Hi everyone Aaron here for Zollotech and many of you asked me to unbox and take a look at the new
black unity braided solo loop for the apple watch which was announced last week and is available
today i picked this up at the local apple store and they had a really nice display dedicated to
just the solo loop which was actually quite nice now this watch band was released to celebrate
black history month and it goes along with a new apple watch face and iphone wallpaper so
here's the iphone wallpaper and here's the new apple watch face and this is one of my favorite
watch faces as the second hand goes around it changes and i'll show you that a little bit later
but if you're curious about the wallpaper and what it stands for you can go to apple's website
and just scroll down or go to apple watch and scroll down and it says future forward
inspired by afrofuturism the new black unity watch band and matching unity lights watch face
symbolize the necessity for a more equitable future for the present generation of black people
and so as you can see it comes in at 99 listed here so it's fairly expensive and has to be fitted
as well but i thought i'd share this with you since many of you wanted to see and try
to answer any questions you had as well so if we flip this over you'll see it says apple is proud
to financially support organizations dedicated to advancing racial equity and justice and so let's
go ahead and open it up now you can see this is a size 10 loop so this has to be fitted and it
depends on the size of your wrist so let's go ahead and open it up here and i also have an
older one an apple watch loop or braided solo loop so i can show you the durability in a little bit
let's go ahead and open this up and take a look at it and you'll see it has some unique packaging
nothing inside here this card comes inside explaining the watch band and how it was inspired
so i'll read this to you but i'll also take a screen capture since depending on the angle you
hold it at it's very difficult to see so if we hold it right here you can see it but now i can't
to read it it says this watch band is inspired by afrofuturism it honors generations of people
who have been seen and unseen and symbolizes a communal belief in the necessity for a more
equitable world afrofuturism is a philosophy that explores the experience of the african diaspora
through a narrative of science technology and self-empowerment it aims to dismantle systemic
inequalities by creating better conditions for the present generation of black people and so
that's just a little piece that's in there let's go ahead and set that aside and take a look at
the loop itself so here it shows a little app clip or little sort of qr code of apple so that you can
scan the apple watch and kind of get the new watch face so let's go ahead and remove the watch band
and this is a size 10 so it's fairly large and this is actually made up of polyester yarn
braided around silicon thread so it's stretchy so it stretches quite a bit as you can see here
it's very stretchy really nice material very soft and up close see how close we can get to
it here there we go you can get an idea of what it looks like and as i stretch it you'll see that as
well so it's really nice material it also says on the end here right on the end it says black unity
so that's on this end and on the other side it says 45 millimeter size 10. so
it's again sized and it's for a 45 millimeter you can get it in the other sizes as well
so if you have a smaller apple watch it will work with that let me set this aside
and get this all set up so i can put it on my apple watch so let's go ahead and remove
my other watch band and this is a stainless steel watch band and when i'm not recording a video or
maybe i'm just going for a walk i'll switch typically to a nylon loop or something like
this because i find them extremely comfortable so this just slides in like any apple watch
and there you go so it fits on your wrist as you would expect and looks pretty nice so i think
it's very comfortable you want to make sure that it fits tight enough but isn't too loose
that your sensors don't work so it's something that i really like these are super comfortable
and they want to be slightly tight they don't seem to loosen up over time and to share with
you sort of the durability of these i have an older one here that's actually was this black
color but sort of worn out wore out over time it's very bright here has been in sunlight and this
gives you an idea of the wear it still looks fine it's just sort of a different color it's almost a
blue at this point because it's faded so it faded in sunlight maybe i could wash it and change it a
little bit but i don't think so it's not really dusty or anything like that but it's changed
over time but this gives you an idea or contrast between the two just to kind of give you an idea
of how dark it is also with that black wallpaper next to it this gives you an idea of the actual
colors so they match nicely with the wallpaper of course with that watch face and durability
they seem to be very durable it hasn't lost its elasticity over the time it's been released so
they're one of my favorite watch bands and they breathe very well too so if you're outside maybe
working out or it's just very hot out they don't seem to really cause a ton of buildup
of sweat or heat they're really nice and they breathe very well so they're one of my favorites
and i just wanted to share this with you as many of you asked me to and so this is available now
it's a little bit expensive for what it is of course but they are really nice high quality watch
bands and it actually stands for something so if you want to get your hands on one of these you can
get them from apple now i bought it myself so they didn't send it to me or anything but they are 99
if you want to check them out let me know what you think of it though in the comments below and
of course this wallpaper will be available i'll leave a link to it so you can get your hands on
that as well if you haven't subscribed already though please subscribe and if you enjoyed the
video please give it a like as always thanks for watching this is Aaron i'll see you next time