GSOIAX Slim Wallet

Ideal for holiday

Its a nice wallet and bought it for my son who lost his wallet. He’s on the slim side and the traditional leather wallets pull his lightweight shorts down an he’s forever pulling them up. Seen this slim wallet thinking it would be more lightweight and it is, however the plastic photo window that holds the driver’s license was to small. Had to place it in another slot. I don’t know if it was a bad cut or they are all that way but if your a person who’d be bothered by that then don’t purchase. I’m hoping that after he breaks it in a little it eventually fits where it’s suppose to. Oh and he’s not constantly pulling up his shorts so that’s a bonus.

Expensive

I’d been using one of those new super-small card wallets for a couple years, since I didn’t need to carry any cash around. I’ve recently gotten a new job where I do again need cash, so I needed a new wallet but was having trouble finding one that would be as compact as that card wallet. There are a few out there that are that small in length and width but they’re very thick, and the few I found all have a similar design. So I decided to just go traditional again and just buy a regular bifold wallet.

I tried this one thinking it would almost be a temporary thing until I found something better. But it’s actually a really good wallet! It *is* more compact than most other traditional wallets, to the point that your cards (including your driver’s license) will kind of hang out the sides of the pockets a little bit. This is by design and they’re hidden when the wallet’s closed, but when open you will see the card edges. It does make it easier to take them out since otherwise they’re really tightly held and it would be difficult if you couldn’t grab the edge. But this design also allows the wallet to be a little smaller than it would be otherwise.

I was concerned that the wallet wouldn’t look as good as it does in the pictures, since often that’s the case with these inexpensive items on Amazon, but it actually does. It looks really good in person, and I certainly feel no embarrassment taking it out to pay for things no matter where I am. I bought the carbon fiber and orange combination, which gives kind of a sports car effect, and while of course it’s not real carbon fiber, it’s a nice effect and the material at least feels like real leather. (Whether or not it actually is, I’m not too concerned with as long as it looks and feels like it is.)

Like all wallets of this design, you do have to be careful which pockets you use for your cards because they absolutely will get bent. This is just a function of uneven “stacking” with the staggered pockets, and every bifold or trifold wallet that’s primarily designed for cash suffers from this issue. It’s the big reason I had switched to a card-only wallet, all of which stack your cards evenly. So I put my important cards in line with each other (there are several side-loading pockets on the same plane at the “bottom” of the wallet, lined up with the ID) and just have a couple of my less important cards in the other pockets at the top, which is where the bending happens. Just something to be aware of; it’s not unique to this wallet, but it is a failing of this overall design of cash-based bifold wallets in general. At least if you keep the wallet in your back pocket, but it is a little large to keep in a front pocket.

I can’t speak to durability and it still wouldn’t surprise me if this wallet only lasts a year or so. But for the price, I still wouldn’t complain about that.

This wallet is very nice. I’ve used it for a few weeks now. The only reason I did not give it five stars is because the slots are super tight and I have tried to “break them in” hoping that they would loosen up a bit, but they haven’t. I guess that provides peace of mind that your items won’t fall out, but it’s difficult to pull them out when you need them. I would consider buying from this vendor again in the future.