Hey gents! In this video I'm going to share
my experience with Anson Belt and why
their micro-adjustable hole-less
belts are pretty much the only belts I
wear now. [music] Hey there, I'm Kyle from The
Distilled Man. So this channel is all
about providing actionable advice for
the everyday gentleman. So I'll be honest,
until a few years ago I never really
thought about belts that much. Which is
ironic, because it's something that you
wear almost every day. Just like most
other guys I wore the standard kind of
belt that you could find in any
department store: you know, the holes, the
pin.
Nothing really super special about it.
But my view on belts changed two years
ago when I found out about the Anson
Belt Micro-adjustable Hole-less belt. I was
at the Menfluential Conference and
I had a chance to meet David Ferree,
who's one of the owners of Anson Belt.
David gave me a belt to try out, and
immediately I loved it. In fact, not long
after, I actually went and bought another
Anson Belt for myself, and then I also
ordered one for my dad for Father's Day.
And since then, I kid you not,
I pretty much only wear Anson Belts
these days. I do have one standard
"beater" belt that I'll wear if I'm out in
the yard doing work or something, but
otherwise pretty much these days I only
wear Anson Belts. So in this video, I'm
going to share four things I love about
Anson Belt and why I think their
micro-adjustable hole-less belts are better
than standard belts. Real quick, I want to
give a big thanks to Anson Belt for
sponsoring this video and for supporting
the channel. So the first thing I love
about Anson Belt, is number one, the micro
adjustable technology allows for a much
more comfortable fit. So with a normal
belt you basically select a belt that's,
you know, close to your waist size and
then you have five holes about an inch
apart to do any further tweaking, right?
And that would be perfect if our bodies
came in standard sizes and if they never
changed at all. But I think we can all
think about times in our lives when
maybe we put on a few pounds, or we've gone the
other way and maybe slimmed down a little
bit and suddenly our belt doesn't fit. At
that point, we have to decide if we want
to make the jump to the next belt hole.
And at an inch apart, it actually is kind
of a big jump, because it usually ends up
being either way too tight or way too
loose. Rather than having holes Anson's
micro adjustable belt has a track system
on the back of the strap that allows you
to make tiny adjustments in
quarter inch increments. And you don't
just have five choices, you actually have
thirty! What I love about this is you can
make tiny adjustments on the fly. The
truth is, our bodies expand and contract
throughout the day, so it's nice to be
able to make little adjustments here and
there to be more comfortable. And I know
I've definitely taken
advantage of this.
You know, sometimes wanting to let my
belt out just a little after a big meal,
or if I'm on a long-haul flight and I
just want to, you know, not feel so
constricted in my seat. And the nice
thing is you can adjust and readjust
pretty discreetly. So I don't know if
you've ever noticed, but if you try to
adjust a standard belt, it's not the kind
of thing that you want to do
standing up in the middle of your office.
You know, suddenly people think that
you've lost your marbles and you're just
about to drop trou next to the copy
machine or something. Number two, since it
doesn't have holes, your belt stays nicer
longer. So if you look at any old
standard belt that you've had
for a while, chances are it's
probably showing some wear. Because the
way that the pin interacts with the hole
on a standard belt actually causes a lot
of stress on the leather over time. And
of course, that wear is never evenly
distributed among the five holes. Usually
it's concentrated in on that one hole
that you use day-in day-out, until the
point where you sort of go up or go down
a size. But even then, it's usually just
concentrated in one or two holes that
look like they'd just been utterly
brutalized, and they may even start to
crack and and expand over time. The other
thing that can really mess up standard
belts over time, besides the fact
that the wear is concentrated in just a
few areas, is if you decide to go rogue.
And I think you know what I'm talking
about... When you're so frustrated that
your belt no longer fits, and you decide
that no longer will you be forced to
conform to this inch-by-inch system. And
you, the Maverick, the Trailblazer, decide
to poke your own hole. And for a week or
so you're pretty happy with your
decision. You know, like "No one tells me
where to put my belt holes!" But then you
start to notice how janky that homemade
belt hole looks, and and now it's
starting to crack and expand a little
bit. So much for going rogue, huh? But
Anson's micro-adjustable belts don't
have any holes, so you never really deal
with that. There's no pin that's
stressing out the leather, there's no
holes that are getting stretched out and
nasty, and you never have to go rogue and
poke your own belt holes because you can
make tiny adjustments along the way with
the track
system that isn't even visible except on
the inside of the strap. Number three, you
can mix and match styles. So another
thing I love is that Anton Belt buckles
and straps are really versatile. So first
of all, because they share the same
micro-adjustable track, they're one size
fits all. So that means you don't have to
do the crazy hunt in the department
store to find your size anymore. But even
more importantly, all the belt buckles
are removable so as long as you stay
with the same width of strap (they
come in one and a quarter and one and a
half inch) then you can actually
interchange the belt buckles. Which is
really handy because sometimes depending
on how you want to coordinate with your
outfit, you might want to wear like a
black belt with a gunmetal grey buckle.
Or other times if you want to wear that
same color belt with a different color
buckle, like a silver or a gold color.
With regular belts, in order to do that
you'd have to keep buying specific new
belts for that exact combination you
want. But with these, with each new belt
you get you get more and more
combinations. Because again, as long as
the the width of the strap is the same,
you can actually interchange the belt
buckles. That's why if you're just
starting out I highly recommend that you
check out the Anson Belt Gift Box.
Because for $99, I think and free
shipping too, you get either three
straps and two buckles or three buckles
and two straps. So either way, you get six
entirely different
combinations for six different totally
different outfits, and different
situations. Then as you buy more belts,
you just keep multiplying the
possibilities. Apparently someone at
Anson did the math, and if you look at
all the straps and buckles on the site,
there are actually fourteen hundred
possible combinations. I mean, that's like
way too many options for one person even
contemplate. But still, impressive. And
finally, number four, Anson Belt is a
family business and they act like one. So
I think one of the things that really
sets Anson Belt apart is the way they do
business. So they're a family-run company,
run by a father and son, Frank and
David Ferree. And I've met both of these
guys, and they really really are
passionate about what they're doing,
passionate about their product, and they
really care about their customers. And if
you can believe it, Frank and David
still handled nearly all the customer
service for the company. So if you dial
the number that's on the site you'll
reach Frank. If you reach out on social
media or email, you'll reach David. And
you know it's nice because it's the kind
of thing that they could have easily
outsourced by now,
but it's something they choose to do
themselves because they want to stay
close to their customers. They also offer
a lifetime guarantee on the
functionality of all their belts plus a
100% satisfaction guarantee.
Anson Belts are great if you want to
upgrade your belt collection or if you
just want to give them as a gift. Again, I
gave one to my dad for Father's Day. And
it's great too because you don't even
have to know the person's size since
they're there one-size-fits-all. The belt
strap comes in an extra-long length of 55
inches, and you essentially just trim off
the excess and then put the buckle over
the raw end so you don't even see it. If
you think about it, a belt is a pretty
fundamental part of your wardrobe. It's
something that most of us guys wear
nearly every day. So it makes it all the
more crazy that, you know, we've been sort
of putting up with this simplistic,
unforgiving belt technology for so long.
I highly recommend checking out Anton
Belt. If you haven't experienced the
micro-adjustable hole-less technology I
think you'll be pretty impressed. So I
want to hear from you guys. What do you
think? Would you wear a belt like this or
are you more of a die-hard standard belt
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