This belt was exactly what I was looking for. The only problem is that I either got the wrong size (and the strap was mislabeled) or the elastic somehow shrunk or something. I wear 36-38 pants and have a 44 belt. As soon as I tried this one on, the tip of the belt didn't even touch the buckle. Because it's stretchy, I can stretch it a lot (too tight) to make it work. I pulled out the gauge and measured. Of course, it's only 41 inches long from end to end (not including the buckle). It is 3 cm shorter than it should be. This is odd as the smaller size is 40 inches long. Not sure if it's the longer "medium" size or the short "large" size, but the sticker on the belt said 44 inches. Next to that I've attached a picture of my 44 inch leather belt and you can see how much shorter it is. If the size was right I would have given it 5 stars. This is exactly what I was looking for. Otherwise the material and quality seem good.