belts hold your pants up and pants hold your belt up, who's the real hero? with cspenders there aint no question who the real hero is, and your pants stay up, and they have slack adjusters on them. you can wedge extra beers in your cspenders whilst hangin out round a fire drinkin beers. i always have my buck 135 knife on my left spender strap handle facing towards my belly button, real handy place. another thing i love about cspenders- when i piss i always undo the button and the zipper, with a belt when you do that your pants fall down if you dont do something about it, with spenders, my pants stay right there and i can walk around pissing my name in the snow or piss out a fire or whatever, skys the limit. if its a hot day you can work all day with your fly and button undone and get a nice breeze if you so choose. you can get all the ladies with cspenders too when you pull them out and smack em against your chest, the chicks dig it. if you have clip on spenders and are in a high place and need to pass something down lower you can use your spenders. you can use them to sling things too if you want. with a wedge pouch, spencer tape, and an ax holster, a belt dont stand a prayer holding your pants up all day. bottom line, cspenders is good an belts isnt