OhSnap's Lever-Action Card Wallet Pairs Clever Engineering With Premium Pricing

OhSnap, the maker of phone-mounted accessories, has launched a new magnetic lever-action wallet that stacks neatly with its existing Snap Grip Stand. The design is built around a central mechanical idea: spring-loaded card-carrying cores that snap together without any tools, letting users customize the wallet's thickness and add-ons on the fly.

How It Works#

The wallet's standout feature is its compliant mechanism—plastic arms within the card core function like springs, automatically locking into notches as modular covers slide into place. A simple lever pull fans out your cards for easy selection. Users can choose between 3, 5, or 7-card capacity cores depending on their needs, swapping them out in seconds.

The modular approach extends beyond capacity. The front and back magnetic plates can be replaced with alternative attachments: ID card holders, work badge slots, elastic bands for extra cards, or money clips. Users who don't need phone-mounted magnetism can opt for thin aluminum covers instead.

Design Reality vs. Marketing#

While OhSnap markets the wallet as "impossibly thin," that claim holds true primarily for the slimmest 3-card variant. Once you add the thicker MagSafe or MagStack (a secondary magnetic plate for stacking other accessories) components, the profile thickens considerably. Durability testing revealed the wallet is reasonably robust—when dropped, it typically came apart slightly rather than scattering cards everywhere, though a hard concrete impact left a visible dent and temporarily separated the halves.

The Cost Question#

Pricing is where the wallet encounters resistance. The 3-card version with dual magnets costs $61 on Kickstarter or $76 at retail. The heftier 7-card model adds 127 grams to a phone, a noticeable weight penalty. Optional accessories carry steep markups: ID covers and money clips each run $35, pricing that feels excessive for single-function add-ons. These factors position the OhSnap Wallet 2 as more of a premium gift item than a must-have everyday carry solution for most users.

You can see the wallet in action on YouTube or view more details on the Kickstarter campaign.