In reply to lboutside:
Not wanting to drag up an old thread but just thought I'd update now I've received my new strap and had a chance to use it for a couple days. I did consider ordering a Nick Mankey band as someone mentioned earlier but the 8-10 week current lead time coupled with the expedited international postage would have meant I wasn't going to save much, definitely going to look into it if/when I wear this Garmin band out though as I've I'm not in a rush it does currently work out cheaper and they look like great straps. Thankfully when it came to ordering Garmin's lead time on the Black UltraFit nylon strap had dropped from 5-8 weeks to 1-3 days.
Anyway! I've had a couple days to play about with the new strap. While expensive it does fit nicely and was really easy to fit to my Fenix 6x, no slipping when doing workouts (the previous 3rd party milanese band I had would loosen to the point of it wanting to slip off my wrist if I even thought about any exercise where there was wrist flexion.) The velcro on it is good and strong, I haven't snagged it on anything as the ends sit quite flush to the strap.
What I think surprised me the most was how much lighter it makes the whole watch feel, I've had the Fenix 6x for the better part of a year now and it's noticeably less noticeable if that makes any sense? It doesn't feel as cumbersome on the wrist. That might be down to the watch not moving as much as it was before but even when I had the silicone band on it didn't feel this good, or comfortable for that matter. Being able to really cinch it in on the fly is great as well. Obviously the downside to a fabric strap is that if you're wearing it day in day out and sweating into it, it will start to smell but as this strap doesn't have any metal on it (no Garmin QuickFit required) you can just chuck it in a net bag with your washing once a week to keep it smelling nice
Hopefully if/when the Garmin Enduro starts to take off a bit more the price will come down, regardless of whether the price is in line with other brands original bands this is still paying a premium for what is essentially a strip of elasticated nylon and a bit of velcro just because it has Garmin printed on it. The quality of the actual band itself does not feel any better than 3rd party nylon bands I owned in the past for my Vivoactive 3. All in all I'm still happy knowing one errant burpee isn't going to launch my expensive watch off my wrist anymore and that I don't have to go back to using a silicone band that turns my skin into tissue paper.