Hunting Retractable Gear Tether

A camera can slide out of your pocket when you sit down, or a pickpocket can just loop their finger in the wrist leash and slip it out without you knowing, so I bought this to keep my point and shoot camera tethered to me while travelling in Europe. For the purpose I was using it for, the retraction force is a bit high, but it wasn't too bad either. I could see how it'd be useful to hang devices from a belt (as it was designed for).Pros:* Well made* Case rotates freely on the clip (maybe not a pro per se, but I liked that feature)* Steel loop is easy to use and well designed.* Clip is very sturdy and secures wellCons:* The tether, although it may be kevlar, looks like normal string. I'm sure it's beefy, strong, and resists wear, but I guess I was expecting a bulletproof vest to come reeling out of the case.* Device is surprisingly bigger than I thought. I know it's my bad, but when I glanced at the picture, my brain told me it's about the size of one of those ID badge reels, just a tad bigger. But looking at it again, and comparing it to the Garmin device hanging from it and the size of the jacket's zipper, my brain can see how big it actually is.Okay, so those are lame "Cons", but I guess my expectations were too high.Note: The one I have doesn't have the cord lock, so I can't really say anything to that. Amazon indicates that I bought this item however, so maybe the listing was changed after I ordered it.

Using this on my golf bag for small gps device.Working as well as I had hoped.Unclip feature is useful for recharging gps.

Update 12-6-2018: I've had this item for over 4 years now and it's still going strong! Other than the initial problem, nothing else has gone wrong with this. The cord is still in great shape, all the plastic components are unbroken, the tension is still great, it reels in just fine. I use this every work day. If something ever happens to this one, I'll be getting another. In fact, I might just order another one anyway, just in case it breaks in 10 years.-------------------Prior to purchasing this I had my work keys on a cheap carabiner, and would detach them from my belt loop each time I'd need them, which was very often during the work day.I chose the model with the belt clip as opposed to the style with the small carabiner, since it's much easier to remove this style than the other if needed.I like the quick-release end. But, it's difficult to release, requiring a lot of pressure in just the right spot. It doesn't seem like the plastic will take a lot of releasing and re-attaching with the kind of pressure required to release. So I removed one star.Overall the item is easy to use, isn't noisy when pulling the cord out, as others have mentioned (maybe the manufacturer made a change). And since the cord is kevlar, maybe it will stop a bullet for me some day ;)Recommended.Update 03-31-15: A major flaw with this design keeps rearing its ugly head. The small braided metal loop where the keys are held starts to come apart after about three months. It happened the first time in late December 2014, and T-Reign sent me a replacement at no charge. Now it's happening again. It's nice that they sent me a replacement the first time, but I don't think they're going to do that forever. I emailed them again to see if they'll respond, but I'm going to look for another style of retractable keychain. This one isn't cutting it.Update 04-10-15: The T-Reign folks have come through for me. They sent me a replacement, and an alternative replacement for the part that keeps wearing. So instead of the braided metal loop that starts coming apart after a couple months, they sent an alternative with a split ring (which I didn't know was an option). I actually removed the split ring and added a small S carabiner so I can add and remove keys easily. so I'm very happy with the replacement. I've upped my review to 4 stars, I can't in good conscience give 5 stars due to the flaw in the initial design. But I give 5 stars for customer service.

Didn't use it for keys, instead used it to retract a fly fishing net hanging from the back of my fishing vest. Worked, and still works great. No slack in the line. The net weighs close to the threshold limit of the retractor; 14 oz. I tested the limits of the retractor and it can hold around 20 oz. of weight before the line starts to feed out of the retractor due to the weight. To be clear, the retractor will not retract 20 oz. but it will hold it in place before the line starts to extend from the weight. Also, I placed the lock in "locked" position and pulled on the string to test the lock breaking strength. I measured, consistently, 12-13 lbs. breaking strength of the lock before it slips. I was very impressed with the quality and it has a lifetime warranty as well. Can't beat it in my opinion. Definitely suggest picking one up.

Holds a lot of weight and has a very high quality cord but the metal loop became frayed and broke after a little over a month. I contacted the company to utilize the 1 year warranty that’s advertised. The warranty claims representative told me that I was using the product incorrectly but has since sent me two new wire loops and a key fob. The keys I have from my place of work don’t have a normal key ring hole for security reasons so the regular key clip wouldn’t have worked for me. I purchased the metal wire loop so it would fit my keys and I assumed the braided metal would be higher quality than what it was. Overall it’s not a bad item for the price.

I purchased this for a 2 week motorcycle trip. I had my phone inside my motorcycle jacket and this was attached to my phone. The hook was attached to my jacket and the hoop part was attached to a keyring on my phone. This allowed me to capture our two week motorcycle trip memories on my cell phone while we were moving and feel confident I would not loose my phone if my phone slipped from my grasp, because it was tethered/attached to my motorcycle jacket.

Leider bei der ersten Nutzung defekt. Relativ großes Gehäuse aus Kunststoff.

Veramente solido, temevo fosse il solito "porta skipass" invece trattiene e ritira benissimo, anche troppo (ragione del reso) le Leatherman Sourge attaccate in quanto non pratico il loro utilizzo. Se in futuro dovrò assicurare qualcosa con peso di circa 500 grammi saprò già cosa prendere. Non alto il costo vista sia la qualità deu materiali che quella costruttiva.

Direkt mit T-rein bestellt und die Drahtschlinge gegen einen Schlüsselring getauscht. Wird im Dienst täglich genutzt, bin auch schon etliche Male hängen geblieben. Bisher hat es keine Schwächen gegeben!!

Very noisy to use, Don’t recommend for hunting

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