Aircard Pro Dual Review

I’ve been a fan of tracking my belongings for as long as i can remember. From my luggage, through to sticking an airtag on my dogs collar i’ve tried a huge variety of different tracking devices on the market many of which are mentioned in our article on the best wallet trackers. I have tracking devices in everything and over the years companies have come and gone, prices have dropped signicantly (you can buy knock-off trckers for as little as $5.00 these days), and competition increased. If you’re intested in the tracker market, how it works and how to get the best possible price check out our article on ‘The Sudden Surge of Card Tracking Devices’.

Obiously as a wallet reviewer I’m a big fan of credit card shaped trackers and have owned many over the years including both the Tile Slim and Chipopo’s Tracking Card. But things have changed in the tracking space in the last few years and theirs hunderds of different brands all vying for your money.

One of them? The Aircard Pro Duel from brand Rolling Square. I’ve had the AirCard for a little over 2 months now, put it thought its paces and lost my wallet a fair few times since then. So how does it stack up? Is it worth the higher rpice tag, or is its abunfance of features make it a jack of all trades but a master of none?

A handy comparison table to showcase the different trackers & there features/specs.

Aircard Pro Dual: Introduction

Rolling Square is a Hong Kong-based tech accessories brand that has carved out a niche in the smart everyday carry space. Founded with a focus on minimalist, well-engineered gear, the brand has built a following among those who want their kit to work harder without taking up more space. Their products tend to sit at the intersection of clean industrial design and genuine practicality, which has earned them a loyal audience on Kickstarter and beyond.

Built almost entirely on the back of crowdfunding, the brand describes itself as having started as a crowdfunding project, and that origin story is central to everything they do. They have since evolved into a fast-growing startup with over 12 successfully funded campaigns, making them one of the more prolific and consistent Kickstarter presences in the tech accessories space. The AirCard, what im reviewing today was their biggest success raised over €1,060,000 against an original goal of just €20,000, making it one of the most funded wallet-adjacent products in Kickstarter history.

Let’s get the negatives out of the way

Before i get into the full review of the Aircard Pro Dual i want to talk about my unfotrunatly neagtive start to the whole setup proccess of the AirCard pro. I’m not exactly sure who to blame for this suation. Some is on part my own fault, some fault was the questionable customer service from RollingSquare, but i think the main problem was Google’s own very buggy ‘Find Hub’.

As an android users, i was setting up the Aircard with Google’s Find Hub. After unboxing the wallet and opening the app google uses what’s known as ‘Fast Pair’ which means as soon as Find Hub detects your tracknig device a small pop-up will appear asking you to connect the card.

The problem was i accidently dismissed this pop-up and for the life of me i couldn’t get it pop back up again. The Aircard hadn’t connected so it wasn’t appearing in the app, nor was there a way to manually activate the sycing feature though the card itself - i was stuck.

At this point i tried anything and everything from simple things like restarting my phone, though to clearing google play services cache nothing seems to work. At this point i had already reached out to the RollingSquare support team through their WhatsApp.

After explaining the problem and sending them a full video of the problem i quickily lost faith in their support. Generic resonses, and it was clear they hadn’t even watched the video i sent over as they both misunderd my issue entirely and gave me a poetnial fix that would only work for Apple’s find my. Not what im looking for guys.

Just my casual back and forth with Rolling Sqaure: They got the issue fixed in the end.

To give them credit though they were very fast with their resposnes (even if they were initally useless), and did end up fixing the problem for me. The first thing i tried was to reset the Aircard pro entirely. This is done by clicking the power button 4 times and then holding it down for up to an addtional 10 seconds.

The problem i had was the instructions were not clear about how to tell when the device is actually reset and didnt explain you had to hold the button for 10 seconds (the instructions that came with the tracker said somethign different). To cut a long story short i was never actually restting the device and it was only after i recived more precice insutrctions from the support team, was i able to reset the Aircard and get the device working.

Look, Design and Build Quality

What initially drew me to the Aircard pro was its design. RollingSqaure have really gone to the effort to not just make this tracking card functoial but also something nice looking that you’d actually enjoy carring with you. It’s sort of has a sci-fi look to it with areas of the card exposed so you can see the eltronics inside. Now i can’t deny i have a soft spot for electronics that have their innards exposed.

I grew up with the clear gameboy color, and also am a big fan of Sharge owning many of their goods. Although design always remains entirely subjective, the card is presented very nicely and i’ve got to give props to Rolling Square for that. but the design isn’t purely astheic the card has everything laid out in an easy and intutive way.

The positoning of the on/off button is clearly indicated, the wireless charing is marked with a ‘cross’ and the QR code, there for if you accidently lose the card and someone, finds it, clearly idicated and postioned on the front of the card. Overall A+.

Its’ crazy how thin this really is. Any thinner and it would probably prone to snap.

Outside of the design, the quality of the card is also worth mentioning. It’s very well built, and it still amazes me how much technologty can fit in something that is just 2.2 mm thick in size.

I’ll talk more on this later, but its size is noteworthy. At just 2 card cards thick in size, the wallet doesn’t have any trouble sliding seemlessly into any wallet, whether its a tradtional bifold or a more mordern metal wallet like the Axwell.

Finally onto the AirCard Pro’s dubrality. Look at the end of the day this thing is one big circit board at just a few mm thick. The thing in naturally going to be fairly fragile. Don’t try to bend it and you’ll be good. Nothing much else to say here.

The wallet fit: How does the AirCard fit in Popular Wallets?

As someone who’s reviews and owns hundereds upon hunderds of wallets, i wanted to test how easy it is to store the Aircard Pro in a variety of different styles of wallets in different shapes, sizes and materials. The card itself is roughly the same size of three flat standard sized credit/debit cards. Because of this i tried the AirCard in 50+ different wallets from my collection to see how well it fits in some of the more popular wallets on the market. I’ve included all these in the below table.

Wallet Brand	Wallet Type	AirCard Compatibility	Potential Issues	Review
Ridge Wallet	A metal plate wallet where cards are sandwiched between two aluminium plates and secured with a rubber strap or elastic cash band.	Adding the AirCard between the plates does add bulk. If you carry more than six cards already	Adding the AirCard between the plates does add bulk. If you carry more than six cards already	Learn More
Ekster Wallet	Adding the AirCard between the plates does add bulk. If you carry more than six cards already	Adding the AirCard between the plates does add bulk. If you carry more than six cards already	Adding the AirCard between the plates does add bulk. Certain card slots are quite tight when stored. Works suprisingly well in the pop-up mechinism.	Learn More
Secrid Mini Wallet	A compact pop-up wallet built around an aluminium Cardprotector that ejects cards via a lever with a leather exterior wrap.	Fits comfortably in the external leather card slots on the outside of the wallet. Technically fits in the pop-up mechanism but not recommended.	Placing the AirCard inside the aluminium Cardprotector is not advisable as it adds bulk and may affect the mechanism (works but gets stuck). Use the external slots instead. The aluminium casing may also slightly reduce Bluetooth signal strength.	Learn More
Bellroy Note Sleeve	A slim leather bifold with flat bill storage a pull-tab quick-access card section and internal card slots.	Fits great across the majority of the wallet slots. Best stored in one of the internal slots where it sits out of the way without interfering with daily card access.	No significant issues. The Note Sleeve layout means the AirCard sits naturally without adding noticeable bulk or creating friction with regular card use.	Learn More

Functionality: Why this tracker stands above the rest

While design is all well and good, its always going to be subjective and with something like a tracker, its going to spend the majoirty of its life tucked away inside your wallet anyways. What really makes the Aircard Pro stand above the vast majoirty of trackers on the market is its impressive array of features. Most trackers simply provide tracking, but RollingSquare have gone above and beyond to provide not 1 but three distinct features that could all be there own seperate device.

The first is obiously the tracking feature and the main reason why we’re all carrying this device. What made me choose the Aircard Dual is the simple fact it’s compatable with both android and apple devices and works with both of their networks - hence the ‘dual’ name. A major plus for people like myself, who frequenly switch between apple and android and also have family members who use a different device to myself.

The seocnd feature, and the one i most overlooked, is the Aircard’s wireless charging. It might be crazy to think now but back when i owned and used Tile’s tracking cards, could you beleive that you couldn’t replace their batteries? literally, once the batteries ran out the trackers were useless.

We’ve come along way since then and although the majoirty of brands do allow you to change or replace your batteries, having wireless charging built directly into the tracker is seemless, effortless and for me, secures the longevity of the tracker. Now i’ve tested this on a variety of wireless chargers from Apple’s own MagSafe Charger, though to generic no-name branded chargers from amazon. They all work seemlessly and it works a treat.

Finally, we have the so called ‘business card’ feature. I’m actually quite qualfied to talk about this as i’ve had quite a bit of expereicen with digital business cards or NFC Business cards, as they commonly refered to as. The AirCard Pro uses a third party platform called ‘sherr.it’ which is essentialy like the more popular ‘LinkTree’ service, that allows you to create a simple digital overview of all your infroatmion ranging from simple data like, name, profession, and contact information like a phone or email address.

A basic profile where you can share information. Powered by Sherr.it.

Digital Business Cards are all the rage these days. If you customise your Sherr.it profile to be proffesional then it very well could be used for networking reasons. A potential client scans the QR code and they’ll have instant access to your online profile - very cool. The very downside to this is the AirCard Pro doesn’t include NFC. Let me explain.

If you’ve ever used or heard of a NFC Business Card the idea is simple. Instead of carriny a large stack of phsycal paper cards you carry just one digital or nfc business card. When you’re networking or meeting with propsective cleints you simply get them to tap their phone on your card and your information is instantly transder to their phone. This is all powered by NFC (near field commucation) that comes standard on nearly 90% of modern day smart phones.

While this isn’t a flaw, it is a bit of a downer that the AirCard doesn’t come up NFC. If it did, this card would rivial even the top digital business cards on the market. As i said, this isn’t exactly a flaw, just something i hope RollingSquare think about in the future.

My Carry Experience: Is the AirCard any good?

I have only owned the Aircard for a little over 2 months at the time of wriing this review so, to me, so i’ll got a pretty good grasp of the wallet at this point. There’s no doubt the AirCard Pro is a brilliant tracker and something i’m very pleased to carry on a daily basis. Every feature of the tracker works as intended, and i’ve had no issues with the card since i’ve been using it. I’m now going to go through the different aspects of the wallets and give my honest thoughts.

Battery Life: Since owning the AirCard Pro i’ve not even had the chance to use charge it yet because it just hasn’t run out of battery. RollingSquare suggest the card can last up to 12 months between charges. I’ll definatly update in the future but at present i’ve had exactly zero issues with battery life - amazing stuff.

Loosing your device (or wallet): So over the 2 months of owning the AirCard i’ve lost my wallet at least half a dozen times, and having the AirCard has never failed to help me find the wallet. The noise or ‘ringer’ that plays when you active the lost mode in Find My is loud but not overly so. Sometimes you can’t quite pinpoint the exact location of the sound until you walk around a bit. Not really an issue, i found my device 100% of the times i lost it, just something to keep in mind.

Another issue i had, and im unsure of this is a Google Find my issue or AirCard Pro issue is that when you activate the the ringer it rings only once for about 5 seconds then stops ringing. You then need to click the ring button again, and it’ll start again. It’s that simple hjaving to start it over and over that is the problem. No problem is the wrong word, its annoying but something i had to mention.

Wallet fit: As i mentioned in the section above the AirCard Pro is really no thinner than a standard debit ro credit card. I found no wallets that i owned that wouldn’t easily accomedate the card - great stuff.

Digital ID: the digital id feature is nice to have but its pretty bareboned and could defiantly do with some work. It works fine, but there’s so much more that could be done, new feactures, ect… but for basic information it works well.

Final Verdict: Do I recommend the Aircard Pro Duel?

Despite my unforuante start to owning the Aircard Pro Duel, i can very happy with it so far. It provides above and beyond what other card tracking manufactuers and brands are producing at the moment and doing it with both style and durbality along with a fairly affordable price tag to match coming in at $40.00. Is it the chepeast tracker yhou can get these days, no? But i’d challenge you ocan’t find another tracker on the market that matches the Aircard 1 to 1 in everything it offers all in a credit card shaped device no thicker than a few cards.

In my oppnion the Aircard pro is currently the best tracker on the market and if you’re looking for a device that mean’s you’ll never lose your wallet again, this is a fanatsic choice for anyone looking for a modern tracker with features to match. RollingSqaure are going from stregth to strength and i can’t wait to see what they come up with in the future. For more information on the Aircard Pro Duel, and the original Aircard by Rolling Square check out their official website using the link here.