dBurg Products Men's One Size Adjustable Ratchet Belt (One-size, black leather silver buckle)

Update, five months later: Belt is still working and looking good. I've worn it basically every day since purchase. The buckle did slide partially off the pin / axle that holds it to the belt itself last night, probably because I've been moving house and bumped it against something hard. In my case this was a quick fix and I do not see signs that it will soon recur. Even if it falls apart tomorrow, though, I think I'd buy this belt again; six months' use out of a belt this cheap is great for me....Update 2, five months and a few days later: Irony of ironies, the buckle fell off in a grocery store parking lot the first day of a multi-day house move, the day after I posted my update. A few other reviewers have cited a "screw" falling out of the buckle that holds it onto the belt, forming something like an axle. I can't be sure that it was a screw that disappeared at all - I never looked at it very closely; it may have been a tiny rivet - but in any event a piece of hardware on which the buckle pivots / fastens to the belt disappeared and I have not yet been able to find a piece to replace it. On close inspection of the buckle, even if I can locate something that fastens the buckle back onto the belt, I'm not convinced the belt is actually repairable at this point.I will still concede that five months of daily wear is pretty respectable for a belt in this price range, especially since it never began looking poor aesthetically at any point before the hardware simply gave out - but I think I do have to dock it a star from four to three stars, largely for environmental concerns. If I manage to find a piece of hardware that does the trick of getting the belt back into action somehow, I'll come back and provide another update. I will say that whatever this piece is, it's not something you're going to find at the corner hardware store.***I've been wearing this belt daily for about a month now. For the price it's certainly a very nice belt and definitely solves / avoids a lot of problems I've had with belts in a similar low-end price range. By this point in its wear cycle, about 30 days in on *my* waist, the average mass-market Prez-Jackson-priced belt would already be looking pretty stressed if not outright ugly around the belt holes. This is holding up extremely nicely by comparison. I even keep looking for signs of wear on the inner-circumference "toothblock" that the ratcheting mechanism grips onto, but so far I have seen no signs of this. Based on this I'd say this is an extremely good value in a basic semi-dress belt.A few things to note, though:- The instructions that came with this thing were photocopied, looking like about a ninth-generation photocopy, and most words at the margins were cut off - in other words, essentially unreadable. The copy that *is* readable is obviously not written by a native English speaker. Thankfully the actual use of the belt is fairly self-explanatory, but I am a little more nervous about the process of cutting it down to size, which I'll probably have to do eventually if some of my planned lifestyle changes actually take for once.- Do not expect this thing to look like a belt outside of its price range. Some of the reviews here led me to believe I'd be getting a really nice-looking dress belt. Maybe I'm a bit choosier about my belts, but to *my* eye, the leather is somewhat low grade. I am certainly not crazy about the look of the buckle - not so much regarding its bulk (it is a tad bit bulky) but the look of the metalwork itself. Mind, this belt does NOT by any means look terrible. It just looks like a casual-to-basic-dress belt in its actual price range, and isn't something I'd likely wear with a four-figure suit. Further note / disclosure: I do not own any four-figure suits.- The "continuously variable" aspect of this belt is really nice and a huge selling point, but it also means the belt can be a little persnickety to get just right in terms of fit. Many times I leave the house or the restroom with the belt just a hair too loose without realizing it until my pants are already sagging. Other times I've vastly overtightened the thing and not realized it until I began to lose feeling in my legs (I kid). The nice thing, of course, is that this is a very fast fix in either direction. I've thought about adding a reversible "stop" of some kind on the belt so I have immediate positive feedback when it's been fed into the optimal point of tension, but I haven't done that yet.- I've gotten stuck in the belt once, very shortly after I received it. I had the belt fully released, but the ratchet wouldn't let go of the tooth it was stuck on. There was a brief subsequent moment of panic as I thought I might need to go get myself out of my pants with garden shears. The fix was thankfully just this: Re-tighten the belt, then re-release.- I love that I can loosen my belt with one hand in the car as needed. This came in very handy on an extremely long drive this weekend.- Be advised that the belt does make a little noise when you re-tighten it quickly, and that noise - while slight - may seem to restroom bystanders like you're, well, willfully passing gas. This doesn't bother me much, because I could care less what strangers in airport bathrooms think of me. But if it bothers you, you can simply adjust / tighten the belt more slowly to avoid the noise.- I think I'm pretty well sold on the world of ratchet belts after this one, and I'll continue to keep this as my daily driver for the moment. But based on the look of the black one - which is fine, again, but cheap black leather is easy to get looking passable - I might hesitate on the brown model, or maybe look a little more upmarket.

I really like these belts. They are a great belt at a great price. The best feature is that they are infinitely adjustable. The ratcheting mechanism holds the belt very firmly in the desired spot. It does take a little practice at first to release the mechanism but it has become second nature to me now. I have 3 of these belts and have worn them for years. I would have gone for 5 stars but with one of the belts the pin that lets the release mechanism swivel became disconnected and I could not get the mechanism to release. A brief moment of panic but then I remembered how the mechanism is supposed to move and was able to get it released. That problem has not happened with any of my other belts... one for work and one for dress. The work belt gets some serious use including having various tool pouches clipped to it from time to time. These belts are half the price of a similar style I get at a local clothing store and I believe they are equal to or better than the more expensive one.

The belt came in a fancy drawer-like box suitable for a gift, the belt wrapped in a long plastic tube like a clear snake-skin and the buckle was protected from scratching by a plastic layer we're used to on new phones. Once the belt is inserted into the buckle, the belt can be tightened in clicks over the track ridges at the inside back; but it can't be pulled apart without releasing the lever on the side. It took a moment of fooling with the belt release lever to get the hang of it to remove the belt. The belt was 5 inches longer than my 40 waist, so I found the gripping lever at the back and pried it up with a screwdriver to see the teeth that catch the belt come up with the lever plate. I cut the belt to size with a scissor, revealing the layered construction of the quality belt. Remember to measure with the belt on in comfortable wearing position twice as the tracks don't go completely to the insertion end, then cut once. Leave a little extra if you think you'll get larger, as the belt should last. Inserting the new belt end and closing the lever was easy, with the belt held firmly by the teeth, I have the black belt with a quality appearance.

I bought several Slide Belts but the plastic ratchet on the belt wears out on all the brands, Slide Belt replaced once, so this time I bought the cheaper brand, ( half the price) the leather belt part was the exact same quality, the buckle is somewhat less quality but for the money it's worth it. If you need to just replace the belt I would buy this and use the Slide Belt Buckle,,,,,,,or just use the one that came with it. I bought a Mission by mistake and paid $50 for belt and buckle, the belt was too small and even with the receipt, and then they wanted a photograph, and then they wanted a detailed survey, etc. Mission is a rip off and they won't stand behind their product like Slide Belt....for the money this is a good deal.

Good news for fellow sufferers of big-hairy-tube body type syndrome!Do your pants constantly droop because, try as you might, you can never get your belts to fit just right so they are snug enough to hold up your trousers but not so tight you cause intestinal blockage? You may suffer from big-hairy-tube body type syndrome. Inherited from your father, you'll know if you are a big-hairy-tube if your chest, your waist, and your hips are all the same size, making you vulnerable to having your pants fall off at the most inopportune times. Yes, suspenders can help. But then you end up looking like Urkel.Well, fear embarrassment no more! Avoid those castigating looks from your wife. Stop throwing away perfectly good dockers because the bottom cuffs are all worn out from dragging on the floor. Try this handsome new One Size Adjustable Ratchet Belt! It's a technological miracle, allowing you to cinch up the fit just perfectly without having to drill extra holes in your belt every time you gain or lose a pound, or indulge in an extra helping of that baked ziti. So throw away those suspenders and come over to the stylish side.