Size desk
We print a size ladder on 56 of our 114 listings, and those ladders do not agree with each other. Put your waist in and the desk reads all 67 rows at once.
The awkward part
Where our own ladders fall out
A letter on a BULLIANT belt is not a fixed measurement. Every one of the 28 waists we cover answers to more than one letter across our 67 rows — so buy by the inch and treat the letter as a label.
| Waist | Letters our tables use for it | Belts covering it |
|---|---|---|
| 26″ | S×2XXS×1XS×1M×1 | 1 |
| 27″ | S×2XS×1M×1 | 1 |
| 28″ | S×6M×2XS×1 | 3 |
| 29″ | S×6M×2 | 3 |
| 30″ | S×6M×4 | 6 |
| 31″ | M×4S×3 | 6 |
| 32″ | M×6S×4L×1 | 28 |
| 33″ | M×6S×1L×1 | 27 |
| 34″ | M×8L×3S×1 | 49 |
| 35″ | M×4L×3 | 43 |
| 36″ | L×5M×4XL×1 | 47 |
| 37″ | L×5XL×1 | 42 |
| 38″ | L×6XL×4M×1 | 45 |
| 39″ | L×4XL×4M×1 | 11 |
| 40″ | XL×6L×4M×22XL×1 | 13 |
| 41″ | XL×6M×12XL×1 | 5 |
| 42″ | XL×72XL×5M×1L×1 | 5 |
| 43″ | 2XL×5XL×3L×1 | 4 |
| 44″ | 2XL×6XL×3L×23XL×1 | 4 |
| 48″ | 3XL×72XL×34XL×2XL×1 | 1 |
| 49″ | 3XL×74XL×22XL×1 | 1 |
| 50″ | 3XL×84XL×32XL×1 | 1 |
| 51″ | 3XL×44XL×3 | 1 |
| 52″ | 4XL×83XL×45XL×1 | 1 |
| 53″ | 4XL×85XL×1 | 1 |
| 54″ | 4XL×105XL×1 | 1 |
| 55″ | 4XL×75XL×1 | 1 |
| 56″ | 4XL×85XL×3 | 1 |
Read it as “26″ is called S on some rows, XXS on some rows, XS on some rows, M on others”. The right-hand column is how many of our 60 adjustable belts actually reach that measurement.
Coverage
How many belts reach each inch
Every adjustable strap we make, counted against the waist it covers. The range runs 26″ to 56″, and it is deepest at 34″ with 49 straps.
- 26″1
- 27″1
- 28″3
- 29″3
- 30″6
- 31″6
- 32″28
- 33″27
- 34″49
- 35″43
- 36″47
- 37″42
- 38″45
- 39″11
- 40″13
- 41″5
- 42″5
- 43″4
- 44″4
- 48″1
- 49″1
- 50″1
- 51″1
- 52″1
- 53″1
- 54″1
- 55″1
- 56″1
The other system
When the ladder is written in centimetres
17 of our rows carry a centimetre figure instead of, or beside, the letter. It is the strap length, not your waist — which is why the numbers look too big.
| On the label | Waist it fits | Letter on the same row |
|---|---|---|
| 85 cm | 24″–26″ | XXS |
| 90 cm | 26″–28″ | XS |
| 95 cm | 28″–30″ | S |
| 100 cm | 28″–32″ | S |
| 105 cm | 32″–34″ | S |
| 110 cm | 34″–36″ | M |
| 115 cm | 38″–40″ | M |
| 120 cm | 40″–42″ | M |
| 125 cm | 42″–44″ | L |
| 130 cm | 44″–46″ | L |
| 135 cm | 46″–48″ | XL |
| 140 cm | 48″–50″ | 2XL |
| 145 cm | 50″–52″ | 3XL |
| 150 cm | 52″–54″ | 4XL |
| 155 cm | 54″–56″ | 4XL |
| 160 cm | 56″–58″ | 4XL |
| 170 cm | 60″–64″ | 4XL |
Socks and shoes
The other two benches
Socks and clogs never touch the waist ladder. They run on US shoe size, and those tables are consistent.
A ratchet track bites roughly every quarter inch, so it lands closer than the five holes on a prong belt ever will. That is the whole argument for it. The ratchet bench is here.
Measuring, without a tape measure
- Take a belt you already wear and lay it flat.
- Measure from the buckle pin to the hole you actually use. That number is your waist for our purposes.
- If it lands between two of our bands, take the larger one — 48 of our straps cut down, and none of them grow.
Trouser labels are no help here. A pair marked 34 can measure anywhere from 33 to 36 depending on who cut them, and we have no say in that.