Quick write-up of my new wallet(s), mostly for Adam’s benefit:

I received my All-Ett nylon travel wallet, my All-Ett leather ’sport’ wallet, and my MoneyClamp. I really dig them all.

The All-Ett nylon travel wallet is incredibly thin, and will be perfect for storing my passport, extra cash, cards, and IDs in an inside jacket pocket or a front pocket in my jeans while traveling. It’s far too big for everyday use, but for its intended purpose I like it way better than my old hideaway money pouch, which I never used properly anyway.

The All-Ett leather ’sport’ wallet is a fantastic everyday wallet. It’s sized for US currency, so its thinness becomes questionable when you have to start folding international currency in half lengthwise to fit in the cash pocket. But it’s still pretty damn thin, and it has my old Fossil bifold beat all to hell. It’ll be my go-to wallet here in the States and while traveling, when I’m carrying more cards and random slips of paper than usual. The only problem I have with it is that I need about 3 cards in each card pocket before I start feeling confident about them not sliding out as soon as I open the wallet.

The MoneyClamp is awesome, despite the douche factor. I’m going to dispense with the leather card holder, and just wrap cash around cards. Since I’ll mostly be carrying cash and maybe 4 cards — ATM, emergency credit, passport copy, health insurance info — on a daily basis in China, this is the perfect solution. The only problem is that I’ll have to be a little more careful about where and when I pull out the money clip, since it’d be an open invitation for pickpockets if you have a neat little package of bills out in the open like that. At least with a wallet, your money’s kind of hidden when you have it out. It’s also surprisingly heavy, but I suppose it’ll be a little reassuring to have that weight to remind me where my money is.