a little while ago, i snapped up MASHSF’s sweet little SMALL GIFTS WALLET, which isn’t actually called that, and which is basically for keeping your money and phone safe from sweat and weather in your jersey pocket.

i didn’t get a chance to use it till YESTERDAY though, so it’s time for a review!

here are shots of the wallet loaded…

the contents were — $120 in 20s, my CADL, debit card, credit card, healthcare card, san francisco bicycle coalition card, and a motorola droid 2.

straight away, we note that while many phones will fit in this wallet, it is clearly made for an iphone. my phone’s width and height dimensions are within millimeters of an iphone’s, but my phone’s depth dimension is much larger. with all those cards and the money and the phone in there, it takes a bit of effort to close the ziploc-like closure. but with that stated, it does fit, and once the wallet is closed it’s very secure. that’s a heavy-duty closure and it never popped open during my use of it yesterday. however, i would not be able to put any more money or cards in there than what i had so i know my max capacity right now.

there are a couple of subtle details about this that make it more than just a plastic bag, too. one is that the corners of it are rounded so that it slips into and out of a jersey pocket easily and without snagging the material. that’s kind of a big deal. the most outstanding detail of all though, is that you can navigate your touchScreen without taking your phone out. i don’t know if this is something that requires use of a special type of plastic or what, but it’s advertised on the PURCHASE PAGE as a benefit, so i have to imagine that it was sought out for that specific trait. no matter how it ended up being the case, it RULES.

overall, i wouldn’t suggest getting this if you have anything other than an iphone, a droid smaller than mine, or a motorola RAZR. full-sized blackberries will definitely not fit, and flipPhones like the old nokias probably won’t work either.

but it’s an easy 9/10 CLANK! product, only missing 10/10 because the new versions have a different crop and color on the MASH logo that i don’t like nearly as much as the crop and color of the first-gen one that i have.

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