camaroz1985
Trusted Member
Re: Show off your Watch!
I should have taken pictures in the store. I went in expecting to see an obvious difference, but the yellow one that I have was identical to the one in the Apple store, width, feel, my Velcro easily slides past the connectors, etc. I don't think it is curved like the one in the pictures on reddit, but I don't care about that, and if it is I can't tell when it is on my wrist. I can afford the Apple band and was very tempted to buy one even at their price, but I saw the post on iMore for these bands and jumped at the cheaper option, and since I don't have an Apple store nearby I chose to go this route vs buying full price without seeing it. It just so happened I was visiting family this weekend and got a chance to go to an actual store.
Maybe they aren't all identical, but the one I have is. Actually the connectors are a slightly different shade of yellow from the end of the band and the sides of the band, a little dimmer for lack of a better word. I thought for sure that would be the difference to the Apple band, but to my surprise the Apple one was exactly the same. Guess I got lucky, but for $15.99 it would have to be really bad for me to be all that disappointed with it.
Just FYI to all, there was a reddit thread about this strap yesterday. That person showed that the Qifit does not seem to be the same quality as Apple's - it is not as wide, did not lay straight, didn't allow the strap to be loosened beyond the velcro closures, kept an impression of where the strap was closed, but, on the positive side, felt a bit "softer". If somebody can't afford the Apple price and is ok with a slightly lower quality, that's probably fine, but they should know that going in, IMHO.
https://www.reddit.com/r/AppleWatch/comments/7hmm4n/my_comparison_of_apple_vs_3rd_party_sport_loop/
I should have taken pictures in the store. I went in expecting to see an obvious difference, but the yellow one that I have was identical to the one in the Apple store, width, feel, my Velcro easily slides past the connectors, etc. I don't think it is curved like the one in the pictures on reddit, but I don't care about that, and if it is I can't tell when it is on my wrist. I can afford the Apple band and was very tempted to buy one even at their price, but I saw the post on iMore for these bands and jumped at the cheaper option, and since I don't have an Apple store nearby I chose to go this route vs buying full price without seeing it. It just so happened I was visiting family this weekend and got a chance to go to an actual store.
Maybe they aren't all identical, but the one I have is. Actually the connectors are a slightly different shade of yellow from the end of the band and the sides of the band, a little dimmer for lack of a better word. I thought for sure that would be the difference to the Apple band, but to my surprise the Apple one was exactly the same. Guess I got lucky, but for $15.99 it would have to be really bad for me to be all that disappointed with it.