You know? One thought has gone through my mind while reading ALL of the posts on this thread: Ya'll prob'ly need to get w/ the times--go beltless! There's no real reason not to, is there? Unless, one just flat out refuses to wear beltless. It is more professional, any (NCAA) official on TV is wearing beltless, and in the NBA they wear beltless.
Nota bene: We try to wear the samein our association. Some don't have them; I guess that's ok, but I think that if we both don't wear the same, it doesn't look as good. Maybe, thought, it really doesn't matter, but if my partner has beltless, I wear beltless. However, ironically enough, if my partner doesn't have beltless, he buys beltless.
But, if one doesn't have beltless, we try to both wear the same.