Not secure

This review is from my perspective of visiting certain European countries which are notorious for pickpockets. I personally feel this pouch is pretty useless in that regard. Not only it's bulky --- nowhere near "invisible" under the clothing as advertised --- the major flaws: 1) The zipper compartments are SIDEWAY, with the locked position at the top of the zipper. This makes no sense to me, because if the zipper lock shifted down (or any pickpocket zip it down), everything in the side compartment would fell off 2) There is no horizontal zipping compartment. An horizontal zipper compartment would makes things less likely falling out. 3) The biggest compartments (back of the pouch) uses velcro. This is 21st Century, hello??? It does not make any retrieval of items any easier. I also happened to have Zero Grid (I am not affiliated) which addresses most of the issues above. The plus with Zero Grid: a) Two horizontal zipping compartments, one of them large enough to hold an iPhone XR (but not anything bigger, that's a minus vs this Venture pouch) b) Zero Grid has the belt bands but this Venture does not .... If you intent to use it around your pant, Zero Grid is the way to go. c) Zero Grid comes with stickers for lost item retrieval (free sign up) ... I stick them onto the back of my family's four passports for peace of mind. It also comes with like $250 lost/stolen guarantee. d) Zero Grid uses double strip --- harder to break (but not sure if it's cut resistant). The Venture is single and also does not appear to be cut resistant. Nevertheless, two is better than one.

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