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Patagonia Friction Belt

Patagonia Friction Belt description

All outdoor sports become far more difficult when your pants fall down. Even if you're in town, it can cause a seriously embarrassing scene. Hold your trousers up with the super-strong Patagonia Friction Belt, and enjoy your day with confidence, knowing your pants are secure. With a hard anodized steel buckle, you know your pants aren't going anywhere.

Bottom Line: The sagging-pants look doesn't work for the outdoors.

In terms of what you'd want in a belt for your hiking pants, this is exactly what you'd be looking for. Its simple, and synthetic which means if you sweat, it will dry quickly and won't stain your pants like leather. Unfortunately, when you're carrying a full pack, the polyester webbing can cause a lot of friction when pressure is applied by your pack's hipbelt; enough to cut the skin. I suggest you wear your pants lower than your hipbelt level to avoid this from happening, as it can be quite annoying and painful at times.

I like this belt a lot. I bought the juniper green one. I enjoy that it is low profile and simple. The one size feature is fine when you think that you can run down to your gear shop or hardware store and use their hot knife to cut it down a bit. My only wish it that it was load bearing. I have taken to using a tree sling from my slack line while I am at work (at the UWF climbing wall) because a quickly made loop of another piece of webbing and I have a quick harness. Not that big a deal I suppose since I have a closet full of them when I am at work. Over all though this is a neat belt that wont get in the way bike commuting to school or wearing a harness.