Hi y’all!
After using classic bifold wallets for the longest time, I switched it up last year and bought a cheap ‘modern’ alternative instead. The experience I had with it, gave me valuable insight on what works for me and the direction I’d like to explore next. Below you may find what it boils down to:
- A small volume is required. I don’t think I’ll consider something bigger than the wallets found below.
- Card capacity of at least 7 cards. More (to an extent) is better for future-proofing.
- The bill compartment should ‘comfortably’ accommodate unfolded bills with size 160 x 77 (in mm).
- I think I can live with just a small coin compartment.
- Easy/premium access (and back-insertion) for at least 1 or 2 cards.
- I love closures to be safe, sound and secure. This doesn’t only apply to the wallet as a whole, but also for its compartments.
With the above criteria (and plenty of searching), I found the following wallets (in alphabetical order):
- Allett Coin Wallet 2.0 (link)
- EXENTRI Multiwallet (link)
- The Frenchie Co. Speed Wallet Mini - Aroma Collection (with Essentials Pocket) (link)
- STUDIUM timik (link)
I would love to hear any feedback on these wallets. Furthermore, I’m more than willing to accept any other suggestions/products. Thanks in advance! Much appreciated!
EDIT: For posterity’s sake…
For posterity’s sake:
- I’d like to thank everyone. However, I didn’t quite get the feedback I was hoping for. Perhaps these wallets are too niche. I don’t know…
In the end, the reqs found below only yielded Frenchie Co.'s Speed Wallet Mini - Aroma Collection (with Essentials Pocket). So, it became the wallet I ultimately decided upon.
- Semi-perimeter ≤ 163mm and Depth ≤ 30mm (Both of these values are data-informed to justify the wallet as compact)
- Capacity floor of:
- 7 cards
- some amount of 160 x 77 (in mm) bills - which will be straight inserted without requiring pre-folds or causing wrinkles
- some amount of coins
- Still in production
- Presence of third party clout. Basically; do people talk about it on the internet
- Contained bills shouldn’t be exposed when handling cards or coins
- Sane handling only; for reference, both TROVE Cash Wrap and Slimpuro Znap fail this
- No prone-to-yellowing ID windows
- At least one premium/quick access slot from where a card can be pulled (and reinserted) with the wallet closed
- Selective RFID; shields the bank card, lets a transit card tap through a closed wallet. Full RFID kills the tap; zero RFID forces sleeves on the cards you do want shielded
FWIW, I wouldn’t be surprised if a subset of the above would already be sufficient to single out Frenchie.