You ever see a buddy try to pull a bald fade with a blade that's been sitting in a drawer for 8 months? My guy Mike showed up at my apartment last month with a Wahl blade so crusty it looked like it had been used to scrape paint. He's doing a skin fade on his cousin and the blade is skipping so bad it's leaving little patches of hair everywhere. He had to go back over the same spot like 4 times just to get it clean. Took him 45 minutes for what should have been a 20 minute cut and the guy's head was all red and irritated. I told him just buy a new blade for 15 bucks but he said they're fine. Wild.

Yeah man, you nailed it. The belt thing is straight up outdated tech that people just got used to. I had a similar scare last summer where my belt rode up and I couldnt reach the quick release. Switched to a harness with integrated weight pouches and never looked back. The weight sits way better on your hips and doesnt shift when youre moving around on the bottom.