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Top Ten Geek Wallets

Posted by kdawson on Wed Oct 04, 2006 03:31 AM
from the in-your-pocket dept.
It's funny. Laugh. Toys
twentyxtysix writes, "Productdose.com has a rundown of the the top ten wallets for geeks, including an RFID blocking wallet and a wallet made out of Tyvek designed to look like dot-matrix paper. Its an entertaining read that even includes a DIY illuminating wallet."
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    • Why bother making yourself an ugly looking wallet, when you could just use a money clip:

      http://www.superiortitanium.com/ [superiortitanium.com]

      Sure, there's no room for all the rest of the junk you put into a wallet, but, then again, most of it is junk... and as a hardcore geek you've already got too much to carry around in your pockets, so you're better off without one. =)

      What about all the plastic which magically give us money from friendly ATMs and let us into our secret HQ (ie the server room) etc? Well, just put 'em all in y
        • I can easily carry with me 10+ plastic cards (ATM, memberships, access, coffeemachine, discount...) some days, and that just doesn't fit well in a money clip; so I just put them in my back pocket. I've been doing this (money clip, and plastic cards in my backpocket) for years without any problems whatsoever; no cards have stopped working, no cards have been lost and they only take up a minimum of space.

          So far the money clip from http://www.superiortitanium.com/ [superiortitanium.com] is the only one that handles the "20+ bills on
        • Mine does, though there's no coin holder/closable coin pocket.I can put a small amount of coins in the note(bill) pocket and they don't escape into my jeans pocket. Even if you take it out and turn it upside down, when it's closed, the coins don't fall out. I did put a flap in mine that I intended to put coins behind to stop them falling out when the wallet was upside down but I haven't really needed to use it.

          It has space for my driving license (with see-through window), 4-5 credit cards, plenty of notes (

  • I prefer... (Score:5, Funny)

    by NecroPuppy (222648) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @03:36AM (#16302393) Homepage
    My black leather wallet. It pisses off all my vegan friends.

    A nice sort of vengence for them always serving me rabbit food.
    • this is why slimjims easily fit in your pocket.

      (And other beef jerky, or beef jerky like products.)

    • Re:I prefer... (Score:4, Insightful)

      by Don_dumb (927108) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @04:15AM (#16302529)
      Just out of curiosity (off topic I know) - Do they really think that cattle would exist unharmed roaming the plains if we hadn't 'created' them over thousands of years of selective breeding? Do they really think that stone age man wore fur clothes because they were too cruel to grow cotton?

      I dont mind selective diets, but I am often amazed at many peoples reasons for doing so, so many people are so naive and uninformed as to the reasons livestock even exist.

      The old joke "If eating meat is cruel then why are animals made of meat?" is more insightful than some people realise.

      • Re: (Score:3, Insightful)

        by Qadesh (998988)
        It doesn't really matter if the particular animals we eat were "created" or exist naturally - they are still living beings. If you think it is cruel to eat them and use them in other ways it doesn't matter why they live in the first place. In fact perhaps it is more cruel to raise an animal simply to kill it.

        • Re:I prefer... (Score:5, Funny)

          by Kesch (943326) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @04:41AM (#16302617)
          What if we were to create an animal that wants to be eaten? I think Douglas Adams had it right.
          • Like humans. Why can't we eat humans? It's a natural resource that we don't use. Instead we take up more natural resources, like land, to keep their rotting bodies in. We could eat them, turn their skin to leather, and use their bounds for other great products. I would like a human skin wallet.
              • So the only humans worth eating would be vegetarians.

                ...you say that like it's a bad thing.

        • Re: (Score:3, Interesting)

          by Zaatxe (939368)
          If you think it is cruel to eat them and use them in other ways it doesn't matter why they live in the first place.

          Down with the lions!!! They chase, harass and kill the zebras! And the zebras deserve more than just be used as food.
          Remember kids, we weren't on the top of the food chain all the time! Some few million years ago we used to be eaten by smilodons.

      • Re:I prefer... (Score:5, Insightful)

        by Threni (635302) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @04:51AM (#16302651)
        > Just out of curiosity (off topic I know) - Do they really think that cattle would exist unharmed
        > roaming the plains if we hadn't 'created' them over thousands of years of selective breeding?

        Americans used to breed slaves. Does using `created` slaves make it ok?

        • That's a very good point.
          I dont intend to disagree, however I dont think it is quite the same, the point here is about killing an animal for food NOT forced labour.
          But to clarify, slaves were not 'created', a slave in America or free man in Africa the human would have existed anyway (perhaps not that exact one DNAwise). American slaves were I believe Homo Sapiens even after a few generations they were still so. We use dogs as slaves so why is that right? Probably because they are a different species, a diff

          • Re: (Score:2, Insightful)

            by Threni (635302)
            > We use dogs as slaves so why is that right? Probably because they are a different species, a
            > different order even.

            It's only "right" if you think it is. But you're practicing Speciesism. Be aware that that's what you are doing and question whether or not it's justified under the circumstances of the situation you're focusing on.

            > A species that would not exist if we hadn't bred them to, for sheparding, fighting, companionship
            > etc. over dozens of millenia

            So after a few generations of slaves
        • Yes, they're called robots.... I think car manufacturers use the odd one or two...

  • Nice Touch (Score:3, Funny)

    by tygerstripes (832644) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @03:40AM (#16302409)
    The "Rawhide Trifold" is excellent - made from Tyvek, with a Real Leather symbol embossed inside encircled by the words "High Density Polyethylene".

    It's not often a wallet can be funny. Bravo.

  • This is a better geek wallet: (Score:5, Interesting)

    by neomage86 (690331) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @03:43AM (#16302419)
    http://www.gizmag.com/linktous/6247/ [gizmag.com]

    Good timing on the article, btw. i'm looking into getting a new wallet now since my current leather one is starting to get torn up pretty badly.

  • Bad Mother (Score:5, Funny)

    by kermit1221 (75994) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @03:46AM (#16302425) Homepage
    I'm of the opinion that thinkgeek should carry a wallet that says "Bad Mother Fscker"

  • Airport (Score:3, Insightful)

    by lovebyte (81275) <lovebyte2000@gma[ ]com ['il.' in gap]> on Wednesday October 04 2006, @04:46AM (#16302633) Homepage
    Good luck with your ipod carrying wallet or metal wallet when you go through airport security. You might end up carrying your passport in a transparent plastic bag.

  • They Missed This One... (Score:4, Informative)

    by aluminumcube (542280) <greg@elPASCALysion.com minus language> on Wednesday October 04 2006, @04:51AM (#16302653)
    http://www.thejimi.com/wallet/demo.php [thejimi.com]

    I carry a Jimi and people ask me about it all the time.

    • Re: (Score:3, Funny)

      by dbIII (701233)
      Hmm - all I can read is it is for people that hate wallets - have you got a link for people that hate flash?
  • Hows about a wallet that can actually hold more than a couple of coins? If you put coins in your pocket they just make holes and fall out.
    • I don't know what kind of jagged coins your country has, but I've never had problems with coins cutting holes in my pockets. I put coins in there because they don't fit well in a wallet. I had a change bag (no, it wasn't a purse, it was european) at one point. It worked a lot better than putting the change in my pocket or wallet. I misplaced it and never got another one.

  • Money clip (Score:3, Informative)

    by Illusion (1309) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @05:08AM (#16302705) Homepage
    I've carried the Storus Smart MoneyClip [aperfectwallet.com] for maybe 5 years now, and I'd recommend it to anyone seeking simplicity in a wallet. Its not especially geek-worthy except for being extremely utilitarian, in that it holds cash and 5 credit-card sized items and not much else. All my previous wallets kept collecting receipts, change, etc until they started taking over my pocket. That just isn't possible with this, and I consider that a feature.
    • All my previous wallets kept collecting receipts, change, etc until they started taking over my pocket.

      I had that problem. Instead of buying a new wallet, I beat the old one into submission and said, "Bad Wallet!" until it stopped collecting receipts and change.

  • My favourite:

    An old QIC-80 tape case. It fits a credit card perfectly, protects them well and can hold other stuff also. Only downside is that it doesn't fit your back pocket well, but you can't have it all I suppose.
  • The classic geek wallet. Inexpensive and pratical and comes in a variet of colors (from black to safety orange). It's got velco so it won't flop open if you drop it. It's made of canvas and is machine washable (which is nice to be able to wash it if it starts to get kind of smelly from money and sweat). They are usually under $5 as well, so you have money left to put in your wallet. the canvas wallets tend to last a bit longer than the leather ones, unless you get a really cheap one where the velcro gets al

  • Lame (Score:5, Funny)

    by suv4x4 (956391) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @05:32AM (#16302797)
    Dude this is not for a real geeks! Real geeks don't drool at matrix paper-like materials.

    I'm a geek.

    I want a wallet with built in clock, mp3 player, camera, radio and cellphone abilities. (screw iPod! I'm a friggin geek, I have neither OSX nor Windows, I use IRC on a command line and browse in a text browser!)

    I want it to store securely my passwords and info if I identify properly.

    Identification should be done on several levels:

    - iris detectiom fingerprint detection and dna-o-matic instant DNA analyzer.
    - voice detection, and voice recognition so it can understand my password

    If I don't identify properly, it should communicate my location to a sattelite in orbit and it should beam a deadly laser beam right at me.

      • Wow, you are a such a fag.

        Oh wow Jimbo, you can say *** and it doesn't bleep you out!
  • I've got a wallet, but only carry it when I need my driver's license (and associated stuff like auto club card, etc).
    Normally, I carry a single debit card (in a plastic sleeve), plus a credit-card sized leather pouch (i.e. just large enough to hold a few folded bills and some coins). No single point of failure (theft, loss), and minimal volume needed.
  • Fits 2 creditcard, national identificationcard, company key card, company identification card

    nothing else needed.
  • A money clip might be useful. Maybe. It would be a nuscience, but maybe not as much as unfolding the mangled messes that are my money after a few days.

    Right now I just stick bills, coins, and cards into one pocket.

    It's usually fairly easy to simply pull out the cards as one stack, then flip through them as if they were playing cards. None of these wallets, or the more interesting Flash demos people have linked to, have given me a reason to want something to put these cards in other than my pocket.

    And tha

  • Duct Tape (Score:2, Interesting)

    by spx (855431)
    My guy works as the IT Director of a company that makes custom films (plastics). Maybe only I find this geeky.... http://www.ducttapefashion.com/products/prod01.htm [ducttapefashion.com]
  • I do, but thought I was a throwback- most of my friends don't use wallets at all, they just grab their ID, credit card, and maybe a few bills and head out the door.
  • Even now, nothing gets attention like a duct tape wallet. Make sure you build and design it yourself, because every hot checkout clerk is gonna ask you if you built and designed it yourself. Good times!

  • but are these features washingmachine-proof? (Score:3, Funny)

    by kpharmer (452893) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @07:38AM (#16303505)
    All these gadgets are fine, until my wife throws the pants & wallet together into the wash.

    note, in case my wife reads this: not complaining that someone else in the house does my wash, just need to not waste money on a wallet that can't survive the handling.

    I'm thinking about neoprene

    • Re:Why do you open your wallet in the dark? (Score:5, Funny)

      by TrappedByMyself (861094) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @04:13AM (#16302519)
      condoms

      But hardly a feature one would expect in a geek wallet
      • It's often pretty dark in clubs. But, again, hardly a feature for geeks.

        Thieves are going to love that wallet - it'll highlight a puny nerd from afar!

      • Re: (Score:3, Informative)

        by jacksonj04 (800021)
        The heat generated by your body damages condoms kept in your wallet, not to mention the fact that the packaging is more likely to end up damaged.

        This wouldn't be a problem for a single night out, but most geeks I know have very little opportunity to use a condom and hence they stay there for months/years.
    • I don't open my wallet in the dark.

      Because it doesn't have a light! This wallet is the answer for the question that was never made until now!

    • Re:Why would you want an RFID blocking wallet?? (Score:5, Insightful)

      by skiflyer (716312) on Wednesday October 04 2006, @04:20AM (#16302551)
      Sure, for your office key that makes sense... but what about your passport. Just leave it at home when you travel? And what if states start putting it in your drivers license?

      Or have you considered that if you take your office card with an RFID tag out to the local park for some coffee, an enterprising individual with a scanner could walk close, clone the card, then get in? Really... paranoid kinda stuff that is not a problem for 99% of us (including me), but it is not absurd either.
      • > but what about your passport. Just leave it at home when you travel?
        I certainly wouldn't carry it with me in my wallet - I'd keep it in the safe in my hotel room.

      • Out here in Singapore, (and I'm certain Hong Kong and London also have similar cards) we pay our fares on the local public transport network through a contact-less RFID card called EZ-Link [ezlink.com.sg] card. In addition, my gym's ID card is also tap-as-you-go RFID.

        I really don't have much personalized data here [1], but for most Singaporeans, RFID-proof wallets are counter-intuitive in a sense. Why would anyone want a wallet with which (s)he can't tap the MRT fare gates?

        [1] - I mean, YES if you were smart about it, an

    • But what if you got shot in the ass while grinding at the club. This happens to geeks all the time. The wallet would then either stop the bullet or deflect it back at the shooter. Hopefully killing the shooter. It's genious.

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