Solo loop split and completely broke apart after barely 8 months. Very frustrating!!! Any compensation for a new watch band??

This is why I just purchase cheaper, third party Watch bands.

I don't see the quality for the prices Apple sells their Watch bands for and when a watch band breaks, Apple is going to try a put up a bunch of roadblocks to get another free replacement?

WT?.....

Also, for some of their higher priced watch bands, you are paying for some designer name and maybe, MAYBE better quality.

Not worth these prices, in my humble opinion.

Cheaper priced Watch bands are easily found for purchase on Amazon that, if they last a year or more then break, cheap to replace.

I have bought two solo braided loop bands in pink and purple for my wife online from Amazon for $35 for both and free shipping.

I purchased two metal Milanese loop bands on Amazon, one a nice emerald green color and one a dark blue/black color and those were $20 each and work just fine with no sharp edges to dig into my wrist and look great!

I see no value in purchasing overpriced Watch bands from Apple when there are cheaper and equal quality bands being produced by other third party watch band makers.

Again, we are, mostly, just Apple product users here, in these volunteer user support communities, AND NOT Apple.

Your options are limited.

You will need to search online for your nearest, “local” Apple store location and call contact phone numbers and call to make an appointment to have your Watch issues addressed

Failing that,

You need to contact Apple support via the contact support link located at the upper right hand corner of every Webpage of these Apple support communities.

Use the appropriate support categories.

OR

by installing and using the Apple Support app found in the iOS App Store.

Tap the iOS App Store link below.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/apple-support/id1130498044

OR

Call contact Apple via the support numbers found in the link bekow.

Contact - How to Contact Us - Apple

Tap the link below.

https://www.apple.com/contact/

Best of Luck to You!

The is a user helping other users with tech questions forum, you are not addressing apple

here  just  fellow users

you can try claiming warranty

Legal - Hardware Warranties - Apple

Mine broke apart at the metal end piece after 6 months. Apple Support agreed it was covered by limited 1 year warranty. Took a very very long time on phone to sort out. Agent was great but it was a crazily laborious process. Now waiting for return box to arrive in mail.

I have only had my apple watch for a short period of time. My watch band solo has broken. I want to order another, but feel there should be some type of discount. Evidently I cannot purchase a different band as my watch only is made for this type of band. Please inform me as to how to get a new band for my watch. For this price, I feel I should get some type of assistance.

Call Apple support about your failed solo loop. Failure of the band after normal use is covered by the Apple accessories limited 1-year warranty: I was so informed after a very long time on support line with an Apple specialist. (She had to put me on hold several times and check with others before telling me it was covered.) She sent me a box in which I could return the broken watchband. I received it overnight and returned to a Fedex dropbox yesterday. It is already out for delivery to the return center in PA. I presume they soon will be sending me a new solo loop band to replace it. There certainly does seem to be a problem with the solo loop. The need to pull on it to get it on and off is the problem. The joint that slides into the Apple watch where the silicone band is joined with the embedded metal hinge piece fails. Can't take al the pulling. Fails in a matter off months. Design flaw.

A DAY OR TWO AFTER POSTING MY PREVIOUS REPLY, I checked the status of my "repair" after I had sent back the band in the box provided by Apple. Its status was shown as "cancelled." No further explanation. I have now spent 2 hours on chats and on phone over 2 days trying to find out what's going on. Apple support people seemed greatly puzzled, have to put me on long holds. Now I have just been told that I will receive the band back from Apple with a letter explaining why the case was cancelled and, when I do receive that, I'm supposed to leave a voicemail with my latest Apple support person telling her what the letter says. ..... All this to have a failed watchband replaced under its 1-year warranty, with success not assured.

The cheaper bands I purchased on Amazon for my wife and I are still standing up and look great and clean very easy.

Have not had any issues yet.

Not sure what you are looking at for third party bands, but the ones I purchased online seem to be OK.

My wife and I have no complaints, so far.

Depends on what kinds of bands you are looking for.'

Also, you still need to acurrately measure your wrist where you usually have your watch and watch band placed on yiur wrist.

Most third party bands DO have a range of wrist measurements for certain band sizes.

This happened to my watch also after 8 months. Warranty did cover it, but this should not happened after this short time. Apple also made me get the same band and not get another. I would have like to get something else

Apple eventually did send me a new rubber solo loop band. Much time was spent on the phone getting bumped up to higher levels of agents. Except for the satisfaction of final success, all the time spent was not worth the value of the band.