I need to get a new power belt. I am looking at the inzer site they offer a “forever belt” for $79.99 and a “power belt quality economy” for $39.99. Does anyone know the reason for the huge difference in price? The economy one doesn’t like self-destruct after 30 uses or anything, right?
I have a forever belt, I think the main difference is that it’s 1 solid piece of leather. That and they guarantee the belt forever.
As above!!
The economy belt’s amazing. I’ve had one for the last 3 years and it’s still going as strong as ever.
The economy belt is lower quality leather.
I used a new economy belt a few weeks ago and hated it. It doesn’t even compare to my EFS Retro belt (which isn’t much more expensive). I was told that quality of the new economy belts doesn’t really compare to the older ones.
Do yourself a favor…Buy a 13 mm belt with whatever buckle or lever you want…I have had my belt for 20 years and i beat the crap out of it…it is still in great shape…if you buy a thicker and stronger belt…you will never have to buy one again…
[quote]JBPOWER wrote:
Do yourself a favor…Buy a 13 mm belt with whatever buckle or lever you want…I have had my belt for 20 years and i beat the crap out of it…it is still in great shape…if you buy a thicker and stronger belt…you will never have to buy one again…[/quote]
Might have to get some ribs tho…
[quote]Hanley wrote:
JBPOWER wrote:
Do yourself a favor…Buy a 13 mm belt with whatever buckle or lever you want…I have had my belt for 20 years and i beat the crap out of it…it is still in great shape…if you buy a thicker and stronger belt…you will never have to buy one again…
Might have to get some ribs tho…[/quote]
yep… be careful. i’ve cracked ribs with mine a few times. also, I just sent my lever back for the second time to Inzer to be replaced. The metal lever has broken into two pieced twice now. They replace it for free but you have to pay shipping both ways.
My economy belt is about 4 years old (my first belt actually). It still works fine.
I have an Elite belt as well that’s pretty new.
A few observations-
-The Inzer econo-belt comes in only two-prong- kind of a pain in the ass if you are really cranking your belt down or if you are using it to hold down a bench shirt.
-If you compare the buckle on the econo-belt to a premium belt, you can see that it’s a bit shoddy: the roller has a seam that opens up over time, the hoop of metal that attaches the roller to the belt is thin and bends. One time I was doing weighted pull ups and clipped one of those hanging ab straps on to the buckle so I could hand a dumbbell in the strap hoop. It only took 75 pounds to completely bend the buckle apart. Fortunately, the cheap steel bends back pretty easily.
All in all, I would recommend ponying up the extra 30-40 bucks for a real-deal belt. But do what you gotta do.
All of the belts on this site are excellent quality. I have a Forever Bodybuilding Tapered Buckle and it is serving me very well. (I got the tapered because of my extremely short torso, I’m only 5’4). I’ve been using it for a few months and it seems extremely well built. I like how rivets are used to attach the buckle and the seams are of high quality.
I assume the other forever belts are of the same quality. I’m not sure about the economy belt, but I don’t think its made by Inzer because the site says “Normally sold at much higher prices by others.” Therefore it may not be of the same high quality. But still its probably pretty dam good considering its being sold on the Inzer web site.
I’ll try out the forever belt, thanks for your input