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Cool at first glance but I do have skeptical questions:

(1) Durability was my biggest question -- how much flex and bend can this thing survive? How about being chewed on by a toddler, put through the washer and dryer (high heat), taken into a hot tub by mistake, dropped and stepped on with hard-sole shoes, etc.

(2) Ditto the other skeptical questions re: chip and pin.

(3) How big is the niche for this? I mean, I only have one debit card I use routinely and one credit card I use rarely. Carrying two plastic cards is not that big of a deal. I wouldn't pay $155 just to merge them into one card that can run out of battery power.

(4) Speaking of recharge... now there's another device I need to plug in or otherwise mate with some kind of charger? No thanks.




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