Are you concerned with Omega rubber straps?

Davidt · Wed. 1:03pm

S Speedy13
Fantastic explanation.
however, we don’t know whether the strap will be ok after 10 years of use and because we still have bad particles inside we don’t know to what level they resist to wear but more importantly whether it’s safe. Too much “if”.

How do you function in life if your goal is to reduce your risk exposure so drastically??

Surely you mustn’t go out in case you’re hit by a bus, a nut case with a gun goes on the rampage or you get sunburnt. Equally, you can’t stay in all day in case your house is in a previously unmapped radon hotspot, your textured coatings or vinyl floor tiles contains asbestos or your boiler goes on the blink and kicks out an excess of carbon monoxide.

We must all accept an element of risk in day to day life. If you try me reduce it too much, you’ll tie yourself in knots. I think I draw the line somewhere before rubber watchstraps.

Speed2Sea · Wed. 1:09pm

I'm not taking any chances.

Bing813 · Wed. 2:26pm

Speed2Sea
I'm not taking any chances.

Wonder if this has been pressure treated…………..

Bing813 · Wed. 2:33pm

Enjoy the rubber strap until it gets chalky and throw it out!! Win Win……..Happy medium.

Too many other things to worry about now like people texting while driving an Amazon van while urinating in a Gatorade bottle mowing you down in a crosswalk……….oh the memories. Just don’t be surprised if there is a commercial on 24 hours a day like mesothelioma has been for decades.

Speedy13 · Wed. 2:40pm

Bing813
Enjoy the rubber strap until it gets chalky and throw it out!! Win Win……..Happy medium.

Too many other things to worry about now like people texting while driving an Amazon van while urinating in a Gatorade bottle mowing you down in a crosswalk……….oh the memories. Just don’t be surprised if there is a commercial on 24 hours a day like mesothelioma has been for decades.

Mechanical watch is one of the cleanest (free EMF) type of equipment you can have today (steel 316, titanium, gold). It’s like you come to the church where you want to give away all your bad thoughts and clear your mind.
Ruining a “clean” type of equipment with unclean rubber that’s something I couldn’t really just pass.

Bing813 · Wed. 2:41pm

S Speedy13
Mechanical watch is one of the cleanest (free EMF) type of equipment you can have today (steel 316, titanium, gold). It’s like you come to the church where you want to give away all your bad thoughts and clear your mind.
Ruining a “clean” type of equipment with unclean rubber that’s something I couldn’t really just pass.

Whatever makes you happy then my friend

Dan S · Wed. 2:50pm

S Speedy13
Mechanical watch is one of the cleanest (free EMF) type of equipment you can have today (steel 316, titanium, gold). It’s like you come to the church where you want to give away all your bad thoughts and clear your mind.
Ruining a “clean” type of equipment with unclean rubber that’s something I couldn’t really just pass.

Just put on your tin-foil hat and add a strip around your wrist, and you will be good to go.

Speedy13 · Wed. 2:54pm

Dan S
Just put on your tin-foil hat and add a strip around your wrist, and you will be good to go.

It’s all funny (nowadays with rubber) until…
Consider the fact you pay a lot. I think you deserve to have clean and superior product. You somehow want to deny that. Nothing fun to be honest.

sathomasga · Wed. 7:10pm

Since this thread isn't going anywhere productive, I'm going to use it to share a photo of my cats

Speedy13 · Wed. 7:21pm

It's just a matter of time, when PFAS straps will be banned on official level. You could have a look at other products.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/pfas-bans-for-clothing/

Vercingetorix · Wed. 7:24pm

Wrist condoms.

Archer · Wed. 7:29pm

Vercingetorix
Wrist condoms.

What about the latex allergy?

Archer · Wed. 7:34pm

S Speedy13
It's just a matter of time, when PFAS straps will be banned on official level. You could have a look at other products.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/pfas-bans-for-clothing/

I get where you are coming from. Exposures are cumulative and for me if something as simple as wearing a different strap might reduce that exposure, I’ll do it. Having said that I don’t wear rubber straps anyway…

I recently read an article about the amount of microplastics we have in our bodies, and it’s thought to have doubled in the last 20 years or so. There are things in our environment that may have very serious negative consequences for all of us, but as long as stock prices are up, nothing will change…

Speed2Sea · Wed. 7:39pm

Bing813
Wonder if this has been pressure treated…………..

Good for a few feet however if the buckle becomes unlatched it floats. Try that with a Seamaster! The watch does get nervous around a wood chipper which is understandable and of course an open flame.

Speedy13 · Wed. 7:40pm

Archer
I get where you are coming from. Exposures are cumulative and for me if something as simple as wearing a different strap might reduce that exposure, I’ll do it. Having said that I don’t wear rubber straps anyway…

I recently read an article about the amount of microplastics we have in our bodies, and it’s thought to have doubled in the last 20 years or so. There are things in our environment that may have very serious negative consequences for all of us, but as long as stock prices are up, nothing will change…

Exactly. Nothing to say I paid "loads" of money for this type of rubber. I would be happy to wear them. I like the comfort really but... I start to search nice leather straps.

ErichPryde · Wed. 7:43pm

S Speedy13
It's just a matter of time, when PFAS straps will be banned on official level. You could have a look at other products.
https://www.nytimes.com/wirecutter/reviews/pfas-bans-for-clothing/

I'm honestly fine with products containing PFAs being banned. I think probably most of us are.

Bing813 · Wed. 7:46pm

Speed2Sea
Good for a few feet however if the buckle becomes unlatched it floats. Try that with a Seamaster! The watch does get nervous around a wood chipper which is understandable and of course an open flame.

Hilarious 😂

Speed2Sea · Wed. 7:56pm

If you want to truly avoid microplastics you'll need to stop consuming beef, chicken, seafood, fruit, vegetables, salt, tea, beer, processed foods and bottled water. And, yes I know beer is a real deal killer, pardon the pun.

Dan S · Wed. 8:48pm

ErichPryde
I'm honestly fine with products containing PFAs being banned. I think probably most of us are.

I'm not in favor of a ban. Because people like the OP are incapable of understanding nuance, hysterical activists/lobbyists will demand a total ban (in part because it helps them raise funds), and politicians will gradually go along with it, for political reasons, not for scientific reasons. We see similar silly bans for many technologies that are entirely safe and proven, just because certain political parties and lobbying groups have successfully created fear. Year after year, decade after decade, we hear the same tired mantra, "you can't prove that it's 100% safe."

A more measured approach that regulates their use more carefully would be much more appropriate. Toxicology involves the thoughtful and scientific balance of risk versus benefit, not an automatic total ban of anything that has any measurable level of risk.

Certainly we should avoid them in applications where they are spilled in massive amounts into the environment and people are necessarily exposed in ways that they can be ingested (e.g. firefighting foam), especially if there are viable alternatives. However, there are other applications where perfluorocarbon coatings perform in ways that can't be duplicated and risk to the user is minimal, e.g. lightweight waterproof breathable membranes.

Archer · Wed. 9:06pm

Speed2Sea
If you want to truly avoid microplastics you'll need to stop consuming beef, chicken, seafood, fruit, vegetables, salt, tea, beer, processed foods and bottled water. And, yes I know beer is a real deal killer, pardon the pun.

Yes, it’s too late to avoid them now. There’s already so much out in the environment (and plastic production is apparently going up) that we are going to have to live with this whatever the consequences might be. But hey, no one has yet proven that they are bad for us, so eat away!

Are you concerned with Omega rubber straps?

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Bing813

Speed2Sea

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