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(More customer reviews)After successfully using a Pacsafe waist wallet for my last two European trips, I decided to try out the Pacsafe neck pouch. Just to play it safe, I brought along my trusty Pacsafe waist wallet as well - it has a waterproof Ziploc packet for my credit cards, and I wanted to keep those safe at all costs. I'm glad I had the waist wallet to fall back on, because the neck pouch didn't do it for me.
To be fair, the neck pouch was somewhat useful. It has a couple of different pockets of varying depth, including one zippered compartment. All of the pockets are covered by a flap that secures by a velcro strip on the bottom front. I used the neck pouch to hold my international driver's license, US driver's license, passport, flash drive, and miscellaneous small paper items. At first, it seemed to be a good supplement to the waist wallet. It held everything OK, and the strong neck cord was not uncomfortable like I'd feared. But the initial glow faded fast.
It didn't take long to discover that the neck pouch was less than pleasant to wear. Sometimes I felt like I was wearing a bulletproof vest because the pouch made a significant bulge in the front of my shirt. I tried rotating it so the pouch was at my side, like a shoulder holster. But that position was uncomfortable, and accessing it was a hassle. The last straw came while wearing the neck pouch when trekking on the Camino de Santiago in Spain. Two days into the trip I discovered that sweat had permeated the neck pouch and soaked my passport and international driver's license. I had to dry them out on a clothesline secured to my bunk, but my license was badly stained. The waist wallet had also gotten wet with sweat, but not as bad. And its plastic packet kept my cards dry.
After that, I kept the neck pouch and the waist wallet in my small Eagle Creek daypack (when walking, I kept the daypack in my main backpack. After finding a place to stop for the night, I carried the daypack around with the zippers secured by a small TSA padlock). When I finished the Camino and became a regular tourist in Paris, I returned to wearing the waist wallet, but left the neck pouch in my daypack.
If neck pouches are your thing, then the Pacsafe is probably one of the better quality ones you'll find. But from now on I'll stick to using the Pacsafe waist wallet, and leave the neck pouch at home - especially when hiking.
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