When I unpacked my case on Tuesday I was taken aback to see that the strap on my Garmin watch had broken off! WHAAAT!! It was perfectly fine that morning when I packed it safely away.
I had a run to do so I sewed the bits together as a temporary measure (I mean … shock ….horror…. I couldn’t run without the Garmin 😱 ) and it held OK but obviously I needed a new strap.
When I got home I had a look online and yesterday lunch-time I ordered a replacement strap.
Just over 24 hours later my new strap arrived and hey presto, I have a new strap all ready for my next run. How’s that for service?
My original strap has lasted about nine years so I think that’s pretty good going considering all the rain, sun, sweat, mud, sunscreen, insect repellent etc etc thrown at it. If only it could talk…..🙂
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Quick work IP. I have had to replace straps for my 35 a couple of times over the past 4 years; I got everything I needed from Amazon….I didn’t think about checking with Garmin! I sometimes look at my 35 and think about upgrading, but I am short of a good reason for doing it! I did think about something with better navigation aids built in, but most of the last 12 months has been about injury recovery! Mrs BC brought me down to earth with a bump the other day; she said that she thought the running shorts I was wearing were a bit too short (“for my age” implied). Have I become a 70 year old fashion victim?😬😂
When I see past sporting clips I’m always amused to see how short the shorts were 😳 but I wear very short shorts too as I find them more comfortable and less restrictive than the longer ones.
That's pretty good! The keeper loop which stops the strap from flopping around on my wrist snapped on my Forerunner 235 a year after I bought it. I ordered a replacement strap via Amazon, and it too arrived the next day.
Although, I never got around to using it, and it remains unopened in a drawer ... 😂
I carried on running with the strap as it was for another 10 months, and then bought a Forerunner 245 Music so I could run without a phone and still have tunes.
I have been restricted ... and for a while it was timing out. I think there might be system wide issues .... It's across all forums, including the admin forums!
Excellent service Garmin! It must have been old brittle plastic on the old one I suppose. Maybe the pressure of the aircraft did it in once and for all? RIP old strap!
I have a teal strap. Somehow it’s become my colour on lots of things, purely by coincidence, and I’ve grown to love it. I gave my daughter my Forerunner 235 (with teal strap) and she promptly bought a black one! I took over my husband’s never used Vivoactive 3 with black strap, and promptly changed it for a teal one. Of course the 2 watches didn’t have interchangeable straps did they? 🙄🙄
And on some older models you can’t change the straps. A friend had to get rid of her perfectly functioning Garmin just because the strap had broken and she couldn’t replace it ☹️
Oh gosh I would have been pretty devastated too, my Garmin is now one of my limbs! 🤣🤣. Very good thinking though about stitching it on as a temp measure!
I once drove to a run spot and as soon as I arrived realised that my Garmin had been left behind in the kitchen 🙀 I did think for a few seconds that I should drive back to get it but then told myself not to be silly 🙄😂
I broke the strap retainer on mine and bought a few from Amazon. It’s held together really well and my 235 has been on my wrist practically 24/7 for the past 5 years.
I don’t need it other than for recording my training sessions and races as it doesn’t provide any reliable or useful data other than top speed, as it’s just not designed for short distance sprinting but it’s a companion and I’ll hang on to it until it breaks and then look at going something else.
Oooh very nice! And rapido on the old delivery front too. My old Fitbit’s strap went and although I tried to replace it, the watch was on the way out at that point too, which is when I switched to Garmin. You’re right about everything we throw at them, I don’t even want to think about what kind of Petri dish nasties are lurking in all the cracks! Happy new strap running IP 😁.
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