What´s happening with my weightlifting belts?

[DoubleM101]

Hi,

5 or 6 years ago, i bought a cheap weightlifting belt and i used for that time with no issues.

However a couple of months ago, i suddently felt something strange when wearing it. I checked and it was deformed exactly in the middle back. It had a kind of a stiff lump and it was darker around it. It seemed like some liquids were splittted on it but they weren´t.

I bought a new belt two months ago, which supposedly it´s a better belt and for my surprise, today when wearing it, i felt something odd. When i checked, exactly the same thing happened to the belt. A lump in the middle and a darker color around it.

It was to be a big coincidence to be splitted liquids exactly in the same spot in both belts.

Do you have any idea why is this happening? Can i fix them in any way? I already sent an e-mail to the store/brand where i bought the second one and they immediately ruled out the possibility of any free replacement and they keep sending me pre-formatted answers. So, 40€ to the trash. Unacceptable it only lasted a month and half and most of time lifting light weights (i´m recovering from a back pain).

For now, i will not say which the brand is. I will try to contact them in any other way, but it´s not a "cheap" one. Well, maybe not to hard to guess, looking at some photos.

 

[RegisterJr]

Looks like water or heat damage to me. I doubt it's the company that caused it. Where do you store it?

 

[DoubleM101]

Looks like water or heat damage to me. I doubt it's the company that caused it. Where do you store it?

I didn´t dropped any liquids on them. Maybe some humidy? But it´s really strange both of them developed the same issue in the same spot.

I store it in house in a place where i store clothes, shoes, etc and got no issues with any other things. I only left it in the car for a couple of days once but the car was under a shed and we don´t have temperatures above 20.º this time of the year... I see belts exposed to the sun every single day for years in the gym where i workout and they didn´t develop this issue.

This is something really odd. This last belt didn´t last two months.

Do they have any kind of gel inside of them? Maybe it´s that gel?

 

[Br1ck_Sh1thouse]

I assume you sweat when you're wearing it? If you're like me when I'm squatting or dead lifting the belt would definitely be getting wet there.

 

[tsmog]

Looks like leather rot. Could have been caused from humidity and sweat bro. Might want to hang it up to dry when you're done wearing it.

 

[Rodja]

A good belt is something worth the extra money. It'll literally last decades if it's made properly. Inzer, Pioneer, Titan, etc. all make great belts.