I bought this for my fiance because she is always hanging her purse on the back of chairs at restaurants, which bothers me cause someone could just walk up and take something out of it. It works surprisingly well. It was a lot higher quality than I expected, although I'm somewhat worried that over time the hinge might be damaged due to the design of how it stops opening. She carries it on the strap of her purse and really blends in seamlessly and is easily accessible for when she needs it, and does a really good job. One slightly inconvenient thing is that I wish it could turn 90 degrees, because when you hang the purse on the strap it turns the purse wide (left to right) instead of thin (in line with your legs) so it's somewhat combersome (sp?) to sit next to her when she's using it. However, it works great and I think it's a pretty handy tool, even though it is slightly pricy.