Which pocket do you carry your wallet in?

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Re: Which pocket do you carry your wallet in?

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A month ago I also switched to a money clip type wallet. It holds my license, LTC, and a few credit cards. I carry it in my front left pocket...used to carry wallet in back left pocket . Carry gun at 3 o'clock . Took a few days to quit patting my rear end checking for my wallet :mrgreen: oh and I haven't missed the other 15 cards I use to carry around all day!
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Re: Which pocket do you carry your wallet in?

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Now that we have open carry I have changed from keeping my wallet in my rear right pocket (I am right handed and carry at 4 o'clock on my right hip) to my front left pocket with a money clip wallet. I actually find this to be more comfortable and can't believe I didn't make this change earlier.
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I also have a front pocket wallet (specially shaped to fit in the corner). I got it for traveling abroad where pickpockets were rampant, but liked the comfort of not sitting on it. My standard now.
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I always carried my wallet in my right front pocket.
However, when I started carrying, I moved it to my left front pocket (weak side) and still carry it there.

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Re: Which pocket do you carry your wallet in?

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I'm right handed and have carried my wallet, or a money clip, in my left front pocket for at least the past 30 years, since I started having nerve pain from rear pocket carry.

My problem, beginning with LTC, is changing the carry location of my large cell phone (Samsung Note 4) which has had it's place in my right rear pocket, except when sitting... It's really too large for a t-shirt pocket or a front pants pocket, so it's migrating to the left rear... The weak hand side is where it should have been all along.

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Re: Which pocket do you carry your wallet in?

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When I was in the service long ago, the pants pocket with a button was the left hip pocket, so I carried my wallet there. After I lost my wallet a few years ago from the left hip pocket of my jeans, that didn't have a button, I dumped everything I didn't absolutely need out of my wallet, got a card carrier with money clip and now carry in my front left pocket. more comfortable, too.
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Breny414 wrote:I carry my wallet on my weak side (left), and have for as long as I can remember. Not sure why. But it works out well for LTC.
Same here - can't remember when, but it has to be 40 + years ago.
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spolct wrote:switched to a slim wallet in the front weak side pocket years ago. also, about a year ago I switched from 4:00 IWB to 1:30 IWB. I guess I just don't like extra stuff on my backside...
Same.

Slim wallet front left. Gun AIWB at about 1:00 . Cell phone front right.

Can't stand having bulky stuff in my pockets. Back pockets especially.
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When I carry a wallet (rarely) or my ID holder with cards and ID they go in my front pockets. Keys and phone go in the front pockets to. If I have something bulky I have cargo pants so that takes care of that. Between security and having had back surgery about 20 years ago I don't put anything in my back pockets. You could cut the back pockets off of any of my pants and I wouldn't miss them.
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Primarily on right side, but I am seeing the wisdom of carrying on my left or getting a money clip type to carry in the front. I have an Alien Gear Cloak 3.0 that I carry at about 4:30. During a long drive I alway remove wallet and put in map pocket of driver side door.
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Always left rear, weak side, until getting a CHL. Then, because I also carry a double mag carrier on the weak side, I moved the wallet to the left breast pocket. The other issue that I was heading off was if I were ever stopped when driving. I figured moving to my breast pocket prevented a lot of movement and would be easy to get to. It also helps when paying for anything in a store or restaurant without having to worry about digging for my wallet and leaving my shirt tail up over the mag carrier.
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Re: Which pocket do you carry your wallet in?

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I don't carry a wallet routinely, I carry the 2 window ID insert out of my wallet, has my agency ID, DL, Debit card and my LTC in it carried in my shirt pocket.

My wallet stays locked in the center console of my truck most of the time, but doesn't have money or anything identifying in it.

When I do carry it though it is in my front left pants pocket.
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I am right handed and carry my wallet in left front pocket most of the time. Several reasons behind this, but the main one is after 2 back surgeries, it is much more comfortable not to sit on it and my surgeon says its better that way anyway. Besides that, it is much harder for a pick pocket to get it from my front pocket without me feeling it. This also leaves my right back pocket open for pocket carry of my BUG if I so desire, however, when this is done, I carry my wallet in left back pocket to
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Re: Which pocket do you carry your wallet in?

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Left front (I am right handed) for a money clip that also holds credit cards and licenses.

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Re: Which pocket do you carry your wallet in?

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My wallet is a combination money clip and card/ID holder that I carry in my right front pocket and have for years. My car keys go in that pocket, too, while in my left front pocket is my iPhone. I am new to the world of handguns and will eventually (soon) go for my LTC. Since I haven't decided where I am going to CC I don't know, yet, if I am going to have to change things as I do want my ID and such on the opposite side of my Shield.

The only things I carry in my back pocket are my handkerchief and my golf glove when I take it off to putt. :cool:
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