Stretchy Apple Watch bands are the best Apple Watch bands.
, and it changed things for this watch wearer. The Braided Solo Loop came out in 2020 with the Watch Series 6, but since I haven’t had an Apple Watch for a few years, it was new to me. Rather than the classic two-part watch strap, the BSL is a single piece of stretchy woven yarn. It’s thin enough that I don’t feel it whacking the desk instead of my wrist and soft enough that it doesn’t scratch or catch as I move my hands around.
The BSL isn’t adjustable except for the stretch, so you do need to get sized for the band either by going to an Apple Store or printing the company’s home sizing band. I measured at a 9, but the employee helping me at the store said she recommended sizing down. So now I have a black — excuse me, midnight — size 8 BSL on my left wrist, where it left a tiny woven marking for a day but now seems to have settled nicely.
The BSL does have a cheaper sibling, called the Solo Loop, which is a similarly stretchy piece but is made of Apple’s classic liquid silicone. It’s half the price of the BSL — which costs a whopping— but I’ve just never liked the way the silicone looks. A note of warning in both cases: some buyers say the bands stretch over time to the point of being too loose, which would be a bummer for such an expensive accessory.
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