I am buying another one of these belts after the one I had the last 6+ years broke at the buckle recently.  I wore that belt everyday to work, it has been great, and for $20, well what is that cost per year.  There are similar priced belts out there that are dressier looking, but many are cheap thin layers of leather-ish material with non leather inner material that is more like a paper product that breaks with any sort of normal wear... ask me how I know.  This belt is solid leather, and robust enough to handle heavy wear.  I do recall the brown vs black leather color will fade over time and it will just become a brown belt.  But since I don't care about the black part of the belt, I only care about its price, design, and longevity, I am giving it 5 stars.