I have one that’s just a bit longer than a bill, and has a bi-fold to it. There’s another flap that folds over the folded halves and makes the wallet complete.
Simple bi-folds and tri-folds don’t seem reasonable to me anymore. Why are they still acceptable?
Oh, wow. My wallet is just like that. Black ballistic nylon with a velcro closure. I buy them by the dozen at gun shows because they wear out, but they are cheap and handy.
I used to have a huge brick - wallet, checkbook combo that was giant. Had to carry it around in my hand rather than my pocket. I recently slimmed down to a simple bifold that does not have a money pocket. Instead, it has a metal clip that sticks down into it to hold money. Very slim, very light. I couldn’t be happier. I bought it at Wal-Mart for like $10.
My absolute requirement in a wallet is for it to have a change compartment, which seems to go into style only every five years or so. I hate change clanking in my pocket.
My major credit cards are in it, and folding money, and my minor credit cards are in a credit card holder I keep in my other pocket. That is much easier to find.
I don’t use a traditional wallet. I have a stainless steel card holder/cigarette case. It’s the height and width of a credit card, about 1 cm thick. One half holds my cards and my folded paper money fits neatly into the other half.
This fits nicely into a front or back pants pocket without leaving a visible lump. I can also sit down without pulling it out, which is hard to do with a bulky leather wallet. Loose coins go in my pocket or stay in the office.
Leather wallet/checkbook thing that I bought off of Ebay, I stopped carrying a wallet in my pocket several years ago and I like this thing because it holds everything (credit cards, cash, misc. I.D. cards checkbook and register), I don’t carry my Drivers License in it though, I have one of those “cop style” I.D. things that holds my Drivers License and my Concealed Handgun License, I like keeping them together. When I got my CHL I started wearing one of those often maligned “fanny packs” and it is great (I call it my “purse”), it holds: wallet, PDA, I.D., spare truck key, gun and a spare magazine.
If have a Fossil one that I tried to look up but I guess they don’t make anymore. It’s bifold. What I like is that it’s short because the cards slide in from the side rather than the top. On the other side from the cards it has an ID holder with a clear cover.
I must have looked at a hundred wallets at J.C. Penny’s before I picked this one. The ironic thing is that I bought this one because I wanted something slimmer to go on vacation to Spain with, and once I got there I realized that Euro notes are taller than dollars and they didn’t fit. Doh.
Bifold with a Velcro closure and two top loading card holders and two side loading compartments that I’ve never used. I got it as a gift in 1979. I’ve never lost it and I figure as long as I hold onto this one I never will, besides a new one would never fit the 25 year old dent in my ass.
Black leather with steel studs and a steel chain that clips to a belt loop. I don’t want it stolen, and if I can look like a guy Not To Be Messed With, so much the better. It’s quite bulky and full of junk, however, and not much money. On the plus side, it has a change purse section that zips completely shut. And if I whap you in the head with it, you’ll know it.
(Ironically, stealing it now would be pointless. I’ve got very little cash and the wallet doesn’t contain my checkbook.)