Great product with built in failure!` - Key-Bak 481 Retractable Reel w/ KEVLAR® Cord

Purchased this product twelve months ago after having used several other Key-Bak products over the years. I used the Retractable Key Reel for a year with admirable results. THEN, last week (11 months and three weeks after my purchase) I reached for the key reel and IT WAS MISSING. It had fallen off of my duty belt! Luckily I found it in my vehicle seat where it had fallen when the belt loop faile. The nylon had literally shreded.

I do not think there is a competitive product on the market, but absent a design improvement, this product is doomed to failure - probably just about the time your one-year warranty runs out.