Wyn Takes On the Ridge With Its New Titanium Wallet
A Kickstarter veteran returns with a familiar all-metal design and a patent-pending twist aimed at the one thing that drives me mad about these wallets.
Ridge wallet lookalikes are not exactly uncommon. A quick search on Amazon and you'll see hundreds of basically the same design, all trying to capitalize on the Ridge's sleek, all-metal plate look. So when I stumble across a Kickstarter campaign for a wallet in that same Ridge style, I always go into it with a huge slice of skepticism.
WYN Titanium Wallet: Impossibly Slim & Easy to Use
A Kickstarter Veteran, Not a Chancer
Wyn, though, are a brand I’d consider a Kickstarter veteran. With 15 successful campaigns fully funded and their 16th, this one, well on its way having already raised over $20,000, it seems they know exactly what they’re doing. That track record alone was enough to make me take this one more seriously than the usual copycats.
My own introduction to them was the simply dubbed ‘Wyn Wallet’ back in 2018, followed by their revised Wyn Wallet 2.0 in late October 2019. That wallet was, it’s fair to say, pretty unique, one of the slimmest ever produced, being nothing more than a credit-card shaped and sized plate with a cutout so cards could be tucked underneath. A true minimalist wallet in every sense of the word, although it very much was a gimmick.
From the Slimmest Wallet Going to a Ridge Rival
But things have changed, and Wyn are now well underway with their latest campaign, the Wyn Titanium Wallet, a Ridge-inspired wallet that tries to solve many of the issues with the Ridge and its many competitors.
The Real Problem With Ridge-Style Wallets
The biggest issue with Ridge-style wallets, for me anyway, is how fiddly they are to get cards in and out of. The cards are stacked on top of each other, the elastic holding it all together gets tight and tough as it bulks up, and actually accessing those cards on the move can be nothing short of a headache.
A Squeeze, and You’re In
What the Wyn Titanium Wallet does differently comes down to how the brand attempts to solve that ease of access. The so-called patent-pending Wyn Easy Access System is exactly that. Squeeze the metal plates at the side and the wallet opens up instantly, so there’s no fumbling about trying to pry the plates apart. From the video and images on the Kickstarter it looks seamless, but I’ll have to hold out until it’s in my hands before I pass proper judgment.
So, Would I Back It?
Overall, I’m never a fan of new Kickstarters rehashing old wallets. But in the case of the Wyn, at least they’re trying to do something genuinely different, even if the core design is essentially the same, and for that I can respect them. Taking the negatives of the Ridge and actually trying to solve them is great for the market, and I hope to get my hands on this wallet very soon.
Back the Wyn Titanium Wallet on Kickstarter here: Wyn Titanium Wallet.