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How many Apple Watch bands do you own? OEM only.

  • One band only.

    Votes: 436 16.5%
  • 2/4

    Votes: 965 36.5%
  • 5/8

    Votes: 525 19.8%
  • 9/12

    Votes: 178 6.7%
  • 12/15

    Votes: 105 4.0%
  • 16/20

    Votes: 77 2.9%
  • more than 20

    Votes: 221 8.4%
  • more than 50

    Votes: 67 2.5%
  • more than 100

    Votes: 31 1.2%
  • more than 200

    Votes: 24 0.9%
  • more than 250

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 300

    Votes: 4 0.2%
  • more than 400

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 500

    Votes: 1 0.0%
  • more than 600

    Votes: 8 0.3%

  • Total voters
    2,646
Not here for the drama but couldn’t help myself but mention aren’t all those bands labeled though?

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I think they meant macrumors search…to which I say…where is the machine learning OCR text search for images!?
 
Not here for the drama but couldn’t help myself but mention aren’t all those bands labeled though?

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They're labeled but in the image. How would you go about searching for it? You'd have hope that someone posted a picture of a band you wanted to maybe compare to something, or someone quoted it with descriptors. Dont understand the 'drama', seemed like constructive feedback.
 
They're labeled but in the image. How would you go about searching for it? You'd have hope that someone posted a picture of a band you wanted to maybe compare to something, or someone quoted it with descriptors. Dont understand the 'drama', seemed like constructive feedback.

The “drama” statement wasn’t something said towards you or anything. It’s just this whole conversation kind of went south and I wanted to make it clear that I wasn’t trying to contribute to that, that’s all.
 
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The “drama” statement wasn’t something said towards you or anything. It’s just this whole conversation kind of went south and I wanted to make it clear that I wasn’t trying to contribute to that, that’s all.
Let’s just forget it all happened. A magical wizard came through and deleted it all. I’m never posting one again so discourse will be healthy going forward.

Taking this chance to express a preference for positive talk in the threads whether about pics/wrists/apple releases.
 
Another question for your wisdom @athousandbands or anyone else to help out.
Which sport band colour(s) would you say are closest to the look of the link bracelet metal?

After something that I can be less precious over. :)
Pictures if you wouldn't mind, bandbreite makes some of them look the same (because of how close they are mind).
 
Another question for your wisdom @athousandbands or anyone else to help out.
Which sport band colour(s) would you say are closest to the look of the link bracelet metal?

After something that I can be less precious over. :)
Pictures if you wouldn't mind, bandbreite makes some of them look the same (because of how close they are mind).
Fog. But tbqh Fog, Pebble, Concrete are all so similar. But Fog seems to be the consensus fav.

Pebble looks much more brown in the hero shots than it actually is. Haha got all excited and bought both sizes late one night off the Apple website…was pretty disappointed.
 
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The Dark Cherry Sport band wasn‘t really calling out to me, but when I saw one in a sealed box for $23 I welcomed it into the family. 😄

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And no, those white marks on the SBSS aren’t scratches; I just checked and the finish is as pristine as brand new.

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It‘s nicer in person than expected!
 
The Dark Cherry Sport band wasn‘t really calling out to me, but when I saw one in a sealed box for $23 I welcomed it into the family. 😄

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And no, those white marks on the SBSS aren’t scratches; I just checked and the finish is as pristine as brand new.

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One of the few bands I have in both solo loop and sport band. Quiet killer. And yes generally when you see bits on a DLC watch it’s pieces it’s taken out of something else, not damage to your watch.

I was sure I had chipped my SBTi Digital Crown but no it was cabinet paint.
 
Another question for your wisdom @athousandbands or anyone else to help out.
Which sport band colour(s) would you say are closest to the look of the link bracelet metal?

After something that I can be less precious over. :)
Pictures if you wouldn't mind, bandbreite makes some of them look the same (because of how close they are mind).

Fog. But tbqh Fog, Pebble, Concrete are all so similar. But Fog seems to be the consensus fav.

Pebble looks much more brown in the hero shots than it actually is. Haha got all excited and bought both sizes late one night off the Apple website…was pretty disappointed.

Heres the Ti Band (light grey), The Stainless Steel link and Fog - FWIW - and my terrible photography.

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The Dark Cherry Sport band wasn‘t really calling out to me, but when I saw one in a sealed box for $23 I welcomed it into the family.

It‘s nicer in person than expected!

It really is! I was a known hater of Dark Cherry - both the leather link and the sport band and now I have both and they're fantastic!
 
Heres the Ti Band (light grey), The Stainless Steel link and Fog - FWIW - and my terrible photography.

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It really is! I was a known hater of Dark Cherry - both the leather link and the sport band and now I have both and they're fantastic!
You know, I totally forgot Light Gray but I still think I like Fog because it’s cooler than Light Gray and Pebble. Of course the Link itself just mirrors whatever color is nearby.
 
Quick review of this years Pride Sport Loop in indoor lighting - I actually like it. It’s similar to last years Braided Solo Loop in that being you’re on the fence/unsure when you see the render online, but in person, its very pleasing on the eyes.

There’s something about how the white accents on the rails of the band and the at the end of the strap that compliments the rainbow beautifully. The rainbow itself is subtle and not loud/in your face.

I can see/understand how some might feel the “Pride” writing makes it look just a little third party, but its still fine in my opinion. It goes very well with Natural Titanium too, although can see it being an even better match with the White Ceramic because the white accents.

It’s comfortable, looks good - I reckon probably a keeper I like it more than any band Apple released in Spring 2022 - and if they really don’t release anything else for the summer, then this will be my summer band then,

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Here’s another picture of it to show it with the Natural Titanium watch - regrettably I didn’t yet update to the latest Watch OS, so can’t yet get the matching watch face, but would deffo recommend this overall

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Quick review of this years Pride Sport Loop in indoor lighting - I actually like it. It’s similar to last years Braided Solo Loop in that being you’re on the fence/unsure when you see the render online, but in person, its very pleasing on the eyes.

There’s something about how the white accents on the rails of the band and the at the end of the strap that compliments the rainbow beautifully. The rainbow itself is subtle and not loud/in your face.

I can see/understand how some might feel the “Pride” writing makes it look just a little third party, but its still fine in my opinion. It goes very well with Natural Titanium too, although can see it being an even better match with the White Ceramic because the white accents.

It’s comfortable, looks good - I reckon probably a keeper I like it more than any band Apple released in Spring 2022 - and if they really don’t release anything else for the summer, then this will be my summer band then,

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Here’s another picture of it to show it with the Natural Titanium watch - regrettably I didn’t yet update to the latest Watch OS, so can’t yet get the matching watch face, but would deffo recommend this overall

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Yeah, I like it more in person too. It’s a softer version of a rainbow, but really pretty for that. I was about to say that the “pride” is less noticeable than I expected too, as it sits completely underneath my wrist, so it’s like a little surprise that’s mostly just for me. But looking at your pics, I realize that’s a matter of wrist size.
 
Twenty bucks before Labor Day. Maybe twenty-five
I'm not currently looking for bands (have other hyperfixations to pay for) so in times like these the only things I'm buying are whatever shows up in my email inbox from China. I'm thinking the thousandband gets debuted in Show Off?
 
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