Bifold Wallets Reviews
Open Seas Topsider Billfold shows its natural progression!
Open Seas Leather has punched it forward by adding a billfold pocket to the Topsider design. The old Das Offene Meer has provided us with the Open Seas Topsider Billfold, capable of carry in new ways.
Distil Union Wally Bifold 5.0 + ModWallet is VERY impressive!
I wasn’t sure what to expect, but the Distil Union Wallly Bifold 5.0 and ModWallet impressed me for the security, major ease of use, flexibility and tight design elements.
NOMAD, NOMAD, NOMAD new Bifold, Card Plus and Card wallets!
We’ve got a three-fer! NOMAD, NOMAD, NOMAD, the new NOMAD Bifold wallet, NOMAD Card Plus wallet and NOMAD Card wallet. All tree provide Horween leather goodness in an innovative design to keep the wallets thin, durable and stretch resistant!
Novel Bookwallet is unique, but can a book be a good wallet?
Unique wallets are everywhere if you look for them and the Novel Bookwallet is one of those. Created by a book lover who wanted to disguise his wallet as a book, it was born!
Ashland Leather Capone is money clip goodness!
Ashland Leather’s Capone money clip wallet is a thicker money clip, but the high quality Horween leather ensures it can stretch to meet your needs, while providing life-long durability
Bellroy Slim Sleeve Woven, new material, lower price?
In Bellroy’s continued march for Slim Sleeve perfection, the Bellroy Slim Sleeve Woven introduces a 100% recycled nylon material for super durability and with a less expensive entry price than the original Slim Sleeve.
Ekster Bifold wallet, the Modular Secretary provides a 2 for 1!
Using magnets, the Ekster Modular Secretary wallet provides a bifold with a detachable card wallet, enabling a 2 for 1 Ekster bifold wallet option for heavy or light carry options.
Open Seas Leather Houbei is easy to carry and never failed!
I carried the Open Seas Leather Houbei wallet for over 6 weeks and it was as easy to enjoy as it was to carry. The quick access slot is the best feature backed up by an excellent cash wrap feature.
Holtz Leather Gates wallet, comfortable carry, problematic money clip…
The Holtz Leather Gates wallet is very comfortable handmade wallet that’s easy to use, excellent card carry with a money clip, but therein lies the concern.
Fujitaka Thin Gusseted wallet (財布), worth the expense?
Made from calfskin on the exterior and full-grain veg tanned hide on the interior, the Fujitaka Thin Gusseted wallet provides excellent cash accommodations with limited cards, but is the Fujitaka wallet worth the expense?
ROIK Zip Coin, is a minimalist coin carry wallet possible?
Carrying coins daily is a reality in many parts of the world. The ROIK Zip Coin brings a coin carry option to a minimalist card and billfold pocket wallet
Carl Friedrik Weston Passport wallet has some limits
Carl Friedrik’s Weston Passport wallet is a luxury presentation for your passport, is very durable and provides basic card carry capabilities, but does it miss the mark?
KORE Essentials wallet, 2-in-1, wallet, carbon fiber money clip
With a removable carbon fiber money clip, the KORE Essential wallet provides 2 wallets in one, but together they provide a competent slim wallet, priced well to last.
Does the Bellroy Slim Sleeve Premium Edition demonstrate perfection?
Learning through various iterations of the Slim Sleeve wallet the Bellroy Slim Sleeve Premium Edition is the pinnacle of the design, so does it hit perfection?
Airo Collective Stealth wallet in LEATHER makes it so sweet!
It’s hard not to like the slimness of the Airo Collective Stealth wallet, and all that was missing were more materials! With the leather version out, you can be super slim while still enjoying the smell and feel of leather!
Pioneer Carry Altitude smashes currency problems!
If you want a traveling wallet that’s almost as small as popular minimalist bifolds, but fits ALL currencies without needing to fold notes, then pickup the Pioneer Carry Altitude wallet. It’s amazing!
Serman Brands 2.0 review balances price, quality and usability!
If there’s anything that cements my perception through this Serman Brands 2.0 review is they know how to balance quality, usability and price in their wallets
Nutsac Clipster wallet review // capable capacity with rough spots
Solid and functional, the Nutsac Clipster wallet review shows the good and the areas of improvement needed. Overall, it’s a competent wallet with great capacity and interesting cash clip layout is attractive for organization, segregation of cash and cards and usability.
Dreadnought Leather’s Alligator Midwallet shows exotic can be gorgeous!
Exotic leather isn’t something to be afraid of, many exotic leathers are from conservation minded operations sanctioned by the government. Dreadnought Leather’s Alligator Midwallet shows how elegance can be crafted using high quality leather, technique and presentation.
Popov Leather 5 Card Wallet, unimpressive or perfectly simple?
Why cant smell-o-vision be real!? The beautiful leather smell of the Popov Leather 5 Card Wallet is alluring enough to get one. But the perfectly functional dimensions, ease of use and amazing customer service makes this a great daily carry option.
Elvis and Kresse Fire and Hide Card Holder // sustainable products par excellence!
The most impressive products using repurposed materials I’ve ever seen, the Elvis and Kresse Fire and Hyde Card holder provides easy to access card and cash slots in a very attractive and conversation capable offering.
Airo Stealth wallet, the world’s thinnest wallet?!
Your answer is yes, pretty much the thinnest. That comes with compromises, but the Airo Stealth wallet is impressive no matter how you look at it. Cash and cards are easy to carry and you barely feel it in your pocket, what more could you ask for?
The Pioneer Carry Flyfold 1.0 is an astronauts wallet!
Using innovative 10XD ripstop fabric created for the Pioneer Carry Flyfold, it behaves and matures like leather, but is stronger than steel. Design or the needs of active individuals and those looking for a cool material offering, the Flyfold is what your astronaut friends would be carrying!
Wingback Winston wallet is perfectly sized, beautifully crafted
Wingback continues to introduce refined and well thought-out designs. The Wingback Winston wallet is no exception. With precise laser cut construction, it’s a perfect front pocket candidate.
Allett Leather Original wallet, can high capacity equal thinness!
The mystical nature of the Allett Leather Original wallet to take loads of cards and cash and make them disappear into a thin wallet is amazing.
DJIN wallet review; Koala-gear hits a creativity home run!
This DJIN wallet review brings to light all the creative features the Australian Koala-gear company built into this unique, minimalist wallet.
Farrah Design The Wallet, impactful design, simple elegance
How can a simple bifold wallet with two card slots and a money clip be so intriguing? If you look closely at the Farrah Design The Wallet, you’ll see so much more.
Kohlesack wallet is interesting, but would you buy it?
The Kohlesack wallet provides some standard wallet functionality, albeit in an odd way. The question is if you’d buy it?
Bellroy Coin Wallet, is thicker better?
Ready to take on coin carry the Bellroy Coin Wallet packs in a lot of features, but in so doing makes it more of a thick, back pocket wallet. Are we ready for this?
Craft and Lore Insider wallet review – rugged simplicity!
Continuing their line of full grain veg tanned minimalistic wallets, in the Craft and Lore Insider wallet review we see how rugged simplicity provides a functional wallet that’s easy to use.
Carl Friedrik Swanfield oozes craftsmanship, but with cash carry concerns
The Carl Friedrik Swanfield wallet is their most popular and for good reason, the Carl Friedrik quality is evident in every wallet, but problems being able to carry Euro’s in a European made wallet makes me scratch my head.
Ashland Leather wallet // Tony the Ant is beauty in motion!
You might take issue with some minor aspects of Ashland Leather wallets, but if you’re a fan of good leather, great construction, functional excellence and attention to details, you’ll love the Tony the Ant wallet.
Bellroy Apex Slim Sleeve; cool, new, disappointing?
The Bellroy Apex Slim Sleeve wallet ventures into new visual, functional and manufacturing design. Blazing the path for what we could begin to see in the future from Bellroy, there are some shortcomings and a disappointment in the quality.
Harber London wallet is pricey, but balances quality and usability
Made in Spain, the Harber London wallet, bifold in this case, is a competent wallet with many features you’d find in competitive offerings, but it is expensive.
Chisatoyama Gallery wallet Coin Pouch, functional or not?
Handmade from Tochigi leather in Japan, the Chisotoyama Gallery wallet/coin pouch combination is an interesting take on extending the long-loved pinch to open, mechanical coin pouch.
ROIK City wallet brings precision, functional design and ease of use to your front pocket!
Created to be easy to use in a small footprint with reasonable capacity in mind, the ROIK City wallet has created a nice looking design that’s truly functional.
Serman Brands 5.0 wallet // feature packed, great price, what’s wrong?
The Serman Brands 5.0 wallet continues to demonstrate their ability to look at the market and see what is trending to keep their customers coming back. The 5.0 version is no different with great features, and priced to make it an easy decision
NOMAD Tile wallet // excellent quality, difficult to lose!
With one wallet design, you can get it in brown or black, NOMAD has honed it’s design into an excellent showcase of quality material, durable construction and now, with the inclusion of a tracking Tile, a way to never lose it! Get a close look at the NOMAD Tile wallet
HISSIMO wallet proves cheap can be good!
The HISSIMO wallet, front pocket to be exact, is a competent bifold, with all the usual features, but is incredibly inexpensive. Made with the usual amount of RFID material and genuine leather, it’s still a great value for the price.
Lo Esencial Bifold Wallet 2, more style than substance?
Designed and made in Mexico, the Lo Esencial Bifold Wallet 2 provides strong construction for longevity and easy usability while providing an aesthetically pleasing design and presentation.
One Star Leather wallet – 6 pocket horizontal keeps it fresh!
Low volume leather makers product some of the best wallets in the world and the One Star Leather wallet offerings push into that level. The 6 pocket horizontal wallet with its half-open top provides great access with excellent usability.
Mr Lentz Mens’ Leather wallet; how does it stand up!?
Down to earth crafted, Mr. Lentz wallet is made to last, simply made to outlast you. Made from one piece of leather and secured with brass rivets, the elegance of the design makes this an easy wallet to handle and enjoy.
Anson Calder Bifold Coin wallet craziness!
This is a crazy review because the Anson Calder Bifold Coin wallet is 1) discontinued, 2) super expensive for what you get (which is probably why it was discontinued at $135) and 3) not practical…who wants to carry just cards and coins?
Saddleback wallet review – Medium ID isn’t pretty but it will outlive you!
Like all Saddleback wallet’s, they use full grain leather including a wonderful pig skin liner.
Flipside 4 wallet, can it go the distance?
The Flipside 4 wallet is a polycarbonate (hard plastic) wallet with a spring opening and several card slots with cash capabilities. It’s fun to use, but is it really useful in day to day carry? Seems large for a convenient carry, but it grows on you.
Aurochs Gravity wallet has been remodeled and it’s excellent!
The recently released Aurochs Gravity wallet has been redone to incorporate many new features along with reinforcements in build and more style. Made of superb full grain veg tanned leather from South East Asia, it provides a great alternative to similar wallets which cost much more.
Bellroy Slim Sleeve Designer Edition hits the pinnacle, but at what price?
Building on the successful “sleeve” line, Bellroy has launched a Designer Edition line. For the Slim Sleeve, which is my favorite, they’ve increased the leather quality, construction and design elements. This is a home run, but the cost may be a detractor.
Tony Perotti is an excellent card wallet masquerading as a billfold
Using Italian full grain veg tanned leather (or so we think), this wallet feels like it has two separate billfold pockets, but it’s a card wallet on steroids with 2 ID slots and 6 separate card slots. If you’re a card and receipt hound, this wallet is for you
Wingback’s Cash wallet is a beast with notes, but struggles with cards
Wingback’s Cash wallet is perfect for someone who likes to carry loads of notes. It can carry up to 20 slips of cash, which is excellent. It has an internal card slot which suits the minimalist if you’re looking to carry less than 6 cards, but anything more and you’ll be wanting. As is the case with all Wingback products, quality, customer service and ethos are excellent.
Dela Nora’s Speciale from Brazil speaks the language of wallet love!
Soft, roomy, and easy to use, the Delanora bifold wallet from Brazil shows how a full grain veg tanned leather can act when done right.
Can the TUMI Desoto be awesome with all man-made materials?
Unfortunately, the TUMI Desoto doesn’t seem to be available for sale any longer, but this bright carbon fiber designed blue is full of capacity and is durable. Made of all man-made materials, it’s not the type of wallet you’d expect to be awesome, but it is.
Serman Brand 1.S and its tried and tested money clip….problems?
There’s nothing super special about the Serman 1.S wallet, it’s a version of many wallets you can find out there, including the money clip, which is the traditional spring-loaded type. But tried and true can also mean reliable, so if you’re looking for a wallet that isn’t fancy and doesn’t have crazy design unique, this will work.
Mitchell Leather Money Clip Wallet is as perfect a cash/card wallet you can get
When I bought it I thought, “oh, another simple billfold wallet…”. Wow was I wrong. The simplicity is actually elegance, wrapped in fine-tuned engineering, finished with decades of craftsmanship. Every millimeter of this wallet has been rethought over dozens of times over the years to reach this level of usability, quality and near perfection. Sometimes the most fabulous things are the simplest.
Is the Trayvax Summit Notebook too small to be useful?
Adding wonderful leather to the existing Armor Summit wallet frame, the Trayvax Summit Wallet adds a tried and true Fisher Bullet pen to a small notebook to provide something capable of jotting some ideas down on. But does the size make all the extra bulk worth it?
Ekster’s improvements in the Parliament 3.0 go far beyond a slimmer tracker!
Almost a complete rethink on the materials and construction processes, the new Ekster 3.0 Parliament ups the game for reliable and long-lasting box wallets. With an fully anodized aluminum box and with the trigger being made from one piece of material, it’s smoother, sturdy and it looks great! Combine that with a slimmer tracker card and you’re getting to where your vision of this type of wallet has always been.
Paper thin, very durable, SlimFold’s Micro Soft Shell feels like air!
Made from innovative material, SlimFold’s Micro Soft Shell wallet is a minimalists dream, with amazing capacity.
Is the IKEPOD’s Slim Carry Wallet better than Bellroy?
IKEPOD’s Slim Carry wallet is a mashup of a couple Bellroy’s wallets, but is it better? When you find out the price, you’ll begin to understand why it’s at least something to look at.
Aurochs Nova wins on leather quality, usability and expected durability
Another finely crafted wallet from Aurochs in Pakistan. Made of full-grain veg tanned leather from southeast Asian tanneries, the cut, fit, sewing and finish of the Nova puts it head and shoulders above Bellroy’s competitive offerings. With great card slot features and a killer price, you have to add this to your collection.
Open Seas Leather Gun Deck Quickdraw wallet is a straight shooter!
Made from beautiful feeling and smelling Italian Buttero leather, Das Offene Meer’s Nimitz Gun Deck wallet is as much a piece of art as it is a fully functional wallet. With plenty of card and cash slots, it’s capacity matches its footprint.
Wingback’s Card wallet exudes quality and usability!
Made from one piece of full grain veg tanned Tuscan Italian leather in London, and sewn with your chosen color, this expertly crafted card and cash minimalist wallet is clever. It’s barely the size of a card, but can hold up to 10 of them plus cash. And the smell? It’ll keep you so happy you’ll wonder why you didn’t get one of these sooner.
Bellroy’s Slim Sleeve wallet is compact but can it hold up?
The Slim Sleeve is a very compact and easy to use bifold wallet from Bellroy, the leather and construction look solid, and it feels and smells nice. But for $79 can it live up to daily carry needs?
Carved walnut wood wallet brings sustainability to your pocket!
One of the most unique materials we’ve reviewed in a wallet, the wood and cork wallet is surprisingly flexible and durable. Carried as a slim wallet, it’s a talking piece that smells wonderful.
Bellroy’s Hide & Seek features are fun, but are they useful?
Bellroy put great thought and design time into the Hide & Seek wallet. Providing a second billfold pocket and card slot cleverly hidden behind the first, it’s a great way to keep cash, coin or cards out of the spotlight. But with everything else in the wallet, is there really a need to “hide” things that create more bulk?
Allett’s Front Pocket ID wallet feels like your pocket is empty!
Allett’s wallets maintain a design ethos that ensures you can put loads of things in the wallet and it feels like it’s still thin. Amazing. Check out how this nylon ripstop fabric can change your wallet carry habits.
Japanese made Abrasus is a clever find, for those who carry more cash and coins
Abrasus’ bifold wallet mashes up cash, currency and coins in a thin bifold wallet. The attention to design detail to keep it thin creates a cool talking point, and the high quality construction and materials will ensure it will last a long time. But with only a 5 card capacity in comparison to 15 slips of cash and 15 coins, is that a reasonable balance?
Travando RIO’s faux leather offering provides an alternative
The faux leather is hard to detect in Travando’s RIO wallet. With an attractive 2 color combination and integrated money clip, it provides options for those who are looking for a non-leather alternative. Its card capacity and ability to easily handle foreign currency is also a plus.
Soft sheep leather with capacity makes Bryker Hyde’s Top Flip worth a look
Looking for a soft sheep leather billfold wallet? Want a clever flip up ID? Bryker Hyde’s Front ID Flip wallet meets these needs and more. Ten card slots and 2 billfold pockets, along with 2 ID slots provide amazing capacity without bulk.
Secrid’s Original started the pop-up card wallet revolution, but it’s tired of fighting.
Pop-up card wallets are ubiquitous, but 10 years ago Secrid invented the design that would spawn a million knockoff’s. The Secrid Original Cardprotector wallet is where it all started. While it’s still top of the heap for quality of mechanism, there are concerns with the exterior design that hampers its ability to compete in an ever evolving wallet world!
Quality materials and construction make Baurdi’s Aviator soar high!
There are many leather bifold wallet out there, but few clear the hurdle of making materials and construction top priority. The Baurdi Aviator wallet meets that high bar and goes further. The leather, tanning process, sewing detail and finish stand out.
Feature packed and LARGE, the Fossil Coin Pocket wallet is a traditionalists’ dream!
For those looking for a more traditional bifold with amazing capacity, features and more, the Fossil Coin Pocket wallet is your choice. While very large and not something you could carry in your front pocket, if you need to carry a lot, this genuine leather wallet will meet needs.
Anson Calder nails it again with their Billfold wallet, but it’s $145
I tend to bring up Anson Calder’s price as part of their video listings. They continue to kill it with product with simplistic design, elegant operation and superior materials, and they know it! Their pricing reflects their confidence. If price is secondary to quality, function and operation, then you have to look at this wallet. They’ve quickly become one of my favorites.
Octovo’s Purist wallet is thin, easy to use and elegant, for only $67
Designed by US and Irish folks, this Italian leather bifold provides elegance in a multi-colored design which keeps things simple. At a very reasonable price, this wallet is keen on casual outings and comfortable in more formal events.
The Division wallet from Pioneer Carry introduces their first traditional bifold
Made from their innovative 10XD ripstop fabric, which behaves and matures like leather, but is stronger than steel, Pioneer Carry continues to introduce new designs to meet the needs of active individuals and those looking for a cool material offering.
5.11 Tactical’s Status bifold is tough and durable, but can it hold cash?
5.11 Tactical is known for their extensive, innovative, durable and quality gear for demanding careers and lifestyles. Their Status wallet fits this and is built well, can take abuse and has great capacity. But the billfold area is a little narrow….
Saddleback Leather’s vertical bifold is a tough critter; compactly handling cards and cash
When you get the Saddleback Leather’s vertical bifold in your hands, you notice immediately that it’s a tough leather requiring break in, but that toughness is what makes this 100-year quality. The dimensions are precise to be deep enough for cards and cash folded once while not being too big. Reasonably priced, this wallet will not disappoint.
