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Double Oak Essentials has quickly become one of my favorite wallet brands! They have stood as one of my favorite wallets on the market, mixing high-quality leather, a large capacity cardholder, and MagSafe compatibility. Well, they fixed one of their major drawbacks in their new slim sleeve! You finally don't have to sacrifice bulk for everything else, now you can choose what is most important to you. Which would you choose?
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- Double Oak Slim Sleeve Only (Paid Link): https://www.doubleoakessentials.com/products/leather-slim-sleeve?sca_ref=6904813.xDxFqVtsGa
- Double Oak Legacy Edition Slim that includes cardholder (Paid Link): https://www.doubleoakessentials.com/collections/slim-edition-wallets/products/legacy-edition-slim?sca_ref=6904813.xDxFqVtsGa
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all right guys and welcome back to the
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channel So today we're going to be
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talking about a double Oak product now
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as you guys remember a while back I did
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a review of this double Oak Founders
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Edition and I've found it to be one of
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my favorite wallets and that actually
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continues to do so however one of the
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biggest complaints I had and it seems
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like a lot of you guys have is that it
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is really really bulky now it doesn't
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add a ton of bulk let's see if I can get
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you guys looking at it there it just you
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know kind of looks a lot bulkier than a
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lot of other wallets and that's just
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because it has a leather surround around
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a metal card holder and well Double Oak
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listened to that and so they have
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created a slim sleeve so just like
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always you can pull this card holder out
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of the existing sleeve there and then
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you can put it into this handy dandy new
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slim sleeve and this is their slim
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sleeve so you can see it cuts down on
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the bulk quite a bit right there and and
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while it does cut down on functionality
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a little bit you don't have quite as
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much cash storage
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uh and you only really have a pocket on
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the back instead of having cash storage
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and you know more card storage on the
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outside and so far I've been in pretty
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impressed I've been using this for a
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little while after they gifted it to me
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and have really liked it you can see it
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has already kind of started to Patina
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there and has some nice scratches and
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stuff from you know my key organizers
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and stuff like that in my pocket and so
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I've had a chance to use it quite a bit
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and I will let you guys know what I like
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about it what I don't like about it and
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if you should be getting this over their
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standard wallet well they were
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originally just selling the slim sleeve
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as an accessory is something to add to
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your existing setup they are starting to
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sell them with a card holder so you can
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buy this setup exactly so I'm going to
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kind of review it as its own product
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instead of as an accessory over top of
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the other wallet but just know that you
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can purchase it just like this uh or you
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can buy one of these and then buy this
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as an accessory for it just if you
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wanted to switch back and forth between
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it it is an option you could do as well
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I do want to say if you guys want to
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purchase this I do have links down in
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the description and the top comment if
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you guys wanted to purchase it for
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yourself they are paid links I do get a
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commission if you guys purchase it and
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that helps me out in creating more
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reviews like this one so let's go ahead
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and get right into it so what is Double
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Oak it is a new manufacturer that just
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came out pretty recently and they've
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been putting out some really nice
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products they've actually quickly topped
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my favorite wallets I've ever reviewed
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and for good reasons so they are
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relatively inexpensive when it compared
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to other kind of you know more Legacy
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Brands out there in that they are pretty
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well under $100 pretty regularly and
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they have some pretty cool gimmicks or
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features or anything like that that you
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want to call it in that this card holder
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is completely removable so you can
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remove this and this is actually a MAG
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safe wallet right here so you can throw
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this on the back of your phone this
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comes in a bunch of different colors I
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really like the gold just because as you
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can see I'm using a orange Ridge wallet
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that they gifted me a while back I just
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like these bright colors and they're fun
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and I enjoy them and when you're
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reviewing products all the time having
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something that kind of stands out is
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really really nice but anyways that is
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completely removable it is a seven card
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ejector style wallet so you push down on
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that and it ejects up to seven cards
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that's about one more than most other
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wallets except for all show you the
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review up here to the new extra card
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holder Pro I think honestly that's
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somewhat of a response to this wallet in
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gaining in popularity and being able to
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have one more card than most of the rest
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of the competition as for the leather
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portion here this is top grain leather
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it feels really really nice if you've
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used a lot of the other kind of leather
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style wallets out there this is a step
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above it I found that this leather feels
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considerably nicer than most of the
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other wallets out there unless of course
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they have top grain leather uh a lot of
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the other ones use what's called genuine
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leather or or or premium leather and
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this is a step above that and it's
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pretty obvious especially since you can
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kind of see that scratches and stuff a
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lot of those other ones don't patina if
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anything they just kind of wear out and
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fall apart this is a lot better than
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those which of course leads me now into
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what I do like and I don't like about
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the slim sleeve wallet from Double Oak
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now first thing is really it it is where
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the other wallet kind of fell short is
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that it was extremely thick the slim
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sleeve of course based off of its name
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is considerably Slimmer I do not feel
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this in my pocket nearly as much as the
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standard Double Oak wallet and I have to
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say they did a good job on cutting back
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on bulk while still keeping that premium
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feel I think they did a great job on
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that and I have to say it is Slim and
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you barely feel it in your pocket just
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like a lot of the other kind of smaller
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wallets kind of like the groove life
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wallet that's a little bit similarly
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sized you just don't notice them in your
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pocket quite as much the next thing I
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liked is the leather I've already kind
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of touched on that a little bit earlier
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these the leather on these wallets is
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just really really nice it is so soft to
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the touch it is leagues above a lot of
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the other less premium less nice what
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however you want to say that leather
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wallets it just feels so soft and it
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just yeah anyways it's really really
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nice I have no complaints when it comes
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to leather the actual build quality of
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it as you can see the stitching is all
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really nice and just really have no
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complaints they did an awesome job and
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carrying over the same kind of feel as
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their larger wallets and making it into
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the smaller version number three thing
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that I like about this wallet is that
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you can use your existing card holder so
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if you're somebody that purchased the
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larger version which is really nice
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because you can put cash in there you
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have additional card storage right there
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and just kind of that bfold feel to it
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if you're somebody that already
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purchased that you can take that card
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holder out when you want something a
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little bit Slimmer and you can pop it
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right into that sleeve just no issues
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whatsoever I really appreciate that you
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know it's not like a lot of those other
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brands out there that try to make
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everything proprietary so if you like
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one thing you have to buy a whole
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another thing this is just truly an
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accessory or you can buy it on its own
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if you prefer you know a Slimmer design
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it is really really nice and then the
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number four thing I really like about
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this wallet comes down to its expense so
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just like their normal wallets even
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though they have nicer leather than a
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lot of the other wallets out there
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they've done a pretty good job at
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cutting down the price now the MSRP of
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basically this setup that you're seeing
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right here is a little over $100 they
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generally have these things on sale
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pretty regularly at the time of this
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video that I'm taking right now I'm
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seeing right here it's about 74 95 I
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can't say it's always going to be that
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price but when you compare it to a lot
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of the other premium Brands out there
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that are making wallets that sometimes
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aren't even necessarily as nice as this
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one that's a pretty good deal especially
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since it's interchangeable with other
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sleeves from the brand okay now the
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things that I don't like about this new
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slim sleeve from Double Oak number one
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is it cuts back on the amount of stuff
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you can store in it sure these are
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minimalist wallets and I totally
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understand that however it does cut back
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so one thing I really liked about the
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other sleeve that we had here is you
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could put cash in right here with it
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folded only once and I really liked that
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it didn't it didn't add a ton of bulk to
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it even though this is a bulky wallet
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and I I really liked that I also like
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that you had some additional card
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storage back here and of course you had
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the seven capacity card holder that
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slides in there so you just had a little
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bit more capacity now you don't have
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anything on the face it is just a
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straight leather face there and then on
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the back you can really only fit one
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card and maybe one or two bills of cash
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on the back there it just cuts down on
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the capacity a lot you really do kind of
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have to make the decision whenever you
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decide between this or this if you're
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going to need that extra cash in card
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storage but you know the trade-off is
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you get a Slimmer wallet it always is
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going to have those trade-offs and then
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the next thing I didn't super care for
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is the back storage here it's a little
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difficult to get a card out of there as
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you can see I slide a card in there
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especially if you have like cash and
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stuff you kind of have to like do that
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to get it out it's by no means a quick
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access pouch I like to kind of keep cash
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in there and stuff and maybe you know
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like insurance cards or that kind of
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stuff it just because it's it's a little
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bit you can kind of see it a little bit
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difficult to get the cards out of there
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uh that's a bit of a bummer because it's
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the only other storage other than the
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card holder here that you you have so it
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just is a little bit of a bummer that's
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hard to get out again it's another one
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of those trade-offs I don't know if they
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could have done it a better way but that
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is how they did it and that's fine but
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it is a little bit more difficult to get
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out of there that's okay because you do
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have that card ejector mechanism coming
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out the top that's where you're going to
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be keeping your most used cards all
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right so who should be buying a double
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Oak slim sleeve wallet and that really
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is for somebody that needs a Slimmer
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wallet but really really wants that
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high-capacity card ejector
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mechanism I haven't found a better you
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know minimalist truly minimalist wallet
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that has a better card mechanism that is
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also mag safe compatible and has leather
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that is actually high quality most of
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the other ones are kind of lower quality
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leather they don't have seven cards
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maybe only six and of course they're
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also more expensive so I think if you're
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looking for a good slim card holder
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ejector Miss card holder ejector
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mechanism wallet this is probably it I
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really really do like this wallet and I
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think it stands out as being one of my
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favorite kind of more slim minimalist
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wallets out there unless of course
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you're looking at like a ridge which is
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a truly minimalist wallet but then
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you're missing out on things like the
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ejector mechanism so if you really like
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that ejector mechanism but want
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something smaller and higher quality
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this is going to be it but for the
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person that needs a little bit more
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capacity for cash and that kind of stuff
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this probably isn't going to be for you
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I'd recommend going with maybe their
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more substantial more bigger version of
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their of their card holder because you
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get a little bit more storage you can
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still decide if you if your wallet is
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too bulky you can of course pull that
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card holder out throw it on the back of
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your iPhone phone or any other mag safe
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or just throw this into your pocket if
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you want something a little bit Slimmer
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and that is a really nice feature and of
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course where should you be buying this I
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would just buy it directly from Double
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Oak they have really awesome pricing on
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there and I have links down in the
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description and the top comment for you
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I think I also have a coupon code I
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can't remember how much it is I think
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it's around 10% that you guys have down
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in the description and top comment if
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you guys want to purchase this for
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yourself and I look forward to see you
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guys in the next video
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