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Belkin F8Z170-KG Sports Armband for iPhone

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Review of the very horrible and cheap Belkin F8Z170-KG Sports Armband for iPhone.. watch before you buy!!

This product was not designed well. The plastic covering is merely glued to the armband. It makes for a nice and pretty 'flush' finish, however glue+jarring+sweat+sunlight+$400 electronic device = angry customer when the glue released and dropped iPhone on concrete. Belkin normally provides great products, but they clearly weren't thinking through this one too well.

Came apart on it's FIRST outing. The plastic is glued (not stitched) to the face of the neoprene. The adhesive started coming loose about 20 minutes into a run. Had I not noticed it, the entire face would have become loose enough and my iPhone would have toppled to the street.

I've had armbands for gen 1 iPod, iPod mini, and gen 1 iPod shuffle. Hands down the worst designed and manufactured armband I've purchased. Writing both Belkin and Amazon a letter and will update if things go south or north. For anyone considering this, please don't make the same mistake I did.

Listen, this armband is lame. The clear plastic in the front is glued on. The glue on my armband gave out the first day I wore it. I know the Apple one is "bulky" but it is way more sturdy. I guess if I have one good thing to say about this armband, it looks cool, and u can use your iphone screen through the clear plastic.

Item looks great in the box but the clear plastic ripped apart the 1ST time I used it. I'm sure I did not wear it for more than 20 minutes and I was just working out normally (lifting weights). Very very disappointed at this product.

I bought the item, got it on a Friday, used it Saturday and it came apart. The main problem is the armband is way too small. I am not a big armed person by any stretch of the imagination and I had a hard time getting it to fit so it would not slide off during a workout.

Because the strap is too small for me, I have to pull it a bit so the velcro catches. That looked ok at first, but by the end of my very first time using it, the plastic facing had started to detach from the backing (its merely glued on and the glue separated).

Once the facing is loose, I was concerned about dropping my iPhone and bearing the expense of a new one.

Belkin could do better if they added a couple inches to the strap. But, the plastic facing glued to the backing still leaves a bit of concern.

If you have very small arms (child-like arms) then perhaps this will work for you.

Item looks great and worked fine for a few months. Then one day out of the blue the clear plastic part ripped apart from the rest of the arm band.

I tried this unit for my iphone it is a nice armband but the velcro is comming ,loose after 2 runs and it tears where you place the iphone in easier than i would have thought. As long as you take your time with it and not be to aggressive with it it should provide 6-8 months of service for physical activity.

I frankly can't believe they even attempted to sell this. It is clearly defective. Firstly, it won't even fit around an average size arm comfortably. Secondly, even when it does, it rips in short order. In my case, it fell apart after two workouts. Not sure why Amazon hasn't acted on this- it is clear based on all of the reviews.

I had one and it is such a piece of junk. The glue holding the plastic face onto the armband gave out after only a month. Now, it is completely useless.