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Old 3 February 2009, 08:40 AM   #1
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Buying NATO strap online

Hey guys, where's the best and fastest place to get NATO straps? I'm gonna need it shipped to Houston, TX and will need very fast shipping.

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Old 3 February 2009, 08:51 AM   #2
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Purchased two Maratac NATO bands for my black monster here with no problems.
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Old 3 February 2009, 09:12 AM   #3
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Purchased two Maratac NATO bands for my black monster here with no problems.
I have recently bought from same (westcoastime), two nato and one zulu. One thing to keep in mind, the zulu band is thicker than the standard nato, and doesn't seem to fit with the standard sub springbars. It is definately tight. I didn't force it, but it almost felt like the springbar was bending a bit, so I decided to wait on installing that one. The nato's fit just fine.
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Old 3 February 2009, 09:16 AM   #4
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Purchased two Maratac NATO bands for my black monster here with no problems.
Agreed. Howard has the fastest shipping from the westcoast I've ever experienced.
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Old 3 February 2009, 08:51 AM   #5
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I got mine from Quality Tyme. Was a little more $$ then other sites I've seen online, but I have dealt with them before and they have CRAZY fast shipping to me.
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Old 3 February 2009, 09:25 AM   #6
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no issues at all
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Old 3 February 2009, 09:42 AM   #7
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I am a fan of this site, http://www.broadarrow.net/maratac.htm but have bought from all the other sellers mentioned prior. Bandgirl is a pretty nice lady also to deal with.
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Old 3 February 2009, 09:54 AM   #8
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westcoast had amazing response time on email, and great selection,.. ordering 5 tomorrow
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Old 3 February 2009, 11:26 AM   #9
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I've got a hankerin' for 2 ring Maratac Zulu for my Hamilton chrono.
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Old 3 February 2009, 11:35 AM   #10
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Recently bought my Nato from timefactors.com. Eddie was wonderful to deal with.
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Old 3 February 2009, 09:25 PM   #11
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Recently bought my Nato from timefactors.com. Eddie was wonderful to deal with.
Me too, I have bought 2 from Eddie, quick delivery and very good quality of the straps
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Old 3 February 2009, 05:12 PM   #12
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Wow, thanks for all the suggestions everyone!
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Old 3 February 2009, 07:32 PM   #13
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Another vote for Timefactors

Superfast and great quality/value. Francis
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Old 3 February 2009, 11:01 PM   #14
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Timefactors are a pleasure to deal with but the straps are not MOD specification. In my experience the welts are weaker than on the MOD standard strap. www.rltwatches.co.uk sell straps manufactured by the MOD supplier
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Old 4 February 2009, 03:22 AM   #15
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Timefactors are a pleasure to deal with but the straps are not MOD specification. In my experience the welts are weaker than on the MOD standard strap. www.rltwatches.co.uk sell straps manufactured by the MOD supplier
Just to add to Nathan's post. Timefactors NATO's are great straps and they're a pleasure to deal with but they're not MOD spec. rltwatches, are the only retailer I could find that have not only MOD spec straps but also sell them in Admiralty Gray. They were also quick to ship my strap from the UK and pretty reasonable to boot.

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