I quite liked this belt for it's use in travelling. I kept money in it (80-100 USD) and a photocopy of my passport. Once everything was in it, i never unzipped it for the rest of my trip. I never had to take it off for security, which had been an annoyance with my regular belt, and it served as a nice peace of mind. It's not as sturdy as my regular belt, but i think this is an acceptable compromise in order to pass through security without bothering taking it off. It's plenty strong for the amount of travelling i do (probably ~6 weeks of travel a year) though i go back to my regular belt when i'm not travelling. My only 'gripe' is that it was pretty long.  (I'm a 34" waist) and I ended up cutting about 5 inches off so that it wasn't wrapping all the way around my waist or flopping around in the breeze. I didn't really expect a custom sized belt so i don't count that as a big deal.