Ekster Wallet Update (after 5 months of use)

Wallet sustained some scratches and I have dropped it once or twice on concrete or asphalt. Chipolo card stopped working completely (it will not charge). The mechanism to push the cards out sticks, but releases when cards are pulled out.

Overall score: C+

[prescotts.]

I’ve had my Parliament for 2+ years. The button on it started sticking several months ago, so I finally decided to check out what was wrong.
I cleaned out the aluminum inside with alcohol soaked q-tips (the long wooden kind). Surprisingly, not very dirty. Put a drop of gun oil on something that looked like a hinge/spring that lifts up the cards.
No Improvement.
So I studied the mechanics of the wallet some more, and I figured out what happening. The flip-up hinge that lifts the cards up is getting stuck against the aluminum case. I’m guessing the aluminum case is just barely getting squished, especially if guys are sitting on their Ekster.
The fix was easy….once you find a good tool for the job. For me, it was a skinny tooth brush. I slid it down to the bottom and then just slightly rotated the tooth brush to make the case bulge….just a little! I did it so little that I couldn’t notice any change, but it changed it enough to completely fix the sticking issue.
It was like a new wallet again. I even decided to clean and wax the leather after, cuz now I know I can get another 2+ years out of it.

[pauldennis]

For anyone wondering; The jamming isn’t from wear and tear. I bought a brand new Ekster Parliament wallet, straight out of the box, the button jammed like it did in this video. I figured it was just a bad batch, so I returned and exchanged for another. Same exact thing. It could be due to just cheap springs and components (im not sure) It sucks because it’s such a nice wallet and I would love to use it, but the jamming just turns me off; especially for $75 I’d expect the thing to pop cards out smoothly and effortlessly; it does not.

[ishmone]

In my humble opinion. I like a wallet that had wear and tear. As long as it still works. It shows how long you've had it and still functions

[carlosgarcia]

So I had this happen with an older parliament Wallet, Ekster covered it by their 1yr warranty. They sent me a new parliament wallet and I was able to change the color. Customer service was great. 2 yrs later and the trigger works just fine and doesn’t get stuck. I just ordered their new Carbon Fiber wallet and pretty stoked to use that.

[MND-umkw]

Thank you for this review, it addressed all the concerns with this wallet. Just saved myself some money - thank you!

[art]

Fingers crossed mine last longer (not the tracker card), i really like this wallet

[ominous]

I ordered the leather one (the Senate) exactly for this reason. Of course when you drop metal it's gonna get dinged up. Leather ages better.

The spring mechanism is well mechanical. It's gonna malfunction if you drop it. I'm hoping the leather version is able to absorb drops a lot better

[LiquidTurbo]

I wish people knew how crappy these wallets are. They just push so many ads. There’s plenty of better alternatives.

[matthewbenavidez]

Yours lasted a lot longer then mine it only lasted a day when the cards got stuck and it broke.

[jmaice]

So this is by far the worst product I have ever bought this wallet was a literal living nightmare!! The chipolo tracker card didn't work on day one and I left the outside in direct sunlight for 24 hours straight. Then after 2 WEEKS of using the wallet it working and all of my cards got jammed inside. I only put six cards which is not very much for me. My original wall I had about 15 cards in my wallet and I cut it my card I carry to more than half for something to break that quick shows me how cheap and a piece of junk this wallet is.

I was at a store trying to check out and the store was about to close and my only for of payment was stuck in the wallet!!! I had to bang the wallet and fling it around and get the cards out and store was closing and they were about to make me put my items back and suddenly the car just clicked and it barely shot the cards out about a centimeter and I was able to wiggle them out. What a nightmare! I'm not going to ask for a replacement, I'm going to ask for a full refund. I'm going to put up a review on my YouTube channel about the poor quality of this wallet.

I Emailed the company several times I tried to get a replacement and it took them three business days to get back to me because they don't have a freaking customer service phone number and then they told me I have to send them a video before they will replace it!!! WTF??? A VIDEO!? Are you joking!? Not cool at all. This is a terrible company to deal with and their customer service sucks!

[iemerald]

Honestly i really like it. The people that have the ejector jamming issue are probably the ones that are pushing it for fun multiple times lol the main card you use should go behind the back plate and keep 5 cards in the main slot and you'll be fine.

[johntsingis]

A different reviewer commented that the button feels "heavier" and the spring get heavily worn when you max out the cards with raised lettering. Does your sticking button issue disappear when you use less cards? Mine arrives in a week...I plan to store it in my dress shirt pockets, so it won't be getting scuffed up like in this video!

[nIXne]

You got 5 months out of your tracker lol mine lasted 5 seconds

[-l-]

thank you for sharing. if the wallet goes upside down, do the cards within it fall out?

[JimBobe]

Use some wd40 for the button :) it did wonders for mine

[kiddeucewardsnowden_bd]

So theirs nowhere to charge it!? Or is their anywhere to charge it???

[Dannyv]

Ekster wallets are trash they dont last ans they only give u a year warranty cause they know the button dont last i switched to secrid wallets u get a 3 year warranty and the button is alot better ans made better tje wallets last years compared to ekster

[williamhosford]

It probably sticks cause you got too many goddamn cards how many cards does somebody need 3 4 is good with their license and Wallets dont last forever even this one it's a good wallet

[mattm]

At least your button work, as much money as i paid i cannot get my cards out making it worthless after 3 months. button does absolutely nothing was hoping this was a repair video. nope just a 😐 review and yea don’t put electronics in the sun, what did you think was going to happen? common sense says you would get nicks and scrapes on metal