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Cheers, mixed bag over here. 👇

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Apple Braided Solo Loop Band does Stretch 1 Year use with pictures!

So Apple has the asterisk the Braided Solo Loop may stretch. Well they do. These are the Red (purchased 9/20), Blue (purchased 11/20) compared to a replacement I purchased 9/21. I wear my watch 22 hours a day including sleep tracking (not when showering or in the water and no real working out...
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Yeah I know but like I said, fine for me. I got me a size smaller than suggested by Apple and that was a good move
 
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bricktop_at said:
Yeah I know but like I said, fine for me. I got me a size smaller than suggested by Apple and that was a good move
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That’s essential. The newer ones seem to stretch a bit less and take longer to stretch, but I’m MUCH happier with my one size smaller than recommended this time. My Atlantic blue is now more of a relaxed fit than I prefer.
 
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Nectarine solo loop for the weekend


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PaladinGuy said:
That’s essential. The newer ones seem to stretch a bit less and take longer to stretch, but I’m MUCH happier with my one size smaller than recommended this time. My Atlantic blue is now more of a relaxed fit than I prefer.
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The apple store worker recommend I go with a smaller size as well, was about to laugh when she said size 4 braided solo loop, I'm normally a size 7 in the solo loop, she knew what she was talking about, fits perfectly without being uncomfortable.
 
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The apple store worker recommend I go with a smaller size as well, was about to laugh when she said size 4 braided solo loop, I'm normally a size 7 in the solo loop, she knew what she was talking about, fits perfectly without being uncomfortable.
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At this point my injured brain needs wrist pix
 
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LFC2020 said:
The apple store worker recommend I go with a smaller size as well, was about to laugh when she said size 4 braided solo loop, I'm normally a size 7 in the solo loop, she knew what she was talking about, fits perfectly without being uncomfortable.
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That’s just so weird. Do you have pictured wearing both? I just can’t imagine how that could be unless you just wear the solo loop loose enough to flop around or the braided is super tight.
 
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Cotypubby said:
That’s just so weird. Do you have pictured wearing both? I just can’t imagine how that could be unless you just wear the solo loop loose enough to flop around or the braided is super tight.
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athousandbands said:
I’m guessing silicone doesn’t look loose on wrist?
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Silicone solo band definitely isn’t loose, braided solo loop fits like a glove. 👌

I’ve got a picture of the braided solo loop, I’ll take a pic of the silicone solo loop later on.

7am here, more coffee needed. 🥱

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Shaking my arm up and down, side to side, the watch doesn’t move one bit. 👌

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Ok so I’m gonna definitively say the new series 7 braided weave definitely changes the fit game.

My bf wanted to try moving down to size 9 and today we just got in a yoink Abyss Blue 9 Braid and it’s about the same length as my super well worn sleep Pink Punch 8 Braid and not much longer than a less worn Charcoal 8 Braid and the Pink Punch 8 fits him noticeably looser than the perfect Abyss Blue 9.

So while these three bands are all the same length more or less, you tug them off-wrist and you feel such a tension difference.

Of course age plays a role here, but even comparing barely-worn S6 versus S7 braids of my own, the tug just feels different.

I don’t really know what the conclusion is here, it even kind of doesn’t square with your new-style Starlight being so small, but it means something!

ETA: the wide-ranging laser-cut lengths aside, I wonder what a braid world that had just started at the series 7 style would have looked like, as regards the loosening over time, if we would have a better impression of the style had we not endured the first set. Of course, we’ll see by this summer when the fall2021 braids have had a chance to prove their mettle.

Oh and he will daily this Abyss Blue (his first s7 braid) so I can def report back on its integrity in a way I never will be able to with my own vaaaaast collection, dahling.
 
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athousandbands said:
Ok so I’m gonna definitively say the new series 7 braided weave definitely changes the fit game.

My bf wanted to try moving down to size 9 and today we just got in a yoink Abyss Blue 9 Braid and it’s about the same length as my super well worn sleep Pink Punch 8 Braid and not much longer than a less worn Charcoal 8 Braid and the Pink Punch 8 fits him noticeably looser than the perfect Abyss Blue 9.

So while these three bands are all the same length more or less, you tug them off-wrist and you feel such a tension difference.

Of course age plays a role here, but even comparing barely-worn S6 versus S7 braids of my own, the tug just feels different.

I don’t really know what the conclusion is here, it even kind of doesn’t square with your new-style Starlight being so small, but it means something!

ETA: the wide-ranging laser-cut lengths aside, I wonder what a braid world that had just started at the series 7 style would have looked like, as regards the loosening over time, if we would have a better impression of the style had we not endured the first set. Of course, we’ll see by this summer when the fall2021 braids have had a chance to prove their mettle.

Oh and he will daily this Abyss Blue (his first s7 braid) so I can def report back on its integrity in a way I never will be able to with my own vaaaaast collection, dahling.
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I don’t know what to make of all this anymore. 🤣🤯
 
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athousandbands said:
Prob best I don’t visit a store and try size 6 🫥
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I put mine on before I left the store, just to make sure the one I tried on in store wasn’t stretched out. 😂

Didn’t feel like driving back to apple, if it ended up being tight, especially with petrol prices at $2.50 a liter.
 
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bricktop_at said:
I really like mine! Almost bought it before Apple stopped selling it. Luckily I didn’t, ‘cause shortly after I bought an S7 combo that came with dark cherry SB and LeLi 😅
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I went for it. A nice rich purple still feels rare. I’m allowed to double up 1-2 top bands from a season, I reckon. Grabbed a clover SpBa too, silver pin on ceramic is fiiiine.
 
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athousandbands said:
Ok so I’m gonna definitively say the new series 7 braided weave definitely changes the fit game.

My bf wanted to try moving down to size 9 and today we just got in a yoink Abyss Blue 9 Braid and it’s about the same length as my super well worn sleep Pink Punch 8 Braid and not much longer than a less worn Charcoal 8 Braid and the Pink Punch 8 fits him noticeably looser than the perfect Abyss Blue 9.

So while these three bands are all the same length more or less, you tug them off-wrist and you feel such a tension difference.

Of course age plays a role here, but even comparing barely-worn S6 versus S7 braids of my own, the tug just feels different.

I don’t really know what the conclusion is here, it even kind of doesn’t square with your new-style Starlight being so small, but it means something!

ETA: the wide-ranging laser-cut lengths aside, I wonder what a braid world that had just started at the series 7 style would have looked like, as regards the loosening over time, if we would have a better impression of the style had we not endured the first set. Of course, we’ll see by this summer when the fall2021 braids have had a chance to prove their mettle.

Oh and he will daily this Abyss Blue (his first s7 braid) so I can def report back on its integrity in a way I never will be able to with my own vaaaaast collection, dahling.
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I am normally a 7 in solo loop and braided. Have a pistachio, plum and first green sport loop and a charcoal braided. Bought the latest product red in a 7 a month or so ago and it fits perfectly - it is a bit smaller than my charcoal but that may be age.

I think I could have gone to a 6 at a push but not a 4.
 
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