I have bought third party bands for awhile. Often, many label them as comfortable, breathable with flaws. The ones gotten in between were Amazon and ebay; between velcro strap (ebay kind) and the Amazon alpine kind. I leaned more towards the alpine line just because the edges of the loop doesn't eat my wrist harshly. However, over time I often have to keep swapping last 2nd or 3rd hook hole just so it's either snug or tight. Though overtime hurts my wrist whether asleep or weight lifting heavy. Same with the velcro except those have harsh edges that are a bit hard whether you have a big wrist or not, can be annoying & over time produce pain.Here, oyodss seems to be all around comfortable. Edges are soft - kept it at snug and can do just about everything with no flaws as of yet. I was expecting the "gap" as indicated from one of the photos of other reviewers however it breaks down clearly (as shown in my photos) breaking in just evenly and fine.Tightening it is about the same except not ideal if I wanted to do heavy work or weight lifting. Ideally, snug fit worked well.In terms of design, I was concerned if the black velcro was going to show more than the woven cloth work but otherwise successfully the strap covered all of the velcro line since of course I have small wrists / and ordered the 49mm band which evidently the over lap slack covered the velcro exposure.The item respectfully deserves a 5 star and I don't often give 5 stars to straps. I do look forward ordering another just because it's nice on the eyes and including feel. Mines was a charcoal Grey but the lighter gray would have been more suitable since to me this looks like a ash gray charcoal but overall I love it.