Editorial policy
How We Test, Rank and Correct
The standards this site holds itself to, written down so you can hold us to them.
How belts get on a list
A belt has to clear four filters before it is considered. It must be sold in a size that fits a waist under 26 inches. It must publish a real height specification. Its closure must hold under load without creeping. And it must be currently stocked by a major retailer rather than a drop-shipped listing.
Belts that fail a filter can still appear, clearly labelled with why , because a popular belt with a real drawback is more useful to explain than to omit.
How belts are compared
Every belt is recorded against the same specification set: height at the back, thickness, closure type, material, smallest manufactured waist size, taper, and competition legality. Those are the fields in the comparison table on every page, and they are the fields that drive the recommendations.
Each belt holds exactly one slot on a list. We do not publish lists where six belts are all “the best” at slightly different things in order to fit more affiliate links on a page.
Ratings and reviews
We do not publish star ratings, scores out of ten, or review counts we have not genuinely collected, and we do not emit rating structured data for them. Fabricated rating markup is both a search-spam violation and a straightforward lie to readers.
Prices
Every price on this site carries the date it was checked. Prices move and we do not control retailer pricing. Treat ours as an indication and confirm at the retailer before buying.
How affiliate revenue is kept out of it
Some links on this site earn a commission. The specification table that drives every recommendation is filled in before any affiliate link is attached, and commission rates are not a field in it. Belts with no affiliate program available are recommended on the same terms as belts that pay.
Full detail on the affiliate disclosure page.
Corrections
If we get a specification, price or claim wrong, we correct it on the page and note what changed. Send corrections to the address on our about page. Specification disputes from manufacturers are welcome and are checked against the current product page before anything is changed.
Health and medical claims
This site publishes training information, not medical advice. A lifting belt is equipment, not a treatment for back pain, a hernia, or any diagnosed condition, and we do not present it as one. Where evidence on belt effects is limited or mixed, we say so rather than overstating it.
Before launch: add named authors with real credentials and Person schema, and record your actual testing protocol here: how many belts you own, how long each is trained in, and what you measure. A policy page describing tests you have not run is worse than no policy page.