Hairy Arms? Milanese Loop? Fair Warning.

[Sharkey311]

I have average hairy arms, and I tried on the Milanese for the hell of it this morning. It looked nice and felt nice to the touch, but the moment I put it on my wrist, it was pulling and pinching hairs left and right. To give you an idea of how hairy my wrists are...

 

[PLamarine]

I have hairier arms than you and no pinching:

 

[i0Nic]

Your arms don't look hairy, mine are much hairier and I found the Milanese to be great with no pulling.

 

[Sharkey311]

You will eventually. It's not like we tried different versions of the band lol

 

[gmanist1000]

You will eventually. It's not like we tried different versions of the band lol

#HairyArmGate

 

[Sharkey311]

#HairyArmGate

Seriously though there will eventually be a lot of threads in the coming months saying the Milanese won't stop pulling my arm hair. If it happened to me, it will happen to others.

 

[Armen]

Your arms don't look hairy, mine are much hairier and I found the Milanese to be great with no pulling.

A few reviews from different tech sites agree with you. They said the mesh was so fine it felt like fabric and did not grab at hairs.

 

[metacove1]

Felt great here! I attached and removed the watch a handful of times. Tightening the watch causes the band to slide directly against my skin. Not ONCE did I feel any discomfort. It was actually smooth as could be and extremely impressive.

 

[KauaiBruce]

#HairyArmGate

lol

My Rolex link took a lot of arm hair with it. Did not hurt. I just had to use tweezers occasionally to remove them.

 

[metacove1]

I had the opposite experience. I was at the store today and noted how smoothly it slid over my hair. I didn't have any banana or foreign matter on my wrist at the time either. Felt great.

 

[BillyTrimble]

I have average hairy arms, and I tried on the Milanese for the hell of it this morning. It looked nice and felt nice to the touch, but the moment I put it on my wrist, it was pulling and pinching hairs left and right. To give you an idea of how hairy my wrists are...

I suspect you have unique hair, because the loop felt great on my hairy arms. Tried it many times. I think we need to figure out what is unique about your hair that fortunately doesn't affect 99% of hairy arms. Could you submit a hair sample for analysis?

 

[gmanist1000]

I had the opposite experience. I was at the store today and noted how smoothly it slid over my hair. I didn't have any banana or foreign matter on my wrist at the time either. Felt great.

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Time to shave!

 

[JT2002TJ]

It pulled on my hairs... I'm not sure if it was because my hairs were in between the band. It 100% pulled on my hairs.

I loved the look, and it may have been me rushing, but it did, and it hurt.

 

[xraydoc]

This guy told me he had no trouble with that band, either.

 

[Supermallet]

This will be very much a YMMV sort of thing, but it's certainly a possibility, and an excellent reason to go to a try-on appointment.

 

[cmichaelb]

I have average hairy arms, and I tried on the Milanese for the hell of it this morning. It looked nice and felt nice to the touch, but the moment I put it on my wrist, it was pulling and pinching hairs left and right. To give you an idea of how hairy my wrists are...

I'm Italian, I'll put it to a real test lol.

 

[Matthew9559]

That's surprising. It seemed great to me but I'm not quite that hairy and it's not as thick I feel like. It's definitely something I was curious abought though so would make sense to try it on in store.

 

[Tom G.]

If you have this problem I'd say that you won't have it for very

 

[PAdams2359]

Felt great here! I attached and removed the watch a handful of times. Tightening the watch causes the band to slide directly against my skin. Not ONCE did I feel any discomfort. It was actually smooth as could be and extremely impressive.

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My arm looks exactly like his. It didn't pull, but I had it on for a minute. If it happened to some, it will eventually happen to all. This was my concern. Mil is off the list.

 

[jjlannoo]

Idk if the Apple band will be much different but I have a Milanese band on My Tissot and it doesn't pull hairs at all. Neither do solid link bracelets.

Only bracelets I have ever had pull hair are folded link bracelets like you would find on cheap watches.

 

[jediuia]

I have average hairy arms, and I tried on the Milanese for the hell of it this morning. It looked nice and felt nice to the touch, but the moment I put it on my wrist, it was pulling and pinching hairs left and right. To give you an idea of how hairy my wrists are...

I had the same issue, but my arm hair is short. Must be short hair getting caught in the loops.

 

[matrix07]

A few reviews from different tech sites agree with you. They said the mesh was so fine it felt like fabric and did not grab at hairs.

I've read the same thing. Think Apple has tested this kind of things in advance.

 

[01silver4]

I had the opposite experience. I was at the store today and noted how smoothly it slid over my hair. I didn't have any banana or foreign matter on my wrist at the time either. Felt great.

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Yo this ha me cracking up, ##

 

[sdsvtdriver]

I'd imagine shorter hair will get caught up in it most frequently than longer ones. Grow it out!

 

[Sharkey311]

I'd imagine shorter hair will get caught up in it most frequently than longer ones. Grow it out!

Ha! I would if I could. I like body hair

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And I'm glad I'm not the only one who experienced this. It frickin hurt!!