This is my third or fourth Bosca wallet.  None of them actually wore out, they just got beat up enough that I wanted a nice shiny new one.  After reading the other reviews, I decided to go with the hipster and I'm very happy that I did.  My other wallets were the shorter style and ended up as a fairly fat lump in my pocket.  The hipster spreads the cards and "stuff" over a bit more width and stays remarkably flat.  It also has the advantage of being slightly more difficult to remove from my pocket and that makes me feel less susceptable to a pickpocket.  Besides, it's pretty square and doesn't end up sideways like my others occasionally did.  Bosca makes very good, very high quality products.  They are a little expensive, but when they last this long, so what?