First off, let me say I do like Maxpeditions' stuff. It's TOUGH, in a word. But there are a few glaring flaws with this wallet I must touch on. (and it's bigger brother also applies to this review, the Urban Wallet)

I bought this wallet because the Urban Wallet I own has velcro. The velcro annoys my ears and somehow feels like I own a wallet made by PreSkool or something. It just sometimes reminds me of MyFirstWallet, or some kind of kid's toy. Also, I just don't like how much extra room it takes up in the rear at times. Driving in the car, it occasionally gets annoying.

I think these wallets should be a little wider and a little less tall. I have issues with getting the wallet to slide into my back pocket and sit under the hem of jeans. It's not drastically sticking out the top, but It's a just little easier to be pickpocketed if your wallet sticks out a hair from the top of your pocket. The "tall" design also makes it tough to get credit cards to stay in place in their slots because width is what permits the concealment the cards. While this is great for sliding them out in a hurry, it impacts in worse ways when attempting to get the cards to stay in place when opening your wallet.

Cash is another thing. Using the main "compartment" to house cash, your bills would have to be folded in awkward ways to get them to fit. simply folding them in half normally and shoving them in there doesn't work because again, the tall/wide issue makes the bills stick up further than the half-way point that closes the wallet. This same tall/wide problem haunts the outside pocket (which I believe was designed to carry cash.) I just don't understand it..

The ID slot sucks. Plain and simple. It's far too wide for a civilian ID to fit inside without slip-sliding around. I've had to put a few more cards behind my ID to get it to stay put. Are military ID's wider/longer than normal civ ID's? My ID also doesn't slide FULLY under the seamed part that quarantines the ID portion from the other parts of the wallet. Simply strange. It's almost as if Maxpedition had easy access in mind during the design process instead of actually holding things in place better. It's definitely great when I need easy access, but sucky when I just want things to stay put.

Overall though, I love simplicity, and I'll carry the wallet for a long time. It certainly won't die on me because of the extreme build quality, but I do wonder if it will get tiring trying to make things fit that just don't by default. Someone, please tell me if there's a better way, I just might not have found it yet.