Why can't the strap pins come out?

Kaitlyn said:

I can only assume that Garmin did this to "close" the system

Garmin did this to improve the security of the watch. Period.

Flick back through the F6 forum and find the threads where people lost watches using 3rd party bands because it appears those bands 'pulled' on the shoulders of the pins. Read the various workarounds that people invoked to cover the shoulders.

Now, Garmin have removed the shoulders and look, people complain about Garmin rather than speak with the 3rd party band makers and ask them to adjust their product.

There's already a lengthy  thread about this including methods to remove the pins and replace them with F6 pins.

The "method" you mention is pretty drastic....cut them in two with a wire cutter :-)

I contacted Garmin and they confirm it was done for "safety and security" purposes.

If we cut them this voids the warranty (but...need to see how they can realize if then I purchase spare 7's spring bars to restore the original ones.... work in progress...). 

Ok with that, but they should leave the freedom to users to put back the "older" ones (Fenix 6's) since who upgraded (giving them bunch of $$) may want to reuse the bands purchased over time. I've +20 nylon ones that can't use anymore, some are expensive and handmade and I can't use silicon's due to allergy and I won't buy the only nylon stretch on Garmin site that costs....299,00 Euro!

So good they did the improvement but leave to us the freedom to choose. For patching a situation that impacted say 0.5% of users they made a change for all the Fenix 7/Epix/etc... users. One off.

Io ho rimosso i pin con tanta pazienza senza tagliarli. Sono riuscito ad ottenere due pin di ricambio per Fenix 6 e posso montare qualsiasi cinturino. Credo che con alcuni cinturini ci poteva essere la possibilità che il pin si sganciasse accidentalmente.

antoniovertical said:

Io ho rimosso i pin con tanta pazienza senza tagliarli. Sono riuscito ad ottenere due pin di ricambio per Fenix 6 e posso montare qualsiasi cinturino. Credo che con alcuni cinturini ci poteva essere la possibilità che il pin si sganciasse accidentalmente.

Come?

Grazie Antonio !! Ma...come ? How you did that ? I see you rightly protected your watch but with which tool ? I kindly tried with a "taglierino" / utility knife with no luck, it looks like we have to use two and play with them..little by little with one and the others to prevent the spring retracts again...  

Anyhow... hat off ! Tanto di cappello !

Giannix said:

The "method" you mention is pretty drastic....cut them in two with a wire cutter

I made no such suggestion. I referred to previous threads where others have made choices that might render their watch less secure. 

Unsure about the final aesthetics result, however if they had made the mounting hole drilled all the way though like for other watches (like I think the instinct first generation) so that one could use a needle or similar to push the pin tip in for removal, they would have solved both issues

Siiiiiiii!!! Proprio come dici! Due taglierini, uno che tira e l’altro che mantiene il pin per evitare che rientri nel foro. Oppure un taglierino per tirare e un piccolo cacciavite che mantiene e così via per due o tre volte. Attenzione a non graffiare l’ansa dell’orologio.

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