. This isn’t a deal breaker by any means, just takes up more space on the table, or wherever you have the stuff set up. Then I got one of the new Nylon Weave bands. I have to say this is my favorite band so far. I got the pearl color and no one has yet been able to describe it to me but the color detector reports a number of different colors as I move it around the band. This is a band with a buckle that I truly hated at first. It’s rounded and I like a flatter more beveled design in a buckle but it somehow matches the rounded sides of the Watch so I’m used to it now. The real positive attributes of this buckle though are how easy it is to fasten and how nicely the holes are spaced. I love the way the Sport band fastens. It’s ingenius. I wish they’d have made a system like that for the Nylon weave band as it shows nicely as well. They did space the holes much closer with more holes for adjusting than on the Sport band as they had to make them larger to accommodate the little knob thing, which has a name but I can’t recall it off hand. What I like most about the Nylon Weave band though is how the band feels. It’s soft but sort of shiny feeling and substantial enough that it won’t get frayed or fuzzy. It absolutely does not hold odors at all, at least in my experience. I’ve sweat, groomed dogs, made pizzas and accidentally put my arm down in onion juice and just took off the band, ran it under warm water for a few seconds, dried it and put it back on the Watch. Happy day. I also like that the Nylon weaves come in a number of colors and may have to explore some of these at some point. I thank whoever it was who gave the Amazon recommendation for the black Milanese Loop band. anyone got others they like? Jenine Stanley dragonwalke...@gmail.com -- The following information is important for all members of the Mac Visionaries list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your Mac Visionaries list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at caraqu...@caraquinn.com The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/macvisionaries@googlegroups.com/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
