Summer 2005 vacationed on the beach in Oregon, USA Swam while wearing a neosteel hip belt got sand in the lock when W/we arrived home Wife/KH wanted me to shower and shave and could NOT get the lock open She used a can of compressed gas for blowing off keyboards still it didn't work Next day! She let me use liquid wrench which smells bad as a body wash Next day! the key went in with some trouble and with small, short twists of the key the lock finally opened She used the 2nd lock from the anal shield until She purchased a new lock. Just a reminder, the belt might not show under a swim suit, but beach sand can be a b!$@# i remembered a sense of panic, the ideal of being permanently locked!!! or having cut off, an expensive chastity belt by the fire dept. This year i swim free, but must lock up in the Lori's when not at the beach. dc{MsL}