It took a little adjustment for me, since I'm used to the usual all-elastic types found at the usual places (Wally World, here, etc.) but there's where the difference may be to my advantage. I wear suspenders daily and after a few months the others seem to wear out-stretch, fray, etc. These only have elastic in the back portion. The adjustments are rigid. I had to set them longer since they don't stretch, but once I got the length set, they worked very well. No need to "hitch-up" with these since there's no elastic to stretch. I could learn to like this a LOT!