I have a couple of these (one per bass!) and they are a very decent strap, softening up nicely with age and becoming very comfortable. If there is a 'con', it is hat they are so thick that getting a Jim Dunlop Straplok to fit onto the thick end is nigh on impossible, unless you happen to own a machine shop and hydraulic press! In the end, I gave up and left the StrapLok washer off - there is now a theoretical risk that the StrapLok connector might pull through but frankly, I doubt it!