Fidelo Carbon Fiber Minimalist Wallet – Slim RFID Credit Card Holder Money Clip for Men

Do you want to buy this wallet? This is a minimalist wallet. They will never carry as much as bi-fold or tri-fold wallets. It will not be as easy to find, pull out and put back cards and cash in this wallet as one of it's portly siblings. You get a minimalist wallet for the small size and light weight. This style of minimalist wallet is basically 2 stiff plates and a band to keep them together. You just sandwich everything between them.Fidelo did a great job designing and manufacturing this wallet. The plates are stiff, smooth, light, thin and nice looking. They also did something I haven't seen anyone else do. They left one side of the plates solid so you can put your credit card chips on that side to help protect them from hackers. I don't have a way to test them but it's a nice idea. The elastic band seems decent and the carbon fiber connector is a nice look. Bands are kind of a wear item. I doubt they will last forever and may not last very long depending on usage. Only time will tell. At least they give you extra bands that'll make it last longer and gives you some color options.To make this style wallet work better, you need to think things through a little. If you won't use a card, don't put it in the wallet. That's kind of the point of this style. Take only what you need. Also, if you arrange your cards in a certain way, it will work better. Place a smooth card (on both sides) like a driver's license or plastic insurance card against both plates. Put everything else in between them. That will make all the cards slide out smoothly. Don't place a magnetic strip against the plates to protect it from wearing out too fast. Next make sure cards with raised numbers are facing each other without the numbers touching. That helps them come out easier. Make sure that all cards with a chip have the chip sandwiched between the solid sides of the plates. Cash fits perfect if you fold the bills into thirds. Last, if you only carry a few bills, you can sandwich them between 2 cards so they aren't showing. I'd recommend the bills go between the 2 least used cards so there's less chance they fall out.

This is the perfect minimalistic wallet: sleek, strong, and compact. Though I dream of living in world without the need for wallets at all, the Fidelo wallet is the next best thing. Getting a specific card out does take some practice, but it's great once you get the hang of it. Having cycled through traditional leather bifolds, trifolds, and phone case wallets, I think I've finally found that happy medium.Though it comes with multiple colors, I favor the "black-on-black" combo for maximum sleekness. The band itself feels very sturdy and usually it's a bit of work to "undo" the wallet, which is a good thing in my opinion.At any given time, I will keep 5 cards and 5 bills and that's about the sweet spot. You could certainly fit more cards & money, but I think you'd be pushing it. Besides, Half of the fun of getting a minimalistic wallet is finding the cards that you really need on a day-to-day basis rather than shoving everything in, which is probably why you bought a smaller wallet in the first place.

I've tried 4 wallets in the past 2 months. I've finally found this one that I will keep for a long time. I can hold over 13 cards and stuff in it including a receipt here and there. I can fold over 5 bills in the back. I LOVE how you push all the cards through and pinch the bottom and it become a fan for you to choose which card you want. So much better than the horizontal style. Finally Finally Finally this is my wallet for a long time with all the bands they gave you as well.

Great concept and basically what I'm looking for, but with a few flaws. I noticed that some others mentioned the same thing, and I agree that I can see over time the metal wearing down my cards quickly. I think this would be perfect if there were some thin piece of felt or microfiber-like material on the insides to not only make it easier to remove/insert the cards, but less wear/tear on cards. The other flaw is it is quite difficult to fit cards between the two pieces of metal, understandably (as you don't want things to fall out), but something to help separate the two pieces would be good. I think this second flaw would be overcome by adding in some soft fabric. Overall, a good wallet, and would recommend it. I'll probably go pick up something to sit in-between to get me through.

It's hard to find a truly minimalist wallet, one that only fits a few cards and maybe some cash with a slim profile. If that's what you want, give this a try. This wallet can be used with a few cards and maybe some cash, but has a bit more flexibility than others I've tried in that it can expand thanks to the elastic band and potentially hold a fair number of cards.The downside is that in order to achieve this, you're basically using two rectangles with a strap around them. I kind of wish one end had a hinge of some type or was closed so it would feel a bit more like a wallet and less like a sandwich board. (Or, more accurately, a sandwich.) Also, as a result of this design, you can't just flip it open and swipe out a card. You have to kind of fumble a little. The product pictures/videos in which you tap one end and pinch to fan out your cards and stuff doesn't really work very well.It's elegant and beautifully packaged. Feels very luxurious when you open it. There are four different colored bands included. The logo and design both feel upmarket. The carbon fiber is light and attractive. It's the perfect size for cards.I would say the only downside, other than aforementioned awkward functionality, is that the carbon fiber plaques are a little rough on the edges. You're not going to cut yourself on them just reaching in your pocket to retrieve it, but it could have a smooth polished finish around the edges in order to really knock it up a few rungs in terms of luxury.I'm giving this five stars after two weeks of use. If I encounter quality issues within the first few months, I'll revise this.

I do like this front pocket wallet which seems to be real carbon fibre, BUT... this is NOT RFID blocking. It is advertised as is, but I've tested it. It still scans my tap when properly inserted in the wallet. Major dissapointment

all good

Looks good, but definitely not RFID blocking. Too expensive for non RFID blocking card holder.

After my 3 stars review, it's surprising that the Fidelo team is really taking their customer feedback seriously, Miss Sarah from their team reach out directly and generously proposed to provide a replacement which has been proved very good in design and convenient in use, even for an OCD. So I would like to change the rating to 5 stars, for one product cannot represent the whole team and product line. By the way, highly recommended their leather minimalist wallet, very good!Unfortunately, have to say this product is only about the look, by using it, you will find out a single elastic band cannot fix the cards and cash properly as you wish, which means at each and every time when you try to pick out a card, you have to reorganize the whole "wallet" and content, so when you put that card back in, it's another round of reorganization unless you don't care about whether if the cards and bills are totally not aligned in your "wallet", so to say, it's good enough to "kill" an OCD.BTW, it's even better to use only the elastic band as the most simple version of "wallet", that's easier for card organizing and in hand feeling.

Been looking at similar wallet's for some time, but most used a money clip made of metal that consisted of curves which I felt that would either bother my leg when pocketed, or possibly scratch or maybe crack the screen of my iPhone which I also out into my front pocket. I use the other side for keys and a car fob. Winter isn't the issue when I use a jacket and transfer things. = Love it! “