F6 Spring bar options?

8446225 said:

I'm trying to get away from the Quickfit ends, they don't wrap over my wrist bone very well,

Apologies for stating the obvious but if you wear the F6 correctly to get WHR then the wrist bone should not be a factor in the fit of the watch.

Its a comfort vs WHR accuracy thing, I'm not too concerned with HR at all.
I off-trail hike, mountain bike, kayak, and camp, I don't pay much attention to the HR at all.  The Fenix is only my outdoors watch, I wear others for every day.

so- not really getting this.  Is the stock garmin spring bar different than the million others out there that are all the same size?  A standard 22mm spring bar is 1.8mm thick/diameter.  I've got a narrow wrist, and really haven't found a good strap for my F6P.  

The stock Garmin bar is 2.3mm diameter with a whopping 1.6mm pivot (the tip part).    Most mens bracelets/bands have 1.8mm holes in the end links, so the Garmin spring bar won't fit through the end link of any non-Garmin band... and if you use a 1.8mm spring bar it'll likely have a comparatively tiny 0.8-1.0mm pivot that'll at best slop around/wear the hole in the lug and at worst it'll pop out allowing your $600+ watch to hit the ground or drop to the bottom of a lake :/

I'm considering those milanese magnetic quickfit bracelets, historically those types pull my hair like crazy.. so its probably a pass.
Thanks for the suggestion though.

I may have found a solution..
A 23mm x 1.8mm double flange spring bar with the tiny tips ground flush.
The double flanges are ~1.5mm diameter and offer a similar total surface area as the stock 1.6mm nub.
It'll have a snug secure fit on the bracelet and lug.. problem is I have no idea how I'd get it back out without cutting the end link and bar with a Dremel.
I have a bunch of 23mm bars on the way and will experiment with fit and various removal tricks before assembling with an end link.

Thanks for the info on the difference in sizing.   keep us posted on how well it works

Update...
Ok, so the 24mm Barton spring bars (from amazon) will work.  Simply grind off the small pivot nubs on the ends and let the ~1.3mm flanges fill up the holes in the lugs (far better than just using a regular 22-23mm bar.
Problem is the smaller overall diameter pivots have angular slop inside the tube and I figure its not the most secure of fits in a composite lug, plus the ridges in the flanges may chew a little on the inside of the lug holes.
The last problem is the flanges are the way the bar is removed, and they end up buried inside the lug, so the bar removal notches in the end links need to be deepened so that the tub can be pushed to the other side with one tool, then the bar compressed with another tool. (pita).

For long term reliability, no slop, and a all around secure fit I when ahead and drilled out the 1.8mm hole in the 23mm Luminox Carbon Link bracelet that I installed.
I stepped the holes to 2.0mm and followed that with a 3/32nds which is a perfect fit for the 2.3mm pins.
Its easy to do, but not easy to do.. the spring bar removal notch complicates drilling.. so using a Dremel and 2.3mm diamond bit I enlarged the beginning of the hole to prevent the two cutting corners of the drill bit catching on the notches, once past the notches the bits work fine.
I held the end links in my fingers while running the bits through at a very low rpm in a cordless drill while being real careful to check myself that I'm not applying any pressure in any odd direction that'll cause the bits to wander off-center and ruin the bracelet.

Anyway... the results are worth the effort and risk of trashing a $100 Luminox bracelet.  It looks great and matches the Fenix really well.

I shop pics, but don't really have an easy way to link them..

hah.  sounds like it would have been easier to just buy a different band.  You must really like that Luminox.