Kipling Brownie Wallet

I needed to replace my old wallet which had a fully zippered compartment which kept the "receipts, coin purse and cash" compartment closed. The zipper fell of the track numerous times when I opened it, so I decided I needed a wallet without a fully zippered compartment. I also save all of my receipts until I get them home and enter them into my budget, so I needed a large wallet that can accommodate cash, receipts, over 10 credit cards and coins. This wallet is absolutely perfect. It has 2 buttons to choose from so that when the wallet is plump with receipts, I can still button it closed. The credit card compartment has a separate button closure which is a nice feature - it allows me to open the wallet without showing all of the cards. There are a couple of other full-sized compartments under the credit cards which allows me to keep coupons in. My old wallet was man-made material which, over time, disintegrated. This wallet is made of some sort of durable cloth, so I don't anticipate that it will fall apart as the other did. This is a great purchase and I am sure I will locate additional Kipling items in the future. Great quality, great price!

My "genuine" leather wallet disintegrated on me, so I figured I should see what developments have been made in synthetics in the last decade. The first, best thing about this wallet is that there is not a single scrap of velcro on it. In the nineties you couldn't get away from the stuff, even though it would invariably fall apart just from the process of fastening and unfastening it. Instead this wallet uses reinforced snaps for external closures and a zipper for the coin purse. There are two "windowed" card pockets, one the size of a driver's license and one the size of a business card. I would have preferred two license-sized pockets, or (better) a windowed passport pocket.Other features of interest:* Two snaps on the front, in case the wallet gets too full for the tighter snap.* Elastic snap that holds the third fold closed on one side. This keeps credit cards from suddenly spilling everywhere when you try to access the cash and coin purse, while still allowing easy access to one or two frequently used cards on the open side, and all of them by undoing the snap when needed.* Three cash pockets and a zippered coin purse in the second fold, in case you have to carry several different kinds of money.* Six credit card pockets on the second fold, and three on the third, for nine cards total.* Four passport sized pockets on the third fold.* Two checkbook pockets, one on the second fold and one on the third.Cons:* No flat surfaces under either check book fold makes writing checks difficult if the layer of deposit slips gets too thin. Can be remidied with a DIY writing surface (I used one of the few remaining intact leather panels from my old wallet).* Only one windowed license-sized pocket; a second windowed pocket is only large enough to hold a business card.* No windowed passport pockets; you have to pull out your passports to show them. (The only passport pocket that could have a window has the space covered by the extra three credit card pockets.)Naturally, longevity is an issue, as heat and humidity take their toll on everything, but it will take at least a year to estimate its durability (I hope).

It sure is an 'organized' wallet. It's got those slots to put in at least 6 credit cards and additional slots for a driver's licence or any other shop membership cards that you'd want to carry with you. Among the divisions, it has a zipped one for carrying coins. And what I love is being able to separate the currency bills by denomination and putting them in their own space without folding them. I've owned some good quality wallets previous to this one. Utility wise, this one beats them all. Mine's a "True Blue" color. Wiping it up with a damp cloth will clean it good for you, if ever you need to do it. It's been in use for the last one month or so and I am very happy with it. You don't even need some time to get used to it. No fumbling with it at all. It's comfortable from the first day of use. I've moved away from leather and the search ended right where it should. Kipling! :-)

I've bought and returned several wallets recently. It is hard to buy one online but I highly recommend this one. There are two currency areas (on either side of the coin purse), and there are two additional flat pockets for receipts or notes. The coin compartment is zippered. The 12 or so credit card slots, each allow for a few credit cards/membership cards in each slot to be stored vertically; they seem secure but the cards can be removed conveniently. There are two clear pockets--my NYS driver's license easily fits in one of them and the picture can be seen. The material seems sturdy. This is not a beauty, (for that, I'd get leather) but I think we'll go far together.

I dropped my previous KIpling wallet in the street, it was hit by a car and the snaps destroyed. I live over an hour from a store that sells good wallets, so I was desperate. Unfortunately I couldn't find the same product online and had to settle on a different design. This wallet, which arrived expeditiously, has more than fit the bill. I read the reviews and noted that a few people had problems with it, but that was the case with all the wallets I checked. Ironically, the one problem I've had is that the part of the snap that has the prong has occasionally come off the flap and remained in the bottom part of the snap. It doesn't always happen, and I've been able to deal with it when it has. If I'd had the luxury I would have returned it for another one, but this wallet holds everything that my former wallet did plus secondary cards such as membership cards that were in a smaller case. I like having everything in one wallet, and it fits just fine in my ordinary-size purse. Presumably this snap issue is not a design flaw, just a fluke, and I really don't think the prong part of the snap will get lost. Maybe a little bit of glue would fix it. I realize that this review will plant doubt in some potential purchasers, and it's too bad, because it really is a nice wallet.