Get to Paris with your wallet and passport intact. Then, keep them close to you in crowded areas with these pickpocket-deterrent pants.
Today I’m sharing an article about two types of gear to keep your stuff safe.
Source: Gear that thwarts thieves: Top picks – IOL Travel Tips
A professional pickpocket can snatch a man’s wallet and be gone in a moment.
I wonder which is harder: A man keeping his valuables safe in his pants, or a woman keeping hers safe in a handbag? Sounds like a sociological question for the ages. One thing is certain: Pickpockets are a real problem for men while traveling.
Two companies, Clothing Arts and Bluff Works, make pickpocket-deterrent pants. Clothing Arts’s version has been called “the CIA-version of khakis” by Forbes. Among the safety features is a hidden, zippered passport and money pocket that seals with a snap and button. Buff Works also makes pants with a hidden zippered pocket. The logic is simple: It takes long enough to unzip a zipper that a pickpocket can’t snatch your wallet and run.
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- Detail of secure pocket in Adventure pants by Clothing Arts.
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- Clothing Arts Adventure pants not only have security features, they fit well.
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- Detail of hidden zipper in Khaki Chino by Bluff Works.
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- Full view of Khaki Chino by Bluff Works.
Although a zipper is a safety feature in pants, oversized zippers on luggage can be vulnerable to thieves by using a simple pen to pry them open. GripAZip is a combination business card-holder and security device (compatible with TSA locks) that you attach to the handle of your carry-on bag to “deadbolt” the zipper. A determined thief could still access your bag but can’t reseal it to hide the crime.
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- Secure the handle to the zipper with GripAZip.
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- The Ultimate version of GripAZip is $35.50 with a TSA lock.
Au revoir!
Adventure pants $109.95 on Clothing Arts.com. Khaki Chino $125.00 on Bluff Works.com. GripAZip Ultimate $35.50 on GripAZip.com.
Top image of pickpocket by CanStockPhoto. Images of Adventure pants by Clothing Arts.com, CCBY 2.0. Images of Khaki Chinos by Bluff Works.com, CCBY 2.0. Images of GripAZip by GripAZip.com, CCBY 2.0.