Men love to buy a nice looking wallet for the purpose of storing money and other personal items such as credit cards, checks, receipts, tickets, photos, id card etc. However there is one small problem, most of the wallets available in the market are bulky and thick in size. A wallet in a bulky design might result in making you feel uncomfortable, especially when you try to sit on a hard surface or take out the wallet from your slim pocket.

What Are Thin Wallets?
A thin wallet is also called smart wallet. These wallets are smart, lightweight and can accommodate more items in a small area, due to their slim and small design. Thin wallets are popular amongst the masses because they are extremely light in weight. If you research the market you will notice that there are plenty of lighter wallets, which you will hardly remember of holding a wallet in your pocket. It will be super easy to place them in your pocket along with other items. If you are looking for a wallet which is comfortable to use and offers a good storage space in a slimmer design then you should consider thin wallets. Let us explore the best thin wallet designs available in the market.

Money Clip Wallets
This is one of the most popular wallet styles, which prove to be a good alternative to traditional wallet designs. These wallets contains a small metal or magnet clip, which is used to grab your cash bills/notes firmly, so all your currency notes are handled by this thin clip. Money clips also provide slots for storing credit cards in vertical fashion. Some money clip designs provides a transparent id holder, where you can place your id card such as driving license, this way you can use it as a front pocket wallet.

Magic Wallets
A magic wallet consists of two flat surfaces connected through one or more elastic straps. This style is called as magic, due to the fact that it magically grabs the cash bills or credit cards in the elastic straps when you close the wallet and then flip it open to get the money out of elastic bands. Also there are some modified versions that comes with elastic straps on one side only, and the vertical credit card slots are on the other side.

Mighty Wallets
These wallets are produced from ultra strong tyvek material which is water proof, tear and scratch resistant. Tyvek is the same material which is used in postal envelopes. They can accommodate large number of personal belongings due to the expandable nature of tyvek sheet. Finally you can print design on the surface of tyvek sheet, for example; a Batman logo.

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For those who are interested in thin wallets, read the reviews of the top money clip wallets to buy.

In order to compare different styles read what are the best wallets for men in 2012.