Liked: the sliding retention system allowing cards to “click” into place. Completely metal wallet, will most likely last a lifetime. Ease of use.Disliked: minimalist to a fault, cards exposed. As pictured, the ID holding side does not have the same “click” feature so the card easily slides out without any pressure on the card making the idea of card retention on that side useless.Narrative: I will start by saying I did buy the wallet knowing the cards would be exposed. I thought initially I could get over it, but it is kind of weird to always see your cards. However, having a leather or fabric cover is what I was trying to get away from. Those parts usually fall apart, and a truly metal wallet is something I know will last much longer, probably forever. I have never had a problem with the card retention system muradin offers, it’s probably my favorite part of their system and I find myself playing with the feature to hear the audible “click.” While I was initially upset about the ID side not retaining my ID as securely, I learned that you could place your ID on the very back on the card retention side to use that as a quick access to your ID and use it to show someone quickly if asked. This meant I had my two most used cards in the retention system up front and my ID in the very back. I was at first unsure how the ID side worked, but it is just a ramp that holds the card with an overlapping metal piece to cover the sides of your card. It might have held the ID better if the overlapping bit extended the entire length of the card, but it only covers about 45% of it. The entire system can hold up to 7-8 cards comfortably depending on if you have some raised numbered cards vs completely flat cards. With the minimalist design, the added card for RFID blocking is not a nice to have anymore, it’s pretty much required adding to your card deck if that is something that will prevent you from buying. I don’t hold many cards at a time so this was fine. I did not care much for the lanyard and threw it away immediately, but funnier was the half inch screw driver that came with the box to replace or tighten existing screws. I know they are a wallet company and I don’t expect the screwdriver to be amazing, but it cannot extract the machine pressed screws no matter how great of grip strength you have. I threw that away as well. If you wanted to. You could in theory remove the ID side to lighten the wallet further and enhance the ease of use of the retention system, which I might do.Overall 3/5, -1 for the ID side, -1 for exposure to RFID.
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