Bellroy Coin Wallet, is thicker better? 

Thank you for mentioning the issue with the hotel cards. I use hotels often due to my job. I am now aware of this issue. Thank you.

what do u mean by erased your hotel key cards? mind explaining?

Glad it was helpful!

Thanks for the sub!

Makes sense. If that’s the case then I would like the visual space provided with the flap open to be wider as you can only see one coins with from top to bottom right now. Almost perfect.

Glad you enjoyed!

LOL, very true, they give you the stink eye if you try and make them break a note.

Thanks, this is exactly the info I needed!

I totally agree! The coin pouch is its focus with a few other common features put in.

Still going strong? thinking of buying one.

@@devzy844 I do not own this particular wallet, but my experience with bellroy has been quality since day 1

Hey man, living at the same place and actually looking for the exact same thing so i'd like to ask if found any cool wallets for this purpose apart from this one.

Hope you didn’t get it as the coins stick to the inner part of the pocket, some 1 euros and 5 cents which is very annoying. I noticed this when i was travelling europe, also the hotel keys get erased by it.

Better leather, better build, you can't go wrong there!

Nomad so far no rfid. Probably get the above with rfid option. The +pt is the coin slot and much cooler than the Zip model. 😂

If you carry coins, the coin wallet, more cards the note sleeve. If you like more rugged, the Woven version of the Note Sleeve is cool.

@@walletopia Cool, thanks a lot for the suggestion 👍🏻

Tough call as that's usually in the marketing plan of the wallet maker and can generally been seen by how much they charge, where they call home (New York or Paris for example) and any advertising they may do and where.

@@walletopia Thankyou for the reply mark!! Im a business student currently researching about the premium leatherwork industry and i would love to have your opinions on my questions. I have one more for you, which country/ies you see could be considered as the pioneer or 'the best' at producing premium leather and leather goods?

@@bimaajiwibowo923 The answer is nobody and everybody. Leather production from preservation of hides to the tanning process to make available leather for finished goods is a massive exercise with China, India, Brazil, US and Russia creating the most volume of hides for finished goods production. That doesn't mean it's the best leather. Since the basics of tanning are not secret it comes down to the type of tanning for quality. Chrome tanned, where chemicals are used to prepare the hides and takes a fraction of the time to produce finished leather compared to veg tanned leather, accounts for 85% of all leather made in the world. The remainder is veg tanned which is an all natural process and produces superior leather but takes longer. Due to the time consuming nature of veg tanning its impractical to do it at a large scale like chrome tanned. While universally accepted that veg tanning produces better quality leather, it is produced by small tanneries all over the world, with each tannery producing leather with some unique method, ingredient, hide type, etc. for differentiation. Thus, while establishing that veg tanned leather is superior, there are tanneries that produce it all around the world so to indicate one country or group of countries is the "best" at producing it would not be truthful.

@@walletopia Wow, i didn't expect that long of an answer, but thank you soo muchh, i truly appreciate it. Keep making videos and interacting with your audiences man! Love your format of reviewing each wallet.

Hi Robert, we'll take a look at getting it.

Hi Hector, I just finished recording a review for their Flyfold wallet which will be released soon.

We have the Zenlet in inventory so I'll add your vote to it!

Wow! Great information on the Euro coins, I didn't know that.

Canadian coins, too. 😬🤭

Easily

@@walletopia awesome thanks for the reply!

Based on everything I've heard it largely depends on how hard you are on them. There are many who still have a pristine wallet years after purchase and others where they're falling apart after a couple years.

Hi Lil, I commented on your questions before, they're the same watch, Citizen Men's Eco-Drive Chronograph Watch with Perpetual Calendar and Date, BL5400-52A amzn.to/2Y5QeP7

Good point, and I believe they're good with a wallet not surviving, they continue to combine various features in new wallets to see what sticks.

how many coins do you use? I have in my country coins up until 5 euros worth, and bills start from there. I carry like 5-10 coins all the time, sometimes even more as alot of machines only give change only in coins.

@@MrDragonorp 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1, £2. You can have several of those at any time. I would say 80% of the time I use card payment. But some shops only take cash. Hence we still use coinage in the UK.

@@sidkings Hi, do you pour the coins out or pinch them?

@@Commander_Cat Sometimes both..

Dont know about credit cards, but it erased my hotel cards a few times. I went with the note sleeve.

I would agree.

Yes, Bellroy is a good gateway wallet for people who end up learning more about higher quality leather, understanding what features are most relevant to them and carry habits. They then end up on this channel wanting to buy all the best quality wallets they can find! 😂

Could be, but the rigidity of the flap helps prevent. Like many other coin wallets, I would expect an easy slide of coins from the pouch to my hand without much interference.

@@walletopia I see, maybe because normally you don't use coin in your day to day, but here, when my wallet has a lot coins, I don't usually slide out all my coins at the cashier but just widen my wallet to try to pick up the necessary one or few!

Good point, you don't want a handful of coins to come tumbling out, you want to pick out the specific coins you want.

We keep them all as we do other videos whether it be comparisons, carry tests, etc.

I understand that problem :). If you go to explore.walletopia.info there are several filters to drill down on coin capable wallets that will provide you good options.

following too

Tall order! Let me think on that one, I'm sure there's one out there.

@@walletopia thanks, maybe I have to order some leather and tools to make one myself! by the way, I not sure why your website doesn't show correctly on my Mac's safari site, the centre top logo and site clickable stuffs doesn't show pics but a blank square with texts, I not sure where's the the wallets search feature you mentioned in your videos, I just see a Excel like list to search, but it's limited, when I type coin, it only show wallet with coin in its name, not show other wallets that can hold coin too, for example the Bellroy Note Sleeve doesn't show up at all!

ACTUALLY, you're more on to the truth than you'd think. There are many custom leather wallet folks on Etsy who make excellent wallets they sell, but usually willing to do something custom that doesn't cost you more than what you'd pay for a Bellroy anyway.

@@walletopia Wow I see, will check them out but not sure if all Etsy makers are reliable, let me know if there's any recommendations!

Your right, their cheapest in my country is 69$ Canadian. Wayyyy to overpriced in my opinion. Wish they would lower the price.

@@ihavenoname8020 Also Canadian. I'm finding that it's cheaper to get a good quality handmade wallet from Etsy as opposed to most companies featured on this channel. Shipping to Canada is pretty brutal.

@@APPLEPIE978 yea, shipping is fricking brutal here in Canada. I would rather buy a cheap wallet that could handle the abuse.

We've got the Popov 5 card hand sewn wallet coming up!

Watch again lol

I consistently carry 8 to 9 cards in every wallet. I’ll mention it quickly in the beginning but I don’t illustrate it very well, I apologize

Full grain veg tanned.

walletopia, Shell Cordovan 😬😉

What about buttero

Ah, right, thank you Richard, that's better.

@@skyhook9337 what is the smoothest

It deleted my hotel card 3 times. I returned it for the note sleeve as that has a coin slot also.

If it’s what I think you’re referring to, it’s the data analysis Bellroy is likely doing on their products to determine what features do well, design layouts, colors, etc., then they find new combinations they believe will be successful, then they try it and keep measuring.

That's interesting, I didn't experience that.

I second this! Got the note sleeve instead.

Great points, I found the same problems with it.

That's a shame. Living in Germany and looking for a good wallet with easy coin access. It seems like the coin pocket here is oriented the wrong way. Should be the same direction as the bill slot. That'd make the opening of the pouch larger as well.

I just finished recording the review for the Claude, so it should publish in the next couple weeks!

@@walletopia That's great news

RFID is not bad as a communication protocol for purchases, same with NFC. However, putting RFID lining in wallets is unnecessary and really a marketing gimmick with where technology is today. I talk about it more here, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QL2HEgOFQxc.html

Our pleasure!

They're both about the same size, but when you put coins in the coin wallet, it thickens up fast.

@@walletopia I have never owned a real leather wallet . Is it possible for cards to cut the card pocketse and "make" them bigger ? I have seen it on other wallets.. probably due to fast picking of a card or wrong direction of pulling ..

why is that? I am searching to get another wallet that has place for cards, at least 4 and ID plus lots of coins as bills start only at 5 euros worth in my country. maybe also a key spot.

Think it's the quality of the leather. It's good but over time? Feels like it should last longer. The type of leather Aurochs uses feels much more durable and they have versions that are coin friendly.

Blocking RFID isn't all that necessary, but for those who are still concerned, get a blocking card or sleeve. To have it built into wallets actually takes away from the material, which for more traditionally built leather wallets (not Bellroy), destroys the quality.

@@walletopia I see, thank you for explaining!

そうですね

@@walletopia 🙇‍♀️😃👛👏

😂 this wallet seems to be following Bellroy's use of marketing analytics to provide new wallets they believe meet their customer needs, which is what all companies should do. With their material and construction platform determined, it's a matter of combining different features to hit a specific market demographic.

It would absolutely be something he would enjoy! 😂

If you like this one but I agree the price is abit too high. Check these out getkaizen.kisetsu.co/vsl-order-form1589091867302, its pretty much the same design but nicer in my opinion.

There is a tradeoff of what you put in versus what you get, in this case the many features end up with a bigger wallet.

Hi, thanks for your comment. If this is still possible, the likelihood of sniffing actually happening is still low as the return on time versus effort is low. HOWEVER, if the concern is there, I would still recommend an RFID card versus having it all over the wallet, taking away from good leather and design.

@@walletopia I can agree with that, blocking cards are quite useful in these situations. You can also pull them out anytime you want. I have a leather wallet myself)

@@user-ug2xd5cu7u Exactly! You can transfer them from wallet to wallet, very convenient.

Always, I lived in Japan for years 😃

I went with the note sleeve. Has a non magnetic coin slot also.