Comments on: Garmin Forerunner 610 Replacement Velcro Wristband: Quick Take

By: Lester

Lester — Wed, 23 Mar 2016 17:18:35 +0000

I´ve already replaced my garmin straps 3 times. It sure was a manufacture or project error, but garmin doesnt care about this issue nor about the back of the watch oxidation problem.
I´ll try to avoid garmin from now on.

By: Sophia

Sophia — Thu, 05 Dec 2013 03:07:05 +0000

Went to an expo where Garmin had a stand. The guy said there was a manufacturing error with the bands and Garmin is aware. He replaced the band insure for free.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I went through the very same painful process of pushing in the pins for months until one day I dropped and scratched the watch.

I then turned to forums where I've found other 00s of users complaining and I got to the same conclusion: get the soft strap and a pair of 19mm spring pins.

Install is painless... but boy that soft strap cuts through your skin like knife goes through butter. A little friction is Ok, but above 10 miles of running the blisters get so painful that I have to switch arm... only to develop blisters on the other wrist.

I completed a 19M run last week-end and at the end I was bleeding from both wrists. NOT GOOD, and it takes a week to heal!

I'm now thinking to buy an additional cotton wristband to remove the friction, but SERIOUSLY... this is a really bad design flaw for such an expensive watch!

By: Hari Sankara A

Hari Sankara A — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I switched to the fabric strap about 11 months ago. I *have* to wrap my wrist with medical tape under the 610 for anything longer than a 20K if I don't want to wear the skin down raw. If I'm running 30 or more, I need two layers or maybe even three at the contact points.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000

I would be very careful with velcro wristband like this.
I used similar ones and in the end they broke/twisted lugs of the watch (not Garmin) and rendered it un-useful (actually whole watch case cracked and started to leak sweat and water in).
Just my 2C.