**A Rugged and Reliable Apple Watch Ultra: A Personal Experience**

I recently had the opportunity to put the Apple watch Ultra through its paces during a parents versus kids soccer match, where I found myself falling roughly six different times on the muddy field. Fortunately, my Apple watch Ultra was able to withstand the punishment, with only minor mud accumulation between the crown and body of the watch. A quick rinse with water was all it took to get the watch back in working order, and it continued to function perfectly.

I was impressed by how well the watch held up despite being "hard on" during the match. The rugged design of the Apple watch Ultra proved itself to be more than capable of withstanding the rigors of outdoor play. I have been wearing watches for over 30 years now, and this is one of the most reliable and durable ones I've ever owned.

One of the standout features of the Apple watch Ultra is its excellent display quality. The screen is crisp and clear, making it easy to read notifications, check the time, and access various apps. The size of the watch is also a major plus, providing a larger viewing area that makes it easier to navigate and use various functions.

**The Best Watch Band I've Ever Used**

When it comes to watch bands, the Apple watch Ultra has set a new standard for me. The Trail Loop band is an absolute winner, offering unparalleled comfort and ease of use. The soft material is a game-changer, providing a snug and secure fit without any digging or irritation on my wrist. The added structure at the end of the loop provides excellent grip, making it easy to put on and take off the watch.

I've been disappointed with many watch bands in the past, but this one has exceeded all expectations. It's clear that Apple has designed the Trail Loop band specifically for the Ultra model, taking into account its larger size and unique features. The attention to detail is impressive, with a smooth and seamless design that makes it a joy to wear.

**A Quality of Life Upgrade**

The Trail Loop band has been a total game-changer for me, offering numerous quality of life improvements that I never knew I needed until now. The added comfort and ease of use have made the watch feel like an extension of my wrist, rather than something I need to constantly adjust or deal with.

I've always looked for small ways to make my daily life easier, and this band has hit all the right notes. Whether it's checking notifications, tracking fitness metrics, or simply keeping an eye on time, the Trail Loop band has made these tasks a breeze. It's clear that Apple has put a lot of thought into designing this watch, and it shows in every aspect of its use.

**A Worthwhile Investment**

When I first bought the Apple watch Ultra, I was curious to see if it would live up to its hype. While it didn't blow me away initially, my experience with the watch has been nothing short of fantastic. The addition of the Trail Loop band has taken this device from "good" to "great," and I couldn't be happier with my purchase.

I've looked at other options on Amazon, including third-party knockoff vendors offering the Trail Loop band at a fraction of the cost. While I'm curious to see how they compare, I'm not willing to risk compromising on quality for the sake of saving a few dollars. The Apple watch Ultra is an investment in my health and fitness, and I'm confident that it will provide years of reliable service.

**Conclusion**

In conclusion, my experience with the Apple watch Ultra has been overwhelmingly positive. From its rugged design to its excellent display quality, this device has exceeded all my expectations. The Trail Loop band has taken this watch from good to great, offering unparalleled comfort and ease of use. If you're in the market for a new smartwatch, I highly recommend considering the Apple watch Ultra – it's an investment that will pay dividends for years to come.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enoh the Apple watch Ultra it's a stark departure from the previous small denier compact Apple smart watches in the past and you know what you should buy one wait wait what what why would you do that let's find out and while we're finding out I'd like to thank today's sponsor Squarespace real talk this thing is incredible legitimately it's the next step forward moving smart watches from technological Curiosities into something that a regular person might buy as their next timepiece before we start gushing and giving the watch too much credit I do want to say up front that while I think there are a ton of reasons to buy this thing hence the video when it comes to the price it is fairly expensive yes I know and believe me I've seen your comments that in the world of high-end watches and Adventure watches which to be fair is where the Apple watch Ultra is marketed it's actually fairly low price but I'm me Gary I'm not a high-end watch connoisseur nor am I all that adventurous besides you know going grocery shopping on a football game day that's pretty dangerous and adventurous which perfect for the watch so in that context of regular dude talking to other regular people it's expensive that sucks as we move into the reasons to buy I also want to note that I'm not going to rehash all the same things that I talked about in my follow-up video you can go watch that if you want to these reasons will be ways in which this watch improves upon and is objectively better than any other standard Apple watch first up should come as no surprise to anybody that watches get it watches my content or my insane ramblings on Twitter it's the battery life holy crap the battery life on the Apple watch Ultra is so far above the battery life on even my series 8 that it's almost a totally different kind of device I've said this before but I think the biggest hurdle to someone actually buying a smart watch is if you have a watch today it will take literal years to need a new battery or need a charge you go from that to asking somebody to have to charge after only a day of use and that's a big habit or lifestyle change to deal with and it's not just a material change where hey now I've got a new watch that can do all sorts of new cool things you have to actually change your own personal behaviors to rotate around a product that needs constant management and constant like babying you get that fixed here on the Apple watch Ultra for me I routinely get three to four days out of a single charge now that might not sound like a lot but in a practical sense you go from a device that has to be babied once a day to one that can very comfortably make it through days of neglect you just wear it and it works and what this means in a broader sense is that you can take advantage of all of those cool new aspects of the watch OS operating system something that's always confused me during Apple press releases and and watching other people use these is how you can get all those cool sleep tracking modes and data to work because for me like we said the only time that fits into my schedule or my desired schedule I just charge this before I go to bed well if it's on the charger and not on my wrist I can't exactly track my sleep schedule right well now with the ultra it's no big deal because you just never have to take the watch off and it will still last for days and it can get even better if you need more longevity thanks to low powered mode this wasn't an option when the watch first released but now if if you need to go longer without charging with a view Taps to the screen you can limit some Wireless and Screen functionality and you can now hopefully go a week without charging a week without charging that's just that's just so good and by itself like you don't have to watch any other part of this video I think the battery life alone is a reason to buy this watch but thankfully that's not all there are actually other reasons to still buy this thanks to today's sponsor Squarespace you can create your own very beautiful website Squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a professional website online store or portfolio it's easy to claim a domain slash URL create a custom site that matches your style and bring your ideas to life head on over to squarespace.com for free trial and when you're ready to launch head over to squarespace.com everyday dad to save 10 off your first purchase of a website or domain next up is easily the display you might not think that tiny displays moving to slightly less tiny displays would be that big of a deal but it's actually not just the size it's the shape of the display all other Apple watches have like a curved display that's not really a problem it's part of what makes Apple watches Apple watches but it does introduce a few unique hurdles especially if you get the smaller of those two watches I'm normally a person that gets smaller watches and told this guy and the craziest part about those hurdles is you don't even realize they're there until you use this thing for me the worst of those is the unsurety unsurdy I feel like I make up words a lot when I'm writing these scripts but it's the lack of precision on tapping the screen it doesn't matter as much if you're just sitting at a desk tapping it checking notification stuff like that but the second you try doing something active and using the watch at the same time it becomes a big problem trying to run and change a song or read an important text is real hard on the curve screen and yes it could just be a me problem maybe it's not that big of a deal for other folks but I can only speak to my experiences and most of the times on a regular Apple watch I just kind of have to hope and guess but in the Apple watch Ultra the flatter screen makes it more like tapping a button on a smartphone which again for me it's just easier and more sure of an interaction I will send text messages using the little built-in keyboard I would never do that on a regular Apple watch and it's not just the screen but the physical controls are also better than anything else on a standard Apple watch you do get the traditional crown and button combination on the side but this crown and button are very satisfying to use not only are they a little bigger so it's easier to manipulate them but they are darn rugged too a few months ago during a parents versus kids soccer match me being my Clumsy self fell roughly six different times in my defense it was very muddy and I did not have cleats on but in the course of falling I and my Apple watch Ultra were totally covered in mud I could easily tell that mud had gotten like in between the crown and the body because this was very gritty to move it only took a little bit of water under here to get out and it was right back to working perfectly fine and even with all of those tumbles and me being pretty hard on the watch since I bought it it legitimately doesn't have any scratches and it looks just like it did on the day I bought it except I bought a new wrist strap but we'll talk about that in a second not just the shape but the extra size makes everything else better too I'm able to see my notifications I'm able to see the time I'm just able to see back to speaking of reasons to buy the watch though no kidding without any shadow of a doubt the Apple watch Ultra has the single best watch band I've ever used I mean overall in my life I've been wearing watches for what about 30 years now since middle school I've worn all mannered of small watches big watches I've worn fitness trackers and big old GPS watches for triathlons and the Trail Loop this guy right here whoops all of them and that's pretty crazy to me because originally I bought the ultra with the Alpine Loop and I hated it that might be one of my least favorite watch bands of all time it never fit my wrist correctly it was a hassle to get on and off and a little that whole thing was just a pain in the butt I do not recommend the Alpine Loop the Trail Loop though is fantastic not even in competition with anything else if you just look at it on the website it looks a lot like the regular Sports loop from the standard Apple watches and in a lot of ways it's similar but here you're essentially getting the perfect distillation of that style it's super comfortable I know cloth type watch bands are Hit or Miss for folks but I think this is the most comfortable band the material is nice and soft and it doesn't bother my wrist if I wear it for a couple of days at a time remember you can do that now with the battery life and the way they've attached the velcro at the end of the loop they put a little bit of structure like in the end right here which adds well grippiness isn't a word and it's not the it's not the word I'm trying to use here but because of the added material here at the end of the loop it's really easy to grab onto and put the watch on this little Quality of Life part here is just so good and I know that sounds like a silly thing to talk about in a video like this but I'm all about quality of life improvements and this watch band is full of them I've never had a watch band that was so comfortable and so easy to get into my exact sizing once you've got the watch fit and set it doesn't budge and you don't have to buy that Comfort by getting a lot of wobbling or movement this band has totally changed my experience with the watch yes you could buy this band and go with one of the larger 45 millimeter versions of the Apple watch but it won't perfectly sit in the band housing and if I'm spending Apple watch money and this much money on a strap I'm getting a band that perfectly works with my watch I was also curious so I looked on Amazon to see if the quote unquote third party knockoff vendors had gotten in the game with Trail Luke and hey looks like you can get a three pack for 19 bucks now I don't know their quality but they might be worth checking out because much like the watch itself the band for 99 is very expensive especially if you're used to spending five dollars on a watch by itself straight up the Apple watch Ultra has blown my mind I only bought it as a curiosity and I hadn't even planned on making that much content about it because my initial reaction was why would you spend so much money on specs and features that aren't that much different from a regular Apple watch but my initial reaction was totally wrong I don't think there have been many things thus far this year that gets the capital you should buy video treatment from Apple but darn it the Apple watch Ultra easily really makes its way into that vaunted list so yes you should absolutely buy the Apple watch Ultra it's just fantastic and I've thoroughly enjoyed mine and if you like this video but you want to see a little bit more in depth on things I like or dislike about the watch click click click click click click click thanks for watchingoh the Apple watch Ultra it's a stark departure from the previous small denier compact Apple smart watches in the past and you know what you should buy one wait wait what what why would you do that let's find out and while we're finding out I'd like to thank today's sponsor Squarespace real talk this thing is incredible legitimately it's the next step forward moving smart watches from technological Curiosities into something that a regular person might buy as their next timepiece before we start gushing and giving the watch too much credit I do want to say up front that while I think there are a ton of reasons to buy this thing hence the video when it comes to the price it is fairly expensive yes I know and believe me I've seen your comments that in the world of high-end watches and Adventure watches which to be fair is where the Apple watch Ultra is marketed it's actually fairly low price but I'm me Gary I'm not a high-end watch connoisseur nor am I all that adventurous besides you know going grocery shopping on a football game day that's pretty dangerous and adventurous which perfect for the watch so in that context of regular dude talking to other regular people it's expensive that sucks as we move into the reasons to buy I also want to note that I'm not going to rehash all the same things that I talked about in my follow-up video you can go watch that if you want to these reasons will be ways in which this watch improves upon and is objectively better than any other standard Apple watch first up should come as no surprise to anybody that watches get it watches my content or my insane ramblings on Twitter it's the battery life holy crap the battery life on the Apple watch Ultra is so far above the battery life on even my series 8 that it's almost a totally different kind of device I've said this before but I think the biggest hurdle to someone actually buying a smart watch is if you have a watch today it will take literal years to need a new battery or need a charge you go from that to asking somebody to have to charge after only a day of use and that's a big habit or lifestyle change to deal with and it's not just a material change where hey now I've got a new watch that can do all sorts of new cool things you have to actually change your own personal behaviors to rotate around a product that needs constant management and constant like babying you get that fixed here on the Apple watch Ultra for me I routinely get three to four days out of a single charge now that might not sound like a lot but in a practical sense you go from a device that has to be babied once a day to one that can very comfortably make it through days of neglect you just wear it and it works and what this means in a broader sense is that you can take advantage of all of those cool new aspects of the watch OS operating system something that's always confused me during Apple press releases and and watching other people use these is how you can get all those cool sleep tracking modes and data to work because for me like we said the only time that fits into my schedule or my desired schedule I just charge this before I go to bed well if it's on the charger and not on my wrist I can't exactly track my sleep schedule right well now with the ultra it's no big deal because you just never have to take the watch off and it will still last for days and it can get even better if you need more longevity thanks to low powered mode this wasn't an option when the watch first released but now if if you need to go longer without charging with a view Taps to the screen you can limit some Wireless and Screen functionality and you can now hopefully go a week without charging a week without charging that's just that's just so good and by itself like you don't have to watch any other part of this video I think the battery life alone is a reason to buy this watch but thankfully that's not all there are actually other reasons to still buy this thanks to today's sponsor Squarespace you can create your own very beautiful website Squarespace is the all-in-one platform to build a professional website online store or portfolio it's easy to claim a domain slash URL create a custom site that matches your style and bring your ideas to life head on over to squarespace.com for free trial and when you're ready to launch head over to squarespace.com everyday dad to save 10 off your first purchase of a website or domain next up is easily the display you might not think that tiny displays moving to slightly less tiny displays would be that big of a deal but it's actually not just the size it's the shape of the display all other Apple watches have like a curved display that's not really a problem it's part of what makes Apple watches Apple watches but it does introduce a few unique hurdles especially if you get the smaller of those two watches I'm normally a person that gets smaller watches and told this guy and the craziest part about those hurdles is you don't even realize they're there until you use this thing for me the worst of those is the unsurety unsurdy I feel like I make up words a lot when I'm writing these scripts but it's the lack of precision on tapping the screen it doesn't matter as much if you're just sitting at a desk tapping it checking notification stuff like that but the second you try doing something active and using the watch at the same time it becomes a big problem trying to run and change a song or read an important text is real hard on the curve screen and yes it could just be a me problem maybe it's not that big of a deal for other folks but I can only speak to my experiences and most of the times on a regular Apple watch I just kind of have to hope and guess but in the Apple watch Ultra the flatter screen makes it more like tapping a button on a smartphone which again for me it's just easier and more sure of an interaction I will send text messages using the little built-in keyboard I would never do that on a regular Apple watch and it's not just the screen but the physical controls are also better than anything else on a standard Apple watch you do get the traditional crown and button combination on the side but this crown and button are very satisfying to use not only are they a little bigger so it's easier to manipulate them but they are darn rugged too a few months ago during a parents versus kids soccer match me being my Clumsy self fell roughly six different times in my defense it was very muddy and I did not have cleats on but in the course of falling I and my Apple watch Ultra were totally covered in mud I could easily tell that mud had gotten like in between the crown and the body because this was very gritty to move it only took a little bit of water under here to get out and it was right back to working perfectly fine and even with all of those tumbles and me being pretty hard on the watch since I bought it it legitimately doesn't have any scratches and it looks just like it did on the day I bought it except I bought a new wrist strap but we'll talk about that in a second not just the shape but the extra size makes everything else better too I'm able to see my notifications I'm able to see the time I'm just able to see back to speaking of reasons to buy the watch though no kidding without any shadow of a doubt the Apple watch Ultra has the single best watch band I've ever used I mean overall in my life I've been wearing watches for what about 30 years now since middle school I've worn all mannered of small watches big watches I've worn fitness trackers and big old GPS watches for triathlons and the Trail Loop this guy right here whoops all of them and that's pretty crazy to me because originally I bought the ultra with the Alpine Loop and I hated it that might be one of my least favorite watch bands of all time it never fit my wrist correctly it was a hassle to get on and off and a little that whole thing was just a pain in the butt I do not recommend the Alpine Loop the Trail Loop though is fantastic not even in competition with anything else if you just look at it on the website it looks a lot like the regular Sports loop from the standard Apple watches and in a lot of ways it's similar but here you're essentially getting the perfect distillation of that style it's super comfortable I know cloth type watch bands are Hit or Miss for folks but I think this is the most comfortable band the material is nice and soft and it doesn't bother my wrist if I wear it for a couple of days at a time remember you can do that now with the battery life and the way they've attached the velcro at the end of the loop they put a little bit of structure like in the end right here which adds well grippiness isn't a word and it's not the it's not the word I'm trying to use here but because of the added material here at the end of the loop it's really easy to grab onto and put the watch on this little Quality of Life part here is just so good and I know that sounds like a silly thing to talk about in a video like this but I'm all about quality of life improvements and this watch band is full of them I've never had a watch band that was so comfortable and so easy to get into my exact sizing once you've got the watch fit and set it doesn't budge and you don't have to buy that Comfort by getting a lot of wobbling or movement this band has totally changed my experience with the watch yes you could buy this band and go with one of the larger 45 millimeter versions of the Apple watch but it won't perfectly sit in the band housing and if I'm spending Apple watch money and this much money on a strap I'm getting a band that perfectly works with my watch I was also curious so I looked on Amazon to see if the quote unquote third party knockoff vendors had gotten in the game with Trail Luke and hey looks like you can get a three pack for 19 bucks now I don't know their quality but they might be worth checking out because much like the watch itself the band for 99 is very expensive especially if you're used to spending five dollars on a watch by itself straight up the Apple watch Ultra has blown my mind I only bought it as a curiosity and I hadn't even planned on making that much content about it because my initial reaction was why would you spend so much money on specs and features that aren't that much different from a regular Apple watch but my initial reaction was totally wrong I don't think there have been many things thus far this year that gets the capital you should buy video treatment from Apple but darn it the Apple watch Ultra easily really makes its way into that vaunted list so yes you should absolutely buy the Apple watch Ultra it's just fantastic and I've thoroughly enjoyed mine and if you like this video but you want to see a little bit more in depth on things I like or dislike about the watch click click click click click click click thanks for watching\n"