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Everyday thing: Wallet.

I've been in pursuit of the perfect wallet for a *long* time. My perfect wallet is exteremly thin. I will carry no more than 4-5 cards, and a little bit of cash. I will put it in my back pocket, so most "hard" wallets are out. I'd like to easily remove the cards. The best thing I've found so far is the "Magic Wallet" (image right) that is (from what I've heard) based off what waiters use to hold receipts and what not. For money this is pretty slick- you open the wallet up, drop the money in, close the wallet, then open it from the end and the money (or card) is secured inside the little straps. Quick and easy...

..but the quality of these wallets has always been poor. Too much use wears the straps out in short time. As a result, I'm currently using the ID Card holder insert of a "normal" wallet as my primary wallet (ie- I took a wallet that had a removable clear plastic id card insert, and that's my wallet). This is hardly satisfactory for me, so I was jazzed when 37signals posted about the Jimi wallet.

There are a large assortment of wallets that people are linking to along the lines of the above, I'm just waiting for the dust to settle on their post to see what the final list of "less is more" wallets looks like- then take a pick from there.

Thanks to 37Signals for helping complete this unfinished quest.