How are the new thicker stiffer bands holding up

[bksalt]

I have one of the new bands on my old band 2 received it back from Microsoft about 3 months ago and so far no sign of cracking in the usual places seems to be holding up very well. How is every one else with the new installed bands doing? are your bands seeing and evidence of cracking?

bksalt rly:

 

[evdel]

Not sure if the band is thicker as stated. The new band is matted while the old band was glossy ( and losing the glossy bit rapidly i might add)
But the new strap works very good. No problems here,

 

[poit57]

I never had any tearing issues. I wore my first Band 2 every day for about 7 months and started to have the issue where it would shut off and tell me the battery died after about 3 months. The problem was intermittent, so I didn't have it replaced for a few more months until it started happening every day and the Band stopped powering on.

The replacement hasn't had that issue after about 3 months, so maybe the thicker strap material has helped protect the battery connection wires better in addition to tearing less often.