I’m here in 2023 and this video is responsible for me now running over to Erika’s website and buying a few straps! Thank you!

Awesome review!! I was looking into these straps before I saw the interview with Erica but that vid definitely pushed me to want one even more. Excited for the new colors. Cheers Pat!! Keep it up man...love the content :D

Great work on the channel, man. It's cool to see you leave Properly Wound, then promptly take the quality of content and production both up 12 notches. Well done!

I saw your interview with Erika and I love how down to earth she is. Great interview and great review of these straps. I’m gonna definitely get me a strap soon! Can’t wait. I hope you’ve been well in this pandemic in NYC, here I am in Washington Heights doing pretty well myself mate.

$75 to $100 for a watch strap depending on options. Ridiculous. She must be eating filet mignon and lobster every night for those prices.

after you meeting Erika video I ordered a black opps one with blue stitching for my 1521 - it arrived this week - and I have not taken it off all week. Very confy and gives a very unique look to the watch. Really nice !

These are the most comfortable watch straws, bar none! I like my Tropic vulcanized rubber strap too, but again, Erika’s are the most comfortable. And they stay put too-no movement hardly at all. Love that.

I also saw Erika's interview and recently purchased a strap from her. Have not received it yet but my eye is on the mailbox. I've used the Rhinos, Natos, rubber bands throughout the years and I'm hoping the blacked-out Black Ops MN strap will give me the comfort I'm looking for and look good on my SNEEEEEE- 498. Thanks, Patrick

Great informative video, once again. I plan to get a few in the future. Looking forward to seeing, and ordering, when the other color options become available.

An easy way to get the spring bar off is to use dental floss. Just loop it around and pull.

Totally agree with you. The green strap will match almost any watch out there. Erika also does custom stitching like mini flags on your strap if you ask her. Super cool.

Way too expensive

I’ve been meaning to order one and after this vid I’m going to today! I wondered about the keeper rubbing your wrist but it appears That it won’t , very cool

This lady went from $70 to close to $110 in a year. Demand creates inflation! No way I will ever pay that much for an elastic strap, regardless of the quality. There are much cheaper options.

75€ for a strap is way too expensive

Mine has been ordered, just waiting on it to arrive. This strap seems like a dream come true. I'll have to see how well it holds up to the humidity in my part of the country. But there is something bugging me about this strap. I seem too remember something very similar to this from about 30 years ago...

Thanks Patrick. I will be ordering a couple soon! Now the hard part....... I have to choose a color!

Hi there, it's great that I found your video. I was looking for something exactly like this. BTW what is the name of the watch in this video? Looks really good.

How long does it usually take to ship after Erika ships it out?

Wonder how secure this is really for diving. Does the material stretch like natos when wet? Wouldnt want the keeper to come loose in the water and my watch becoming a goner. You mention being in the shower with it...any thoughts?

I put mine on opposite to how you do. I found it easier to fasten. She’s made a few for me now. I wish I’d had one when I was an army medic.

When you stretch the strap to get over your hand and onto the wrist, do you think it adds stress to the spring bars? When I slide onto my wrist I get the feeling there is stress on the springbars.

Lovely review mate....cheers

How can I use It on a smartwatch as it needs to count steps n all

Are they 3 times the quality of the Amazon alternative? Are you allowed to answer this question?

Hey man, I just got my strap and having a hell of a time putting it on. Any tips or tricks?

I saw the blue with red stripe and thinking instant buy since I am former Marine and same colors as our dress blues. No freaking idea what I'm going to even put it on but I'll be ordering that one for sure

these are my favorite type of straps

Do you think the MN Sahara will work well with the Pastel Blue Seaforth? Or should I stay with the tried and true Gray MN Mirage?

How is the durability of these straps?

I ordered a cheaper chinese version of one of these. Saw the NDC Jacko Strap on a seiko flightmaster and really wanted to get one for my flighty. I'm not equipped to shell out $60 for one of those straps though so the $18 chinese one will have to do for now

These are my favorite straps!

It would have been interesting to compare the MN straps with the NDC straps in order to sort the related applications: single layer MN for watches up to 13 mm height, double layer NDC straps for watches with a height beyond 13 mm. Though with the NDC you get two layers of strap to have your watch sitting on. I've put a MN on my 16 mm Reef Tiger Aurora lately and it looks flimsy: with such a high watch you need to have that bulky loop around the spring bars you get with NATO straps in order to balance out the bulkiness of the watch. Even better for bulky watches: Nick Mankey Designs hook strap or The Watch Steward strap: no strap underneath your already too bulky watch but still the loop around the spring bars. And as less expensive alternative for the single layer option: thecheapestnatostrap for a quarter of the MN/NDC price - and you don‘t even have to mess with the spring bars... Heimdallr is another alternative.

Hi, wanted to ask how the strap is holding up. I have heard some complains from people saying that the strap loosens up after a while. Please update me. Thank you.

which watch is that?

I would think that the strap would eventually stretch out over time, much longer then the year that you havr had yours though.

Great straps. Total ridiculous the price!

I wonder if the material is too thick to work on a Speedmaster Pro. I have had my eyes on these for a while. Thanks Patrick. You just cost me more money. Haha. --Michael

Oh no a scratched lug, good heavens...

i went to both sites and i was like i can get 3 for the price of her one ....lucky i could not make the basket work so i got the cheap ones, they all do the same job

Cool straps but i much prefer the original ndc straps. Imho there much better and faithful to the ones the mn used

She clearly made an impression on you :-)

You kept saying that these are better than the competition... What competition? NDC? If so, how can it be better than the original genuine stuff?

I'm wanting one really bad. That tan is REALLY nice. Extremely cool. BTW the Vostok is nice as well.

I like Erika's straps very much. I will bet that the strap cost more than your Vostok))))

There is a guy on the urban Gentry jackyo straps who does the same thing, paracord straps and all.

80€ for a small piece of elastic strap?? What the actual f***k. These are available online for 10€ and works well in my experience.

For this price i would rather buy a Forstner Komfit.

What"s wrong he didn't sniff it?

At that price point id rather pay a bit more and get myself a nice Hirsch strap

Nice to see russian Vostok watch on your wrist! Cheers!

Ridiculously overpriced straps. Also, if you get it for free, it’s an infomercial, not a review.

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