About what I expected
Purchased for trip overseas. Better than the infernal fanny pack. Easy enough to tuck into pants and with a shirt or jacket hanging over allows me to carry some small items. I doubt that a phone will fit without showing as a pregnancy bulge. A few bills, maybe a credit card, and some assorted pocket litter before it gets too bulky. But anything that's supposed to be discrete isn't made to hold a suitcase worth of stuff! The clip seems awfully flimsy and doesn't seems to be sturdy enough to really hold things closed. Looping a metal key ring through both ends of the elastic band will do just fine. With the elastic band it's easy enough to adjust the size and simply step into and out of it, since the key ring will prevent the clip to open. RFID blocking? Maybe, but who cares. There is not enough evidence that this is even an issue. What criminal would spend money on scanning equipment on the off-chance of snatching useless information? The whole point of RFID/tap/swipe/wave cards is to use one-time codes and not have or transmit sensitive data. Just like the covers of (US) passports for the last, what 10, 12 years or longer are RFID blocking already. I'd be more worried that I leave my card or wallet than an RFID snatcher. But that's me. It's seems comfortable enough even sitting down and the wife has decided she wants one, too. So it can't be that bad. For the price I don't really expect it to last 10-years and will be happy if it makes it through this one. Update post-trip: worked surprisingly well during our 4 week trip. Wore it daily and it was fairly comfortable. All I had in it was some bills and gum, so it wasn't stuffed or fat. Kept my phone in my front pocket and kept my hand in there as well. Trying to put a phone in this pouch creates an uncomfortable lump. The above mentioned metal keyring looped through the elastic ends worked just fine. Ok, maybe not for every shape and size but it did for me. Read more
