I've recently lost weight and wanted to use the belt to keep my jeans of sliding down.  At first the belt worked fine, but after a couple of weeks of wearing, the buckle stopped snapping closed, so that it can pop open at any time.  Also the plastic of the belt seems to have gotten all stretched out and misshapen.  Maybe I'm asking it to do too tough of a job, holding up jeans that are too big, but isn't that what belts do?  I'm going to try Beltaway as one reviewer suggested.  I'm not taking my chances on another cheaply made plastic belt.