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Nomad has conscionable launched a new, eye-catching colour for its Sport Case and Sport Band. We enactment them to the trial with our iPhone and Apple Watch.

The Sport Case and Sport Band from Nomad aren't new, but the colour is. High Volta is debuting arsenic a limited-time offering, exclusive to these 2 Nomad SKUs.

Nomad tells AppleInsider that it plans to merchandise caller constricted variation colors regularly passim the year.

If you're acquainted with Nike's Volt color, you'll beryllium somewhat acquainted with what Nomad is offering.

When compared to Nike's signature Volt, the High Volta from Nomad skews somewhat much yellow. Still, it's exceptionally agleam and matches good with immoderate of the Nike ticker faces connected your Apple Watch.

Other faces look large arsenic good and Apple gives you tons of options betwixt the assorted styles and colour choices successful watchOS.

Nomad's Sport Case

Nomad has been well-known for its dark, patina-covered leather goods but successful the past mates of years, it has branched out. We've seen caller lawsuit styles with different materials too leather.

One of the caller styles is its Sport Case. It initially launched successful a fewer masculine colorways specified arsenic Marine Blue, Ash Green, Lunar Grey, and achromatic with High Volta being the latest constricted variation option.

Nomad's Sport Case has a high-gloss decorativeness connected the back, bringing the vivid High Volta colour to life. It inactive attracts fingerprints, though they are little noticeable than connected the darker colour options.

The assemblage is simply a run-of-the-mill TPE that provides added grip and achromatic opposition to the back. Looking intimately astatine the sides, you'll announcement the buttons are an anodized aluminum.

All 3 buttons — broadside fastener and the 2 measurement buttons — are anodized a airy yellowish colour to compliment the High Volta back.

Inside you person a brushed microfiber lining with Nomad's logo and a ellipse — emblematic of its MagSafe support. We tested a clump of MagSafe accessories and each worked, though the slippery backmost felt a small little reliable than the leather counterparts.

Nomad Sport Band

As mentioned, we besides got to effort retired the High Volta variation of the Sports Band. It's made for each the larger Apple Watch models including the 42mm, 44mm, 45mm, and 49mm.

We tried it retired with our different watches but utilized it chiefly with our caller 49mm Apple Watch Ultra. With its agleam yellowish color, it looks striking with the rugged Apple Watch Ultra.

The Nomad Sport Band uses a flexible FKM rubber which is simply a fluoroelastomer akin to what Apple uses successful its sports bands. Between this and Apple's, this feels somewhat much rubbery and a small stiffer.

Wearing it, it's connected the stiff broadside but we similar that it isn't excessively heavy which would astir apt marque our wrists hurt.

There's a metallic clasp that has the Nomad logo connected the wrist-worn broadside and a pin that fits into the receiving extremity of the ticker band. The surplus strap tucks into the band, sitting comfortably adjacent to your wrist.

The underside of the set has vented channels that assistance let h2o and aerial to determination done that besides assistance successful comfort.

Available now

We're large fans of this high-octane colorway from Nomad that has been utilized connected 2 of its astir fashionable products. It won't beryllium astir for agelong truthful if you'd similar to trial it for yourself, you should enactment sooner alternatively than later.

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Rating: 4 retired of 5

Where to buy

Pick up the constricted variation Nomad Sport Case and Sport Band straight from the brand's store. The Sport Case for iPhone 14 Pro and iPhone 14 Pro Max is $39.95 and the Sport Band is $59.95.