I bought the Apple Watch Ultra renewed by Geek Squad with the green alpine loop band. I had the original SE Apple Watch and the battery would barely last the day. I had grown used to the Apple Watch but thought more features like the always on screen, longer battery, and titanium material could be worth the upgrade, but not at $800. I bought the watch renewed for $400. I also wasn’t concerned with buying the Apple Watch Ultra 2 since I would be making such an upgrade in tech and getting a larger savings with the Ultra 1. When the watch arrived it was just in a ziploc bag, but other than that it looked brand new. No scratches, signs of wear, or anything that would make me think it wasn’t brand new. The battery health was at 100%. The watch band is also great, and I find it both secure and also very comfortable. I just recommend sizing up on the alpine loop so you have plenty of space to take it on and off without the hook end striking the watch face. I’ve also bumped the watch into walls or other objects a couple times and since it’s the ultra I don’t have a case on it and haven’t seen any damage to it. Overall very happy with the purchase, features, battery life, and the savings buying renewed. Would definitely go that route again.

The watch is quite good, it works great. The only downside is that the strap in the photo and in reality turned out to be completely different.

The watch did not come with the green alpine band that I ordered. Instead it came with a cheap brown plastic band. Best Buy refused to ship me the correct band, only offering to exchange the complete watch, which is not helpful. It would take days to exchange complete watches, and I would have no guarantee of receiving the correct band the second time on this refurbished item. This should have been an easy fix.

Overall very satisfied with the watch, I specifically chose this watch because of the extended battery life. I regularly use the golf app Arccos eith playing and with the standard apple watch couldnt make it through 9 holes. Thankfully with the Ultra I now have enough battery to male it through a whole 18 and can log my game without any issue. My only issue with the purchase of the certified refurb was that i had ordered one with a specific band and received another, not a big deal in the grand scheme of things. After all it did cost far less than a brand new one.

The watch is great so far. When I got it though the watch band was filthy…I had to buy a band before I could use it. I do think the cost was excessive.