I will start with the con. It was stiff on receipt. Took a week or so to limber up. The pros outnumber the cons by a wide margin. It is now my most worn belt. It is really heavy duty, but in a good way. I moved the inside loop to between the two other loops and it really improved the wearing position.  It is the perfect color too. Make sure you order your waist size correctly because the overlap for buckling is a minimal amount of the belt to the buckle, unless you adjust the back loop like I did.