Specialist ID Royal Blue Retractable Badge Reel and Breakaway Lanyard Combo - Stretchy Neck Strap with Retracting Reel Cord for Office Badges, Keys and Access Cards

It took me awhile, but finally found the lanyard I needed for work! We are required to have a break-a-way lanyard for safety reasons, yet our employer doesn't provide the lanyard??? The break-a-way feature and design of the lanyard and the reel attachment is well made and was well worth the wait :) Arrived yesterday. I wish the school I work for would provide these lanyards for all the employees. It even came in the school's color! Thank you. UPDATE...my special Ed student broke my lanyard by opening the door before my key was out... Took the triangle peace right out of the blue bead...and lanyard did not breakaway. :( The good, the pulley string didn't break but it did break at the triangle bead area. The force of opening a door at full speed played a role...remove your lanyard to put a key in the door...beware, be aware :)

I bought a second one to replace my original one. The plastic the holds the badge suddenly split. It lasted over a year so I feel like I got good use out of it.

I like that it is easier to put on than the one I used to have. However, I feel the breakaway feature is not as easy as it should be. I work in an environment where people could try to rip the lanyard off my neck. The clasp of the landward does not come apart very easily.

We use proximity badges at work and I really appreciate having the built-in reel with this lanyard. It's much easier for me to use than a fixed length lanyard for which I have to bend over to open doors. The lanyard is nice and wide which makes it comfortable to wear. The only downside, is that I would prefer to have a lanyard without the breakaway, or to have the breakaway on the side of the neck rather than right at the back. In the past other lanyards with breakaway mechanisms have grabbed and pulled some of my neck hair, but I haven't had this issue with this, so I guess that's a good sign.The ultimate measure is - I have shown this off to people at work so they can covet it, and I would definitely buy it again.

Great extension for work.

Works as advertised. The lanyard was pretty long when I received it, but I pried open the clasps and shortened each side and now I have no problem. Though, just as a heads up, the clasps might break if you force them too hard (which one of mine did), but this was easily solved with a hot glue gun.

Great for the price, though I wish it was a little shorter - I'm 5'11 and it still hangs a little too low for my liking - my badge ends up around my belly button area. Color is a little lighter blue than shown in the picture, but it still looks nice and the breakaway has never failed me yet while not being too easy to tear off.

I bought this badge reel about 2 years ago and I still use it every day. It looks great and is comfortable. It looks professional and I’ve gotten countless compliments on how good it looks. Would recommend to anyone!