I think that belts are almost as dangerous as wearing nothing at all. We had a guy in eastern Iowa this year that fell and the belt slipped up under his arms and suffocated him. He woulda had alot better chance of surviving a fall. A harness is the only way to go when it comes to hunting safely IMHO. I wore a belt up until this year and I wear a harness now and will never go back to the belt. I work at a hospital and we have had at least 5 hunters come in this fall due to falling from there stands, one was on a hunt with a outfitter and was getting ready to get down and he unhooked his harness from the tree and the stand broke. It is scary to think something like that can happen.