My life with the Baggizmo Wiseward

In the 4 days that I’ve used the Baggizmo Wiseward smart wallet, I haven’t had any problem with the wallet as a wallet. It works quite well. I’ve even tested it out with my colleague Mazin’s keycard that he uses to unlock the gate to his apartment. The fact that we didn’t have to keep pulling out the correct card and simply swiped the wallet was helpful indeed.

Having a light in the wallet is indeed a welcome addition, especially if you’re in a hurry to go somewhere and you need quick access to a light. But it also seems a bit stupid that we would have to rely on the app alone to toggle the light. It would have been more suited if there was a hardware switch on the wallet itself to toggle the lights as well.

What I did have problems with was everything else about it. For starters, the Wiseward app itself is buggy. The app seems to forget that it’s connected to the wallet, generating a notification that keeps looping till I relaunch the app and let it discover the wallet again.

In addition, the PCB that houses all the electronics and sensors is located at the back of the wallet. This makes it a tad difficult to keep in your back pocket because you might accidentally sit on it. While it does allow a certain amount of flex, if you sit down really hard or are cramped up in a vehicle, chances are quite high that you can damage the circuit.