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Original strap broke...

so, my original strap broke. not bad for it to last over 2 years (bought my 935 in April 2017) of 24/7 use...the part that broke is the "clip" that hold excess strap. is there any place to just buy that part?

i like the idea of the quick fit straps and i see tons of third party ones out there, but i see that many of the negative reviews suggesting the quick fit mechanisms on the non-Garmin branded ones are plastic and not secure. is there a "premium" third party brand out there that has similar build quality to the OEM one.

i'm probably going to just order a Garmin standard band (black) to replace my current one (holding together the excess strap using a rubber band right now) but this broken band has me revisiting the idea of having a couple quick fit bands to use and swap.

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

derek87 Let me make a suggestion. Garmin OEM straps are expensive. Go online and buy a cheap strap for a fraction of the price. Use the retaining loop from the new purchase and put it on the original strap and all is well.

0 derek87 over 6 years ago

derek87 Let me make a suggestion. Garmin OEM straps are expensive. Go online and buy a cheap strap for a fraction of the price. Use the retaining loop from the new purchase and put it on the original strap and all is well.

that is a fantastic suggestion! thanks! (i wonder if the retaining loop has the "hole stop" like the OEM garmin...)

0 Former Member over 6 years ago

derek87 I got one off of Amazon.com for $9.99 and it had it. I got it for the same reason as you. I'd send you the link, but I used my wife's Prime account and she doesn't trust me with her password. :)

0 derek87 over 6 years ago

derek87 I got one off of Amazon.com for $9.99 and it had it. I got it for the same reason as you. I'd send you the link, but I used my wife's Prime account and she doesn't trust me with her password. :)

no worries. i'll find one. i may order both a cheap one and a second strap from Garmin even though it's pricey. my 1st band is pretty well worn (i wear it 24/7 except to charge and wash it) and i have a feeling it will die at some point.

hoping this will be a 4-5 year watch for me. while i can lust for the 945, the 935 does everything i need it to do. (the only thing about the 945 that i would want is the maps for when i'm hiking/backpacking)

0 derek87 over 6 years ago

A follow-up:

on a whim, i decided to contact Garmin Customer Support to see if i could obtainer the "keeper" (that's what its officially called) from them. and they are sending me one for free! yay! happy days!
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0 Former Member over 6 years ago

(the only thing about the 945 that i would want is the maps for when i'm hiking/backpacking)

Maps were my deciding factor also. I pulled the trigger and got one anyway (This is why the wife doesn't give me passwords) and I absolutely love it. Only on day 3, but so far good. Biggest surprise was elevation readings. I constantly had to calibrate my 935. The 945 has a setting under auto calibrate during an activity and to turn it on outside of activities also. If I understand it correctly auto calibration is working in the background 24/7. I think this may be the difference. I don't recall the 935 having this option and I believe the auto calibrate only worked once you started an activity with the 935.

0 MilA over 6 years ago in reply to derek87

Were you able to put on new keeper by sliding over the buckle or had to remove the strap?

0 derek87 over 5 years ago in reply to MilA

as lame as it sounds, i decided to order a new band since that would arrive faster than the keeper from Garmin and that way, i would have a backup (the old band seems pretty worn in a bunch of places).

anyway, for that reason, i can't tell you from experience. the free replacement keeper the other day, but i haven't opened the envelope yet.

Neverthless, looking at my band right now, i would say one could potentially stretch the keeper over the buckle, but in an ideal world, one would have tools to take off the band to do it more easily and not staring the keeper. (that was one of my other motivations for buying a new band...to have the tools on hand)