I went with the company's suggested waist length and it was way off. I had to cut off like half the belt pry the metal end piece off clap it onto t he cut end. I should have just returned the 2 I bought, thought this was gonna be easy to do, it wasn't. The belt itself is nice and tightens well, other than it gets caught on the metal piece I clamped back on. Seriously it wrapped around me twice. Go less than what the chart says. If you get the right size it should be rated a 5 star