Can't wait for the winter release! Crossing my fingers for some great dark bands. Also (irrelevant to this topic) I really wish my ebay band would arrive. I ordered it almost 2 weeks ago, and the seller messaged me last Tuesday to say that he got behind on orders and would expedite the band. He has only had like 3 items listed, so I'm not sure where he got overwhelmed. LOL
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No, why?
I did order a band with small defect, talking really small nick out of the lug and he gave me partial refund. I was happy with that
I mean, Solo Loop colours align with the Sport Band colours which has always gotten new winter releases so theres that in its favour. On the other hand, 3 new solo loops with 9 sizes each would create a whole new heap of SKU’s for Apple so soon, it wouldn’t surprise me if Spring is when it next gets refreshed, alongside every other type of Watch band. Braided Solo Loop i personally predict will be the same as Leather Bands, as its the same price point - one single refresh each year, in Spring. The sole exception last winter was there was a single new Product Red Sport LOOP.
Anyways wont know till Apple releases the new bands, this year they are trying something very different with the bands, anything could go, so fingers crossed wait and see
We made the app you love even lovelier. A newly updated version of "Bandbreite", the app for your ever-growing watch band collection, is now available on the App Store! | https://apple.co/3cEElZg
The update includes some new features, which didn’t make it into the initial release, and we also added some enhancements based on your feedback. Thank you to everyone who reached out to us!
What's new? Band details have been updated with pin/buckle colors and availability ＊A new medium-sized widget suggests randomly bands from your collection ＊ Curated collections have been updated with a short introduction text ＊Approx. value in 'Stats and Insights' is now hidden by default.
Last, but not least, there’s now a tip jar available in our app. There will be no hidden features unlocked, but any support is greatly appreciated.
The update includes some new features, which didn’t make it into the initial release, and we also added some enhancements based on your feedback. Thank you to everyone who reached out to us!
What's new? Band details have been updated with pin/buckle colors and availability ＊A new medium-sized widget suggests randomly bands from your collection ＊ Curated collections have been updated with a short introduction text ＊Approx. value in 'Stats and Insights' is now hidden by default.
Last, but not least, there’s now a tip jar available in our app. There will be no hidden features unlocked, but any support is greatly appreciated.
Today’s band — the last of my Leather Links, Baltic Blue.
I just redownloaded the app on my new phone, am I doing something wrong? No bands are showing up. The 20 in my collection from my cloud backup aren’t in there either.
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Oh, wow. That's a first. Never saw it before. There's a backup-database in the app, so even without an internet connection, it should work fine.
So, your iCloud backup is there, but everything else is missing?
Are you offline with your new phone?
What is this “selling bands“ you speak of?
I’ve never sold a band - except Hermes orange extras that I got when I bought a watch for the leather band, and then I sold the watch also, keeping the leather. I do have a couple of Mellow Yellows in 44mm, a Hyper Grape in 40mm, a 44mm Hibiscus and maybe one other I forget, all unopened, to sell at some point, but no rush.
i love this! i must have missed the initial release but this app looks great!
Tip jar is great! Just did it now. I feel silly though, as I can’t find the “little surprise”??? Guess I’ll have to keep looking..
If Apple eventually releases more solo loops and cancel the sport bands like what they did to the woven nylons I will be royally pissed. I don't want to collect the solo loops. Personally won't pay more than 5 dollars for any of them.
I had issues with syncing my band collection via icloud among all my iPhones with version 1, hopefully that is fixed!!
It’ll all depend on sales. Once they see how the solo loops do after the “new stuff, must buy” hype dies down, they’ll make a decision.
They also did swapped a bunch of the better looking case-band pairings on the Apple site to solo loops instead of sport bands, and many people will not know any better, artificially inflating the "sales" of the loops.
Marketing. They need to let people know the new stuff exists. Selling a band paired with their new watch is easier than selling a band alone. IIRC, a lot of third party resellers are still using sport bands and loops to avoid sizing nightmares.
It just shows 20 bands on that screen, but when I click in to my collection there is nothing there. I can’t search for any bands either.
"All Bands 425" according to the app; so how many people actually have 425? That sounds like an impressive collection!
Awesome!!! Pleeeeease add the option to create multiple collections for those who collect 40mm and 44mm bands. Thanks a lot!
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So, interesting discovery today in my quest to get a classic buckle band with space black hardware: the smaller oval buckle Apple used in the 1st-3rd gen versions of the band is not glued in as originally thought. Rather, it is attached with a traditional spring bar that is hidden inside the buckle. So, it is fairly easy to remove the buckle with a regular spring bar tool and a little patience! I was able to swap it out for a black buckle I picked up from Arrow and Board in about 10 minutes.
Still waiting for my black lugs to come in for the full swap out. Also going to try to remove a black buckle from one of my Woven Nylons in the same way and do a straight OEM to OEM swap of hardware. But, really stoked to be able to wear Classic Buckles again! None of the third party leather bands I have tried feel quite like they belong with the watch the way Apple’s bands do. I do wish I had been able to find a 3rd gen Saddle Brown with the stitching. But, the 2nd gen band still looks nice!
Still waiting for my black lugs to come in for the full swap out. Also going to try to remove a black buckle from one of my Woven Nylons in the same way and do a straight OEM to OEM swap of hardware. But, really stoked to be able to wear Classic Buckles again! None of the third party leather bands I have tried feel quite like they belong with the watch the way Apple’s bands do. I do wish I had been able to find a 3rd gen Saddle Brown with the stitching. But, the 2nd gen band still looks nice!
While I admit I have a little bit of cognitive dissonance going back to sport bands these days after a solo loop, wondering how I’m okay paying the same price for a thinner band without any steel, I’m willing to bet my collection the sport bands are heading to End of Life. I mean the lightness is a feature not a bug, at the end of the day.
The silicone bands just execute the “sport” aspect better on every metric and I’m getting the feeling they won’t have the shine issues to boot (black fading might happen).
Darkest before the dawn band, woven nylon midnight blue gen 1:
