When I first got my bike I heard about these clips breaking, I bought a bag of these maybe 5 for $15 from Amazon. I've been lucky that the original has not broken yet, but in retrospect I don't use that compartment much. I have my USB stick in there for my music and don't constantly open and close it. Now that said, we should be able to use it as it's advertised but unfortunately the answer may be to limit its use.