I am glad I forgot to review these leashes because I was using them today and they looked so brand new. I didn't remember buying them and I realized I bought them last year and I'm just now getting around to reviewing these leashes, have been using them almost a year, and I believe can share my honest opinion that they look just like they day we got them from Amazon. For context, we live on 5 acres with woods, a creek, lots of mud and a bunch of ticks and need to walk our dogs on leash because they are not smart enought to understand that the deer do not wish to play. My dogs are regularly muddy fools and the leashes just don't hold it...I've barely had to clean them. Sometimes the leash is they only way I can recognize my muddy dogs who bolted when we rounded the corner to a herd of deer. Please congratulate this manufacturer on an affordable, long-lasting product. As a side note, I have other neoprene leashes downstairs and they look very dirty, and have big gashes with exposed threads. We still use those occasionally, but they are very thin compared to these and will likely bite the dust soon. I have other neoprene leashes, but they are the long traning leashes and I don't use them every day. Let's face it, I don't use them much at all because I work and my second job is walking dogs. I'll be back.