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Akeeni XSTO Minimalist Wallet Review: FINALLY Something Different!
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Mar 25, 2025
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all right there are a lot of CopyCat
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wallets out there most of them trying to
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copy Ridge wallet success however if you
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are looking for a wallet that is not
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that the aen exto is not that um I
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tested this out for a while and this has
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quickly become one of my favorite
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wallets now I've tested I think 40s
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something wallets and when it comes to
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metal wallets this one is quickly
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becoming one of my favorites now of
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course there are some other wallets out
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there that I like that are kind of
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leather wallets and there's a lot of
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really cool form factors but I think aen
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has done an amazing job at creating
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something that's a bit different so in
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this video I'm going to tell you what it
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is what I like about it what I don't
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like about and exactly who it's for and
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I'm super thankful that the brand was
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willing to give this to me and right now
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I am not an affiliate for this so I do
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have a link to their website down below
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but I won't get a commission uh I will
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update the description if that ever does
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change but for right now let's get right
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into it so the aenai exto is actually
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made out of a single block of aluminum
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let me pull it out so this is an eight
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card capacity version you purchase that
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at the time when you get the wallet you
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decide what kind of Your Capacity range
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you want to get and they actually design
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it and build it based off of that I have
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the eight card capacity so you can see 1
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2 3 4 five 6 7 and then I have this kind
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of outer card thing this helps with
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damage but it also makes it so people
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can't see your cards and then you can
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see
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on the inside there's this is called
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basically I think it's called a spring
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and what that does is okay you can see
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right here there's maybe this thing
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right here kind of moves um and it's
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just ever so slightly moves enough that
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you can just
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slide your cards in like that and then
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to get to the cards you just fan them
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out you decide which one you want and
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then you can pull it any which way so
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you can put it in put it out all that
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stuff so it's actually pretty cool so
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you have easy access to all of your
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different cards and then as for behind
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the cards you have a little storage
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compartment right there that is pretty
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nifty there aren't many that have that
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and then of course there is right here I
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have the carbon fiber version of this
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behind here is actually where you can
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keep business cards so if you are
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somebody that needs to carry your own
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business cards or carry somebody else's
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business cards this is one of the few
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minimalist wallets out there that you
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can put a business card behind
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there and so that's about it there's a
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ton of different version of this a bunch
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of different modifications you can even
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make it so that it can clip onto the
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back of you any phone it's not mag safe
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or anything uh there's just a
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modification that you add to your phone
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that you can make that happen and you
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can choose a bunch of different colors
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you can choose materials for that spring
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in the back you can choose materials for
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the business card holder right there or
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not even have this thing it's pretty
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cool you can jump onto their website and
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you can make all those changes to
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however you want the wallet to fit your
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lifestock and so that leads me into what
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I do and I don't like about this wallet
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so let's get right into it first off is
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no moving parts now a lot of the wallets
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out there like the sandwich style
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wallets like a ridge wallet um they kind
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of have a similar setup where they Bunch
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all of your cards together but this one
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has no elastics it has no moving parts
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or any of that kind of stuff so it's
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going to be extremely extremely durable
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and I like that it's made out of one big
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chunk basically of aluminum which is
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kind of cool uh I've talked to the owner
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a couple different times he's a pretty
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neat guy uh and they make this all in
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their own facility here in the USA and
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they it's it's a pretty sweet operation
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that they have the next thing I like is
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just how easy it is to get to just any
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card a lot of the competitors the
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sandwich style wallets you really
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struggle with getting the middle cards
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is the main issue now getting the first
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card on either side of the sandwich
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style wallets is really easy but this
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has done a really good job of making all
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of your cards really easy to get so you
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just fan it out like that like I showed
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you earlier and you choose the one you
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went you slide it out and then you slide
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it back in it's not a problem whatsoever
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so that is pretty cool it's a really
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really slick design uh to be able to get
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to really any card in your wallet pretty
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quickly the number three thing that I
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really like is that storage in the back
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there you can keep a lot of different
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things back there uh so you can see I
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keep cash um I do also keep things like
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gym cards I find pretty successful back
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there guitar picks uh you can just just
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basically a little cavity behind all the
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cards you can see that's basically what
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this uh this right here is uh it's just
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a basically a cavity behind your cards
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that keeps just whatever you want back
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there that's pretty cool number fourth
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thing I really like is it's a business
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card holder I have not seen a single
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other minimalist wallet in the industry
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right now that can have business cards
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in it it drives me nuts it if you try to
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put business cards in it either it
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doesn't fit it hurts the wallet any of
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that kind of stuff this is the only
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minimalist wallet I have seen that can
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do that and I appreciate it it's a
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pretty slick design so it's all hidden
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back behind this little plate uh so you
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don't even know the business cards are
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in there until you slide that away and
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you get your business card sled back in
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all done the other thing I like is some
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wallets uh once they have stretched out
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cuz a lot of them are held together with
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elastics um it makes it difficult to put
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less cards than you normally have so
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like this is a eight card capacity so if
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I have eight cards in there sometimes
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that elastic will make it so that you
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can't have less than eight cards without
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it sliding out causing issues or any of
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that uh that is not the case here I can
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literally let's see take all those cards
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out and this wallet would be just as
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happy with less cards in it that's not a
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problem uh so what in my recommendation
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for you is if you do purchase the wallet
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purchase bigger than you may think you
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need um because it's not really an issue
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I will say things that in the cavity
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might fall out over time you can see
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there's a little bit of space between it
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uh but it shouldn't be too big of a
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problem and the last thing I will say
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that I really like is this durability I
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used this for quite a while I can't
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remember how long it was like a month or
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something uh and you can't even tell
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I've used it at all there's no damage
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um any of that kind of stuff no wear and
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tear to the wallet itself no complaints
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super durable I think I forget what kind
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of paint uh this is on here but it is a
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really durable paint on top of aluminum
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you may get this wallet if you haven't
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done your research and feel like this
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might be plastic uh just because the way
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it sounds and stuff that is the paint on
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the outside this is aluminum uh don't
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worry about if you do get it it is not
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plastic it is
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Aluminum anyways let's move on and we're
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moving right on to the things that I
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don't like now this is again one of my
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favorite wallets that I've ever used in
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the 40 plus wallets that I've tested and
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it was difficult for me to find stuff
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but there's two different things that I
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don't like number one is it is more
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bulky because you do have that cavity
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tray right there it is bulkier than a
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lot of the other wallets that don't have
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that cavity area right there um and so
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that is a bit of a bummer you're always
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going to have a little bit more bulk
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than some of the competition uh so it is
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a bit of a tradeoff and be able to have
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like the business cards and have a
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little cavity behind the cards to be
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able to fit other stuff and then the
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next thing is it does damage cards now
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this feels like a fidget toy sometimes
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so I will pretty regularly in my pocket
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have it so that I'm just kind of like
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moving it back and
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forth just because it's
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fun but what that does cause is these
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cards right here are going to get
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damaged on the edge I actually do have
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literally plastic falling off of my
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cards uh so I don't think it's an issue
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if you don't play with it in your pocket
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all the time uh but if you are somebody
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like me who fidgets with stuff all the
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time in their pockets you're going to
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find some wear and tear on your cards
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you're going to have to be replacing
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them pretty regularly and you might want
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to watch out with metal cards cuz uh
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that might actually end up damaging this
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wallet because you know the rules of
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metals so who is this wallet 4 it's for
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somebody that really really wants a good
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metal wallet but hates the elastic form
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factor of a lot of the other wallets out
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there if you're wanting something that's
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super durable super cool uh fully
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customizable this is for you
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the people that is not for is somebody
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like I just reviewed this double O Cloud
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wallet which is also an amazing wallet
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that I've been really impressed with if
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you're trying to go more of leather a
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little bit softer feel a little bit less
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noticeable in your pocket you might not
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want to go with this but
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overall slam dunk on this wallet I have
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to say this deserves so much more
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attention in the industry than it has go
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check them out link down in the
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description I'm not even an affiliate
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for them I recommend checking them out
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and see what you guys think so make sure
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to leave your thoughts down the comments
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I'd love to hear what you guys think
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about this really unique wallet is this
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something you've used I'd love to hear
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about it if not if you're looking to
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purchase it throw those comments down in
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the description I'd love to answer any
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kind of questions you guys have I'll see
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you guys next time
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