I bought this belt because the one I was given at my promotion was to long. While that was a size 6, this belt at size 5 is almost to short. If you are in doubt buy a size bigger. With that being said it is a great, wide, thick belt. My only other complaints are about small white fuzzes that appear periodically on the thick part of the belt. In addition, the KD Elite tag is HUGE. This belt's thickness makes it worth this little inconveniences.

I prefer this type of a bag to a curved one, because of the feel of the bag on a foot. In addition, the foam in this bag is much softer compared to some of the curved ones, be that a good or bad thing (generally bad for the one holding it, good for the one kicking). The covering of this bag is also smooth without textured surfaces as on some of the other bags I have hit, these textured bags have skinned knuckles and toes on roundhouse techniques, and I therefore prefer this bag's material. With that being said... I kicked the bag with my instructor holding it and ripped the handles out. It WILL NOT hold up to abuse by any strong techniques.