Sure it may be inexpensive and “engrave-able” with a label printer, but wow, you’ve got to get something else besides that gigantic black binder clip you borrowed from your office to store your money in. It’s not only bad for the magnetic stripes on your card, it makes you look…well, cheap. And that you value a quick solution instead of a smart one. Why not check out our cash-organizers instead? They’re geeky, innovative, and stylish. Just like you, right?
The simplest, most elegantly nerdy solution for you if you primarily carry cash and one or two credit cards is the Circuit Board Money Clip ($10). Choose your circuitboard color–red, green, or blue–and then clip together your loose bills and receipts. Easy.
So you’ve got a few more credit cards but still like the concept of a money clip. The Duct Tape Money Clip will be absolutely perfect for you. Everyone knows how useful duct tape is for securing cables to the floor, holding broken CRT monitor cases together and repairing holey laptop bags, but as it turns out it also makes awesome wallets. There’s 2 credit card slots and 1 clear ID window along with the money clip part so you can stash the essentials in style.
So you need a better solution than just a hopped-up money clip, but you still want to show off your nerd cred, and you don’t want anything that’s too bulky. Check out these Tyvek Dot Matrix Wallets that come in Trifold ($23) and Bifold ($18) forms. It looks like you’ve got a wallet made from retro pin-fed accounting paper that people used to use to print out reports or ASCII art, but it’s made of super strong yet thin and waterproof Tyvek–a paper-like material made from plastics (the same thing that USPS Priority Mail envelopes are made from). The printed numbers are the first 3,000 digits of pi, which not only made a nice decoration, it also makes your wallet into a swank reference tool.
You’re a gadget freak and wish you could apply cool technology to managing your cash and credit cards every day. You’ve got to check out this Credit Card Organizer ($39.50)–just push the corresponding switch and the card you want is nudged out of its slot for you to grab and use with ease. They’re totally lightweight with a low profile and have a cash clip on the reverse to store more stuff. You can even switch out the icons assigned to each slot with others or just use colors. And you’ll never go back to a standard wallet again!
OK, so you’re a gadget freak and a card freak. The option for you is the larger version of the aforementioned gadget: the 12-Card Credit Card Organizer ($58). The same six switches control 2 cards now, doubling your payment / loyalty-generating power. It’s perfect if you use a bag or a purse and don’t need to stuff it down your pants–er, pockets–every day.
While a gadget that pops out cards by the push of a switch is definitely cool, you’re more of a traditionalist, but with still a ton of credit cards and cash.Your best best would be to go with the Duct Tape Hybrid Credit Card Wallet ($15). There’s slots for nine credit cards and a clear window for your ID, as well as a regular money fold and a slot for coins. It’s the ultimate, nerdiest solution for physical money exchange management and it won’t set you back too much at a mere fifteen bucks.
If you’re almost sold, there are more options between the ones we’ve picked. Check out all the wallets we have here and you’ll surely be on your way to being a more organized, money-at-the-ready geek.