I know, although it does seem to be industry wide - everyone seems to, although Garmin is the most expensive. Thanks for commenting!

IMO most German products are overpriced

@@alfonso2501 I know - they can be at the top end - but not at all when looking at the 265/965/instinct 2x for what they can do that so many others can't - the 965 alone has 1.4" amoled w 14 day battery life, full maps, spotify downloadable playlists, and more metrics than any other company - and then I just use $10 amazon bands to dress it up when I want! Total deal for value

@@alfonso2501garman 😂😂

Corporate greed has no bounds.

Completely outrageous! Totally agree. And thank you!

I know! I was surprised the tactical from Hemsut was so big for a medium!

@@fitgearhunter yeah that's crazy I'm hoping mine will fit when it comes I ordered a small.🤞🤞

Thank you! now we have many model come with S size@@fitgearhunter

@@hemsutwatchbands great! Thanks for commenting!

Yes their hook & loop is the one I go back to in most cases. Thanks!

Glad it helped! As far as the clasps go I feel like NotoCity and Ancool have the best and most similar to Garmin's

Interesting! Thanks for sharing!

Can you share a link of specifically what 26mm band works? What does gard end mean??

@@JB-hq9yj yes he's talking about the LDFAS one. A friend of mine did it and it slides through fine

@@JB-hq9yj here! amzn.to/3No1f9Z

@@fitgearhunter you’re the best thank you. Wow this peaks my interest as a wider band is always more comfortable for weighty watches like the Fenix 7

Yes tough call! I really loved the smart watch experience of the Apple Watch Ultra, but I would never keep it because it's so limited in the functional usefulness for wellness and training

Same here, I will most likely sell it or trade it towards a new iphone.

@@fitgearhunter is the only way to chose a workout after the 1st time to choose from favorites? When I hit the stop/start button only strength comes up, I want to be able to pick from the whole list. What am I doing wrong?

@@ep6606 hey! Just have to add them all as favorites. Every time you choose one from further below it will ask you if you want to add to favorites as well. Is it not?

@@fitgearhunter yeah, thanks for getting back. I just chose a handful of workouts that I like to do and saved as favorites. A much bigger issue I have is that I drove a commercial trash truck for a living, the accelerometer in the watch thinks I’m doing a workout because of all the bouncing around. After 10-11 hours of driving I end the day with around 30,000 steps! I got a message yesterday telling me I should rest because of all my activity and my body battery dropped into the single digits. Major disappointment, not sure what I’m going to do with it.

Sure thing!

Both the same for CrossFit/HIIT, but the 265 has a more brilliant amoled screen but lacks mapping of 955. I would go for 265, personally, because I find that I don't really ever use the mapping

Glad it helped!

Hey! Any that are 22mm!

@@fitgearhunter thx a bunch...cheers

@@GOLFADDICT65 no problem!

Sure, and thank you! It is 176mm

@@fitgearhunter do you use a 47mm or a 51mm on a daily basis?

@@am2umbrele 51mm for sure - just can't escape the need for more screen size

That is true - there aren't as many 18mm ones unfortunately:/. I know you've probably done this but search "Garmin 18mm quick release band"

Sorry for delay! And great question - I think a number of the same manufacturers might make alternates for the quickfit style 20 mm watch bands. But this review is really focused on quick fit, which is different from the traditional pin fingernail release quick release type bands. What watch are you looking for a band for?

@@fitgearhunter coros pace 2.

I can't speak for everyone but I've used probably 25 different styles of bands and the only one I ever had issue with was a definitively rigid extra thick leather band about eight years ago. Otherwise no issues whatsoever, for me at least!