This clip design is definitely better than other similar straps I've had. The other had 2 holes in the clip that started slipping off the little plastic handles and I had to snap them back into place and they started to wear out. So far this clip hasn't had any issues and it looks like it will last a lot longer as it's not really the little plastic handles to hold the clip in place. The belt is slightly wider. At first I thought it didn't matter, but now I prefer this wider belt. If you want to attach something to your belt, this wide belt is much better. If you have very small belt loops this may not be easy (since it's not stiff I can't imagine you can't thread it through any size loop). It goes very well with all my jeans and shorts and seems better to me.