Everyone's experience seems to vary with this pacifier box, but I'll still provide my insight: Box is sturdy in my opinion, but can be a tad tricky to open at first. But once you have a handle on it, it's not so bad. The good thing is that it stays closed because of this! The little strap is also a little hard to attach/detach, but again, once you have a handle on it, it's not so bad. It's also easy to attach to a belt loop or anything else you may be wearing and it doesn't scream "MOM/PARENT GEAR" to everyone. Love the colors. I bought another color to store the 2nd pacifier in, and it's nice to have it in two colors to tell the pacifiers apart (because the boxes are not see-through like many standard/conventional ones).