My "old' fannie pack that I paid $5.00 for on a vacation in a tourist town in Norther CA or Arizona was still O.K.  But the plastic buckle broke and it would cost more to repair than replace.  So I bought the $7.00 one with free S&H through Amazon and am very pleased with it.  As I have been with most all of my Amazon purchases  Hopefully the buckle, which appears to be the vulnerable spot on an otherwise indestructible item, will last a long time.  Soon after, I bought a back up of the same identical product so that when this one goes the way of all plastic buckles, I will have one ready to go.