MacRumors Giveaway: Win an Apple Watch Series 6 and Band From BluShark

For this week's giveaway we've teamed up with BluShark to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an aluminum Apple Watch Series 6 and a BluShark Apple Watch Band. One lucky reader will win the watch, and two others will get $100 gift cards to spend on BluShark Apple Watch bands.

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BluShark has a huge range of Apple Watch bands along with bands for other watches. Apple Watch bands are available in Leather, Cordura, CanvaSoft, and an AlphaPremier seatbelt weave. All of the bands are affordable, ranging in price from $24 to $78, and there are designs for both 38/40mm models and the larger 42/44mm models. Each band comes with Apple Watch lugs in silver, space gray, or black.

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Leather bands from BluShark come in a range of attractive styles and colors. The Rally band, for example, has a perforated design and comes in brown, black, and red, while Italian Calfskin Leather bands are available in blue, black, and gray.

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BluShark's Leather Basics bands come in vintage gray, vintage brown, and saddle brown, and each of these has an attractive weathered look and a soft leather design that makes them comfortable to wear. There are also crocodile leather bands, ostrich leather bands, and Two Switch Leather Bands with a classic look.

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BluShark's Cordura bands use ultra strong and lightweight Cordura fabric, which is wear resistant and will hold up over time. They're thinly padded with leather so they're comfortable to wear, and they come in black, gray, and orange.

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The CanvaSoft bands, available for $24, are made from a soft canvas material that's meant to provide a rugged canvas look without the stiffness that's normally associated with a canvas watch bands. They're 1.9mm thick and designed to be soft and pliable.

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BluShark's AlphaPremier bands are made from a soft, supple seatbelt weave nylon and are modeled after BluShark's original AlphaPremier bands for traditional watches. The straps are dual-layer and held in place with nylon keepers, with the band available in black and white, black and red, black, navy blue, and gray.

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We have one aluminum Apple Watch Series 6 to give away, with the winner to choose the size, color, and accompanying Sport Band or Sport Loop, plus it will come with one of BluShark's own bands. Two other winners will get $100 BluShark gift cards to spend.

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To enter to win our giveaway, use the Gleam.io widget below and enter an email address. Email addresses will be used solely for contact purposes to reach the winners and send the prizes. You can earn additional entries by subscribing to our weekly newsletter, subscribing to our YouTube channel, following us on Twitter, following us on Instagram, or visiting the MacRumors Facebook page.

Due to the complexities of international laws regarding giveaways, only U.S. residents who are 18 years or older and Canadian residents (excluding Quebec) who have reached the age of majority in their province or territory are eligible to enter. To offer feedback or get more information on the giveaway restrictions, please refer to our Site Feedback section, as that is where discussion of the rules will be redirected.

The contest will run from today (March 5) at 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time through 11:00 a.m. Pacific Time on March 12. The winners will be chosen randomly on March 12 and will be contacted by email. The winners will have 48 hours to respond and provide a shipping address before new winners are chosen.

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Top Rated Comments

Apple_Robert Avatar
64 months ago
The bestest giveaway, yet. :D
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Metrosey Avatar
64 months ago

You need to move. :p
Ha! I’d need to win quite a few giveaways before I’d get my moving expenses back
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Captain Trips Avatar
64 months ago

Yeah, for the US/Canda only yet again, don’t think I’ve seen a single EU giveaway.
I hear EU regulators are in the process of finalizing a charge sheet against MacRumors, initiated by complaints from everyone outside Canada and the US... :D

[shamelessly stolen from MR article ('https://www.macrumors.com/2021/03/04/eu-prepares-to-charge-apple-in-spotify-dispute/') about EU doing that (charge sheet) for Apple]
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)
raythepa Avatar
64 months ago
Nice to see some alternatives that I like
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
SaintDay Avatar
64 months ago
Love the different options for the watch bands. Even better they're not just silicone
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Candlelight Avatar
64 months ago

Yeah, for the US/Canda only yet again, don’t think I’ve seen a single EU giveaway.
Wish they'd put their disclaimer at the top of their giveaway articles.
Score: 1 Votes (Like | Disagree)