Best third party bands for Apple Watch

[James Falconer]

It's an expensive hobby, but a hobby nonetheless

 

[Hiri89]

I have two sports band, the leather one and the Milanese loop. All from apple. I don't trust the third party ones when it comes to quality.

 

[Mac Guy]

I have two sports band, the leather one and the Milanese loop. All from apple. I don't trust the third party ones when it comes to quality.

It's a pricey way to go but there's no doubting the quality of the bands. Those are also the two bands highest on my Buy Next list. I'm thinking the Black Milanese though.

 

[Hiri89]

It's a pricey way to go but there's no doubting the quality of the bands. Those are also the two bands highest on my Buy Next list. I'm thinking the Black Milanese though.

I spent a lot of time at the store looking at the black milanese but I didn't know if it matched well with the aluminum watch so I ended up buying the grey one. I really hope apple doesn't change the apple watch any time soon... I want to keep using these bands with the next gen of watches lol

 

[James Falconer]

Yeah I hear ya! Would be nice to (eventually) have the choice between a new round design and the current one. Would open up a new world of accessories for Apple and others as well.

 

[bamf-hacker]

I have most of the official Apple bands and I am happy with them. I use the Floromastomer or Link Bracelet the most though.


Yeah I did not read the title .

Nothing to see here, carry on.

 

[James Falconer]

@bam - lol

There must be some others you've looked at or used in the past?

 

[oggyboy]

Will be checking out some of these. I need to upgrade my strap

 

[Cahley Tod-Tims]

I like the Torotop leather straps, they are simple but come in a huge range of colours and finishes.
https://www.amazon.com/TOROTOP-Genu...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUimUvbUpU2833537

 

[Mac Guy]

At the Apple store recently and took a really close look at the Leather Classic Buckle in Brown, and it is exquisite. At $149, I'm still trying to talk myself into it.

Even at a $100 price point, I haven't seen any leather band that near the quality of that band. I mean there are some nice leather bands, but none nearly that nice for $100. Somebody had a $130 leather band that looked really good, but I figure for that money I may as well get the Classic Buckle.

 

[Fable]

I usually do a lot of research before I buy.. after a few hands on at the Apple store I have gone onto the wait list for a Series 2 42mm space gray aluminum with a black sports band. I have also preordered the Limited Special Edition 60 year old Lowry cuff from Pad and Quill. I ordered the one with the black metal buckles and that will ship about the same time as my watch (november).





It should look solid

 

[James Falconer]

P&Q products are solid, and they get better with age. Can't recommend them highly enough.

 

[ICraig]

Here are a few links of some trendy, affordable third party apple watch straps:
https://southernstraps.com/
https://luxwoodwatches.com/collecti...e-watch-wood-band-chanate?variant=23457024966
https://www.amazon.com/Penom®-Magne...ag=hawk-future-20&ascsubtag=UUimUvbUpU2836392
https://forums.imore.com/e?link=htt...source%3Daffiliate%23%2F133500&token=uwa-0WC0

 

[Todd Dammitq]

Just got the JETech 42mm black stainless steel band from Amazon ($19.99). Really like the way it classes up the space gray Series 1 I have. Color of it matches the space gray aluminum look perfectly. A bit of work to remove some links to get it to size right but got thru it.

Between that and the other 2 I've recently bought - the Monowear genuine black leather band and Nomad's Modern Build band with black hardware - I'm real happy.

 

[James Falconer]

@ICraig - thanks for posting those links. I've actually had my eye on Casetify for some time now. Some really nice straps there.

 

[todddammit]

3rd party Nike bands starting to show up on Amazon today! Seeing all of them being priced around $20

 

[anon(153966)]

Currently I have three bands (Black Sport, Green Sport and Grey Woven).
I noticed that even though I swap often, I still wear the Woven band the most.

Now to buy a decent leather one, and possibly a metal one, too.

 

[tonztime]

I ordered one today. I'll update as soon as it comes in.

 

[Mac Guy]

I still wear the Woven band the most.

I have the Black and the Pearl. There are a couple more on my list, but I'd like to see the Black Woven be a little more black. It has some reflective highlights that I like, but not all the time.

I'm still looking for a third party leather band I like as much as the Apple Classic Buckle. That is exquisite.

I ordered one today. I'll update as soon as it comes in.

Nike band? I'd like to see if somebody got it right– that is, equal to the Apple bands.

 

[Mac Guy]

A quick look at Amazon for Nike+ bands shows basically two style choices– 1) apparently a Nike knockoff with their color options and 2) a stylized version that looks similar but is readily identifiable as not being a Nike+ band. There is at lease one non-Nike color.

As with many bands, there are multiple sellers of apparently the same band under different names. Some show a pic of the band and Watch that is probable lifted from Apple site, and captioned 'Not an Original nike band'. Gives me pause that what you see might not be what you get.

I'll wait for some first hand reviews. I'm talking 'bout YOU, ton!