Hello Guys, I've silver Moto 360v2 46mm with Cognac Leather. I'm using it very carefully but band is starting to wear out. I'm thinking to buy Silver Metal Band which is come with Moto 360 v2 from Motorola.
I'm sure some of you already have that. How is the band? Is it worth $89.99? Please share your opinion. Thanks.
Here is the link to purchase the band separately: Motorola
I have full black model, metal band. I like how it looks and feels pretty comfortable. But as it's made of small pieces you can add or remove, without any other way to adjust size, I can't have it the perfect fit. Other bad point to me, the clip looks pretty cheap, with plastic in it. Not sure how long this will length.
For this price range, I'm sure you can find a better choice.
I'll probably go with a strapcode.com band in near future.
Thanks gamin92 for your reply. I think, I should go for another one.
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I have full black model, metal band. I like how it looks and feels pretty comfortable. But as it's made of small pieces you can add or remove, without any other way to adjust size, I can't have it the perfect fit. Other bad point to me, the clip looks pretty cheap, with plastic in it. Not sure how long this will length.
For this price range, I'm sure you can find a better choice.
I'll probably go with a strapcode.com band in near future.
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adnansanni said:
Thanks gamin92 for your reply. I think, I should go for another one.
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IDK if works, but is very comfortable. I have the silver metal band, silver clock and works fine. I sent the watch to a store to make the wristband fit in my hand. Is very good now.
The main problem of metal bands on watches are the dependency of tools to resize the wrist... or a watch store to make it fit.
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I thought I would post my Sunday project with my fellow Gear S heads, in hopes of getting some creative juices flowing. Any comments or recommendations on improving my design are more than welcome! I present: my butchered Timex watch band project!
Looks good. I'm assuming you cut up the original band from the watch to fit the pins of the new watch band? How well do the pins stay in, since the band itself is pretty flexible. It seems like the pins would pop out from time to time.
It was shockingly easy to cut the band up with a pair of nail scissors, used a razor and dremel to clean up the edges. I heated a Bobby pin up with a butane lighter and plunged it 1/8" into the rubber for the pin holes, and they've held in place well so far.. Only one incident while I was tying my boots up this morning.
Tldr; hot pin made some holes.
Update: had a second incident with the same pin popping out, I may need to graft some metal pin holders from a cheapo watch onto the band.
Ended up making my own also but using the original strap from a dummy Gear S and the band/cradle from a lunatik kit for the old iPod Nano touch.
Shadoe_Lance said:
Ended up making my own also but using the original strap from a dummy Gear S and the band/cradle from a lunatik kit for the old iPod Nano touch.
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Some pics for reference.
Shadoe_Lance said:
Some pics for reference.
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That is totally badass, and more of a streamline then I thought possible.. Kudos! Maybe I'll snag one of those kits to have a second option.
Side note, I revamped my design, so it looks more.. Intentional, and makes it more sturdy. I assume I could also swap the band out for any similar sized band. Hooray for super glue!
RobAllen said:
That is totally badass, and more of a streamline then I thought possible.. Kudos! Maybe I'll snag one of those kits to have a second option.
Side note, I revamped my design, so it looks more.. Intentional, and makes it more sturdy. I assume I could also swap the band out for any similar sized band. Hooray for super glue!
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Yup, the rubber used bonds really well with superglue. Although mine was done with a lot of dremel work, medium viscosity craft superglue and superglue accelerator. Using the dremel to sand and shape the glue after drying from the accelerator. There is actually very little of the original lunatic cradle used when bonded to the original rubber and it started to get pretty thin. I wanted to get it closer to the body of the Gear S but it was getting too thin in the material to do so.
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That looks sick! Can you post more pics of the underside and maybe a summary of what you did? Very nice, I'd definitely buy one.
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That looks sick! Can you post more pics of the underside and maybe a summary of what you did? Very nice, I'd definitely buy one.
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Pics of the backside. Pretty minimalistic. Hard to get good photos with the band on. The charger still fits and functions this way also. As for what I had to do to get it to work. You first need to find a lunatik tik tok kit or any other watchband kit for the old iPod nano touch to use the lugs. And then either get a extra band for the Gear S or buy a dummy with band off eBay. I wouldn't start cutting my original band just in case you make a mistake. The rest is really just superglue with accelerator and a lot of dremel shaping work and trimming the original band.
So did you bond the tabs of the lunatik tok to the old gear s band part that attached to the sides of the gear s.
Sorry, I'm just kind of confused on how you made it work. The pics are good I'm just not sure how you did it. you cut the tabs off of the tok and glued them together i assume. Is it still holding up?
that is exactly what i was thinking to do.. it is prefect.
Wow man they both look great.
ROB your V2 looks really good and clean
And Shadoe that's amazing how you did that looking at it I still have no clue but I'm jealous lol.
This thread inspired me to rip my old sonyericsson BT watch apart and use the metal band for the project. The result is quite nice ☺
Look great man. How is the rubber holding?
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Look great man. How is the rubber holding?
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Thanks. So far its holding up, but its much heavier now. Lets hope it continues to hold ☺
Well couldn't help myself. Ordered a knock off lunatik kit for ipod for 11 bucks (with shipping) and a 2$ strap from China. Put em together end ended up with this...
Where did you get the band? Could you send link for the lunatic kit?
supac said:
Where did you get the band? Could you send link for the lunatic kit?
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Here you go mate!
http://s.aliexpress.com/ny6Fjeq6
Strap for Samsung Gear S made of genuine leather, has a metal frame and securely holds the gadget.
At an attractive price
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261922019462?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
http://giphone.ru/shop/remeshok-dlya-samsung-gear-s-iz-naturalnoj-kozhi
There is another offer. genuine leather
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/261953708372?
http://giphone.ru/shop/kozhanyj-remeshok-dlya-samsung-gear-s-2
Another option, metal strap
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261950164565?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
http://giphone.ru/shop/metallicheskij-remeshok-dlya-samsung-gear-s
The strap is made of genuine leather with the ability to conveniently talk
http://www.ebay.com/itm/261907246880?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
http://giphone.ru/shop/kozhanyj-braslet-dlya-samsung-gear-s-s-dopolnitelnoj-funkciej
Traditional Strap Adapter for Gear S
One more for the list
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One more for the list
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Amazing! But where do I buy this? Also, the part that goes around the watch looks to be metallic and inflexible. Might be a silly questions, but how do you insert it in place if it is inflexible? Any photos of that?
Thanks!
krumbs said:
Amazing! But where do I buy this? Also, the part that goes around the watch looks to be metallic and inflexible. Might be a silly questions, but how do you insert it in place if it is inflexible? Any photos of that?
Thanks!
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According to the site in the picture it is just a 3d rendering of a possible prototype so it is not an actual product yet that you can buy.
I've ordered the brown leather strap today, apparently they make them as the orders come in, I have to wait until next week for the shipping + another 2-3 weeks delivery... ouch... not the cheapest one either, but looks really nice. I've ordered via their website giphone(dot)ru, yes... it's in russian... and no... it wasn't easy
PS. I have no affiliation, will report what it looks like when it arrives.
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PS. I have no affiliation, will report what it looks like when it arrives.
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Nice waiting.....
Well I got my dispatch confirmation with Russian post tracking number a couple of days ago, it took almost 2 weeks from order to dispatch, and it's supposed to take another 15-20 days to arrive, plus possibly a few days in customs. I love Russian ingenuity and I hope it's worth it but at the moment I'm not impressed.
Wouldn't the leather one with the easy call feature block the heart sensor on the back?
Also, does the brown leather one (second post) have only one hole?
OK guys, so my strap has just arrived, all in all it was actually faster than I anticipated considering the initial delay.
The strap is really nice, and I mean really nice, it's thick leather with nice grain stitched through with yellowish-brown thread. The thread holds the folded over leather where the clasp is mounted but otherwise the stitching is for appearance rather than function and it really does look nice. I like the embossed logo, it adds character and looks good, it should be on both sides, not just on the inside, but of course I suppose one could flip the strap around
The watch goes into the strap exactly the same way as in the original silicone, the difference is, when the band is on the wrist, there is a tiny bit of gap on top and on the bottom of the watch, I think it's almost unnoticeable, but for sure unavoidable because the watch is already a tight fit, anything tighter and it wouldn't go in.
Overall well executed idea with nice craftsmanship, definitely worth the money. Considering the current heat wave it was getting really tough to wear the watch with the silicone strap, I'm very happy with it now.
I'll put up a few pics in a minute.
PS. Here are some of my pics: https://flic.kr/s/aHskhH4X1r
PS2. My wrist is relatively small so I had to punch another hole in the strap, I used the leather punching tool so it's good, if you don't have one and your wrist is on the small side I would probably ask the seller to add another hole.
Nice review and beautifull pictures, thank you
At the moment the master is heavily loaded, the straps will again be available in 1-2 weeks. You can buy will be on my website http://giphone.ru/shop/kozhanyj-remeshok-dlya-samsung-gear-s-2
For payment use Paypal.
So you can buy now and other leather belts of high quality here are a couple of links
http://giphone.ru/shop/kozhanyj-braslet-dlya-samsung-gear-s-s-dopolnitelnoj-funkciej
http://giphone.ru/shop/remeshok-dlya-samsung-gear-s-iz-naturalnoj-kozhi
Besides leather, you can buy metal belt at a good price.
http://giphone.ru/shop/metallicheskij-remeshok-dlya-samsung-gear-s
Tequilla said:
OK guys, so my strap has just arrived, all in all it was actually faster than I anticipated considering the initial delay.
The strap is really nice, and I mean really nice, it's thick leather with nice grain stitched through with yellowish-brown thread. The thread holds the folded over leather where the clasp is mounted but otherwise the stitching is for appearance rather than function and it really does look nice. I like the embossed logo, it adds character and looks good, it should be on both sides, not just on the inside, but of course I suppose one could flip the strap around
The watch goes into the strap exactly the same way as in the original silicone, the difference is, when the band is on the wrist, there is a tiny bit of gap on top and on the bottom of the watch, I think it's almost unnoticeable, but for sure unavoidable because the watch is already a tight fit, anything tighter and it wouldn't go in.
Overall well executed idea with nice craftsmanship, definitely worth the money. Considering the current heat wave it was getting really tough to wear the watch with the silicone strap, I'm very happy with it now.
I'll put up a few pics in a minute.
PS. Here are some of my pics: https://flic.kr/s/aHskhH4X1r
PS2. My wrist is relatively small so I had to punch another hole in the strap, I used the leather punching tool so it's good, if you don't have one and your wrist is on the small side I would probably ask the seller to add another hole.
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Thanks for a good review, despite the long shipping time due to the large number of orders. ))
Order leather belts high quality
http://giphone.ru/shop/remeshok-dlya-samsung-gear-s-iz-naturalnoj-kozhi
http://www.ebay.com/itm/262029567940?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
I picked one of these up off eBay, the black leather one with the metal ring to hold the Gear S. No major review since I'm not a watch guy, but I'll say it's definitely more comfortable and less sweaty than the stock rubber. The only issue I had was getting the screw back into the metal ring to secure the Gear in place - I did some industrial strength swearing during that long process. But I'm not great with small tools like that, so others may find it easier.
Do you still offer this one for sale?
zhenia88 said:
There is another offer. genuine leather
http://www.ebay.com/itm/-/261953708372?
http://giphone.ru/shop/kozhanyj-remeshok-dlya-samsung-gear-s-2
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Do you still offer this version for sale, I couldn't find it on your site.
cnathanw said:
Do you still offer this version for sale, I couldn't find it on your site.
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Unfortunately this band no longer on sale
zhenia88 said:
Unfortunately this band no longer on sale
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figures...
Hey guys,
I bought a Moto 360 2nd Gen in the 42mm Black variant with a Horween leather band, It was the only option available at the time as i wanted it asap, And i'm actually satisfied with my purchase however i'm willing to purchase a Stainless Steel Black Band, However i can't find any that is compatible with the 42mm Variant as it takes a 20mm Band, I'm looking for a Black stainless steel one that consists of a butterfly clasp,
However i was wondering would any 20mm Band work with my moto360 even if it doesn't consist of the quick pin pull outs for the lugs?
Hussain_Salam said:
However i was wondering would any 20mm Band work with my moto360 even if it doesn't consist of the quick pin pull outs for the lugs?
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Yes.
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iterva said:
Yes.
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Thanks for your response.
Ya, any 20mm band will work. This my favorite style of band, I got it from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YA4L7HC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
make sure to order some extra pins as well, since the ones that come with the watch are attached to the strap.
For my 42mm I had gone for a cheap silicone band with quick-release pins to hold me over till I could get a proper stainless one. I figure for 12 bucks on amazon it's worth the peace of mind to know I'm not ruining the leather doing dishes or at the gym.
Got the 46mm since then, half because it was available with stainless
Get a spring bar removal tool from Ebay also, it will make your life much easier changing bands. I just bought one, they are cheap.
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Ya, any 20mm band will work. This my favorite style of band, I got it from Amazon.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YA4L7HC?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_detailpage_o03_s00
make sure to order some extra pins as well, since the ones that come with the watch are attached to the strap.
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Do you find that the huge clasp on the bottom prevents you from putting your hand on the table?
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Do you find that the huge clasp on the bottom prevents you from putting your hand on the table?
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It's not a huge clasp, no bigger than any other watch. Plus it has the advantage of all the extra band wrapping around on the inside of the strap, instead of the outside.
Has anyone gotten any of the cheap bands from China?
Are they good (for their price)? I know they aren't the best you can get, but, for a few bucks, you can get a bunch.
I wanna make sure the device will stay on my wrist, and I wanna make sure the device will stay in the band.
Has anyone gotten any of these on eBay?
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I have 3 of the $2 straps off of ebay. Been using the steel blue color for months now, works really well. Only issue I see is that its easier to have your watch fall off your wrist since it doesnt take much force. It's only happened once, my girlfriend was grabbing at my arm, caught the watch strap with her hand, and watch fell off. Otherwise, I really like my little $2 band.
Yeah they do seem a little more insecure but after wearing for a week I've had no issues. On the plus side the ebay ones appear to have slightly less rigidity than the oem straps, and I don't get the creaking from the clasp as it rubs the strap, it also feels far more comfortable with less bulk and greater adjustability.
I got these. They are a great price and work very well!
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Has anyone gotten any of the cheap bands from China?
Are they good (for their price)? I know they aren't the best you can get, but, for a few bucks, you can get a bunch.
I wanna make sure the device will stay on my wrist, and I wanna make sure the device will stay in the band.
Has anyone gotten any of these on eBay?
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Sorry, just got mine. Looks and feels cheap. Clasp is sturdy but seems prehistoric next to the OEM ( see attached Pic) Adequately secures watch for light exercise and play....overall personal review ; you get what you pay for.....
Dankees said:
Has anyone gotten any of the cheap bands from China?
Are they good (for their price)? I know they aren't the best you can get, but, for a few bucks, you can get a bunch.
I wanna make sure the device will stay on my wrist, and I wanna make sure the device will stay in the band.
Has anyone gotten any of these on eBay?
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Sorry, just got mine. Looks and feels cheap. Clasp is sturdy but seems prehistoric next to the OEM ( see attached Pic) Adequately secures watch for light exercise and play....overall personal review ; you get what you pay for.....
anyone else have this issue!? and my arms aren't even that hairy! i got this band
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01DCDF9SY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
which is nice, and the black looks cool against the chrome colored watch body...but damn is it annoying when there's some slight shifting and the watch band catches and pulls the hair on my wrist! anyone else deal with this daily? not sure if i wanna keep the band because of this, but i'm SO bored of the stock brown leather band that came with it!
All metal watch bands do this. If you've not worn one for a while, then it can catch. Just give it some time and the hairs will pull away and you will be fine.
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haha that's not reassuring. i'd rather keep my hair in tact lol. sucks they all do this..so annoying. oh well, think i'll get the black moto leather band. it's on sale for 25 bucks at best buy
Just asking, are you in a metal band bro? Your dp says so (and the title too XD)
lmao nah not anymore. just do solo work haha
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Actually, good metal bands don't do this. They only pull your hair because the links smash into each other, acting like many little pliers. With quality metal bands, the links don't smash into each other.
ShadowVlican said:
Actually, good metal bands don't do this. They only pull your hair because the links smash into each other, acting like many little pliers. With quality metal bands, the links don't smash into each other.
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Not true. I have a 250€ Viceroy with metal band and the problem is still the same for us hairy guys.
Just for your information, Moko (chinese brand that does cases for almost all devices in the market) has nice silicone straps with the quick-release pins in plenty of colors and sizes. Check amazon. I got the navy blue and it's pretty nice.