Xiaomi MiBand now has a leather strap option


xiaomi mi band leather

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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18 Comments

  1. Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
    April 8, 2015

    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 ^^

  2. Akimitsui
    April 8, 2015

    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

  3. Ulti
    April 8, 2015

    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?

    • Ulti
      April 8, 2015

      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.

  4. Jeep ✓ᵛᵉʳᶦᶠᶦᵉᵈ
    April 8, 2015

    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 ^^

  5. Akimitsui
    April 8, 2015

    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!

    • Jean
      April 9, 2015

      Those aren’t these, those are third-party ones, that’s why they’re cheaper

  6. Akimitsui
    April 8, 2015

    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

  7. Ulti
    April 8, 2015

    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?

    • Ulti
      April 8, 2015

      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.

  8. Akimitsui
    April 8, 2015

    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!

    • Guest
      April 9, 2015

      Those aren’t these, those are third-party ones, that’s why they’re cheaper

  9. Atomicrus
    April 9, 2015

    So, i have to unscrew the case everytime i need to charge it? ORLY? What an idiot made a housing like this?

  10. Atomicrus
    April 9, 2015

    So, i have to unscrew the case everytime i need to charge it? ORLY? What an idiot made a housing like this?

  11. Xalis
    April 9, 2015

    Still waiting for the cycling update.

    (Lol, who I’m kidding they will never release cycling)

    • The Darling Kinkshamer
      April 14, 2015

      Try putting it around your ankle and see how well it works.

  12. Guest
    April 10, 2015

    Still waiting for the cycling update.

    (Lol, who I’m kidding they will never release cycling)

    • The Darling Kinkshamer
      April 14, 2015

      Try putting it around your ankle and see how well it works.