I wear pants with a 38 waist so I figured a 44 inch belt would work well. I was wrong. He was too small. I gave this to my son. Then I had the intention of ordering another belt in one size larger. As I was a bit tight and 74 I ended up ordering another belt in the same size. Didn't notice until I put it on and it was very tight. I then compared the second strap to the first strap and the second strap was an inch and a half smaller than the first. Then I dug out my paperwork and found out that I had ordered the same size again. (Then I went to a clothing store and bought two new belts. One was a number 40 and the other a number 42 and they were the same length. The moral of the story is I will never buy another belt online again.