Took me FOREVER to figure out why I didn't like it - UAG Scout Apple Watch Strap Review

The UAG Scout. I totally forgot that I bought it. This the UAG Civilian. I like the Civilian. But I have a serious dislike for the Scout. It took me FOREVER why I dislike this version of UAG’s silicone straps.

Check out the UAG Civilian Strap instead...much better: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGkK18SlqMM

At MREH, Monty and I base our reviews on actual usage. This channel is powered by Monty’s looks and my pecs. Now we occasionally get products sent to us but most of them are purchased ourselves. During this isolation video series, out of the 8 UAG products I reviewed, the only product that UAG sent us was the Scout for the iPad. Everything else was bought for using Monty’s nickels.

The UAG Scout is a silicone Apple Watch strap that has anti-microbial properties. Which won’t do much for whatever everyone catching these days but worth noting.

The watch strap is quite thin. It’s only 20.5 mm wide which is about 4mm slimmer than Apple’s sport loop, 1 mm slimmer than Apple’s elastomer band as well as the UAG Civilian. It may not seem like much but that 1mm does make a difference.

Now like the Civilian, UAG uses a custom buckle which is absolutely badass from my perspective and the lugs on the strap are above average in terms of fit. The fit is better Spigen’s straps but doesn’t come close to Apple’s or the Mifa straps.

And honestly, using this strap after reviewing the Mifa straps felt like a backwards step for me. From comfort to annoyance.

The silicone used in the Scout has a finish that’s sticker than the UAG Rugged case. Yes, this watch strap has a finish that is more aggressive than that AirPod pro case that has the pocket pulling power of 9000.

That’s the main reason why I think the Civilian is better than this Orange scout. Because the Apple Watch with a Civilian strap will actually move around a bit on your wrist. The blue parts on the strap has a much less aggressive finish. The Scout will stay in one spot regardless of how uncomfortable it is.

Now as a side note, here’s a quick back story on this Scout. I purchased the Scout the same time as the Ciivilian and totally forgot about it until it showed up in the mail three weeks ago. So I was able to use, review, break the Civilian and have the replacement show up weeks before the Scout showed up.

The aggressive finish managed to annoy me all my daily activities. Working at my laptop was annoying because the watch strap would get caught. The watch strap felt sweaty when I slept with it and the inability to move around while working out was annoying. Nothing like having something jam into your wrist bone during WOD of overhead squats and T2B’s.

I had to remind myself how much better it was to workout with the Civilian by wearing both of them during my last workout before writing this review.

The slightly slimmer strap also adds to the annoyance of the Scout because the strap felt way more constricting than the Civilian. It really feels like someone is pinching my wrist.
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