Which arm is best?

[richmo]

Well....my last trip was in March of this year. Since i wear a watch on my left writs and a fit bit on my right wrist I bought the carabiner. I was noimpressed with the quality of the carabiner so i used a retractable key holder. I still used the part the holds the "puck." It work great and i got many compliments for various CM's

I did the same. I almost always have a rental car, so I attach the carabiner to the car key chain since I have to carry those around anyway. I also leave a regular MagicBand in the door of the car that I use at the parking entrances (have an AP).

 

[10MoreMinutes]

I wear a fitbit on my right wrist, so I wear my magic band on my left. Although in January I found the new magic band a little too bulky for my tiny wrist, so I'll probably buy a carabiner holder for my November trip and clip it to a lanyard.

 

[DisneyDad2015]

I always wear it on my non watch arm, otherwise I'm checking to see what time it is and only seeing a Mickey head.

 

[jaiminee krikit]

I wear mine on my left wrist because that is where I used to wear a watch. It's more comfortable for me. What's funny though... I haven't worn a watch in about 11 years but when I'm wearing my MB I look at it to see what time it is. Every day.

 

[Pills]

I already wear a watch on my left wrist so I have to wear it on my right (I don't have a large wrist so I can't imagine wearing both of them on the same wrist)... I was thinking about trying out the magic keeper or just taking out the center puck part of the band and keeping that in my pocket... I do find it weird to have something on my right wrist though.

Same. It's not comfortable to wear both on the same wrist.

 

[wdw&sonny]

This is obviously an important decision in WDW planning. I spent months debating this. I built a simulator in my basement and gathered a group of test subjects. I made sure the cross section of the Disney population was well-represented; so mostly ECV-riders, stroller pushers, Brazilian tour groups and Pooh-sized with food in one hand and a toddler in the other. Power analysis indicated we would need a sample size of 84 independent swipes for both left and right-handed. Results indicate that wearing the band on your non-dominant hand on Monday in peak season has a slight advantage over dominant hand on Thursdays in the off season. Results also suggested that there was a standard deviation of 14.2 seconds per attraction, indicating that the hand chosen could markedly increase time to enter an attraction and wait in a line.

With this in mind, we set out to invent a non-handed device. We removed the band, leaving just the puck. We then narrowed the puck and elongated it into a rectangle. This slim device can fit in a wallet or directly into a pocket, eliminating the need to wear it at all. We are going to call it a "Magic Card". The idea is that as one approaches the Magic Band reader, one removes it from his/her pocket and can then chose EITHER hand to place it next to the reader. We have not had the time to test our hypothesis that this device will reduce the wait time at the Magic Band reader as we have been busy with the design.

 

[IrishNYC]

Just when you think you've seen all the overthinking one can do for Disney...
Wear it where it's most comfortable for you.

I wear mine on my left wrist because that is where I used to wear a watch. It's more comfortable for me. What's funny though... I haven't worn a watch in about 11 years but when I'm wearing my MB I look at it to see what time it is. Every day.

Me too! I broke my arm and stopped wearing a watch, and never put one on again. Two seconds with a magic band on, and I NEED to know what time it is ever 15.7 seconds.

This is obviously an important decision in WDW planning. I spent months debating this. I built a simulator in my basement and gathered a group of test subjects. I made sure the cross section of the Disney population was well-represented; so mostly ECV-riders, stroller pushers, Brazilian tour groups and Pooh-sized with food in one hand and a toddler in the other. Power analysis indicated we would need a sample size of 84 independent swipes for both left and right-handed. Results indicate that wearing the band on your non-dominant hand on Monday in peak season has a slight advantage over dominant hand on Thursdays in the off season. Results also suggested that there was a standard deviation of 14.2 seconds per attraction, indicating that the hand chosen could markedly increase time to enter an attraction and wait in a line.

With this in mind, we set out to invent a non-handed device. We removed the band, leaving just the puck. We then narrowed the puck and elongated it into a rectangle. This slim device can fit in a wallet or directly into a pocket, eliminating the need to wear it at all. We are going to call it a "Magic Card". The idea is that as one approaches the Magic Band reader, one removes it from his/her pocket and can then chose EITHER hand to place it next to the reader. We have not had the time to test our hypothesis that this device will reduce the wait time at the Magic Band reader as we have been busy with the design.

Did you also test which finger for entry increases main gate entry speed? I'm afraid I'll need to use my authority to invalidate your data without this vital information.

 

[Hoopfamily]

Seconds don't sound like a lot, but bear in mind. If you leave your home 300 seconds later you'll miss the ferry. If the monorail is down and you miss a ferry you've just lost 20 real minutes plus all the people debarking busses for idk 15 busses are ahead of you, and now the wait for Peter Pan is 60 minutes, but if you have that original 300 seconds back it was only 15. Time is a value item at disney.

 

[IrishNYC]

5 minutes, or 300 seconds...is a big difference between which arm should I wear a MB on to get the quickest entry to gain a millisecond here and there. Plus, you're at the entry already when you're scanning, not waiting for a ferry or monorail.

 

[Skywise]

Well....my last trip was in March of this year. Since i wear a watch on my left writs and a fit bit on my right wrist I bought the carabiner. I was noimpressed with the quality of the carabiner so i used a retractable key holder. I still used the part the holds the "puck." It work great and i got many compliments for various CM's

Yeah the carbine was very cheap. I just used the fob itself and put it on my regular keychain so my "magicband" goes with me everywhere now...
(which means Mickey is probably tracking me around the country... )

 

[Skywise]

Speaking as a left the only proper wearing of a magicband is on the left hand.

I've noticed that the tap portion of the turn style is on the left hand side and the finger scanner is always on the right. It really doesn't matter though because you can then press your finger or press your finger then tap. - don't have to do both at the same time

 

[Klayfish]

Seconds don't sound like a lot, but bear in mind. If you leave your home 300 seconds later you'll miss the ferry. If the monorail is down and you miss a ferry you've just lost 20 real minutes plus all the people debarking busses for idk 15 busses are ahead of you, and now the wait for Peter Pan is 60 minutes, but if you have that original 300 seconds back it was only 15. Time is a value item at disney.

I'm going to assume you're joking.

But if you aren't, and you're planning so tight that it's all the way down to how much time it will take to scan your MB on your right arm vs your left, then you get the "Most Detailed Planner" award and all the other planners here must in front of your spreadsheet. Don't forget to calculate the wind speed, because if it's a head wind, it might take an extra 3 seconds to get to the ferry dock, and then your day is ruined.

...and remind me never to vacation with you.

 

[Hopefully]

This is obviously an important decision in WDW planning. I spent months debating this. I built a simulator in my basement and gathered a group of test subjects. I made sure the cross section of the Disney population was well-represented; so mostly ECV-riders, stroller pushers, Brazilian tour groups and Pooh-sized with food in one hand and a toddler in the other. Power analysis indicated we would need a sample size of 84 independent swipes for both left and right-handed. Results indicate that wearing the band on your non-dominant hand on Monday in peak season has a slight advantage over dominant hand on Thursdays in the off season. Results also suggested that there was a standard deviation of 14.2 seconds per attraction, indicating that the hand chosen could markedly increase time to enter an attraction and wait in a line.

With this in mind, we set out to invent a non-handed device. We removed the band, leaving just the puck. We then narrowed the puck and elongated it into a rectangle. This slim device can fit in a wallet or directly into a pocket, eliminating the need to wear it at all. We are going to call it a "Magic Card". The idea is that as one approaches the Magic Band reader, one removes it from his/her pocket and can then chose EITHER hand to place it next to the reader. We have not had the time to test our hypothesis that this device will reduce the wait time at the Magic Band reader as we have been busy with the design.

I find this nasty and insulting