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The Pioneer Carry Altitude Billfold is like Leather, BUT BETTER
Jun 23, 2025
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[Music]
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Hey everybody, Luke here from Gear43.
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Today we're going to take a look at the
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Altitude Billfold from Pioneer Carry.
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This wallet was gifted to us by Pioneer
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Carry and uh thank you so much for that
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you guys. But with that said, I'm going
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to give you what I like, what I don't
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like, and uh ultimately like who this
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wallet is for. I've been testing this
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guy out for about 5 weeks now and uh
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it's a great wallet. Let me tell you
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why. But first, let's take a look at
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what it is. It's a nice clean vertical
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layout wallet with excellent stitching
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and seams. It uh comes with like three
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material options. They have the 3XD, the
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10XD, or the what they call the baby
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ballistic. And uh it is some seriously
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strong materials. I can't tell you
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actually which one this is. Um, I think
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it's the 3XD, which is waterproof, dirt
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resistant, so it cleans really well. And
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we've tested that out. Um, and it holds
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up really well. Nice, clean, super tough
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material. It breaks in like leather and
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it patas like leather. Um, as you can
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see, it's just there's not a whole lot
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to it. It's got a single uh, bill slot
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right there. And it's for international
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travel, so your yen or taller bills can
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fit in there. Um, I have personally
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haven't tested it out myself. However,
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I've stuffed this with a lot of stuff
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and uh it seems to hold it really well.
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It comes with a slim profile and the
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wallet itself has four card slots. Uh
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you got one here, one here, one behind
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it, one behind it, and then your main
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compartment. So, really there's not a
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whole lot to it. It's got subtle
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branding. As far as what the wallet can
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carry, it can hold from four to eight
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plus cards. And I think if you're going
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to actually hold A+ cards, you're going
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to have to be kind of creative. Let's
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get into what I like and what I don't
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like about it. Ultimately, who it's for.
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One of the first things that I like and
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I think you're going to like and I I
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noticed it right out of unpacking it is
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the clean, simple look of this wallet.
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It there there's not a whole lot to it
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in its construction uh and its layout.
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And man, I really appreciate that cuz
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sometimes things are just too
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complicated. Like it doesn't have
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pockets just for the sake of saying that
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it has extra pockets or card sleeves or
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hold air tags or this or that. Uh, the
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other thing that I liked about it that I
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think you'll like too is sometimes with
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card slots and wallets that I've tested
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before and used and just carried is the
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card slot is either too loose, too
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tight, or just some weird variation in
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between. And uh, this is undoubtedly the
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most precise slots I've ever used
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before. Uh, the stitching is nice and
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clean, and as you insert cards into it,
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they just fit beautifully. They don't
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fall out. It's not too tight. it's easy
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to get out. And uh I don't think that's
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an easy thing to do cuz not every wallet
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company gets that right. And Pioneer
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Pioneer
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Pioneer
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Pioneer Carry gets that right. I've
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always been a fan of uh leather wallets
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cuz they look so good, they feel so
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good, they wear in so well. And uh at
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first glance I was like, "Oh, I don't I
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don't know that I'm going to like this
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more than a leather wallet." Um, but as
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I researched the material, uh, I think
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it proved me wrong because this one will
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actually break in and form fit just like
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your leather ones will. I don't know how
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long that's going to take, uh, to do
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that. I've been wearing this for like 5
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weeks and it's gotten a little bit uh,
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it's not quite as stiff. Uh, but, uh, I
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like that it will actually patina and if
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if you kind of scratch and, uh, um, you
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can you can see little edgings that that
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begin to carve in there. And so, yeah, I
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like that about the wallet. As far as
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material, it comes with the three
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different types of material. And I love
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that that like I'm not sure if this is
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the baby ballistics material. I really
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hope it is. I've been trying to figure
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that out, but I haven't been able to do
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it yet. Um, but uh yeah, some of the
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materials in this are like three like 10
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times stronger than steel by weight. Um,
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which is super impressive that they have
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this really technical fabric that you're
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carrying around in your wallet. One
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thing that I don't like about it is the
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stiffness. When you get this wallet, I'
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i've heard it's not as stiff as some of
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their other ones that they came out
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previously, the other models came out
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previously, but it's still a fairly
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stiff wallet. It is softening up a
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little bit. Um, but it's taken a good 5
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weeks of constant use to get it to to
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bend and fold and not sort of have those
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hard edges sticking out of your back
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pocket, which looks a little bit
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strange. But, uh, other than that, I
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love this wallet. I did find this one
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thing though I have to talk about. And
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uh I'm not sure if the other ones came
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like this, but one stitch you can kind
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of I think you can kind of see it there.
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One stitch is popping up and it's been
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bugging me. I've been walking around it
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with it like this just to show, but
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other than that, the stitching is really
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clean and I haven't singed that one off
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yet, but uh I don't think it's going to
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unravel. We'll see. Time's going to
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tell. If you would take the time to give
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us a like, subscribe to the channel, and
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uh hit that notification bell. So,
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obviously this wallet is for someone who
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wants to travel internationally. Um, I'm
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going to use this. I have a trip coming
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up and uh if whether you're putting yen
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or I'm going to be putting like Ugandan
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shillings in it and Tanzanian shillings.
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So, I'm excited to try it out there. I
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think it'll be really cool just to load
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it up with what I need for the day kind
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of and uh carry this simple, clean,
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sleek uh wallet around with me as I'm
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traveling. So, we'll see that how that
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holds up when it comes to that. But, if
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you're traveling a lot, it is it's with
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that vertical layout. It is nice and
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deep. So you can you can put a lot of uh
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bills in there of different shapes and
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sizes. The other thing I have to mention
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is anybody who loves technical fabrics,
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anybody who works in a difficult job
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where you're getting really dirty, um
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because it's dirt resistant and
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waterproof, and I've tested this out. It
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is amazing. You can you could run it
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through your washer and it's going to
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come out like dry. It's it's an
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incredible material. if you know if you
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have a if you have a dirty job, you're
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getting sawdust in your back pocket all
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the time and it gets in your wallet,
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this guy can just be washed and rinsed
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off and it's going to get nice and
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clean. Let's talk about who this is not
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for. And I think it's it's not for
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anybody who just wants to carry a ton of
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stuff in your wallet. Um, if you need to
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carry a lot of cards, a lot of bills,
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this isn't for you. And that's not a
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shocker. Uh, that's an obvious one, but
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uh, now that you've seen it and we've
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talked about it, you may want to go with
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another version that has more pockets,
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more sleeves. I'll say one more thing of
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who it's not for is maybe the person who
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is ultra organized. If you love like
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really simple and you're not carrying
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much, this works great. But this doesn't
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give you a lot of options to organize
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things. If you have uh, US currency,
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yen, or a different currency, it all has
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to go in the main bill slot. you only
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have one and sometimes that can be a
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problem. Uh, you know, when you're
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crossing borders and you have currencies
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that you're not used to, it could be
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easy to mix up that currency for another
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one if that if that's you. Um, and if it
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is, you may want something with a couple
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more options like uh one that has dual
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bill slots. Uh, that's going to work
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well for you. Thank you for sticking
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around. I hope that you found that
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helpful. If you would give us a like,
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you can see when we do more product
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reviews like this and other ones so you
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can shop boldly. Big shout out to
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Pioneer Cary for gifting us this wallet.
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I'm going to use it for a long time.
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We'll see you on the next one.