The Xiaomi MiBand is a basic, yet very useable little wearable, but it’s not really the type of thing you can wear at a dinner date or a meeting, or is it?
Xiaomi have offered various silicon rubber straps for the MiBand since launch. Available in black, green, red, blue etc, the rubber option is cheap, cheerful and hard-wearing, but not exactly classy.
To ensure that you are still counting your steps and monitoring your exercise, Xiaomi have released a leather strap for the MiBand complete with alloy case. The brains of the MiBand simply slot in to the leather wrist strap of a more upmarket look.
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The strap also features a more traditional watch strap fastening for a more secure fit, a useful feature as the rubber straps to tend to stretch meaning you can lose your MiBand in your sleeve quite easily.
It all looks good until you look at the price which some international resellers have marked up at over $40, or in other words about the cost of to regular MiBands!
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40 dollars? That is a little too much :p You can almost buy 3 Mi Bands for that. Hopefully more and more producers start to come up and the prices will lower themselves. 🙂 Till that time I’ll wait ^^
Nice! It looks like it uses a traditional method of securing watch band straps, which means that you can replace the actual leather strap with whatever material you want! I am personally going to get this and replace the band with a Lizard Skin strap which will match what is on my watch on my left wrist. XD
What’s the official RRP in China for this?
Looks really smart, I’m definitely buying one if it gets closer to £10 ($15-20).
How does the leather hold up in regards to being waterproof?
Ah the official price is 199RMB which means around £22 = $33. Its not going to get much cheaper then. Guess I’ll still buy it though as it looks lovely and my rubber band is getting worn out.
40 dollars? That is a little too much :p You can almost buy 3 Mi Bands for that. Hopefully more and more producers start to come up and the prices will lower themselves. 🙂 Till that time I’ll wait ^^
Found them on Aliexpress for only $23.90, and they also come in black!
Links:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Xiaomi-Mi-Band-Leather-Bracelet-Replacement-for-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-host-not-include/32312581524.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Leather-Strap-Bracelet-for-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-host-not-include/32301121604.html
The leather is most likely crap, but if you’re going to replace the leather strap with something else like me, then these are a great buy!
Those aren’t these, those are third-party ones, that’s why they’re cheaper
Nice! It looks like it uses a traditional method of securing watch band straps, which means that you can replace the actual leather strap with whatever material you want! I am personally going to get this and replace the band with a Lizard Skin strap which will match what is on my watch on my left wrist. XD
What’s the official RRP in China for this?
Looks really smart, I’m definitely buying one if it gets closer to £10 ($15-20).
How does the leather hold up in regards to being waterproof?
Ah the official price is 199RMB which means around £22 = $33. Its not going to get much cheaper then. Guess I’ll still buy it though as it looks lovely and my rubber band is getting worn out.
Found them on Aliexpress for only $23.90, and they also come in black!
Links:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Xiaomi-Mi-Band-Leather-Bracelet-Replacement-for-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-host-not-include/32312581524.html
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Leather-Strap-Bracelet-for-Xiaomi-Mi-Band-host-not-include/32301121604.html
The leather is most likely crap, but if you’re going to replace the leather strap with something else like me, then these are a great buy!
Those aren’t these, those are third-party ones, that’s why they’re cheaper
So, i have to unscrew the case everytime i need to charge it? ORLY? What an idiot made a housing like this?
So, i have to unscrew the case everytime i need to charge it? ORLY? What an idiot made a housing like this?
Still waiting for the cycling update.
(Lol, who I’m kidding they will never release cycling)
Try putting it around your ankle and see how well it works.
Still waiting for the cycling update.
(Lol, who I’m kidding they will never release cycling)
Try putting it around your ankle and see how well it works.