Gossamer Gear came out with some hip belt pockets this year that will fit any pack they’ve every made, including the 
The pockets themselves are very functional. The zippers work reliably and the pockets hold a lot of gear, even in the medium size shown above. However, I’ve had real problems with the pockets on my last couple of trips because they’re always sliding down the hip belt and falling off whenever I unbuckle my pack. That’s bad for my camera, which I like to keep close at hand in my left pocket.
Each pocket has a small velcro tab that is supposed to attach to the Gossamer Gear hip belt, at the point where its foam padding is inserted. There’s some velcro on the inside of the hip belt that the pocket is supposed to anchor to, but they don’t stay connected to each other for very long. Gossamer Gear provides little white loops so that you can tie the pocket to your pack (I guess with very fine spectra), but that’s obviously not a workable solution.
Instead, I use safety pins, shown above, to attach the pockets to the belt. It ain’t pretty but it works.
Disclosure: The author owns this product and purchased it using their own funds. The Author is also a Trail Ambassador for Gossamer Gear.
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I had the same problem. I notched out a section of the pad(s) to accommodate the velcro tab. It works beautifully.
I use the shoulder strap to keep the pocket from moving forward.
Unthread the strap of the shoulder strap from the adjusting buckle. Bring it up through the back elastic strap of the pocket. Then rethread it to the shoulder strap buckle. The pocket is now fixed in place by the shoulder strap. The back elastic keeper of the pocket stretches a bit but I have not seen any problems with it.
Honestly, I'm experimenting with detachable front pockets that hang over the sterum strap to make it easier to get at stuff and move some of my load along my sternum. Thanks for the tip though.