Aluminum Wallet Credit Card Holder RFID Blocking Card Case Women Men

I bought this wallet six months ago, which is a fair amount of time to form an objective opinion. The outer case held up well, and the fastener that keeps the wallet closed is still holding strong. My problem with the product is the plastic dividers that separate your credit cards, driver's license, etc. They are made of a thin cheap plastic that splits down the sides within a few months of daily use. All of the dividers in my wallet, except for two, are broken and now useless. With a $13 price point, I should have expected it. The wallet still looks good on the outside, and the RFID protection is nice, but what is the point of carrying a wallet when all of your credit cards fall out every time you open it?

After one year of use:CONS: * The card dividers WILL FAIL with regular use in about six months, and there's no reliable fix--glues, tapes, heat fusing, etc. do not work. * Warranty is only for one year, so there's no replacement (for divider failure) after that. * If it drops to a hard surface, it likely will pop open and eject the entire contents all about the floor.- - -PROS: * Excellent exterior, black coating is durable enough with only minor scratches that expose the underlying aluminum. * Hinge has withstood daily use and repeated drops from about three feet with no apparent damage. * Latch has withstood daily use and repeated drops from about three feet with no apparent damage.- - -ALTERNATIVE: * https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B075K3RPY6: Cloth-like dividers, two zipper compartments, more features.

I had an old SHARKK wallet - the normal sized one - and the accordion pockets started falling apart, probably because I overstuffed it. I decided to try the larger one because 1) I needed more space--I have lots of IDs and certs to carry around, and 2) because the reviews said it was more durable. And so far, this larger wallet has been a great investment.The seven pockets are larger, and can carry everything I need (plus a few business cards and my bills, conveniently folded in half). The sleek aluminum exterior makes for the large, Costanza-wallet size very manageable. I find it fits comfortably in a front jeans pocket or a rear khakis pocket. The accordion pockets seem better made than the original.Details: The wallet looks larger than normal bi-fold wallets because of the rigid exterior, but it’s actually almost exactly the same dimensions (4.5”W x 3.75”D x 0.75”T). Inside are 7 pockets, each of which can comfortably carry: - 2 Credit Cards/IDs, OR - 5-6 Business cards, OR - 3-4 Bills (5-6 are possible, but you’ll have to press hard to close the wallet--it works, and the latch is sturdy, but I don’t know what the long-term effects on the wallet will be).The pockets themselves seem sturdy, as noted before. They also make inserting/extracting cards very easy. Finally, they leave about 0.5” of card showing, so when you flip the wallet open, you can easily see where everything is. No more hunting around in leather card pockets!The one downside is that dropping this wallet usually means an explosion of contents.As stated before, it fits nicely in a front jeans pocket (but bangs around a bit in a front khaki/dress pant pocket), and it’s fine in a back pocket. When I wear khakis or dress slacks, I keep it to the outside of my ‘cheek,’ so I don’t usually sit on it.Overall, I would say that the ease of use of the wallet--the easy organization, the storage, the straightforward clasp and rigid exterior--more than compensates for the bulk.

Been using an Alumawallet for a few years now. The biggest problems I've had with it are that I could never keep cash in it - it's too small to fit bills in without folding them into quarters, which adds thickness - and it doesn't hold a lot of cards. Capacity was always an issue, as adding too much thickness would make it refuse to close. And the Alumawallet, specifically, has little pins that the latch pivots upon, and those pins like to back themselves out occasionally, so I have to use a tiny screwdriver to push them back into position now and then or else the latch will fall off entirely.The Sharkk Large wallet solves a couple of those problems. The larger size allows me to carry several bills folded in HALF instead of quarters, which allows me to carry more cash in it, and I somehow seem to be able to carry more cards in it than the Alumawallet, even though they have about the same number of card slots. (You CAN put more than one card in each slot, y'know.) The slightly larger size still fits easily in the back pocket of all of my pants, and its larger size actually helps because it's not prone to turning sideways in my pocket and feeling weird or becoming hard to take out. Also, the latch seems to be slightly different in design from the Alumawallet, as I don't see any metal pins holding it together; I'm not sure if this might be a bad thing in the long run, because if it's all plastic it might break and then I'm out of luck, but so far it's been holding up perfectly well. The latch is a bit stiff when it's new, but it becomes reasonably easier to open with use without becoming too loose.Be forewarned, like most of these aluminum wallets go, this thing WILL dent with regular carry in your back pocket. It just will. There's no avoiding it. Sit down on something too hard, bump into something, whatever, you'll have dents and dings in the thing. So, if you expect it to stay looking perfectly smooth and shiny in the long run, forget it. The aluminum shell seems to be adhered to a plastic inner shell by some double-sided tape, so once the outer aluminum shell gets dented slightly, it deforms and pulls slightly away from the inner plastic lining, which can expose some sharp aluminum edges - if it becomes serious enough, you can remedy that in just a couple of seconds with a tiny bit of fine-grit sandpaper.Overall, for the money, it's a pretty nifty lil' wallet. If you don't need to carry a lot of cards, or if you're like me and you only carry the VITAL AND IMPORTANT stuff in this (ID cards and larger-value bills) while carrying customer loyalty cards and lower-denomination bills in a money clip elsewhere, then this is GREAT.The only thing that would make it PERFECT would be if they made it ALL metal with no plastic parts around the hinges or latch. So far, I've never found anything of the sort, or at least not in this price range, so this is about as good as it gets.