The Ridge Wallet has been a solid slim choice to carry cards and some cash. They’ve grown quite a bit in popularity since I originally reviewed Ridge and this is the first major update to the design. The changes are a lot of improvements on what previously weighed down the Ridge Wallet.
Version Increase
The Ridge Wallet 2.0 is a lot of the same at a glance. Two polycarbonate (strong plastic) panels held together with a durable elastic band. On the front of the panels are screwed on faces with options for aluminum, carbon fiber, leather or titanium materials. The look can be customized as well, with teams, artwork, logos, and more. Ridge has kept a lot of what’s worked, which is a good thing.
Refining The Details
Ridge have dropped the weight of the Wallet 2.0 down to 70 grams. It’s not a major drop in weight from the original but noticeable enough to make the Ridge Wallet 2.0 feel much less imposing in your pocket. (A big gripe of mine the first time around.) The cash strap on the back has also been slimmed down, is still removable, and as much as 2.0 looks like 1.0, it feels significantly improved.
Ridge’s Impressive Guarantee
Ridge has always had a very generous 99 day return policy for many of their products, including the Ridge Wallet. It’s no questions asked so you can really test this out to see if you like one. But Ridge also though have a full replacement policy for loss and theft that comes with the Wallet 2.0 at no extra charge.
Basically, if you lose your Ridge Wallet or it gets stolen, they’ll send you a new one minus a processing fee of 17 to 27 dollars, depending on the cost of your original wallet. That’s a backing competitors will find hard to copy and a backing Ridge are hoping Wallet 2.0 will convince you too.
