Tear down and comparison of the Ridge and Pirna Carbon Fiber wallets

Ridge’s band wallet design was launched off of kickstarter in 2013 and since then has gradually refined the design into the successful platform we see today. In 2019, Pirna shipped their carbon fiber wallet which looks and functions exactly like the Ridge. We take them apart and compare them to see what’s what. @RidgeWalletYT

SHOW NOTES AND RESOURCES*

ADDITIONAL RIDGE WALLET REVIEWS

TIMESTAMPS:
Intro - 0:00
Unboxing - 00:19
Feature Review - 00:41
Measurement & Weight - 03:06
Review Summary/Detail - 08:27
Pricing - 08:41
Final Score - 09:34

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[walletopia]

Are “knockoffs” bad? Or are they a sign that the inventing company should be moving on to something more innovative?

[differlot]

Really liked the electricity experiment. Really unique and I learned about carbon fiber now lol

[orangefox]

5:14
Now, let's get to the fun part
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[Nite.Stalker]

Now, Ridge is selling the carbon fiber at $125! They increased it!

[prodigygaming]

What was the aftermath of scratches on both wallets you really dragged those things on that desk of yours and with the screwdriver.

[petipetya]

Very interesting datas, thanks for the detailed experience. Do we want to support big names (Ridge, Trayvax etc.) or keep customer interests in mind?

[alexp]

I love the channel man do you think you could do more reviews on aurochs wallets like the gravity or the nova? I wanna see more of there wallets but there’s virtually no reviews or videos on most of their products, thanks!

[carcar]

The ridge wallet looks a little classier... It just looks a little better to me..

[kevinkarnes]

Cool video. Actually learned about carbon fibers conductivity from a special with Michio Kaku. It really is a super material with amazing properties. I'm not sure if the inner plates are all plastic or if there's any metal but that could give a false positive. You should try the test again with the plates removed by themselves.

[alecbuxton]

The newer models of the pirna wallet are nicer as they have the forged carbon plates but I would say that the king of the affordable ridge style wallet's is still rossom because of the extras that they do for about the same
Price point as the pirna but they take. A close second place after rossm

[therealchayd]

I have some raw carbon fiber here and can confirm that, yes, it is indeed conductive, surprisingly so. The Ridge pricing is obscene, I mean CF is expensive, but not *that* expensive, jeez! 😲

[jasonm]

Pirna wins. No card holder/money clip should be at a $115-$125 cost.

[theinstantnoodle]

Great vid. I agree that the Ridge wallet is way overpriced (hence the reason I got it on sale, ) but that Pirna carbon fiber material looks heinous. Fingerprints are a no no. I'll stick with my Ridge.

[Gosu]

As far as I know that inner part is coated aluminum — not a plastic. You repeated this mistake in a few of Your videos already... That's why this carbon wallet can be RFID blocking...

[iCutWaffles]

That option you used with the multimeter is for diodes... it's not a real test lol

[jl]

Those 3 points of difference are not worth 80$

[rossborgwardt]

Nice review! Thanks for all the great reviews.

Have you heard of the wyn minimalist wallet 2.0. I looks like a great little wallet. The company only has short little clips of it and I can’t get a good view of it. Can you check it out? Thanks!

[markfrolick]

Looks like Amazon no longer offers this wallet. Goos while it lasted

[alecbuxton]

The problem with ridge wallets is that they are to expensive for what they are just look at all the copies and clones ok all of which aren't of the same quality but one or two do try to get close for a way cheaper price pigs will fly before I would drop 85 pound plus on a wallet

[jsmreal]

I hate when the product is literally the same... In the sense where if maybe there was a slight change in the features somehow or the position of the parts and or groves might make the competitor stand out....