Randon Watch Bands NATO Straps ZULU Heavy Duty Ballistic Nylon Strap with Stainless Steel Buckle

Great price for such a decent quality strap, but for me, a couple of irritations (that I must stress, won’t affect other users) have relegated my Randon to the reserve bench. Firstly, the length. In a NATO strap, my personal taste insists that it is long enough to allow 2 or 3cm of “fold back” so that you can fold the end of the strap back through the final buckle. This gives the classic “NATO look” that I admire so much. The Randon isn’t long enough to do this. It gives a very neat finish, but just like any standard watch strap. Not what I was hoping for.Secondly, the buckles. Pick carefully, as there is too distinct patterns.....rounded ends, and squared ends. The rounded ends seem to sit more comfortably. On my strap, one of the buckles has been fitted backwards, so the join in the metal ends is on show. Not good.The buckles themselves are just too big and loose for my taste. With just a single thickness of strap passing through them, they are just a couple of millimeters too tall.Quality of materials is excellent at this price point. My wrist is 7”. If you have a wrist larger than that, then you could have issues with this particular strap.

I agree 100% with Dom Morgan's review of this product.It is a quality well made strap which is made to last well.It is a not a NATO strap but a ZULU strap and consequently the metal loops are larger and more conspicuous.I felt that when I wore it, as supplied, it looked like a curtain rail or a piece of climbing equipment.Like Dom I also removed the understrap and double metal loops and now have an understated but smart looking strap.This is a personal opinion and I should have looked more closely at the other Randon straps on offer on Amazon.If this is an example of the quality of Randon straps I endorse them completely.Make sure that the hardware on the strap fully meets your needs and enjoy a quality product.

Bought this to go with a new Orient dive watch with blue dial. I think it looks great and the navy also goes well with my orange dial Seiko monster. Only problem now is deciding which one it will remain with slthough quick changes are one of the NATO benefits so I've just ordered 3 more of these in different colours. These ars NATO not Zulu bands because they have the second shorter piece below the main strap. Zulus are a single band.

Good watch strap. It didn’t exactly work how I thought it would but it’s very comfortable. Long enough to fit fairly loosely round my thick wrist, it’s a good replacement for the worn out strap of an old Citizen Eco Drive watch. I made sure I measured the space between the lugs of the watch and got the width of strap to just fit it perfectly.

Very nice, high quality watch strap. Not sure what the purpose of the two loops together at the back of the watch is - one would do and would be less bulky. It claims to be "ballistic" although it's not apparent from looking at the strap precisely in what respect it is ballistic. A whiff of bovine excrement there I suspect! Overall very pleased however.

Easy enough to fit and the Youngster likes it. We had to remove a leather watch band which he disliked causing him to not wear the watch. There are a lot of metal loops on this watch band.

Excellent quality and certainly heavy duty. Have to say though that the picture doesn’t really do justice to the size of the loops, which are very chunky. Not sure I would have bought it had I realised how chunky they were. That said, if you want ‘heavy duty’ then this is certainly the one to go for.

This is generally a well made and sturdy strap, the only real downside is that it is a little too short to have the full NATO effect, my wrist is an average 7" and this wears like a Zulu instead. Although this is a disappointment I don't feel a drop in star rating is justified......just wish it was a bit longer.