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Apple Watch Loops (Various Colors): Braided Solo $30, Solo

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Woot! has Apple Watch Loops (Solo or Braided Solo, Various) on sale from $19.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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Woot! has Apple Watch Loops (Solo or Braided Solo, Various) on sale from $19.99. Shipping is free for Amazon Prime Members (must login with your Amazon account and select a shipping address in order for Woot to apply free shipping) or is otherwise $6 per order.

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What's in the bands
These are the Apple Watch band materials that come into contact with your skin:
Ocean Band: Fluoroelastomer with titanium
Alpine Loop: Polyester with titanium
Trail Loop: Nylon with titanium
Sport Band: Fluoroelastomer with stainless steel, ceramic, titanium, or 18-karat gold
Apple Watch Nike Sport Band: Fluoroelastomer with stainless steel or aluminum
Apple Watch Nike Sport Loop: Woven nylon
Hermès Bands: Leather, Polyamide yarn or fluoroelastomer with stainless steel
Milanese Loop: Stainless steel
Link Bracelet: Stainless steel
Leather Loop: Leather with stainless steel
Modern Buckle: Leather or Polyester and nylon with stainless steel or 18-karat gold
Classic Buckle: Leather with stainless steel or 18-karat gold
Woven Nylon: Nylon with stainless steel
Sport Loop: Woven nylon
Solo Loop: Silicone
Braided Solo Loop: Polyester yarn with stainless steel
Leather Link: Leather with stainless steel
Magnetic Link: Polyester and nylon with stainless steel
Titanium Milanese Loop: Titanium

Source https://support.apple.com/en-ca/118234
"ATTENTION! These bands are NOT adjustable!
They come in up to 12 different sizes to provide a precise, comfortable fit. Please go to the Apple.com webpage HERE [apple.com] and click the black "Start your measurement" button to follow the sizing tutorial with a custom measuring tool you can print out or various household items like a measuring tape or strip of paper to determine your exact size."

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a_land
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Does it not many models / brands?
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TheDealSpiel
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These bands look to be made from silicon and polyester for the braided one, not Fluoroelastomers. Unless I'm misreading something.
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BigPoss
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"Every fluoroelastomer band tested contained PFAS, with concentrations of PFHxA above 16,000 parts per billion, or ppb, in some samples."
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Not as good as the previous front page deal because the coupon code APPLEBANDS no longer works for 15% off, but it's a still a great price now that it has been restocked.
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What's in the bands
These are the Apple Watch band materials that come into contact with your skin:
Ocean Band: Fluoroelastomer with titanium
Alpine Loop: Polyester with titanium
Trail Loop: Nylon with titanium
Sport Band: Fluoroelastomer with stainless steel, ceramic, titanium, or 18-karat gold
Apple Watch Nike Sport Band: Fluoroelastomer with stainless steel or aluminum
Apple Watch Nike Sport Loop: Woven nylon
Hermès Bands: Leather, Polyamide yarn or fluoroelastomer with stainless steel
Milanese Loop: Stainless steel
Link Bracelet: Stainless steel
Leather Loop: Leather with stainless steel
Modern Buckle: Leather or Polyester and nylon with stainless steel or 18-karat gold
Classic Buckle: Leather with stainless steel or 18-karat gold
Woven Nylon: Nylon with stainless steel
Sport Loop: Woven nylon
Solo Loop: Silicone
Braided Solo Loop: Polyester yarn with stainless steel
Leather Link: Leather with stainless steel
Magnetic Link: Polyester and nylon with stainless steel
Titanium Milanese Loop: Titanium

Source https://support.apple.com/en-ca/118234
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It states to pick a size. How do I know what size I should get? It goes 1-10 🫠
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Quote from LupeH :
It states to pick a size. How do I know what size I should get? It goes 1-10 🫠
I just followed the instructions on the listing page. Worked fine for me.
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If you are getting this with a 49 mm ultra, size down 1 because the ultra2 is bigger than the other watches.
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Quote from VioletRailway9264 :
Just a heads up, I've ordered dozens of bands from AliExpress for $1-3 for my Ultra and they are all perfect, no reason to pay insane apple prices. Vastly more color choices as well.
Agreed, but I don't mess with Ali. I pay the marked up Amazon prices ($5-$10) so I can easily return the bad ones, but same idea. I currently have an Apple one and it's slightly nicer than generics, but still wildly overpriced.

Loop is sooooo much better than the rubber bands. Infinite adjustments and no chafing. They also dry pretty quickly.

Edit: I was referring the Sport Loop (velcro). I didn't realize "Solo" was a new design entirely. HTH, they look very similar in the pics.
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Quote from LupeH :
It states to pick a size. How do I know what size I should get? It goes 1-10 🫠
"ATTENTION! These bands are NOT adjustable!
They come in up to 12 different sizes to provide a precise, comfortable fit. Please go to the Apple.com webpage HERE [apple.com] and click the black "Start your measurement" button to follow the sizing tutorial with a custom measuring tool you can print out or various household items like a measuring tape or strip of paper to determine your exact size."
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Why do the photos show two colors on a single band? Are these dual colored?
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I've gotten rid of as much PFAS as possible. Zero coated pans in our household. Only stainless steel or enameled cast iron. PFAS free waterproof jacket. So on and so forth. Personally I think 3M, Dupont etc. should be literally liquidated to pay those impacted by PFAS (agriculture destroyed, water supplies destroyed, women on the early production lines who had WAY elevated rates of birth defects). The list is endless. The people who knew about this and purposefully hid it should be jailed for life, and meet a grisly end. They've destroyed lives and killed people.

HOWEVER, what data is there to support exposure (presumably through absorption) to PFAS/PFOS based on wearing these bands?

"The wristbands on these popular products might expose wearers to the harmful "forever chemicals" known as PFAS."

"But products made with this material contain toxic PFAS, known to harm health."

No sh*t. "Known to harm health" LOL. Yes, but HOW?? Ingestion is a known route of exposure (coated pans, contaminated water and food, etc.). Is simple contact also a route of exposure? Not only does EWG conveniently leave that question unanswered, they don't even ask it.

If I rub a teflon pan against myself for 8 hours/day, am I going to absorb a meaningful amount of PFAS/PFOS? I'd love to see further investigation that doesn't just confirm the presence of PFAS in these products, but goes further and tries to determines if there's actually any harm in using them.

For example: I bought a Patagonia PFAS free waterproof jacket. Not because I believe there's any risk in wearing a jacket that has PFAS based waterproofing, but on principle. Just the manufacturing of this sh*t is problematic. I get it. There's a difference between a watch band literally against your skin, versus a waterproof jacket over existing clothing (unless you're wearing inside it on your naked body).

Anyway. Thanks for sharing the story. I'm all for increasing awareness of PFAS/PFOS, as well as the criminality of the corporations who have peddled it while knowing JUST how f*cking problematic it is. But it's important not to make assumptions. Trust me, I would LOVE to know if I've been f*cking myself for ~8 years by wearing the sport bands with my watches.
Last edited by _A2 January 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM.
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Got a few of these last round. The purple fog lives on my watch. The sizing is a little inconsistent. All of mine are 10, but the purple fog is a little looser than the black braided, which is looser than the white silicone one.

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