NEXT - Sport Band Watch Strap for Apple Watch® 38mm and 40mm - Gray

At the first quick look and touch you wouldn't know it is not the Apple brand. I am very happy with it, but have two gripes with it. 1. Material - only one difference between this brand and apple that I can tell is that the original is consistently easy to clean with just plain water. This brand you need to use a little soap with the water. I think the materials pores might be slightly larger and therefore traps dirt easier. Unless you are "playing" in dirt a lot, I don't think you would really notice it. 2. Design - This one annoys me a quiet a bit. Because the pin for closing the band is on the opposite side from where the loop is, it is either difficult to adjust for tighTness (pin pointing up), or it doesn't feel as secure as the original band (pin pointing down). The band popped open on me once (pin pointing down) and the watch almost fell to the ground, I cough it at the last second. I don't know how to better describe it without writing a book. I suggest you take a look at the pictures or better yet, try them actually on your wrist so you can see and feel right away the difference that I am trying to describe. I do love it that the small NEXT band is a little longer than the small Apple band.

While the strap initially looks quite nice, there is a film that is already peeling off of the surface of the strap. At first I thought I had gotten some sort of sticky substance on the band, so I took a rag to wipe it off. I soon realized it is actually a film that is coming off the band. Also, I'm finally getting used to putting on this strap after several weeks of use. It was very difficult to connect the two sides of the strap using one hand. I would not recommend this strap.

Why buy brand.. when you can buy after market and own all the colors for the same price as one apple band.. Ladies you can have one for every outfit dress it up and down!!

Love this band watch. It looks good quality. Looks very stylish. Just love it.

Upon putting this in my watch I was very disappointed with the quality. Very weird and hard to put on. Not even worth the $14. Then upon trying to remove it would NOT come out of my watch. Tried so hard to get one half out and the strap BROKE. leaving behind the connectors in my brand new watch. Not even trying to remove the other side. Very mad and now have to find a place to take the other half out without ruining the watch. Would give this zero stars if I could.

I love this watch band. The color is perfect. I’ve always had a black band and now I’m happy that I have this beautiful colored one.

Fits nicely and looks very sleek. Reasonably price also. Love it.

First, the actual color of the watch band is very close to the color on the sides of the box. The front of the box photo is a bit darker. Color is light lavender. The loop end of the one side stays against your skin. The snap side slides over the loop and then under the loop strap. It took some getting used to before I could put it on easily in the morning. One tip, if your hand is small enough. When you remove the watch, do not completely remove the snap side. Snap it in the last hole and then slide your hand out. Repeat in the morning in reverse, then unsnap and move the snap into it's correct position. Doing this prevents fussing with the snap and trying to get it through the loop every morning. Overall, I am satisfied with this band. It's as comfortable to wear as the standard Apple watch band, the color is nice and it goes well with the gold bezel of the Apple watch series 4.