The construction of the band is high quality and it is comfortable. The issue is that the Garmin 801 has permanent bars on it, not the springloaded kind the older versions came with. As a result ,you either have to cut the bars and replace them with springloaded ones which are not as durable or you have to rig the GPS onto the EOD armband..again not ideal and not why it was purchased. I reccomend a redesign for the EOD armband to make it compatible, secure and durable for the newer Garmin Foretrex devices.