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Venu 2 3rd Party Replacement Bands

Has anyone figured out a solution to standard 22mm quick release bands not working with Venu 2? I just purchased one and was pretty bummed to learn that I can't use any bands besides Garmin's official over-priced ones. Any 3rd party bands that you have been able to reliably make work?

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ATRAVIS26 over 1 year ago +1

Use the new band with the Garmin pins

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0 JackDrake over 1 year ago

Hm, interesting to read that 22mm bands have the same issue.

For 20mm one solution is to order 21mm quickrelease pins and sand them a little bit.

0 ATRAVIS26 over 1 year ago

Use the new band with the Garmin pins

0 Scott over 1 year ago

Try calling Garmin support and asking then about the problem. It may not help, but in my case they shipped two sets of Garmin pins at no cost to me.

0 8091399 over 1 year ago

I have the Venu 2 and have purchased 3rd party bands with no problem at all. all 22mm bands fit, these are the ones with the quick release.

0 Scott over 1 year ago in reply to 8091399

Many of the Venu 2 watches seem to need pins slightly larger than 22.5, which the stock Garmin pins are. The non-Garmin 22mm pins come out too easily. Maybe they had some units out of spec and fortunately, yours is not one of those.