Freedom a thin/light card?

[FinStar]

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@CreditCuriousity wrote:

Not really sure what peoples fasicanations really are how thick a card really is?  Mine doesn't seem flimsey either.  Would I like a nice metal card like the CSP or Ritz ya, and will have one sooner than later.  Really how many people really comment on how thick your card really is or does it really matter as long as it does the job of being able to be utillized?  I swear if Cap1 made a "thick" card or anyone for that matter made a thicker card and marketed it that way, I bet some would pay $50 dollars just to have such a card with nothing else then being "durable and thick".

This wasn't meant at the OP, just alot of people are obsessed on this forum with card thickness for whatever reason

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I suppose thickness counts to some? I mean people clutch them 24/7!  I suppose a wallet somewhere feels depressed that any particular card has given into anorexia!

[Callandra]

I have the non-EMV version of Freedom and it almost seems a bit less flimsy to me; or maybe my Barclay Rewards is super flimsy. 

[370Z]

The Freedom is definitely a flimsy card. My previous one is the only card I've owned which bent so much that I had to request a replacement.

[Skye12329]

I agree its flimsy, but does it beat cap1 cards on flimsyness? It seems in my opinion when you get a custom card with cap1 they get more flimsy than any other card. 

[flan]

There is, not surprisingly, an ISO standard for credit cards.  It requires a thickness of 0.030 inch =/- 0.003 (oddly, for an ISO standard, the inch measures are the guiding ones, not the metric ones.  That's because it's the US bank card standar, and they're based on 1/16 of an obsolete paper size...)  I just used a micrometer on the cards in my wallet.  That's several credit cards, including a freedom, a CSP, a Discover, and an Amex credit card, plus an atm card, a prepaid gift card, my driver's license, my gym card, my bus pass, and my health insurance card.  The thinnest card in the lot is my health insurance card, at 0.0275 inches.  The Freedom is 0.0280 or 0.0285.  The thickest is the prepaid card, at 0.0320.  The discover is 0.0315.  Everything else is 0.030 =/- 0.001 (and most are plus 0.0005).  Pretty remarkable consistency, actually.

So the freedom is thinner, but still well within spec.  Beyond that, who cares? 

[Chris679]

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@CreditCuriousity wrote:

Not really sure what peoples fasicanations really are how thick a card really is?  Mine doesn't seem flimsey either.  Would I like a nice metal card like the CSP or Ritz ya, and will have one sooner than later.  Really how many people really comment on how thick your card really is or does it really matter as long as it does the job of being able to be utillized?  I swear if Cap1 made a "thick" card or anyone for that matter made a thicker card and marketed it that way, I bet some would pay $50 dollars just to have such a card with nothing else then being "durable and thick".

This wasn't meant at the OP, just alot of people are obsessed on this forum with card thickness for whatever reason

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I wouldn't say people are fascinated but rather it's just that this is a forum dedicated to this discussion of credit cards and only credit cards.  I am of the opinion that the looks/ergonomics of anything are important.  They should be secondary to the function of course but who wants to use an ugly and/or flimsy credit card?  Has nothing to do with what others think I personally would just rather use a good looking card. In the case of Freedom I think it looks great and don't notice that it's flimsy but I don't use it often because the rewards are weak. 

[chalupaman]

I don't have a Freedom card but I will say that my CapOne Quicksilver is the thinnest card that I have period.

[Anonymous]

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@flan wrote:

There is, not surprisingly, an ISO standard for credit cards.  It requires a thickness of 0.030 inch =/- 0.003 (oddly, for an ISO standard, the inch measures are the guiding ones, not the metric ones.  That's because it's the US bank card standar, and they're based on 1/16 of an obsolete paper size...)  I just used a micrometer on the cards in my wallet.  That's several credit cards, including a freedom, a CSP, a Discover, and an Amex credit card, plus an atm card, a prepaid gift card, my driver's license, my gym card, my bus pass, and my health insurance card.  The thinnest card in the lot is my health insurance card, at 0.0275 inches.  The Freedom is 0.0280 or 0.0285.  The thickest is the prepaid card, at 0.0320.  The discover is 0.0315.  Everything else is 0.030 =/- 0.001 (and most are plus 0.0005).  Pretty remarkable consistency, actually.

So the freedom is thinner, but still well within spec.  Beyond that, who cares? 

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Extra bonus points for pulling out the micrometer. I'm impressed. 

[Anonymous]

I received my replacement Freedom card with EMV chip yesterday, and it does look a bit thinner than the other ones I have.

[Anonymous]

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@Anonymous wrote:

I received my replacement Freedom card with EMV chip yesterday, and it does look a bit thinner than the other ones I have.

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I notice the sandwich filling isn't as green as before