Customer Ratings & Reviews

While it is a great entry-level crypto cold wallet, it is well worth spending the extra $30-$50 for a model with Bluetooth capability and easier to access interface. That this is probably one of the best entry-level cold Crypto wallets on the market. So if all you’re looking for is the basics that should do you fine.

Summary: A great tool for anyone who wants full control of their crypto in an easy to manage digital wallet. This device will make your crypto far more secure from cyber attacks. Pros: Easy to carry Small size Good desktop / mobile apps Massive amount of supported coins Cons: Only works when connected via USB If lost, you’re out of luck Two buttons to do everything Unboxing / build quality: Opening the device will provide you with the ledger, a dongle, a USB-A to USB-C cable, documentation, booklets to remember your security words. I was surprised that the device looks quite premium with a modern industrial design. It does feel a little more on the cheap side though as the majority of the device is plastic and mine actually squeaks a little bit when I fold it shut. The metal cover looks nice with a brushed metal design. Setup: Setup is a little different than most devices as you are not “pairing” it with anything. You can use a mobile app or desktop (PC or Mac) to set it up. I decided to set it up with a PC to have access to the keyboard if needed. While setting up, you will setup a 4-8 digit pin. The more digits the better but beware that you only have two buttons so it might take you some time to enter a long PIN. You will also write down your security words in one of the provided booklets… DO NOT LOSE THIS as this is your ability to recover your account if you ever lose your PIN. If you lose this, your crypto is gone forever should you forget your PIN or break your device. After initial setup, you will load crypto “apps” into the device. To test it out, I started with Bitcoin and Ethereum. Installation is simple, “push” the app over to it from the desktop or phone, then acknowledge it on the device and you are gtg with a secure address you can send your crypto to on the device. As far as I can tell you are supposed to send/receive while the ledger is connected to your main device as it provides you with the encryption needed to withdraw and to verify the correct address to receive money. This can be a slow process but it is more secure. Coin support: It supports so many coins. That vast majority were supported when I tried to set it up with the only two I have that did not have native support being Monero and Cardano. There is support within the desktop app but you need to use another program to tie it to the ledger as it is not natively supported to be managed via the Ledger Live app. Their website says Cardano is coming down the road but there is no date set. If you set it up with the 3rd party Cardano/Monero apps it works similarly to the aforementioned processes with the native supported coins. You can also buy coins directly from some 3rd parties such as Coinify through the Ledger Live app. Overall: I like this device… it is a bit unwieldy and cumbersome to use but it consolidates your crypto into one place. This is better in my opinion as the popular websites which maintain your crypto could tank and you would end up losing your holdings. This is a non-issue with the ledger life. My only complaints that I took away stars for are the cheapish build quality and the two buttons. It really needs a better interface than two buttons. Last, there should be some ability to turn it on without being connected to your phone or laptop.

Didn’t really use it. Can’t connect to phone. Got nano X

If you’re going to buy this for using uphold, don’t. It’s not supported with iPhone. Instead get the Nano X. It has Bluetooth. You can use the nano S with a desktop or android phone. I just happen to have an iPhone and it’s not compatible. Buy the Nano X

Probably has some value as far as extra security for one's crypto, however, this device is needlessly complicated and convoluted as far as using it. If you buy this be prepared for a lengthy setup process. But irpt does in fact provide for an extra measure of security.

Does what it says it does, which is keep your assets safe. Be aware you won’t be able to make transactions from your phone- you have to home and at your PC

Chances are you’ll wish you kept your crypto on Coinbase.

I have been investing in Crypto for a handful of years. I purchased and held them in a popular exchange. I recently became concerned with my Crypto holdings as I saw a note that if the exchange were to collapse, I would lose my holdings. This got me looking into hardware wallets. With a hardware wallet, your Crypto holdings stay on the Blockchain (like a banking ledger), but you hold the ultimate keys to transact. Since your hardware wallet remains offline most of the time, it's far less likely to get hacked. I had looked at the previous Ledger Nano S, but that had a very limited amount of memory to store very few different types of Crypto. Luckily, the Ledger Nano S Plus can hold hundreds more different types of Crypto. In the box, you get the Ledger Nano S Plus, a few pages of documentation, a nearly 20-inch USB-A to USB-C cable, a keychain loop and three secret recovery sheets. These recovery sheets are meant to be used to record your recovery keys and then stored in 3 geographically disparate locations (e.g. safety deposit boxes on separate continents). The Ledger Nano S Plus has a small screen, two input buttons and a USB-C port. The port is a little tighter than I expected, so I had to put a little more force to insert the USB-C cable than I expected. The input buttons are used to scroll through the display and pressing both buttons simultaneously typically acts like an enter key. Setup of the Ledger Nano S Plus involves downloading and installing the Ledger Live application. Since this Nano S Plus does not have Bluetooth, installing on a mobile device wasn't desirable for me. I installed it on my desktop first and then later installed it on my laptop. Throughout the process to obtain your recovery keys and PIN code, you get the sense that the device is very secure. The setup process does take some time, so be sure to block out 30 minutes to perform this setup. Setting up the wallet to be able to hold different types of Crypto was interesting. Ledger calls each separate Crypto an App. As I was setting these different apps, I had to validate different steps on the Ledger Nano S Plus device itself. I quickly realized that I should do this on a laptop instead of stooping down towards my desktop on the floor since the USB cable is only 20 inches long. When I ordered this Ledger Wallet, I intended to transfer all my holdings from the exchange to my wallet. Sadly this is not available for everything. While it supports the most popular Cryptos, I have accumulated a few pennies of various esoteric Cryptos that are available on my exchange's wallet that are not available in the Ledger Wallet. For those various Cryptos, their developers need to work with Ledger's API to gain compatibility. So there is a good chance that some of the less popular ones will never be supported by Ledger. One of my tests for this Ledger Wallet was to transfer a small amount (5 USD) from my exchange account to my Ledger Wallet. I was pleased with the amount of security required to confirm this transaction and it went through in a couple minutes with a nominal transaction fee. Since I was taking a little while to get through this, I found out that the Ledger has a screen saver for its little screen, it's just the Ledger "L" logo that pops up several instances and moves across its screen. The second test is where I really got frustrated with the Ledger system. I wanted to purchase some Ethereum directly to my Ledger Wallet. This would allow me to minimize the transaction fees as I would be purchasing Crypto without having the pay the purchasing fee and then a transfer fee from the exchange to the Ledger Wallet. Purchases can be accomplished via 1 of 4 payment processors. I started with Coinify. After setting up the desired purchase transaction and entering my information, I indicated that I live in Michigan and then it errored saying that Coinify does not service Michigan yet. So I moved on to MoonPay, I got through further and was able to enter my credit card information and that's when I got the message that it checked my credit card number and it would not be able to use my credit card (this message comes up before I can add in my expiration or security code). I tried several more credit cards and they all had the same message. I looked briefly at BTC Direct and found they only transact in Euros. I skipped this because I didn't want to pay a foreign transaction fee on top of the purchase fee. Then I tried Wyre. Wyre only allows ACH transfers. I got through further on this system than any of the other payment processors and when I selected Bank of America, it said that it could not communicate with the bank. I then selected Fidelity and after entering my Fidelity credentials, it came back with a message that the transaction could only be made during certain times of the day. A couple hours later, I went back into Ledger Live, and then back into Wyre. It asks to create a new account with no option to use an existing account. As I entered my new account information, I got a "cannot remove last identity of that type". So in the end, I cannot get any of the payment processors to work more efficiently than purchasing on my exchange account and then transferring to the Ledger Wallet. In the end, if you're just looking to secure your holdings in the most popular Cryptos, the Ledger Nano S Plus hardware wallet is fine. But if you have holdings in less popular Cryptos, it likely won't be supported by this wallet. And if you want to purchase Cryptos using the Ledger system, you're likely to be out of luck like me unless you have the right kind of credit card or bank account.