Slim Mint Wallet Review: Next-Gen "As Seen on TV" Wallet?

Welcome back everybody. Today I'm back with the Slim Mint Wallet as an As Seen on TV wallet

They say it has a thin profile, allows you to access your cards with the press of a button

and has RFID blocking. But does it really work? Let's find out in today's video

I unboxed this yesterday and here's how that went. I paid about 20 bucks for this direct from the Bulbhead website

There is an Amazon listing with only a small number of views where it has a 4.3 star rating

as of today. We've got some instructions, always important. Now, they claim they say it's an RFID blocking ultra-thin wallet

They say you can reach your cars in cash with the press of a button, which I guess is right there

They say it holds ID, cash, or pictures, and it has a built-in cash clip

which would be right here. There's not a lot of reviews on Amazon yet. There's a few positive comments talking about its durable build

and a slim design. There's a few negative comments that say it has limited capacity

and feels cheap. I should also point out that as of right now, Now 14 of the 17 reviews on Amazon all say buying custom reviews of a free product

So take that into consideration when looking at the reviews. Now before I even use this, the first thing I want to do is recreate one of their demonstrations

And it seems like every Yahtzee on TV wallet does the same demonstration where they have

a table full of stuff and they load up the wallet with everything. I'm not sure how useful that is because I don't think most people have that much stuff

in their wallet, but let's see how accurate those claims are. Let's see how slim this really is

Now just the dimensions here are, it's like about 2 3 quarters, roughly

4 3 8ths. And how thick is this? About 3 quarters of an inch thick

Now comparing to the wallet I normally use, this one right at 5 inches, so it's definitely longer

Just under 4 inches. And the thickness, I mean it's under a half an inch thick

The thickest part. Under a half inch, even the thickest part. Because this is rigid, no matter how much you have in there, it's going to be this thick

So compared to what I'm used to, it's considerably thicker. On the commercial they show quite a few things going in here and I figure I try to duplicate that as best I can

So by my count they had 7 paper cards, 6 plastic cards, an ID, 6 bills, and 2 checks

So for my paper cards I'm just going to use some of these business cards of mine

For my credit cards I going to use a couple of hotel keys and the only thing I actually gamble on in Vegas which are these games where you get Willy Wonka cards I got some of these so I got 1 2 3 4 5 6 Instead of showing my ID I going to use a Charlie Bucket as my ID I got six bills here

and I've got a key. I couldn't find checks that were the smaller to fit in there so I'm going to

leave the checks off. If all this can fit in there, that's fine. I don't care about the checks. The first thing I want to say is this middle piece of plastic feels pretty cheap. That is just cheap

plastic. The outside feels pretty rugged but this part, the part that they name it after

the mint part, not so much. They're putting all the cards in these three sections. The cash, checks, and the key right here

Let's try that. They didn't really address this either. I guess you could still use this, but they didn't really address that in the commercial

Start sliding these in here. I do like the way it kind of fits in there snugly

It's not going to fall out. It's pretty snug. I like that. Same with this side. There seems to be something that kind of holds them in place

I do like that about it. I've got all six of my credit cards in there

Let's try my business cards. Can I squeeze them all in here

Oh, this is getting tight. I already damaged the corner of this one. This is getting pretty tight too

Oh man, I don't know if I'm going to fit all those in there. This one, I can't even, it doesn't even have a room

I guess I can try to fit all those in here. I was hoping to just put my ID right there, but we'll try

I can fit one business card. Now, this holds it very snug. I'm not sure if I can, there's no

I can't fit three in there. I'm just going to put my, my Charlie Bucket ID in there

and call it good. So I feel like I can't fit those in there. Now I've got my six bills here

One, two, three, four, five, six. Six bills. I'm going to fold them over

Stick them underneath. They didn't really use this in the commercial. I guess you can, but they didn't

They're just using this as a money clip right here. And they put the key right there

Now will it close? It's not closing. Even without the three cards, it's still not going to close

This one's sticking up. I'm going to take this one out. Actually, both of those are

All right. It closed. It closed. So, really, I have six credit cards and two business cards in here

So, I mean, maybe the claims... Maybe you could squeeze it all in there if you really try, but to me, it's not very practical

To me, practical is six credit cards, some cash, and a couple of business cards, and that is it

So now what time for is the real test to see how comfortable this is and how practical it is to access my cards I going to load up with my actual cards and my actual ID use it for the next week

and see what happens. So I'm not really convinced that that demonstration really proves anything

I don't have nearly that much stuff in my wallet, so stuffing it full of items really doesn't prove

a whole lot to me. So what I've done is I put all of my things in here, which is nearly as much as they show in the ad

I'll use it for a few days and I'll let you know how it holds up. Now as far as the RFID blocking goes I have to say I'm in the school of thought that thinks

that that's not really necessary. I'll give you some links below as to why I don't think it's

necessary but if you are concerned about RFID blocking all you have to do is stick a piece of

tinfoil in any wallet and it becomes an RFID blocking wallet. I also can't really test that

feature so it's something I'm just going to kind of skip for this review. But as far as the wallet

itself goes I'm going to use this for a while and let you know how it holds up. Now my first

observation is that no matter how much you put in there it's going to be the same thickness. My normal wallet will get thicker as I add stuff to it, but this one is thick already out of the gate

So I'll give you an update in a few days and let you know how it works, but right now I think that that demonstration didn't really prove much

So let's see how a real-world situation does as far as proving how well the Slim Mint wallet actually works

I've been using a few days, and this is how it usually goes. Reaching my pocket, and I never know if I'm gonna get the button on my hand side or not

So sometimes I pull it out and I've got, I'm just like, this, oh where's the button? Oh, there it is

That's really the only problem I've encountered so far. Otherwise it opens up, get my card out, no big deal

Overall though it's worked pretty well as far as using it, pulling out and accessing my cards

I haven't had much of a problem with it overall. When I'm sitting on a soft seat like the one in this car

it's not too bad. I thought it was going to be kind of unforgiving because it's so rigid. And it is unforgiving on harder seats

But something like this in the car, it really isn't that bad. Now when I sit at my desk, that's a different story

Now I should point out if you're someone who prefers your wall in your front pocket

the thickness doesn't really matter as far as that goes. and the size is nice for that

It's actually quite well suited for those who have their wallets in their front pockets

I tend to have my wallet in my back pocket, which has its own challenges

Now, I was kind of worried that maybe sitting on a hard surface with this kind of rigid wallet would be a problem

but it's so small, it tends to kind of move around, moves out of the way. I haven't had a problem with it

being uncomfortable, even though it's thick. But I do have a new problem that's arisen

after a couple days of use, and that has to do with the clasp right here Bailey wants to be on camera today Bailey you want a wallet I don think Bailey has room for a wallet Where are you going to store this wallet at I think I on about day 6 now And I think around day 4 I started encountering

kind of a new slight issue. Let me see. Right now it's in my pocket

Now it's not too uncomfortable. Like I said, it kind of moves around in your pocket. I don't really have a problem with it being uncomfortable

when I sit on it most of the time. Now right now it is perfectly closed

It is clasped. That's because I've been sitting on it. If I open it up, go to close it up

I'm getting that. If I squeeze it hard enough, it'll eventually close

But I've got the original bills I had from my first demonstration, my ID

Three credit cards, two business cards. Not very much. At first I was thinking that maybe I wasn't putting the cards all the way in and wasn't

closing that way, but they're all the way in. I've double checked it. There's nowhere else I'm gonna go and it's still doing that

If I squeeze it really hard, it'll clasp. but that seems just kind of janky for a wallet I just got

I don't know. It's kind of weird. I kind of like, I kind of like this wallet in some ways. It's kind of unusual. I like the layout of it

The clasp is a big issue and the fact that it, that it stays thick no matter how much is in there

But I don't know. I'm kind of on the fence. I don't dislike it as much as I thought I might

I think the clasp is going to be a big issue. I can't imagine this lasting long term if after four days..

We got that. What do you think, Bailey? Billy's not very impressed either

All right. So I've been using this for about a week now and here's some of my final thoughts on the Slim Mint wallet

I actually kind of like it even despite its flaws. And it does have some flaws. But what I do like about it

I kind of like the layout. When you open up, you got cards here, you got your card here, you got your cash here

So I do kind of like the layout when you open it up. It's kind of funny it has the word Slim in its name

when it's one of the thickest wallets I've reviewed. Now there are some things I don't like about it. Like I don't like the clasp

Now if you can really squeeze hard and make it stay in place. But it tends to, it tends to not want to close

I'm also not a fan of the money like this. I just like an old school wallet

You can get out what you want and leave the rest in there. On this one, you got to take everything completely out

I'm not a fan of that. But I'm going to keep using this because I wonder how long this clasp is going to hold up

If after a week it's already doing this, how will it be after a month or two

I'm going to keep using it and I'll let you know down the road how it's held up. But if you've used a slim mint wallet

tell me what you think in the comments below. I appreciate you watching and I'll see you next time