20mm Magnetic Braided Nylon Band Compatible With Garmin Vivoactive 6/Vivoactive 5/3/3 Music Watch Bands, Quick Release Stretchy Strap Replacement for Venu Sq 2/Forerunner 55/165/245/645

Durable, resilient, comfortable, easy-on, easy-off, easy to install, breathable, dries quickly IF it gets wet (I actually wore it in the shower by mistake.) Completely satisfied in every way with this band and I’ve had MANY. Oh, yeah—-AND it looks good!

This band is so comfortable to wear! It isn't bulky. Has a magnetic closure which latches on nicely! Perfect size for me. Easy to attach to my Garmin watch. Doesn't irritate my skin at all. Highly recommend!

I was having issues with the band that came with my watch. My skin would get really irritated by trapped water or something? So I figured switching to a more breathable band might help. Happy to report, I was right. Ever since I switched the band my skin has been totally fine. The magnet seems strong and it hasn't accidentally come off. The band is comfortable overall and keeps the watch snug but not tight/loose. The only reason for taking off a star is that the metal clasp already is chipping paint, noticeably so. It doesn't mess with functionality, just definitely made it look more worn than only having it on for less than a month.

Great band. It is a much better fit than the previous one I purchased. I also like the braided design which makes the watch look a little fancy. The band is comfortable and feels great against my skin. Would definitely buy this one again in different colors.

High quality and impressed by the magnetic system. Love the color and looks really nice. Only con is that it dirties, even from sweat and some outdoor work but it is washable. However, it does soak up water and takes a bit to dry, and that also counts for sweat, so that makes this not the most ideal for serious outdoor people. Fits really nicely and is very comfortable. Perfect amount of stretchiness but I wouldn't count it on being the most universal durable band. However it's great for the price and if you're not one of the above it should be great! Honestly way better than what it originally comes with.

I really like this strap for my garmin watch. So my previous strap was the original that came with my garmin when I first bought it. That strap was good, but overtime it got exposure from various elements like dirt, the sun, sweat, etc. So I wanted to get a new strap and saw this one. This one I really enjoy for my garmin because the materials are great and doesn’t leave an imprint on my wrist whether I have it tight or not. When I wear my watch with this strap, my wrist has access to fresh air. Meaning that your wrist doesn’t suffer from the trapped heat since this strap allows your wrists to breathe more. It’s easy to install. It has a magnetic strip which is both easy to lock your and unlock your band with ease. Whenever I am wearing my watch, there’s times when I forgot I have it on since that how comfortable this band is with the garmin watch.

If you've had an older Garmin watch and had to use the little screwdriver to change the band - don't be alarmed when this arrives with no little screwdriver. There's a little pin that you pull on the band to take off / replace the band. It's ridiculously easy! The band itself is great, very flexible, plenty of room for sizing. On average, I wear a medium. I've easily got 3" of overlap on this band. But it's not clunky or bulky with that overlap. The magnetic closure is sturdy. I have not had it fall off at all. The only negative (and that's even a strong word) is that because it's fabric-y, it is going to be hard to clean. The silicone bands can just wipe clean. I'm noticing (after about a month) that this is showing some dingy-ness from wear. It is not wearing out at all, just not bright and clean. But that is the nature of the material, not a defect. It does have a little bit of elasticity too which I like. Not so much that you can stretch it off your hand, just enough that if it gets caught on something it doesn't snag.

Not good enough to compete with Apple watch Good: - longer battery life of 2-4 days with actual use (but custom charge cable) - super cute round look (but inconsistent buttons and touch screen) - connects to heart rate monitor band for accurate heart rate - shares data with strava - has a cute built-in map app, (unfortunately it seems to start randomly when not needed) - automatic lap detection during exercise - super cool - customizable speed for pause/start (but sometimes randomly drops mid exercise) - it's inexpensive to buy high quality third party bands, so you can match your outfit - the watch is very light and comfortable, never feels annoying or heavy during vigorous activity Bad: - activating gps takes forever, and seems to block the user interface instead of happening in background - randomly stops mid-exercise (lost record, again) - button failure requires restart (lost record, again) - connects to crappy garmin phone app and crappy strava phone app, neither showing exercise data very well. - starting and stopping watch apps is VERY unstable, apps don't run in background - button assignment is inconsistent, different for walking and rowing. - display during exercise is near useless - garmin payment is not as simple as apple pay; you have to enter pin at the time of service, instead of once at the time on mounting the watch, making it much faster to just use my phone for payment. - the custom charge cable is not super stable, and pretty slow, and sometimes a bad connection has meant the watch was not charged. In short, this watch requires constant baby sitting, when it waits to turn on, when it fails to turn on, when it acidentally turns off, when it cannot turn off, when it loses status... It looks so cute, but is really an early beta version, so maybe I should just buy a cute bracelet and have an apple watch for doing actual work. I would DEFINITELY have returned it if I could, now I'm impatiently waiting for it to break, so I can justify buying an apple watch again. With the buttons failing (twice this week), I was totally ready to return it, but apparently the return window is only a month or so.