This belt allows you to adjust by simply pulling out on the belt buckle, I use this daily when I am at work, when I sit down to eat I loosen it up a bit, then when I get up I simply tighten it back up.The belt has 2 layers that are stitched together, on my belt the outer layer is holding up just fine, however, the inner liner has cracked which has me a bit worried as to when/if the outer layer will break.For me the biggest downside is the noise it makes when you tighten it up, imagine a very large/loud zip tie being zipped and you probably have the right idea . I find this the biggest downside and as you can see that is fairly minor. ( I subtracted 1 star for the inner liner issue and the noise of the adjusting).Would I buy it again . Yep ( but I would still look for alternatives)Bottom line . works as advertised but it is a bit noisy.