I purchased this reel to use on my motorcycle. I had to find a good way to attach this to the handlebar so I removed the screw that held the clip on and attached a hose clamp. It seemed to work well and allowed me to see that the screw that holds the clip in place has some sort of blue thread lock on. The lanyard itself seems sturdy with medium tension and decent return strength that pulls the string it with a good force. This would lead me to believe it would do a good job returning a heavy badge or other accessory. I took off a star because unfortunatly, the screw that I removed only held the clip in place with 1-2 threads so when I replaced it, I had to find a longer screw. I'm not saying it's the manufactures fault that I wanted to do this but 1-2 threads leads me to believe there could be problems had I left it in its original configuration.