My "genuine" leather wallet disintegrated on me, so I figured I should see what developments have been made in synthetics in the last decade. The first, best thing about this wallet is that there is not a single scrap of velcro on it. In the nineties you couldn't get away from the stuff, even though it would invariably fall apart just from the process of fastening and unfastening it. Instead this wallet uses reinforced snaps for external closures and a zipper for the coin purse. There are two "windowed" card pockets, one the size of a driver's license and one the size of a business card. I would have preferred two license-sized pockets, or (better) a windowed passport pocket.
Other features of interest:
* Two snaps on the front, in case the wallet gets too full for the tighter snap.
* Elastic snap that holds the third fold closed on one side. This keeps credit cards from suddenly spilling everywhere when you try to access the cash and coin purse, while still allowing easy access to one or two frequently used cards on the open side, and all of them by undoing the snap when needed.
* Three cash pockets and a zippered coin purse in the second fold, in case you have to carry several different kinds of money.
* Six credit card pockets on the second fold, and three on the third, for nine cards total.
* Four passport sized pockets on the third fold.
* Two checkbook pockets, one on the second fold and one on the third.
Cons:
* No flat surfaces under either check book fold makes writing checks difficult if the layer of deposit slips gets too thin. Can be remidied with a DIY writing surface (I used one of the few remaining intact leather panels from my old wallet).
* Only one windowed license-sized pocket; a second windowed pocket is only large enough to hold a business card.
* No windowed passport pockets; you have to pull out your passports to show them. (The only passport pocket that could have a window has the space covered by the extra three credit card pockets.)
Naturally, longevity is an issue, as heat and humidity take their toll on everything, but it will take at least a year to estimate its durability (I hope).- tatterdemalian
