Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

This is a good basic belt. I ordered my first one in January 2012. I lost some weight and it was time for a new one. The belt has changed since then and the Amazon picture shows the belt that I ordered in 2012 not the one you will get now. I attached a picture of both belts. The weathered belt is the old one. As you can see it is much lighter in color. It also feels more 'leathery.' The new belt is definitely leather but you can really only see raw leather if you pull up the flap where the buckle is attached. Otherwise, the leather has some kind of coating that gives it a high gloss sheen and a somewhat plastic appearance. It still seems like a functional basic belt, I just don't like the appearance as well as the original.