Perry EllisMen's Tubular Leather Dress Belt

Do not buy a size larger; buy the correct size. I bought my size and I am dead center on hole 4 out of 7 holes. Thank you everyone else that reviewed it.The reviews about this having a smell are correct, there is some kind of smell. I believe this is due to what appears to be that plastic that is put on the side of the belt. If I am not mistaken, this is one piece of leather folded in half and then bound. The plastic is only located on the bottom and tip of the belt. I guess this is what they meant by tubular belt or "Uses one piece of leather wrapped around the belt". Normally I look for that plastic to see whether it is bound leather that will split. I probably would not have bought this if I saw it before hand for this reason.The smell could also be from the dying process or leather treatment, I feel something on my fingers after touching the belt, and the smell carries over faintly.The smell is not severe or that bad; it is a light faint chemical smell. It will only bother you if you are looking for it after reading reviews. This is not like a pvc shower curtain that will stink for days 10 feet away. The smell should not be your concern at all, I only bring it up because everyone else mentions it but does not fully describe it. If you are 2 feet away you will not detect it, so when you wear it you will be fine from day 1.The buckle is sewn in so it will not come off like those screwed/glued on buckles on reversible belts. It is not as shiny as the picture shows. Mine looks more like oxidized silver, not stainless steel as the picture. Personally, I rather have the color in the picture, but this is just a few shades darker.The leather feels very soft but stiff. My guess is that this is probably because it is one piece of leather folded over. It does not feel bad at all, it feels pretty good, feels rich.It is nice and thick. It is ~1.25 inches wide so this is a 30mm belt. I wish it were 40mm.Bottom line. I like it. I am on the fence on quality because that bonded bottom worries me into thinking that maybe one day this belt may actually split. If this is the type of belt that will split then this should cost only ten dollars. If the price was cheaper by twelve dollars I would take the risk and buy two more. I believe it is overpriced at twenty seven. At its current price, I do not think it is worth buying more than one even if it is inconvenient to switch pants everyday and use the same belt. A fair price for this belt is 15-20. If it were not glued, $27 is fair.

Still works after all this time

The belt loop stitching or glue came apart within the first two months. I wear the belt 3-4 times a week

This was for my husband, he had a previous experience w/the brand and again he is satisfied w/the new belt , same brand

It is a quality belt for good value

Ok, I must admit that I am not a fashion expert, and when I was looking for a new belt after my old ones were falling apart, I was mainly just looking for "leather", and not some sort of "leather construction". So, when I found this belt on Amazon, I was like, "Tubular? What does that mean?" Well, at least it says 100% of some kind of leather sounding name, like "full cowhide top" whatever that is. I kind of ignored the tubular adjective and just looked at the reviews, the price and the specs, and just crossed my fingers that this would be a belt that I could use for a few years.I wish I had a list of accurate marketing terms detailing when something is leather through and through, rather than leather with some leather-like outer lining. I had one belt ages ago that worked really well for a long long time, which I had thought was "genuine leather." Then I hit a stretch of really crappy belts, each had some sort of leather construction issue, whether it be the buckle would fall off b/c the interface to the strap wore down easily, or the outer layer stitching would fall out, or the outer layer would just start flaking off, especially around the holes. I kept looking for something more like "how they used to make them."So, what of this belt? Well, the first thing you will notice is that it has an extremely pungent smell, that rubs off on your clothes. I have had this belt for almost two months now, wearing it every day and it is finally to the point where I am not pinching my nose. The first few weeks I actually would try to make sure I didn't get too close to other people if I needed to talk to them b/c I didn't want them wondering what that odd smell was. The stink does seem to wash off of my clothes, so at least that is good. I would describe the smell as kind of like a burnt rubbery smell. I've never had a belt smell like this.In terms of reliability, I will have to make an update on this review a year from now to see how things are going, but so far it seems to be of solid construction. I always use the same tightness, and so the hole where the buckle inserts into is starting to show some fraying on the inside as well as a little bit of stretching (the hole is slightly more elongated than the other holes)And finally, the "tubular". I don't think it's totally tubular in the surfing sense of the word, but I finally know what it actually means. The belt does not have hard top and bottom edges along the length of the strap. Instead it is rounded. This is nice because it slips into my pant belt loops quite smoothly, although I wear a lot of jeans and am not sure that I really benefit from this feature so much. One odd side effect, however, is that I find that when I hang up my pants on a hook (say, in a gym), the smoothness of the belt actually makes it very difficult for the pants to stay on the hook! As silly as that sounds, it is actually something I run into every day. Those few seconds do add up every day and can be frustrating if you let that sort of thing get to you. But I would imagine this to be a function of the "tubularity" rather than the quality of this particular brand of belt.All in all, a decent belt.

I got this belt in black. It is very nice for the price. It is narrower than many jeans belts and has a near dress quality finish. But, it is a single piece of leather unlike almost all dress belts so it will not delaminate and the finish will not come off. I got it after borrowing the same belt from my brother when I forgot one while traveling. His is ~ 5 years old and still looks good.I read the reviews about the smell and thought that some people are overly sensitive. After all, my brother's belt didn't smell. The truth is this belt has an unbelievably strong smell. I could smell it outside my closed closet door and it stank up my whole walk in closet. I ended up wrapping it in newspaper and hanging it in the garage for a month. After that, it was acceptable (but still smells if you put it up to your nose).Despite the smell, I'm thinking about getting the chocolate color because for the price and quality I can live with hagning it in my garage for a month.

Me gustó mucho, en la foto no se aprecia el buen acabado que tiene la correa y el cuero utilizado se siente de muy buen tacto. Sin duda alguna, volveré a comprar más adelante.

acabado de calidad y luce muy bien se ve que va a durar

The product they use for the leather does smell pretty intense (i.e. bad). Buy this and unpack it a month or two before you plan to actually wear it. The smell goes away with time.

The product description says the belt is "100% leather", but the belt itself says it is "Faux Leather", which is not genuine leather at all. The belt looks well made, but as it is made from a synthetic material, I don't know how long it will last. Therefore, I have decided to return it.

Buena piel y el acabado "tubular" sin costuras y la hebilla delgada se ven muy bien. Es un cinturón algo ancho, no solamente la altura de lado sino también el grueso, por lo que puede atorarse en pantalones con presillas muy estrechas.Viene un poco más largo de los normal. Yo siempre compraba cinturones talla 34 (ya que estoy entre 32 y 33), pero tuve que cambiarlo por un uno talla 32 ya que el sobrante casi llegaba a la bolsa izquierda de mis pantalones.Los primeros días, el olor del teñido de la piel puede ser algo fuerte, pero después de una semana este desaparece. Me gustó mucho, incluso estoy considerando comprar también el de color chocolate.Para AMAZON MX: Ojo con su proceso de devoluciones/cambios, tienen mucho que mejorar tanto en el envío de regreso de los productos como en la velocidad para hacer el reembolso. Espero que pronto estén a la par de AMAZON USA.