This tool-less lever modular wallet is the best one I’ve ever attached to my phone.
Pull the integrated elastic lever and your cards will unfold. Do you want a thicker or thinner wallet? Press in the right place and it comes apart without tools, allowing you to swap out a 3, 5, or 7 card “core” that holds your cards so they don’t fall out.
Do you want an ID card, a work badge, an elastic band for more cards or a money clip on the end? You can change the front or rear magnetic plates with any of them. Or swap both for ultra-thin aluminum covers if you don’t need the wallet to magnetically attach to your phone.
You can see it in action in my Today I’m Playing With video embedded in this post (also on YouTube and Instagram if you prefer).
My favorite part is that the entire kit fits together using a compliant mechanism: the plastic arms of the card-holding core act like springs, pushing a small locking mechanism into the notches of each modular cover you add as you slide the pieces together. Once your cards are in, they keep your arms spread apart so they don’t accidentally open (unless you drop your entire wallet). It’s all very clever.
Even when I dropped my wallet (thanks for the tip, hugo!), it usually didn’t explode. It usually crumbled a little, although I did drop it. hard One time it fell on concrete and was able to make a small explosion: one half broke off and two cards came out, but everything landed within a two-foot radius. The wallet now has a big dent.
There are definitely some disadvantages. While OhSnap advertises the Wallet 2 as “incredibly thin,” it’s just really Surprisingly sleek in its slimmer 3-card variant, without the thicker and heavier MagSafe and MagStack plates (which allow you to attach other magnets) attached.
But the reason I won’t buy one is the price and weight. The 7-card version makes my phone feel too heavy, adding 127 grams, and while I happily made the 3-card my wallet for a few weeks, it cost me $61 on Kickstarter or $76 retail to get it with a dual-magnet kit. OhSnap also charges more than I’d like ($35 for an ID case or money clip) for extras.
OhSnap didn’t catch me this time. But I would like to give one away.
