Rubber straps

Anyone have any recommendations for a good rubber watch strap? I mean aside from the usual Bartons and such. Crunchers unite! 

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I don't understand how brands justify hefty OEM prices for rubber straps. I have bought a couple from Aliexpress and amazed and delighted by the quality. 

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Tikkaspecial

I don't understand how brands justify hefty OEM prices for rubber straps. I have bought a couple from Aliexpress and amazed and delighted by the quality. 

V pleased with the ones I picked up from CNSwatchbands and they were, as said above, priced as one would think they should be. 

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Tikkaspecial

I don't understand how brands justify hefty OEM prices for rubber straps. I have bought a couple from Aliexpress and amazed and delighted by the quality. 

Have you handled any higher end rubber straps?  I ask because a Seiko seems like an high quality watch, until you get into Swiss. Then Hamilton seems high quality until you try Longines…Often times the clasp is a significant expense as well. 
 

I‘m honestly not sure the quality difference as I don’t own any, but just bought a Delugs strap for my PRX as it has a proprietary strap change system. We will see if it is quality. 

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Lots of links to different strap vendors in this posting...

What are your favorite vendors for Watch Straps? | WatchCrunch

With respect to rubber...the obvious ones are Tropic and FKM...

FKM Rubber Watch Bands – BluShark (blusharkstraps.com)

Tropic strap - Home - The best watch strap ever for a dive watch

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ChronoGuy

Lots of links to different strap vendors in this posting...

What are your favorite vendors for Watch Straps? | WatchCrunch

With respect to rubber...the obvious ones are Tropic and FKM...

FKM Rubber Watch Bands – BluShark (blusharkstraps.com)

Tropic strap - Home - The best watch strap ever for a dive watch

Thanks!!

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Victorinox Rubber is the Best i have seen/felt

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Swatch silicone gent (and probably other swatch silicones) is good. Very grippy if you like that kind of thing, so you can wear it loose. Downside is that they are kind of dust magnets.