I agree, in fact this is sort of how I ended up with the Dive Rite strap. I bought a FredT plate and his harness kit. The supplied webbing is about the stiffest thing I've ever seen in my life, and I couldn't imagine using this for a crotch strap :11: so I went to several LDS's looking for a few feet of softer webbing. After several failed attempts the owner of one shop suggested I just buy the DiveRite crotch strap. It's a very nicely made crotch strap, and as I mentioned it has the sewn loop in front and neoprene sleeve that covers it to make it even more comfortable. I guess if I had found some soft webbing at the first shop I would have just gone that route and been plenty happy, but for $15 the DiveRite strap has some nice features.