Carbon Tactics Quicky - Magnetic Tactical Belt (Regular)

_______________________(Original 1-Star Review)I was so excited to get this belt. The design and construction looked so amazing (and they are), except for the fatal flaw: The buckles are too big to go through any of my belt loops. I tried to fit it on five different pairs of jeans and a few pairs or shorts and couldn't fit the buckle through any of the belt loops. How sad.The belt and buckles are very well constructed and I was really looking forward to sporting this new belt, but it is completely useless to me if I can't fit it in any of my pants._______________________(UPDATE: 11/2/16)Thanks to a comment from the vendor, I now know that this belt is intentionally designed such that you will remove the left part of the buckle, thread the belt through my pants' belt loops, and then replace and readjust the buckle. I tried this yesterday and came away with two strong impressions:First, as a belt, this is a remarkable belt. It fills the obvious roll of holding up my pants (yay!) and more importantly, the buckle is comfortable. Part of my belly unfortunately comes into contact with my belt buckles and this one is remarkably comfortable.But...My other take-away is that the whole business of removing the buckle etc. is a huge annoyance. I'm an early riser and I have no appetite for this kind of foolishness when I'm trying to get myself out the door without waking up the rest of the house. The belt's webbing is cut square and the blunt corners snag on every single belt loop, which means I've nearly used up my daily allowance of eff words on those six belt loops before I even step out the door. That's not how I like to start my day. I'm not that kind of guy.So are any of these frustrations preventable? Well for starters, some documentation with the product would sure help. I can imagine a high number of returns & refunds from frustrated customers who couldn't figure out how to use it. Even better, how about updating the promo video on the product page to show how it's supposed to be used? It's fun to see the belt suspend a motorcycle, but that's neither here nor there to me if I can't get it onto my pants. And lastly, how about putting a curved end on the webbing or a metal finish that would slide through normal belt loops without the need for any profanities?This really is a nice belt once it's on your pants, but I don't think this will be my daily belt. To quote the meme, "Ain't nobody got time for that."_______________________(UPDATE: 11/2/16)In the past week I've seen two different movies where the hero strips off his belt and uses it to choke out his evil foe. Both times I had the same thought: I wouldn't be able to do that with my belt, because it takes so doggone long to take it off and put it back on. First I have to remove the buckle, and then...I realize this is neither here nor there (especially since I have zero martial arts skills), but I still believe that it's a poor design that requires me to remove and replace the buckle every time I put on a clean pair of pants.

The buckle clasping mechanism is genius. The belt itself is strong and durable. However, it is not without flaws.Allow me to explain. I couldn't figure out how to get it to work, this really should come with instructions. My husband is a veteran, so I had him take a look at the belt and asked him what he thought of it and explain how to make it work... He went to put on some pants and next thing I knew, he was letting go a string of cussing like you wouldn't believe!I asked him what was wrong, ad this is what he said (after he calmed down, and then stopped laughing afterwards):1. The buckle is too big to fit through belt loops. Considering this is a split buckle design, this means that the belt must be unfed from one end of the buckle, then re-fed after the belt has been run through the loops of the pants. After a bit of research, it apparently is an inherent part of the design (the buckle has to be bigger than the belt and the belt is as big as it can be and realistically make it through the loops.2. In order to be able to be fed through the buckle and lay easily, the belt can't be too rigid. Which means that it won't be practical to holster a full sized sidearm. He said something about how this would have worked better for packs (luggage/backpacks), rather than belts.3. The belt itself needs some sort of tab at the end, in order to make it easier to feed through the buckle, considering this has to be done every time you install this belt on a pair of pants.I'm not too sure how many people are going to want to put a belt on a pair of pants the night before, in order to have them ready for the following morning or possibly the middle of the night (for first responders that are on call). That is something an individual would have to decide for themselves. I don't foresee this belt getting a whole lot of use, outside of maybe hunting trips. It certainly seems like it requires too much effort for everyday use.

I quite liked the idea of the Carbon Tactics Quicky. A superstrong belt that could double as a strap, plus a cool buckle? Count me in.First off, the buckle is very well-thought out and designed. I found myself playing with it, because it’s fun to open and close. All you have to do is press down and twist to open, while closing is even easier, thanks to the magnets. This could be helpful if you have trouble with regular belts. I haven’t ever had it accidentally open.The nylon of the belt strap feels very heavy duty and secure; my mom actually used the belt for therapy, to help stretch her legs. She worried that lighter weight straps would break or slip free from her grasp, but she didn’t have that fear with the Quicky belt.However, when I tried to use the Quicky *as* a belt, I ran into some problems. I wear a 30” waist in jeans, so at 50” long, the Quicky belt was very long for me. There’s an elastic loop to secure extra length, but if you pull in as much of the belt as I did, there was an unsightly/unsafe gap between my waist and the excess length. I *could* cut the belt strap to make it shorter and get rid of that unsafe gap, but then I would be limiting myself on other uses for the belt. While the inventor did a good job with other aspects of the belt, I wish he had considered other options for when the belt is used on a smaller waist.