Out of the box, the stretch is uneven. On one side, it was elongated, and on the other side it was elastic. Hence the belt won't hang straight. In fact, due to the uneven tension between both sides, the belt looks like a pretzel. I returned it and had Amazon ship me another one. Will see if the replacement is better.

I received a replacement from Amazon. This one is perfect. That's why I order from Amazon because they safeguard the customer. Unfortunately there is no points for Amazon, otherwise I would have given them 5 stars, and a one star for the Dockers belt for letting this kind of defect out to the market.