Samsung's $40 Feather Fabric Band (GW6 Classic) broke less than a year into use

[Steven P. Administrators]

Aside from being really comfortable, I like how I can use the strap to wear around my ankle, because that is the only way I am getting a full night tracked sleep data from the Galaxy Watch 6 Classic.

At minimum it should be designed to be used/taken off at least once a day, which is my use case.

I did not wear it too tight, to cause it to break (because that's simply uncomfortable wearing).

Chinese knock offs with velcro are only a few euros, but these Samsung branded ones are like €40.

Really disappointed.

Can probably DIY a fix, if I had the proper materials.

[satukoro]

I have a galaxy watch 4 and after having it for nearly 3 years (in feb) im on the lookout for a basic automatic mechanical watch.

I find myself constantly annoyed by intermittently functional notifications, a step tracker that works but takes forever to update, and the general lack of battery life

It feels like samsungs watch experience is plagued by a lack of attention to small details and it's enough to sour the experience. This post about a low quality band by Samsung feels like it emphasizes this.