Review: Pacsafe Toursafe Wallet

The nice people at United Limsun, the authorized Philippine distributor of Pacsafe gave me another item for review, which compliments the Toursafe Handbag: the Pacsafe Toursafe Wallet. The Toursafe Wallet comes in the same design and colors as the handbag: black, taupe and tabasco.

Pacsafe Toursafe Wallet
Pacsafe Toursafe Wallet without the matching Toursafe handbag

The wallet matches my handbag perfectly: it’s also black outside and lilac inside. The wallet comes with a slash-proof chain that you can hook to any Toursafe bag, giving you peace of mind that your wallet’s not going anywhere.

The wallet is an accordion style checkbook wallet*, which gives you plenty of space to store and organize your bills, coins, receipts, cards and even your passport! It measures 7.4″ x 3.9″ x 0.6″ — a pretty standard size, yet slim and compact.

Pacsafe Toursafe Wallet
Slash-proof chain

In the past years, I’ve stopped using wallets, opting for simple zippered pouches. I was hesitant to review the wallet at first, since I wasn’t too keen to use it, but I’ve grown to like it after using the wallet for two months. What I love about it is the compartments that let me separate different currencies. Since I travel overseas fairly often, I have to deal with a variety of paper bills and coins whenever I cross borders. My practice before the wallet is that I keep a second wallet to hold all the currency that can’t be used for the country I’m currently in. With the Toursafe wallet, I can put my Philippine peso in one compartment, my Thai baht in the other, my US dollar in another.

Pacsafe Toursafe Wallet
Peso in one compartment, rupiah in the next, dollar in the other

I like that there’s plenty of card slots inside the wallet. It comes handy for organizing my card collection, which includes my credit cards, ATM, Timezone game cards, loyalty/rewards cards, fare cards and the Pacsafe Prosafe 750 key card. There are also slip pockets for receipts or keeping travel notes.

All in all, it’s a pretty good buy at Php 1,199 Php 1,999**, considering that a lot of wallets go for around that price range.

Pacsafe Toursafe Wallet
You can actually fit your passport inside the Toursafe Wallet!

Pacsafe is available in Manila in all Travel Club branches, Brat Pack, Rustan’s, Hahn, ROX, I Studio, I Gig, Flight 360 and Bombproofgear. A huge thank you go out to United Limsun for the wallet.

* ganked from the Pacsafe Website

** Edited October 14, 2010. Went to ROX and much to my dismay, I found out I mixed up my prices. The wallet is priced at Php 1,999, not Php 1,199 as I originally wrote. Sorry about that :-/


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14 responses to “Review: Pacsafe Toursafe Wallet”

  1. Kyameel Avatar

    I’ve been meaning to buy this, since I first saw it when I got my Pacsafe Toursafe handbag. And is now on the top of my list for next month, once my budget permits it πŸ™‚

    The compartments would help me with all the receipts, IDs and other things I stuff my wallet with.

  2. Liza Avatar
    Liza

    wow. this is a very nice review and thank you for sharing it Nina. You’re the best! πŸ™‚

  3. rainne rafols Avatar
    rainne rafols

    hi nina! I super love pacsafe. i bought the belt bag for my HK trip and it was so convenient! And stylish too. I use it when I style photoshoots to hold my phone, pins, duct tape and a few accessories πŸ˜€

  4. magnetic_rose Avatar

    i love the fact that you can store tonnes of stuff in it! looks like it’s time to retire my lesportsac clutch and get a pacsafe wallet πŸ˜€

  5. Kate Avatar

    I want that cat bag! πŸ˜€

  6. YUE Avatar
    YUE

    This will be my top of the list if I need to get a new wallet! XD
    Thanks for sharing this!

  7. chyng Avatar

    whoa, kala ko naliligaw ako ng blog.
    new look, ayos! Ü

  8. Pacsafe Avatar

    Hey Nina! Great review, your wallet looks very organized!

    We posted your review on our Facebook page and our blog!

  9. nina Avatar

    Kyameel: It can fit your calculator! XD

    Liza: Thanks! πŸ˜€

    rainne rafols: Tambling ako sa duct tape.

    magnetic_rose: It’s a pretty darned good wallet. I can’t believe I’m still using it lol

    Kate: Hehe, you were the first to pop into mind when I saw the bag πŸ˜€

    YUE: Get a matching wallet, and when Kyam gets a matching wallet too, we’ll take a picture XD

    Chyng: Ikaw ang isa sa mga unang nakakita ng new look πŸ˜€

    Pacsafe: Thanks again for the gears πŸ˜€

  10. lori Avatar

    hi nina,
    thanks for the review! ngayon ko lang napansin new look since sa reader ko na usually nababasa post mo. hehe πŸ™‚

  11. Angie Avatar
    Angie

    Hey Nina! πŸ™‚ I went to Brat Pack the wallet is almost Php 2,000 not Php 1,199 πŸ™

  12. Diana Nguyen Avatar

    Wallet is cool,but I’m like you – probably need to be a convert first as I’m not much of a “wallet person.” (Purse is super cute though!)

  13. Marilou Jamis Avatar
    Marilou Jamis

    I just want to ask where did you buy the wallet? I can’t find anywhere except for only bags and other stuff

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