Which is your favourite S9 strap?

BrunoH

My elastic hook strap with matching colors just arrived today. Thanks Nick Mankey Design!

Ad1411

@brunoh wich one did you buy?

BrunoH

@ad1411 This is the basic Hook Strap Classic; black with red stitches and brushed silver hardware.

Ad1411

@brunoh what’s the size of the pin? 24mm?

BrunoH

@ad1411 yes, S9B uses 24mm pins, but the just any 24mm pins won’t fit. Nick Mankey shipped this strap with “standard” pins and they are way too flimsy; Suunto uses thicker ones. I bought a used silicon strap (genuine Suunto) and harvested the pins for this.

Ad1411

@brunoh thx

Aleksander H

@brunoh I don’t suppose Suunto sells “pin-packs”?

Prenj

Are this the right size spring bars for Suunto 9?
https://www.watch-band-center.com/watchstrap-p34989h431s432-Special-spring-bars-.html

chrish

I wish they’d release a nylon strip like the one that comes on the Ambassador Edition w/ the red Suunto triangle…I could take or leave the Suunto text around the bottom. But I really like that strap and logo displayed, just can’t buy it on it’s own.

If anybody has an Ambassador strap, doesn’t use it, and wants to swap for the plain nylon strap on the new Titanium Charcoal, I’d be happy to do a swap w/ anyone!

DMytro

@chrish just want to say that from what I saw, the logo and text wear out pretty quickly.

chrish

@дима-мельниченко ah! good to know. maybe not so great after all then. thanks!

ink357

My favourite strap is a velcro one i bought on aliexpress (6,91€!)

halajos

@ink357 said in Which is your favourite S9 strap?:

My favourite strap is a velcro one i bought on aliexpress (6,91€!)

@ink357 could you post a link?

A Former User

A NEW one…

ink357

@halajos just search on aliexpress, there is a lot. Delivery about 3 weeks.

I have it since 3 weeks, ran a lot, no problem. Maybe the same thing with the suunto one, after the shower it stay wet about 1/2 hour.

Prenj

@ink357 said in Which is your favourite S9 strap?:

@halajos just search on aliexpress, there is a lot. Delivery about 3 weeks.

I have it since 3 weeks, ran a lot, no problem. Maybe the same thing with the suunto one, after the shower it stay wet about 1/2 hour.

Are the spring bars shorter and spring bar heads thinner than original ones?

BrunoH

@prenj Usually they are thinner and shorter.

A pro tip: check eBay or some similar market place and look for genuine Suunto silicone straps. Buy a pair, cut them with a sharp knife and take the pins. That’s what I did; I seem to get a nasty rash from silicone straps anyway…

ink357

They are the same

ink357

@prenj they are the same

Prenj

@ink357 said in Which is your favourite S9 strap?:

@prenj they are the same

I bought one from aliexpress, but pins were thinner and shorter than original ones. I don’t trust them.