This is a perfect waist belt for me. It's comfortable and I feel that all my items are safe and secure. It's a perfect alternative to a purse. I especially love it for traveling.

I wore this belt against my body, mostly tucked into my pants while traveling. I kept my extra cash in it. I barely felt it, and knew it was safely hidden from would-be pickpockets. I didn't bring any extra jewelry with me, but feel I could have hidden rings, ear rings and necklaces in there, too. For comfort and peace of mind, this is a must have item. Since I was using it as hidden, secure storage, I was not concerned with easy access. For items that I needed to be able to easily access, I used a slim fanny pack that I wore under my shirt (but not tucked into my pants).

I bought this and like that it has 4 pockets as I don't want my keys scratching my phone screen or camera lens or destroying my credit cards ,so having a separate pockets for phone, keys, credit cards and cash
is great !

Only thing is I'm tired of having to stepped into this or pulling over neck down to waist,such a pain ,especially if you have stuff in it because it will fall out sometimes. So to avoid this don't put anything in it when trying to put it on. Remember, it has to be tight so it doesn't fall down from waist so getting into is annoying.

It would be perfect if it had a velcro strap {not buckle} in back to avoid the stepping into or slipping over head ,and every time you do this, it stretches out over time as mine is currently doing, so I'm shopping for another brand.

Plus you should put zippers on all the pockets,not just that one small pocket.

Other than that it's a very nice running belt pack and nice and wide and looks great.

I'm an avid runner. I love running to music and I love running with my dog. After years of frustration with those velcro strap on arm bands and the mess of corded headphones, I felt like I had found perfection when switching to bluetooth headphones and using a FlipBelt. The flip belt made it feel like I was wearing nothing and since I had a hands free bungee dog leash attached at my hip, this was important. After finding the FlipBelt at my local REI, I was hooked and ended up purchasing two pairs and both sizes of their stowable water bottle. I would run a few miles with my dog around Boston so the water was mostly to keep her hydrated.

Being used to using FlipBelts, I swore by those for years. After using this product, I still think the FlipBelt is a better choice for runners and high impact dynamic activity. I think the StashBandz is okay for runners if you don't run that fast (> 10 min/mile) or are just using it for light jogs or other low impact activity such as biking or skiing. IMO it is better suited for travel or as a slim fanny pack for like a concert, travel, or going out. There is much more space in the StashBandz, the separate pouches are nice, and the zippered compartment is secure. If placed correctly, I think you could even use this product to act as shapewear.

Unfortunately I wasn't too satisfied with the product for my intended purpose: running. It's too tall and ends up bunching up and then flopping around from the weight of my phone bouncing around. I've found the only way to deal with this is to tuck the band into your shorts/pants/underwear so that it has an anchored point against your body and can't flop around. I followed the size recommendations but I think you should probably go down a size if you're running with it. There's simply too much movement that happens with your body when running that something of this size and material is not going to stay put or be stable.

With my FlipBelt, I would turn the belt after putting my cell phone in so that the phone was against my lower back. I found that it was much more comfortable for the run and also to prevent the phone from bouncing up and down too much. This doesn't help with the StashBandz.

In summary, this product is fine for most casual, lighter, low impact uses but not good for heavy, high impact, athletic activity. It gets very annoying when you try to run fast.

It works but every time you bend over it ends up bunched up on your belly or waste.