So quite a while ago my old boring wallet died, it wasn’t sudden, I knew it was happening for ages and the wallet hung in there to the very end.  But I knew that I had to call it and was now in the market for a new wallet.

Enter the Incredible Hulk wallet complete with shiny Hulk writing on one side and angry Hulk art on the other.

Tracey in a supreme act of self-control did not pass comment, however I did see her flinch.

I think I knew straight away that Hulk wallet and I weren’t destined for a long and fruitful relationship.  The first thing was that it had no coin pocket.  Look, even though I’m an adult I still deal with coin change, however after doing a short survey with other ‘men’ I discovered that many of them use the coin pocket in their pants and keep change well away from their wallets.

OK I could do that.

Second problem was that the wallet was quite small and when I put most of my various plastic cards within its plastic clear insert it became quite hard to close the wallet.

OK I can leave a couple of them at home.

It also came with one of those chain things that you attach to your pants to avoid pick pockets (I assume this is the purpose) which was the very first thing I removed.

Now I’m the first to admit that I am a man-child, a man-child who loves comic books but even I started to cringe when I would get that ‘look’ when taking the wallet out to pay for things.  I’m OK with that, I wear these shoes to work, so it was only a slight self consciousness.

Unfortunately after four months or so the glory that is Incredible Hulk the wallet just hasn’t worked out, the cards get stuck in the plastic insert, I’ve needed the cards that I’ve left out and the coin thing is really bugging me, although in fairness I think I will still continue to use my pockets for the change.

The Hulk wallet is now retired and I bought a Unit wallet which has lots of card slots, a coin pocket and no childish fun design on the outside.

As much as I wanted the Hulk to work out, it was doomed from the beginning.