Excellent quality of materials and workmanship.. When you do get the belt tightened it stays right where you cinched it up.. The only caveat I would note, is that in the instructions, on how to tighten the belt is after you insert the belt throug the slot to hold the buckle at a 90 degree angle to the belt and pull it tight, but the problem is that when you release the buckle and lay it on the belt, that creates slack i the belt and it becomes loose again. Now, I have overcame this problem by kind of "ratcheting" .the belt through the buckle with it lying against the belt. I do this after I have finished tightening it the way the instructions say. This works fine to get it nice and tight and the belt stays that way,. I have tried every belt on the market: the ratcheting ones, the woven ones and nothing stays as tight where you set it as this belt, all day long.