This is not a very expensive belt but I have had it for two weeks. I could only hide about $1,500 in Japanese Yen in my belt, but that was enough. My only complaint is that I always had a small backpack with me and it was very warm in Japan. Apparently the brown stain migrated from the belt to the backpack and migrated onto my shirt leaving a brown stain. Not very noticeable, but definitely undesirable.