First Impressions
Nice and minimal. A bit smaller footprint than other pop-up slot style wallets. The leather flap opens to reveal a lot of extra features: a very awkward piece of plastic used to hold cash, and two card slots in the leather flap in addition to the spring-loaded slot. The leather is super nice on this wallet, but it looks like they just sliced notches in the leather flap slots so you can pull cards out. Functional, but not elegant. Overall the wallet feels and looks nice.
Build Quality
From the outside, this feels and looks like a quality wallet. Once you open it up, you see where some corners were cut to fit so many features at this price point. The money holder seems like an afterthought and feels very cheap. The leather card slots are nice but don’t have the same extra attention to detail as other leather wallets. The pop-up card slot works very well though, and seems to be where most of the budget went.
Capacity & Fit
- Card slots: 3 total
- Pop-up slot: 7 cards
- Leather flap: 2 cards
- Cash: 5 bills max
- Reality check: Fits everything I typically carry with room to grow
Daily Carry Experience
This wallet fits well in the pocket, with a very small overall footprint even when loaded with cards and cash. The way cash is handled is clever but a little strange. The plastic cash holder keeps part of the cash in place and the rest wraps around the wallet under the leather flap. Since there’s a buckle with a button, everything stays in place. Just feels funny having cash waving around if you want to get to the internal card slots. If you only use the pop-up slot, you’re fine. Otherwise it’s nice having extra utility in a small wallet.
One Arm Test
These pop-up slot wallets are awesome for one-handed use. The mechanism works easily with one finger while still holding the wallet. You can open and close the flap with one hand, but actually getting out cash or cards from the flap is awkward.
Pros & Cons
Pros
- Pop-up card slot is smooth and works well
- Premium feel on the outside
- Stays closed with a button buckle
- Small footprint even fully loaded
Cons
- Interior feels cheap and less well designed
- Cash holder is clever but not practical
- Metal cards will fall out of the pop-up slot (common with all pop-up wallets)
Who It's For
If you want a hybrid pop-up slot with a leather flap, prefer the pop-up as your primary card slot, and only occasionally need cash or extra cards, this is for you. If you use cash regularly, look elsewhere.
Final Verdict
The feel in your hand and outward build quality, paired with its unique utility as a hybrid pop-up/leather wallet, is pretty cool. But the premium feel melts away like a Salvador Dalí painting when you open it up and see the strange cash holder and rough leather cuts. Overall a solid wallet for the price, but I’d pay extra for the inside quality to match the outside – or just ditch the plastic cash holder entirely.