# What type of wallet do you have? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 12, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664 "2004-07-12T04:32:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dnooman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/839c29/32.png) [@dnooman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dnooman)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/1 "2004-07-12T04:32:23Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/2 "2004-07-12T04:37:35Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/3 "2004-07-12T04:46:40Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ephemera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8baadc/32.png) [@Ephemera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ephemera)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 5:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/4 "2004-07-12T05:42:27Z")
A leather trifold with two bill compartments. It was a present from an ex. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/5 "2004-07-12T08:02:20Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Jervoise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d2c977/32.png) [@Jervoise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jervoise)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 10:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/6 "2004-07-12T10:13:33Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Philster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@Philster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philster)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 1:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/7 "2004-07-12T13:35:15Z")
Duct tape wallet. Would never stick it in my pocket, but keep it in my briefcase. ---
**Author:** ![Casey1505](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dc4da7/32.png) [@Casey1505](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Casey1505)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/8 "2004-07-12T13:41:58Z")
Tri-fold. Leather. Empty. ---
**Author:** ![unclviny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e274bd/32.png) [@unclviny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/unclviny)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/9 "2004-07-12T14:00:38Z")
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. Unclviny ---
**Author:** ![SmackFu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@SmackFu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SmackFu)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/10 "2004-07-12T14:18:13Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Trunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/87869e/32.png) [@Trunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trunk)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/11 "2004-07-12T14:48:05Z")
I have a wallet made by [these](http://www.littlearth.com/) guys. They make stuff from recycled products. It’s made from a recycled truck tire. They don’t seem to make it anymore. It’s NOT the biker wallet they have. I wish they had a picture of it because it’s cool/ugly. It’s got a mettalic blue racing stripe down the middle, and metal snaps. I paid about $20 for it 6 or so years ago, and it basically shows ZERO signs of use. The most durable wallet I’ve ever had. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/12 "2004-07-12T15:12:02Z")
Rolfe, black leather. A plain old wallet. ---
**Author:** ![E72521](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dbc845/32.png) [@E72521](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E72521)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/13 "2004-07-12T15:13:38Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/14 "2004-07-12T17:06:53Z")
I use a money clip that has a window for a license/ID and a sleeve with room for about three or four cards. I keep it in my front pocket. ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/15 "2004-07-12T17:36:24Z")
Empty. ---
**Author:** ![FilmGeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@FilmGeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FilmGeek)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/16 "2004-07-12T20:30:44Z")
Leather bifold, with a little flippy up thing that has my driver’s license in it. Very handy. I used to have a safety orange nylon velcro number… but it got all nasty and I had to get rid of it. ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/17 "2004-07-12T22:09:29Z")
Black leater, just smaller than a bill. on a chain oh and it’s snap shut with red flames on it. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/18 "2004-07-12T22:10:18Z")
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.) ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/19 "2004-07-12T22:11:31Z")
> [@BurnMeUp](#): > > Black leater, just smaller than a bill. on a chain > oh and it’s snap shut with red flames on it. Or, to compress my description, like his, but without the flames. ---
**Author:** ![Burrido](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Burrido](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Burrido)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2004, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664/20 "2004-07-12T23:42:10Z")
My wallet is a rubber band tightly wrapped around my Drivers License, My Debit card, and my work id passcard. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-type-of-wallet-do-you-have/254664.md?page=2)