Whether you are playing sports or need to keep your back straight for work, the BraceUP Stabilizing Lumbar Lower Back Brace will offer you just the right amount of support you need without limitation to your movement. This product will be especially useful to people in work spaces and occupations that require a lot of bending over or sitting for extended periods of time, with the key goal to keep the small of your back straight, improving your posture or taking away the desire to “put your back into it” when you lift heavy objects.

BraceUP® Stabilizing Lumbar Lower Back Brace and Support Belt with Dual Adjustable Straps and Breathable Mesh Panels Specifications

Price: $23.99-25.99 (depending on size)
Product Fit: Small/Medium belts fit a waistline of 28-35 inches, Large/XL fits 35-43, and XXL fits 43-53. All products are about 6 inches wide to cover your lower lumbar region and have adjustable straps to ensure your best fit.
Guarantee: 1-year money-back guarantee
Color: Black
Notable Features: Includes adjustable straps to ensure that your fit is comfortable, mesh panels that allow sweat and body heat escape, a curved design that helps prevent it from slipping while you are moving.

What’s Great About BraceUP® Stabilizing Lumbar Lower Back Brace and Support Belt with Dual Adjustable Straps and Breathable Mesh Panels

Design: If you are an active person who moves around a lot, the design is created so that you will not have to worry about readjusting it after any sudden movement. The curve sits at your natural waist, with the edges flaring to accommodate your lower rib cage and your hips, providing a lot of support and reducing the risk of it slipping.

Breathability: The mesh panels were put into place to keep its wearer from getting irritation from friction over sweat, but it also creates a level of comfort that its wearers can wear it over their clothes or under them.

Price versus Results: A lot of people have purchased this as an affordable brace after back surgery or during extreme sports. This demographic also tends to rate it higher than the other groups, due to the dramatic results in these extreme cases.

What’s Not So Great About BraceUP® Stabilizing Lumbar Lower Back Brace and Support Belt with Dual Adjustable Straps and Breathable Mesh Panels

Not Gender Neutral: Women tend to discover that this back brace is not the best fit for them, as they complain that is pushes their bra up while pushing their pants down. Other women have complained that it’s hard to adjust for their curves, which are a lot more pronounced than a masculine figure.

Runs Small: If you are a few inches to the next brace up, it might be in your benefit to go ahead and get the next size up. A major complaint with the Small/Medium is that it is hard to get on if you have a 33-inch waist.

Loses Stretch Quickly: Heavy use means that it loses its stretch, and thus its support, within a few months, but this can be remedied by following the care instructions and making sure that it has a little time to relax between uses. This seems to be covered by the guarantee if you are seeing signs of breakdown within the year.

Is The BraceUP® Stabilizing Lumbar Lower Back Brace and Support Belt with Dual Adjustable Straps and Breathable Mesh Panels A Great Purchase?

The BraceUP is definitely designed to fit a man who is either extremely active or recovering from a surgery and if you fit into this category, this is a great, affordable option to get some back support where you need it. Men who are less active might continue to get good results, but they will not be as pronounced.

On the other hand, a woman should pass on this product. Thanks to the physiological differences between men and women, the BraceUP is not likely to be a comfortable fit, as it might dig into your ribs and rub you the wrong way in a literal manner. A steel-boned, underbust corset is likely to provide better support.