[off-topic] Stainless Steel Wallet

[Jim Householder]

On Sat, 25 Feb 2012 06:06:03 +0800
William Kenworthy <billk at iinet.net.au> wrote:

> On Fri, 2012-02-24 at 22:08 +0800, Jim Householder wrote:
> > Hi
> > 
> > In the latest 'Innovations' catalogue there is a wallet made from
> > woven stainless steel.
> > 
> > There is no mention of NFC (near field communication) protection,
> > but would something like that be effective?
> > 
> > At this point I don't think the technology is very wide-spread, but
> > it is used in the US passport.
> > 
> > ???
> > Jim
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> I use a stainless steel old style "cigarette case" as a wallet - got
> tired of snapped, broken plastic cards with a leather wallet in the
> back pocket :)
> 
> Work replaced the swipe card system and I found my access card worked
> even inside the metal case.  Then they turned the sensitivity down and
> and it stopped working - same with leather wallets with other cards
> sandwiching the access card :(
> 
> Definitely a case of YMMV !
> 
> BillK
> 

Thanks guys.
I think I will save my money for a while...