BARTON WATCH BANDS - Soft Silicone Quick Release Straps - Choose Color & Width - 16mm, 18mm, 20mm, 22mm, 24mm - Silky Soft Rubber Watch Bands

I've purchased about a dozen watch bands, and this is the first one I am buying again - because I wore it so long, it broke. Leather or stronger silicone would not have broken, but I wore this daily for a long time. I wore it so much because I like it. It is soft, much softer than leather or the resin (plastic) that comes from the factory on Casio watches. Leather bands have their place, but not daily wear for me. Fabric (canvas or woven nylon) can also give a soft and pliable band, but this soft silicone is good. It fits on my relatively small wrist without the end sticking up, because it is not super long, and because it has two sliding loops to "tie down" the band. I usually position one loop near the buckle and the other near the free end. With small wrists, having the free end stick out a lot can get caught on things. This is not a problem with these Barton bands. I like having two sliding loops (tie-downs) in general. The metal buckle is fine, it is easy to open and close and it never discolored. I can see that the metal edges are worn, but it is silver all the way down, it is not plated. I would prefer an engraving on the buckle, but a bad engraving is worse than nothing and this is an affordable band. The metal buckle is frankly better than a plastic buckle, for ease of fastening and durability, but a plastic buckle might have been color-matched. I like the silver accent, though. BIGGEST COMPLAINT: The inner surface of the silicone is gently scored in a square grid, or knurled. This makes it less sweaty than smooth-faced bands, but the little grooves accumulate white gunk, which comes out as white powder when I scratch it. I think this may be dried soap, from hand washing. It may also be dried sweat, but it's really entirely white. Smooth-textured silicone would have a different problem, it would trap more sweat in a liquid state, and possibly become sticky. The only way to avoid these problems is to get a leather band, which I don't want most of the time. I like that it can be removed without a spring bar tool (a V-poker stick), because the spring bars have little knobs that can be actuated with a fingernail. So swapping bands is easy. The band doesn't come off by accident, it is reliable. DURABILITY: It developed some shiny patches on the outer face, likely from rubbing. They look okay. The hole that I used most often looks identical to the others, which is impressive, usually it would be reamed out. One of the sliding loop tie-downs has a chunk missing. And it ultimately snapped apart at one end, coming free of the spring bar and becoming useless. So I am replacing it. But it lasted many hundreds of days, washing dishes and showering with it. STYLE: Very simple, very classy. No logos, even color, rectangular with no flares. My favorite kind of style. The band can rotate like 270 degrees around the spring bar (the lug), so you can lay it flat on a nightstand, you can slip the bands together and it will stand up on a nightstand like a clock. You can keep the watch flat in a pocket. Out of a dozen watch bands, this is the first one I am re-buying. It's good.

Love this watch band and it fits my Citizen Ecodrive perfectly. I’m the kind of guy who wears his watch 24/7; I shower with it, sleep with it, workout with it...it never leaves my wrist. Needless to say a good band is extremely important Comfort: 5/5 -The band is ultra soft, I barely notice I’m wearing it. -Even when your wrist swells (working out/hot outside/really hydrated), the band is just as comfortable & seems to expand -I haven’t found “slippage” to be the case, it stays put & doesn't slide down or up my wrist even when wet (after washing hands/showering). But this is more a function of how tightly you wear your watch Fit: 5/5 -I have pretty small wrists (~7”) and it fits perfectly with 2 notches to spare -The buckle is very comfortable and lays flat against the strap, so it doesn’t catch on things like clothes, laptop edges, doorways, etc. -The fastener loops that hold the extra bit of strap down against your wrist are excellent. I was worried they would be too bulky/thick (like the Fossil silicone bands) and be a nuisance, but the opposite is true **see the 2nd picture**. They also stay in place very well and don’t slide down the band, like with leather straps. Durability: 5/5 -The band, while comparatively inexpensive, feels very well made, but only time will tell -The material does not collect dust/hair/lint like some other silicone bands, probably because it isn’t textured & has a smooth surface It’s also worth noting I haven’t had a skin irritation or reaction to the band. It was also very easy to install—just be sure to do so on a flat surface over a white piece of paper to catch the metals bars if they fall out (mine didn’t, they were pretty well stuck-in the band)

Overall fine quality, but the length is a bit shorter than I'd like for a larger (8"+) wrist, even with a 48mm watch. Looks nice and is comfortable.

Excellent product. Easy to install or remove with spring bar 'dimple' that quickly allows retraction of spring bar pin. It's also easy to take off to clean a watch on occasion with a toothbrush. You also don't risk scratching the watch struggling with a gummed up spring bar. The band can be taken on and off in seconds. It's obvious why people buy a number of bands of various colors Comfortable especially when resting your arm while using a mouse, etc, even when you roll your arm directly resting on the buckle portion. Silky soft, lite and flexible with no break in needed. Its difficult to scuff or deface the band in any way. After months of use it shows no wear at all. Much better than a rubber type band supplied with a Casio watch that I formerly thought was fine until I tried this band. The stainless bucket is polished to a high chrome like gloss. 316 Stainless is a higher grade of stainless and the added chrome content adds to the rich look with no sharp edges. Cleans over and over with water and mild soap. The holes are fine for an average sized wrist and close enough to get a good fit. I have it on a Citizen watch and it fits and clears the body of the watch just right.

The Bands are very soft and comfortable to wear. I have a number of them.

It is not the color in the pictures , it comes with a light green color not an olive one It comes also as 22 mm strap not 18 mm as described The quality is good so

Cinturino molto ben fatto. Comodo da portare. Lo consiglio.

Qualitatif, confortable et robuste 👍

Expectaion from the picture is far from the reality of the product. Color way off and product unimpressive.