The belt is solid and makes photographing so much more fun than the standard belts. The camera glides sufficiently well and is at hand and the belt is a not in the way. The steel reinforcement gives me feel safer than with the standard belts that the camera depends on the buttocks makes them though out of sight but when you slide in front of belly hanging one looks also not always on it. Due to the massive padding and the "shock" of the belt in the bag takes, however, a lot of space. Why should I use either the bag or belt. And with currently about 47, - EUR I find the belt "value price" rather at the top of the too expensive.