[Jake Holloway]

I’ve been using Tagsley in my wallet for a couple weeks now. It works, but I’m wondering if having it sandwiched between credit cards and a metro pass messes with the signal at all. Sometimes the left-behind alert seems a bit slow to trigger. Anyone else notice that or is it just me?

[Chris Miller]

Mine sits in a card sleeve next to a couple of cards and the left-behind alert has been pretty consistent for me. The only time it felt sluggish was when I walked off without my phone for a bit, but that’s probably just how it reconnects. Curious if yours is slow every time or only in certain spots.

[Jake Holloway]

It’s not every time. When I’m just around the house or at my desk it seems fine, but out running errands is where I notice the lag. The other day I left it on the counter at a shop and my phone didn’t buzz until I was nearly at the car. No idea if that’s the cards or just being indoors with a bunch of stuff between me and the phone.

The wallet itself isn’t crazy stuffed either. Two credit cards, a metro pass, and the Tagsley. Nothing wild. That’s why I’m second guessing whether the sandwiching is actually the issue or if I’m blaming the wrong thing.

I haven’t timed it or anything, so it’s all gut feeling at this point. It works well enough that I haven’t pulled it out to test, but the slow alert bugs me when it happens.

[Chris Miller]

The shop scenario sounds more like the alert firing late because the phone lost the tag for a bit, not the cards blocking it. Two cards and a metro pass isn’t much of a sandwich anyway. If it bugs you, leave it out of the wallet for one errand run and see if the timing changes. That would tell you pretty quick whether it’s the wallet or just indoor signal.

[Eli]

Mine’s been in a stacked wallet for months and the alerts still fire fine.

[RyanT]

If it were me, I’d pull the metro pass out from right next to it and see if the alert timing changes. Transit cards seem like the most likely culprit in a stack. Quick test beats guessing.

[Laura Check]

Mine has been sitting in a pretty full card wallet for about a month and the alerts seem normal to me. The only odd bit is the ring sound gets muffled when it’s buried between cards, which makes sense. I haven’t noticed the left-behind part being slower though.

[Sarah Kos]

Mine rides along with a few store loyalty cards and the alerts have been pretty reliable so far. I keep expecting some kind of hiccup but it just keeps working. Maybe the slowdown you’re seeing is more about the phone than the wallet.

[Lisa Hall]

Two cards and a transit pass shouldn’t be enough to kill the signal. Mine’s been crammed in with a stack of store cards for about two months and the left-behind alerts fire on time. The slow trigger you’re seeing sounds more like a phone or network thing than the cards themselves.

[Alex M.]

I’d just pull it out and test it for a day.

[Jamie Holt]

Mine’s been in a slim front-pocket wallet with a couple of cards for about six weeks and the left-behind alert has been inconsistent in a different way: it fires late when I walk away from the car, not the wallet. So I don’t think the card stack is the culprit there, it’s more about what the phone is doing at the time. Sandwiching it between plastic shouldn’t matter much since the signal isn’t optical, but a transit card with an antenna coil sitting right on top of it is the one combo I’d keep an eye on. Not saying that’s your problem, just the only thing in a wallet that seems like it could plausibly interact. The slow alert could also just be the phone deciding when to check, which is annoying but not really fixable on your end.

[Tom911]

I’ve had mine in a card holder with three other cards since January and the left-behind alert has been late a few times, but I’m not convinced the cards are the reason. Twice it fired after I was already in the car, and once it didn’t go off until I was halfway down the street. My guess is it’s more about how often your phone and the card actually check in with each other than what’s stacked next to it. A friend of mine keeps his in a bare wallet with nothing else and his has been just as moody. So I’d say the sandwich theory is plausible but not the whole story.

[Owen21]

Cards probably aren’t the issue. The left-behind alert relies on your phone staying in range, so if you walk off quickly or leave the phone behind a wall, it’ll lag regardless of what’s next to the Tagsley. Mine’s in a thick leather wallet and the delay was the same before and after I added more cards.

[Emma Ray]

I keep mine in the back slot of my phone case instead of the wallet, and the alerts have been fine. Just a personal preference thing since I hate digging through cards when the ringer goes off.

[Jess Runner]

Mine’s in a wallet with a couple of loyalty cards and the left-behind alert feels about the same as when it was sitting loose in my bag. If anything, the slow trigger seems more about how fast I walk off than what’s next to it.

[Emma_RD]

Cards shouldn’t interfere with it at all, it’s more of a range thing.

[Jake Paul]

Cards are thin, they’re not going to block anything meaningful. The slow alert is probably just the phone side being lazy about pinging, not the wallet sandwich.

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