Dr. Andre Armstrong
This 1 star won't apply to everyone. I gave the band 1 star because I think we can all agree that when purchasing something we all go see the 1 start reviews first to find out what is wrong or disliked with a product. So 1 star is to save someone from making the same mistakes I did and to make sure anyone looking at this band for a traditional watch buys different pins.Strictly speaking, my review is for smart watches not traditional ones. I think this would be a solid 5 stars for the band and a -10 stars for the pins that come with this particular order for traditional watches. If you do buy this band for a traditional watch face, get different pins with the little leaver on the side that withdraws the end of the pin, because those are NOT what is sent with the band. The ones sent are solid sticks with ends that retract but are damn near impossible to retract. You will destroy your finger nails and curse the damn pins while juggling the whole ensemble and trying not to scratch your watch face with the band's metal clasps. In my struggle I accidentally set my watch to German or Dutch? No idea, but now I can't read it to change the language and have to go Google the words so I can navigate to change it back to English. Save yourself the heartache, get the pins with the tiny knob that retracts one end. I'm currently stuck unable to get the friggin' solid pins OUT and I'm not going to bother translating everything to go back to English until I can get the pins out. Who knows, maybe I'll accidentally reset it to English in my struggle to remove the pins? (I wish!)Now, apart from all that, the band is not usable for a smart watch as the band covers the back sensor. The reason I purchased the band is 1. I have FREAKISHLY small wrists. Legit, kid sized. 2. I'm traveling to an area where pickpocketing is high. 3. I have ADHD and having a smart watch is really helpful for time management and as the watch is right on my wrist I don't have to go purse-dive or find where I put my phone down. The finding my phone via my attached and not-easily-misplaceable watch is an ADHD godsend. So wearing a smart watch is something I really need. After some Googling for some theft-proof watch bands, this one came up and it seemed like it would a fantastic solution to my number 1 issue and would also be more challenging to easily pickpocket off my wrist, making it also a great solution to the number 2 issue.When I purchased this band I looked at the specs as far as pin width, and I looked at the images included in the description on the top. I didn't, however, scroll down to see how the band was installed because it wasn't relevant at that moment and I thought it would, like most bands, have designated ends that attached. I incorrectly concluded that it (like the photo in the description without a watch face shows) would double loop around the wrist. Nowhere in the description does it say that the band will block the back of the watch, or that it's not usable with smartwatches.Smart watch: zero starsTraditional watch: probably 5 starsIncluded pins: -10 stars and minus whatever fingernails you had to start with.
