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I've tested thousands of dollars worth
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of wallets over the years, and with that
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has come a large amount of really unique
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wallets. While there are plenty of
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triedand-rue designs that I think a lot
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of people are used to, these are by far
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my 10 favorite unique wallets, those
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people that want something a little bit
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different than what everybody else is
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carrying in their pockets. And some of
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these are actually pretty crazy. And
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number one is wild. So, let's get right
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into it. But before we do, I do want to
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mention two different things. Number
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one, every wallet on this list was given
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to me by the respective brand. And
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number two, if you want to purchase this
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wallet for yourself or maybe a friend or
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family member, I do have links down in
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the description and in the top comment.
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They are paid links which get me a
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commission if you do use that link to
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make that purchase. And I try to have
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coupon codes for each one if possible.
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And then there may be links to our shop
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if it's something that we retail. And
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with that, let's get into number 10. Now
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number 10 is this Dango M1 Maverick
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wallet. This is a byfold design wallet
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that kind of mixes leather with metal.
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There are wallets out there that do
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combine metal and leather, which we'll
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actually see later in this list as well,
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but this one is just truly unique. It
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has a truly tactical feel to it that
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looks pretty awesome for those people
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that like that tactical look. It has a
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built-in multi-tool that has plenty of
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different functions to it. And there is
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a place for your cards pretty much
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anywhere in the wallet, allowing for
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some easy access. While this isn't
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necessarily a wallet that I prefer, I
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prefer a more minimalist wallet. This is
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a truly high quality wallet. The metal
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is high quality. It's well thought out.
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The leather is really, really nice. And
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actually, it probably has my favorite
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feel of any leather. And honestly, it
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has a pretty impressive card capacity
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and is a great wallet for somebody that
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is looking for a biffold, but wants
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something a little bit different than
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really anyone else has. The major
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downside that I have to it is that in
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some places the cards can be a little
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bit difficult to get out. And this is
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one heavy wallet. You definitely notice
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it in your pocket. Now, number nine is
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the Ridge Wallet Light. Now, Ridge is
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probably one of the most well-known
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names in the wallet industry, but their
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light version is actually truly unique.
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While it technically is competing with a
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rubber band, because that's really all
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it is, it is still really nice. It's
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really high quality, just like the rest
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of their wallets, but it is a much more
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compact design, meaning that the cards
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actually stick out of the wallet. And
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from testing, I found that honestly you
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barely notice this wallet, even more so
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than their standard wallet in your
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pocket. And because the cards do stick
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out, you can actually get the cards out
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with just one hand. So if you have
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something in your other hand, you can
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actually get some of your mostused cards
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with just one hand. And while it doesn't
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have a cash strap or money clip like
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their other wallets, you can stick cash
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on the interior of the cards if you want
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to store a couple bills, but it's really
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not what it's meant for. As for
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downsides, just because the cards are
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sticking out, they are going to be a
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little more prone to damage. So, you're
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going to want to have cards that you
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don't really care about on the outside.
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The interior cards are going to be a
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little bit more well protected. And of
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course, considering its main competition
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is a rubber band, the Ridge Wallet Light
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is going to be thousands and thousands
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of percent more expensive than its main
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competition. Number eight is the Treyax
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Contour Light. This is another wallet
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that blends leather and metal extremely
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well and is in fact USA made, being one
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of the only ones in the list that is
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made in the USA. I was really impressed
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by its extremely high quality build. Its
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unique take on the wallet industry. It
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is still a sandwich style wallet, but it
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has really nice leather that wraps
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around. You just pull the tab off right
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here and you can have access to the cash
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in the back. And that also gives you
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access to your cards. And because of
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that strap, you don't have to worry
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about your cards falling out at any
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time. As for the leather, it is top
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grain leather, which I was impressed
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with. And once you get the strap off,
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it's actually relatively easy access to
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your cards and cash. And it's completely
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adjustable to allow for more or less
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cards just by using the screws on the
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front. Now, the only downside that I
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found with this outside of its pretty
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expensive price, if you add just a
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little bit too many cards in there, it
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is really difficult to get cards out
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sometimes. So, you can only really use
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the cards that you have adjusted it for.
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If you have more or less, you have to
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adjust it again, which can be kind of a
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pain. Now, number seven is the Double
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Oak Slim Wallet. I really liked their
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standard wallet, but however, I have
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come to prefer the slim wallet. It is
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extremely unique in this industry
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because it is a full metal high quality
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ejector wallet, but they have a leather
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surround. Now, that leather surround can
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actually be removed just so you have the
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metal wallet if you prefer. And the
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metal wallet portion is also mag safe,
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so it can be thrown on the back of your
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iPhone. That is a pretty cool feature.
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Another cool feature is that it is that
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the button does push upwards and it
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locks the cards into place so that the
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cards will not fall out until you push
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the button down again. This is a really
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high quality wallet that I've been
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really really impressed with and I've
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been recommending over and over again.
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But it is also truly unique and just the
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capabilities that it has. The really
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only downside is its lack of storage
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outside of the standard card holder. you
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really only have room for your just a
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couple maybe one or two bills or in one
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card in the back of the sleeve. Outside
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of that, you're kind of out of luck with
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storage. Speaking of MagSafe wallets,
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this is number six and it is the Phantom
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M wallet. And the M stands for Mag Safe
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because this actually does fit on the
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back of your phone, which is a really
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nice and unique feature. Not a lot of
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wallets have done well. And what makes
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this work so well is this is a
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horizontally ejecting fan out wallet.
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So, you just pull this lever right here,
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and the cards do eject out horizontally,
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meaning that it goes out the side of
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your phone instead of out the bottom
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like a lot of the other ejector wallets.
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I also really like the fact that the
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bamboo is really high quality and has a
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texture to it. A couple things that I
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didn't really like about it is I'm not
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super impressed by the optional money
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clip. Probably wouldn't recommend
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getting that cuz it's a little bit too
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tight. Also, the bamboo likes to get
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marks on it in your pocket if you keep
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with your keys. And every once in a
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while, I'll kind of get cards stuck in
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it if I just use it a little bit wrong,
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which is a bit of a bummer. Before we
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move on to my top five favorite unique
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wallets, if you have found this video
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helpful whatsoever, I invite you to like
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of awesome men's gear buyer guide like
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this. Which brings us to number five,
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which is the proof wallet leather. Now,
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I've tested I think pretty much every
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variation of the proof wallet. I have to
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say this leather version right here is
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definitely my favorite. I like the
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quality. I like how compact it is. And
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the functionality of the wallet is one
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of the best out there. Now, it takes the
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standard sandwich wallet design and adds
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a pull tab where you just pull it up and
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you have your cards right there. It has
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been extremely durable for me and its
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card capacity is one of the best at 25
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cards, which I have tested and it does
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work. The only real downside I have with
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this wallet, this honestly is one of my
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favorite wallets just overall, is the
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fact that it doesn't fan the cards out
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like you would see on something like an
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extra wallet where it fans it out so you
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have easy access to cards kind of in the
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interior. Generally, you have to fan it
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out a little bit differently to make it
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work. Now, number four is the Groove
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Wallet 3.0. And this one is surprising
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because the previous two generations
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have not exactly been my favorite
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wallet. However, with the third
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generation, we finally have what is now
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one of my favorite minimalist wallets
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and is actually really unique in its own
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right because it has this front plate
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right here that slides upward. And that
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is the ejector mechanism. It isn't using
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a push button. It's not using a pull tab
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or any of that. It's one of the only
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wallets I've ever seen where you use the
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full face of the wallet to get the cards
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out. And I really like it. It's almost
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kind of a fidget toy on its own right.
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It also has really great build quality
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and is one of the only wallets where I'm
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willing to use a money clip instead of a
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cash strap. And the only real downside I
7:25
found to this wallet is its low card
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capacity. Only handles six on the
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interior and you might be able to fit
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one behind the money clip and still
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being comfortable. Now number three is
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this Lorzar wallet pro. This is an
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extremely surprising wallet to me
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because when the brand offered to send
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it to me, I actually figured I wouldn't
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like it whatsoever. I felt like it was
7:42
probably just going to be a budget kind
7:43
of knockoff wallet and that is not the
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case. This is a really nice,
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highquality, fully functioning,
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well-thoughtout wallet, and it's also
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one of the only wallets that has a
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tracking mechanism that's truly embedded
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in it. It's not a card. It's built into
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the wallet, and it has wireless
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charging, so you can keep using it over
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and over again when the battery dies. It
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also is the only wallet I have that's
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actually spring loaded. Rather than like
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a lever mechanism where you push down on
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a button and the lever kind of pushes it
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up, this one's actually spring-loaded.
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So, when you push the button, it
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releases the spring and springs the
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cards out, which is a really interesting
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feel and very unique. I think there's
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also going to be a lot of people that
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like the clear kind of tech feel that is
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really popular nowadays. This is one of
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the only wallets I've seen with that
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feature. And of course, the fine my
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works just like any other fine my
8:28
network. It just works and that's that's
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that. The only concern I have with this
8:33
wallet is the durability of the spring
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mechanism. Because I haven't used a ton
8:36
of wallets with a spring mechanism, not
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a push button mechanism. I'm a little
8:40
concerned at how long that's going to
8:41
last, especially since it has a little
8:43
hole in the bottom that says help. All
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right, guys. We're getting close to the
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end of this video. And the number two
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wallet is the Axewell carbon fiber. I
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have to say this is a really nice
8:52
wallet. And you're probably used to this
8:54
design by a company that's name kind of
8:56
follows a mountaintop and rhymes with
8:59
smidge, but Axwell has kind of taken it
9:02
a step further and has made it so that
9:04
the thumb notch is a little bit wider
9:06
and more angular to allow for your
9:07
finger to push up better. And what
9:09
really makes this wallet unique against
9:11
really anything else is the fact that
9:13
these face plates are completely
9:15
removable, which allows you to fully
9:17
customize the look, so you can get other
9:18
face plates and customize it to look
9:20
however you want. They have different
9:21
materials, different colors, all of
9:23
those things. I like that. The thing
9:24
that is even better by allowing these
9:26
face plates to be removed is you can
9:28
swap it over to either the money clip or
9:30
the cash strap, which both come with the
9:32
wallet in just a couple seconds. It's a
9:34
pretty impressive feature. And of
9:36
course, it's a great wallet because it's
9:37
going to be really reliable because
9:39
there's really no moving components to
9:41
it and the build quality is really
9:42
impressive. The only downside is
9:44
honestly the same one as its main
9:46
competitor in that it's actually kind of
9:48
challenging to get to the interior cards
9:50
of the wallet. All right, and number
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one, my favorite unique wallet. This is
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the wallet I think nobody really asked
9:56
for, but everybody should try at least
9:58
once. This is a fully magnetic wallet in
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the fact that you can take it apart.
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It's held together by magnets and each
10:04
accessory can be put in, take out, all
10:07
of that at a moment's notice. It's a
10:10
really, really cool design and it's made
10:12
really, really well that the leather is
10:14
high quality. Each component is well
10:16
thought out and being fully
10:17
customizable, you can have a super
10:19
thick, super high capacity wallet one
10:21
day and the next day turn it into a much
10:23
slimmer wallet by taking a lot of those
10:25
accessories out. It also has the pull
10:28
tabs where you can pull cards out the
10:30
end of the wallet without ever opening
10:32
it up. And overall is the most unique,
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the coolest, and the biggest
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conversation starter wallet I have ever
10:39
used. Now, as for the downsides, because
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of those magnets in the wallet, it does
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make it a little bit longer than it
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necessarily has to be, meaning it's more
10:47
of a back pocket wallet rather than a
10:49
front pocket wallet. And I think the
10:51
magnets are slightly too weak in that it
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comes apart sometimes in just normal
10:56
usage, even if I don't want the wallet
10:57
to come apart. Now, if you liked this
11:00
video, but wish they were leather and
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slimmer, I'd highly recommend watching
11:03
this video right here on the