How durable is it?
I’m a BM, and this would be an awesome place to stash my phone, knife, and chap stick. But is it durable enough for daily use? Also, does it attract shavings?
They seem very well made, I would have no concerns about its holding up for daily use. I mean, it’s stretchy lycra-ish fabric i.e. not canvas duck cloth so if you’re doing a marine crawl through a briar patch, I wouldn’t recommend it. But not flimsy in any way. As I said above, I don’t like it for situations where I need to retrieve / re-stash my stuff while at a run, but for mere storage, it’s great and comfortable.
I haven’t worn in the barn but I am sure it would not attract shavings. Nothing grabby about it, it’s like smooth lycra.
I bought an amphipod for my cell phone. That way if I fall of pony, I still got my phone instead of watching her run off with it.
http://www.rei.com/product/858247/amphipod-airflow-lite-runners-belt
“Granted I was trying to do it at a run, whereas a trail rider can just whoa and figure it out.”
Hah-hah; very funny. 
What, it is harder to stop one’s self while running and come to a walk or halt than it is to stop a 1000-lb animal who, after several days/weeks of ringwork, is way delighted to be moving out down a lovely trail, and does not care if he/she is lost or if the rider wants to stop to look at a map? Hah! I say. Hah!
Yeah; when it comes down to it, a small fanny pack with big zipper pulls is the simplest, most accommodating option for me. Anything else, I have to remember which pocket has what, and I have to be fiddling around opening this pocket and opening that one, and remembering to close the first one, etc. When the phone, granola bar, hoof pick, etc. are all in one spot, my life is simplified. And if the pack has the bigger zipper pulls, I can open the fanny pack with one hand and grab the apple or granola bar or whatever one-handed without having to interrupt whatever pace we are traveling, while keeping the reins in the other hand.
I have a black fanny pack so that I can tell myself it’s chic.
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Or go old school and wear a fanny pack.[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Schune;7943204]Random, really all that not related, but I have to relate story - years ago at a horse show I lost my belt carrier for my phone, and all I could dig up in the basement was an old purple fanny pack. I put it on, but instead of putting the bag at the front, I placed toward the back behind my hip.
I had tons of people asking me what this cool new thing was I was wearing. Their faces when I said, “It’s a fanny pack” :lol: So, moral of story, apparently fanny packs look TOTALLY different when you actually wear them closer to your fanny.
End of story. But the flipbelt looks cool, I could use that for the gym and my ipod.[/QUOTE]
When I did more clicker training I wore a fanny pack full of oats slung on my hip instead of in front. Looked rather chic :lol:
AAAh, the return of the fanny pack - thank you iPhone (cue Jimmy Fallon Thank You Notes music.)
I might even have a fanny pack picture if it’s in the mess I pulled off my dying computer, lemme do a look-see…
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“Granted I was trying to do it at a run, whereas a trail rider can just whoa and figure it out.”
Hah-hah; very funny. What, it is harder to stop one’s self while running and come to a walk or halt than it is to stop a 1000-lb animal who, after several days/weeks of ringwork, is way delighted to be moving out down a lovely trail, and does not care if he/she is lost or if the rider wants to stop to look at a map? Hah! I say. Hah! [/QUOTE]
LOL No, it’s not harder, but just not advisable when you’re in a race where seconds count
