The first thing to say about this is yes it works it holds your pants like a regular belt It is tight enough to hold the pants ( I've lost a little weight so I have to tighten my belt or my pants will fall down a lot). It connects to the two front belt loops so one side - it's a hook then it goes around the back and hook the front loop of the belt to the other sides now when you see the belt loops are VERY tight. I mean they fold backwards A LOT so I don't think they will last much longer than months with so much stress on them so that means breaking your front belt loops so you get a new pair of pants or belt backwards have to move, which makes it weird. While it's a good idea, I don't see it working long without breaking the loops. Maybe someone who hasn't lost weight or is wearing tighter pants, maybe it's not a big deal, I'm not sure but that's what I found out.