Smart wallets are one of few new accessories that have been trending for modern lifestyle. They’re designed to be quite small, ultra-lightweight, and extremely portable when compared to traditional wallets. Furthermore, while Smart Wallets can only carry a small set of notes for cash payments and just a few card for card payments, they’re certainly much easier to carry around than traditional wallets. This brings us the Ekster Smart Wallets.
The Ekster Smart Wallets are basically the next generation of wallets. These ultra-slim smart wallets come in two different models, which are the Ekster Parliament Smart Wallet (Parliament Wallet) and the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet (Senate Cardholder), and both models are available in a wide variety of colors.
While these might look great at first hand, what really makes these smart wallets shine is the fact that they can be easily trackable whenever you find your wallet missing, which means that never again you’ll have to go through the heartbreaking and breathtaking experience that is losing your wallet.
Furthermore, with their Quick Card Access Mechanism all of your cards are easily accessible 24/7, while the wallets’ RFID blocking technology keep all of your cards fully protected against RFID skimming (method to unlawfully obtain someones payment card information) and Data Theft.
Now, let’s take a more detailed look at these Ekster Smart Wallets and their proprietary accessory that makes them trackable, the Ekster Tracker Card.
Ekster Smart Wallets – Ekster Parliament & Ekster Senate
The Ekster Smart Wallets are designed for anyone who lives in a upbeat lifestyle, as it offers users a great wallet smart solution that combines both practicality and style, thus bringing you a smart wallet that comes in an ultra-slim and compact design.
Ekster Parliament Smart Wallet
Starting with the Ekster Parliament Smart Wallet, this is a leather smart wallet that’s perfect for anyone that’s looking to have slim card storage solution with quick card access.
Furthermore, this leather smart wallet is also extremely durable, as it can last up to 1000 days and still look almost as new as the first day you used it.
The Ekster Parliament Smart Wallet measures just 0.4 inches long by 4.1 inches wide by 2.5 inches tall (1.1 x 10.5 x 6.5 cm) and comes equipped with a Multi-Purpose Storage Strap for any of your cash notes and/or receipts.
As mentioned before, the Ekster Parliament Smart Wallet also features the company’s Patented Card Mechanism, which is guaranteed to always offer its users an easy access solution for their cards.
As such, the Ekster Parliament Smart Wallet also features a built-in aluminum cardholder (the previously mentioned Quick Card Access Mechanism, which works as a Card Slider System) that fans out your cards at the click of a button.
This button is located on the bottom left of the wallet and can be used easily to quickly gain access to any of your cards at any time you need to do so.
Additionally, and as mentioned before, this smart wallet also features RFID blocking technology, which is guaranteed to keep all of your cards fully protected against RFID skimming and Data Theft.
Lastly, with the Ekster Parliament Smart Wallet you can store up to 12 cards, but it’s recommended that you only keep around 9 stored so that you have enough space for specially designed “Scanner Cards” to be used, all just so that you can spend less time fidgeting around your cards and more time focusing on your busy daily routine.
Ideally, you’re looking to store up to a maximum of 6 non-embossed cards, or a combination of 4 to 5 embossed/non-embossed cards (depending on the thickness of each card).
Adding the Ekster Tracker Card (discussed at the end of the article) to the wallet is what will allow you to make the wallet trackable.
Ekster Senate Smart Wallet
Moving on to the second model of the Ekster Smart Wallets, we have the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet. This is a slightly slimmer leather smart wallet than the Ekster Parliament, and as such, it’s perfect for anyone that’s looking to have an ultra-slim card storage solution with quick card access.
However, just like the company’s other smart wallet model (the Ekster Parliament), the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet is also made of premium leather, and as such, it is as durable as the first model, which ultimately allows it to last quite a while (almost 3 years) before you even need to think about when you’ll need to get a new one.
Since this model is a bit more slim than the first reviewed one (Ekster Parliament), the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet only measures 0.3 inches long by 4.1 inches wide by 2.3 inches tall (0.85 x 10.5 x 6 cm), which ends up making it quite slim.
In case of the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet, contrarily to the previously reviewed model (the Ekster Parliament), the Ekster Senate’s Multi-Purpose Storage Strap works as a removable cash strap.
This means that not only can you use it to store any of your cash notes and/or receipts, but you can also get rid of it whenever you’re tired of having it around, which ends up giving the wallet an even more simplified look.
Furthermore, just like the Ekster Parliament model, the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet also features the company’s Patented Card Mechanism, which is guaranteed to always offer its users an easy access solution for their cards.
The Ekster Senate’s built-in aluminum cardholder (Quick Card Access Mechanism, which works as a Card Slider System) works just like the first model, and can be popped-out by using a small button that’s located on the bottom left of the wallet, which will force the smart wallet’s Quick Card Access Mechanism to fan out your cards as soon as you click that button.
Just like the Ekster Parliament model, this quick-access button can ultimately be used to easily and quickly gain access to any of your cards at any time you need to do so.
Additionally, and as mentioned at the beginning of the article, the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet also features RFID blocking technology, which is guaranteed to keep all of your cards fully protected against RFID skimming and Data Theft.
Lastly, with the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet you can store up to 10 cards, but it’s recommended that you only keep around 7 stored so that you have enough space for specially designed “Scanner Cards” to be used, all just so that you can spend less time fidgeting around your cards and more time focusing on your busy daily routine.
Ideally, and once again, just like the Ekster Parliament model,you’re looking to store up to a maximum of 6 non-embossed cards, or a combination of 4 to 5 embossed/non-embossed cards, as most cards can be somewhat thick, but the number of cards that you’ll be able to store will obviously depend on the thickness of each of your cards.
Adding the Ekster Tracker Card (discussed right ahead) to the wallet is what will allow you to make the wallet trackable.
Ekster Tracker Card
Now, taking a look at the “pièce de résistance”, the thing that makes both of these smart wallets (Ekster Parliament and Ekster Senate) truly smart.
COMPATIBILITY
The Ekster Tracker Card is fully compatible with any iOS device that’s running on iOS 11 or above, as well as with any Android device that’s running on Android 5 or above.
CONNECTIVITY – CHIPOLO APP
Since the Ekster Tracker Card is powered by Chipolo Technology, the smart wallets’ tracker can only be connected to the Chipolo App, which is available to download for free for both iOS and Android devices.
In terms of coverage, this Chipolo-Tech-Powered smart wallet tracker card works worldwide on a QR Safety Net Platform.
Its Bluetooth connectivity works up to 200 ft (60 m) with BLE 4.0.
BATTERY & BATTERY LIFE
The Ekster Tracker Card operates on a Solar-Powered battery, and with just 3 hours of charging its battery, you can ultimately get a battery life that could last you between 2 to 3 full months.
NOTABLE FEATURES
Ring to Track
Finding these Ekster Smart Wallets is also quite easy when having the Ekster Tracker Card in them.
Via the Chipolo App, you can easily use your Smartphone to ring the Ekster Tracker Card in order to easily find your wallet.
Voice Assistant Support
Just like many other smart gadgets out there, the Ekster Tracker Card also features Voice Assistant support, which means that it can be Voice-Activated thanks to its wide Voice Assistant compatibility, as it works with Google Assistant, Alexa and Siri.
Selfie-Mode
Lastly, the Ekster Tracker Card also supports something that the company calls “Selfie-Mode”, which allows you to take remote group selfies with your the Tracker Card.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The Ekster Smart Wallets and Ekster Smart Wallet Tracker Card are perfect for modern lifestyle. With an ultra-slim and lightweight design, storage capacity of up to 10~12 cards, RFID blocking technology that protects your cards against RFID skimming and Data Theft, and easy Bluetooth Tracking, these smart wallets are exactly what you need for the year of 2020.
As the company (Ekster) much cleverly puts it: “When your wallet could do all this, why keep one that doesn’t.
If you’re interested in buying the Ekster Parliament Smart Wallet, each unit is currently going for $89 only, and this model is available in tons of different colors. You can order yours online via this link, which will take you to Ekster’s official corresponding shopping page.
If you’re interested in buying the Ekster Senate Smart Wallet, each unit is currently going for a very affordable price of just $69, and this model is also available in tons of different colors. You can place your order online, directly at Ekster’s official shopping page, which you can access by clicking here.
Lastly, if you’re also looking to get the Ekster Tracker Card to make any of the two Ekster Smart Wallets trackable, then each unit will cost you $49 only. You can get yours via the official website, which you access via this link.
