Alright,
@RodgerThat sorry for the delay on this.... review of Mark Bell's Strong Series Belt. I'll try to be as detailed as possible.
Here we go:
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It is a 10mm belt and I believe it's XL size. The whole gimmick behind this product is that it comes already broken in... and it absolutely does. I took another picture to possibly give an idea of the flexibility to it and this was the same right out of the box:
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Most of the other cheaper belts I've bought would have wanted to open back up... they were always a pain to put in gym bag but this belt wraps up and stays that way.
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It hasn't cut into me at all, pretty comfortable although, belts are usually not the most comfortable item, this one feels good other than keeping a pretty tight grip. Definitely no leaving it on between sets.
I accidentally got the thicker belt first time around. It did cost me a restocking fee equal to the shipping cost to send the fucker back too, which I did not appreciate especially since I now have another separate item I want to exchange. Anyways, the thicker belt was not nearly as flexible. It was a heavy duty fucking belt lol. Something,
possibly, that might be something to have just for meet day for a slightly better edge? However, the one I have now I found to be a lot better. The thicker one was much stiffer and would have required some breaking in.
This was an expensive belt... much more than I've paid for any other piece of gear. I think it was about $120... Thicker one is $130 or so.
It was really worth the money in my opinion, although this is also my first "real belt" so I don't have a ton of equal comparisons. I'd really recommend it to anyone if they wanted to have a nice belt. I honestly feel that this belt is rugged enough to last.
Okay, shilling complete.