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Is this normal ??
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come round to my house and i'll take a look?
clearly i mean, take a couple of photos of you wearing the watch as you normally would.
FWIW, I wear mine about two holes differently depending on what I'm doing. I have it on the second hole from the end for normal, everyday activities and while sleeping, then I tighten it to the fourth hole for working out just so I feel like the HR sensor doesn't lose close contact with my skin.
If I tried to wear it on the fourth hole all the time, I'd get an irritating dent in my skin just like your second pic.
If I tried to wear it on the fourth hole all the time, I'd get an irritating dent in my skin just like your second pic.
My day consists of shopping and work I can't even tighten it if I go 1 hole up its way too tight
Does it keep locking all the time if you wear it just one hole looser? Mine's fine.
This is how I normally wear it. Well, not with the pen permanently under the strap
I put it there to illustrate the "one finger fits easily under the strap" guideline.
Let me ask this -- are you also wearing it directly on the widest part of your wrist bones? Your second pic makes it look like the watch was on top of, or maybe towards your hand from, the styloid processes of the radius and ulna bones (yeah, I had to look it up; the bottom in this pic is where the wrist goes). This isn't a comfortable spot. I wear my watches up my arm just a bit where the bone begins to narrow.
OMG, i was having the same problem with the black apple sport band. The place on my wrist where i get the reaction is right at the pin of the sport band. I end up switch to another band, but will occasionally switch back to see if my DNA has mutated to cope with Apple's design
Aha --
Jeremy12345, is your band the one with the black/space grey pin? Apple says the space grey and rose gold finishes have a higher nickel content and are more likely to cause an allergic reaction. Steel has some nickel, too, but 316L is pretty good with skin.
It comes in two sizes. Have you tried the smaller size? The big loop is too big for my 170-ish-mm wrists, too, but I'm fine with the smaller one.
i was under the impression it's the aluminium of the watch, and not the finish on the pin that has that higher nickel content.
it's also in the wrong place on his wrist, given he's able to switch between the S/M and M/L bands. the pin would never be there.
why do you consistently ignore questions about where on your wrist you wear the apple watch?
If you're not wearing it too tightly, and the red area is where the band is touching the skin, this would be an allergic reaction (i.e. contact dermatitis). While I don't have an allergy to the sport band myself, I do get this sort of reaction with most elastic products.
If you are using an OEM sport band, you may want to try a metal or leather one, or even a 3rd party sport band-- the 3rd party one I have appears to be made from a different substance (it feels different and is a dust magnet compared to my original Apple one).
If the skin reaction is just where the metal part of the band is contacting the skin, you may be able to coat the metal with something. There are products like "jewelry shield" that are made for this purpose.
If you are using an OEM sport band, you may want to try a metal or leather one, or even a 3rd party sport band-- the 3rd party one I have appears to be made from a different substance (it feels different and is a dust magnet compared to my original Apple one).
If the skin reaction is just where the metal part of the band is contacting the skin, you may be able to coat the metal with something. There are products like "jewelry shield" that are made for this purpose.
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Nah, it's something in the process of how they color the aluminum during finishing. I didn't think of it until someone else pointed it out in another thread a while ago. The silver and yellow gold Sport models, and the plain steel band pins, should be more hypoallergenic.
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204665
yes that's what i meant. as in the coloured aluminium of the space grey watch is high in nickel. but i wasn't aware the coloured pin of the sports band was - after all, they don't make a similar warning for the space black with the same pin. it must be the watch case itself.
I think the suggestion to try wearing your watch on the other hand was to see if you got the same reaction on the other arm, giving credence to it being some type of band reaction more likely.
If it was the band material I would think a reaction would be more widespread on the underside of your wrist. Guessing your arm hairs would possibly provide a little protection from contact. Don't notice hairs on the underside of your wrist in those photos at all. I'm thinking it more likely it's the pin if the pin rests in that area. BTW for comfort level have you tried both strap lengths on your watch. From my experience it seems like there's a difference in how tight or loose you can make the band with the different lengths. From your first photo it does seem like the watch could have been worn too close to your palm.
Here's another thought, any chance you are "resting" you arm in that area on a keyboard or something a lot during the day? I noticed my arm when I'm typing on my MBP puts pressure on my wrist in what looks to be the same area you have your reaction.
I occasionally feel like my wrist is a little itchy. At that point I move my watch up or down my arm to change positions. I have found it also helps to use a damp paper towel on my wrist, my watch and my sport band every night before charging it for the evening. I have the white band and that's about the extent of my body reaction to it though.
If it was the band material I would think a reaction would be more widespread on the underside of your wrist. Guessing your arm hairs would possibly provide a little protection from contact. Don't notice hairs on the underside of your wrist in those photos at all. I'm thinking it more likely it's the pin if the pin rests in that area. BTW for comfort level have you tried both strap lengths on your watch. From my experience it seems like there's a difference in how tight or loose you can make the band with the different lengths. From your first photo it does seem like the watch could have been worn too close to your palm.
Here's another thought, any chance you are "resting" you arm in that area on a keyboard or something a lot during the day? I noticed my arm when I'm typing on my MBP puts pressure on my wrist in what looks to be the same area you have your reaction.
I occasionally feel like my wrist is a little itchy. At that point I move my watch up or down my arm to change positions. I have found it also helps to use a damp paper towel on my wrist, my watch and my sport band every night before charging it for the evening. I have the white band and that's about the extent of my body reaction to it though.
Just wondering I have been looking ln websites etc just can't seem to find any bands any suggestions ?
Under $70
Under $70
Here's whole page of possibilities at Best Buy: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/searchp...t=n&iht=y&usc=All+Categories&ks=960&keys=keys