I ordered this for my dog who pulls a lot. She's a small dog. I ordered the one inch thickness because I prefer thicker leashes for the feel on my hand, but the hardware on this is quite heavy. I also paid extra for the velvet comfort grip but don't find it to be comfortable at all. I find the edges of the leash to feel sharp on my hand. It's possible that the velvet makes it worse actually. I also didn't Iike the length of the leash even though I'm very short, and my dog is little. I found it difficult to walk my small dog with this and my larger dog with a longer leash. I prefer to have the leashes be the same length. I also found that my dog kept stepping over the leash, and kept having to fix it and position the leash properly.
I gave the leash away because I had no use for it and found it to irritate my hand and to be very annoying to use.
I think a softer material and/or padded handle would help a lot.