To be honest, I don’t usually write reviews…unless the item is SO bad that I think that it’s a public service to warn people away from a certain product.
This is definitely not the case here.
So a wee bit of background; I’m a single-watch person….I really don’t need the stress of deciding what watch to put on today. Also I’m a professional Landscape Gardener, living in Israel. So that means hot, sweaty, muddy and the need for a secure watch strap.
Despite only having one watch, I do like to change watch straps - it’s sort of like buying my wife a new dress…same familiar face but a totally new look. You know what I mean.
Anyway, I have boxes of straps - many have been only used once and then discarded as not meeting my fairly strict criteria.
I do like rubber straps and I do like NATO’s but have never found a satisfactory rubber NATO.
Rubber straps do tend to be thick and fairly bulky and nylon NATO’s absorb a lot of water and I really hate having to do the NATO- tuck….folding excess strap back on itself.
So to the Strap Habit Ribbed Pass-Through Military FKM Rubber.
The rubber is thin but seems very strong, flexible and very comfortable.
But the outstanding innovation is the keepers. Truly different from every other strap I have.
So the keepers are adjustable- they are not floating (floating in, floating out) but, rather, they are movable via spring bars with three holes available.
I moved the keeper (nearest the buckle) to be as close to the buckle as possible - this really increases security and the second keeper I moved outwards so that the tail is not flopping around.
All in all, this is a great watch strap and I highly recommend it.