Ledger Nano S Crypto Hardware Wallet - Securely buy, manage and grow your Bitcoin wallet and other digital assets

I have 3 of these now. This Ledger S works exactly as described and is a very safe and secure way to access your crypto. I think many people misunderstand (and Ledger is guilty of letting them) what cold storage is - your wallet is still on the blockchain - the ledger is simply keeping the private key offline (which is exactly what it should do). Upon setup, the ledger will give you 24 words to keep track of as your backup. Do NOT put these on your computer or laptop or phone. Write these down on paper and keep it safe. Keep a copy in a safe deposit box if you can or at least a fireproof box. Again, the Ledger is only giving you access to your Blockchain Wallet with your private key, not storing the coins or tokens on the Ledger device.Yes, it only hold 3-4 blockchain apps. I only use ETH and BSC for this device but it can store unlimited token types on each blockchain! I guess if you need BTC, Cardano, Solana, and more then you need to get an X instead of the S.

Very solid product for safe offline storage of crypto - much more secure than storing on the exchanges and I would consider it a virtual must if you have any significant value in crypto assets, with the caveat that it is for people not looking to store more than a couple of coin types. Fairly user-friendly though I wouldn't necessarily call it a breeze for the novice. That said, if you have the time, there are plenty of short You-Tube videos out there to walk you through early set-up of the device itself and the complementary software (Ledger Live) is pretty straight-forward and helpful. The Nano S has very limited storage capacity - you need to download an app for each type of crypto you want to store, and the capacity is almost reached after downloading just the Bitcoin and Ethereum apps. If you're just storing those two coins (or some combination of one with some other coins, many of which have apps which take up less space), you should be fine. If you're looking to store multiple types of crypto (particularly if Bitcoin, Ethereum or both are included - given the space they take up), you should probably pay up for the Nano X. Otherwise, this is perfectly suitable and provides the peace of mind I was looking for. I would be mindful of other reviews related to experiences with customer support (which made me wary, though I ultimately overcame it based on the overall reputation of the device itself) ... hopefully I either will not need to deal with that or the company steps up their customer service before my time comes. For now, however, I'm extremely satisfied with the product itself.

Wow. I'm actually ONLY writing this review because the 1-star reviews are absolutely ridiculous. The Nano S does EXACTLY what it says on the tin. Frankly mine has a row of pixels that blipped out and that's a bit disappointing, but otherwise it works exactly as advertised!I think it's great. I own a Trezor One as well and while they compare on price point, the Ledger beats it hands down in features. I'm surprised that someone else doesnt compete more seriously in this arena.Sure, it only stores a few apps but the average person reading this review should be HODLING anyway, not thinking they're smarter than everyone else and trying to day trade.I DO NOT want Bluetooth or a battery, but I need comprehensive altcoin support, so the Nano S made sense to me. Plus it seems more innovative in that apps are exploiting u2f to work in places where webusb doesn't yet work.All in all, I'm impressed with the Nano S enough to bother writing this all out, especially to counter the silly 1-star reviews. It's like people that Yelp with "Mind-blowing food, but water was 1 degree too warm, 4 stars". Yes, recovering from the 24-word seed is tedious, there's no way around that if you want to do it securely.

Hey, thanks for reading my review... I purchased the Nano S. I have had this Hardware wallet for a couple months now... The set-up with my laptop and the Ledger Live is really easy IMO... just be patient and move through the installation process slowly so you are following all the necessary steps....*** HIGHLIGHTS ****** Ledger Live ***--- I really like the Ledger Live... this is an awesome feature and its interface with the hardware allet device is wonderful... Ledger Live shows you all your crypto holdings and values, etc., I have not actually made any trades using Ledger Live ( ie. meaning buys or sales of crypto ) I prefer to do that on an exchange like Binance.US... So, I cant speak to this feature within the Ledger Live.*** The Hardware Wallet Itself ***--- It comes nicely packaged in a secure box with instructions on how to use it, it comes with the necessary USB cord to connect to your Laptop/Desktop USB port... the provided cord in the box however will not connect to an Android phone... so be aware of that... that is my experience anyway....--- The digital screen on the hardware wallet is very small and as a result this makes seeing the codes, to access the device, a bit of a challenge.... at least for me.. but again that's me.... If you wear glasses or have perfect vision or just aren't old like me.. lol... you should be able to see the digits on the digital screen with some ease.--- I gave this device 4 stars for two reasons... 1. I could not leave 4.5 stars... lol Amazon doesn't apparently allow half star ratings.... if they did I would have rated it 4.5 stars... lol... 2. The second reason I gave it less than 5 stars is due to "STORAGE CAPACITY"... this part is TRICKY just to be clear... The device comes with its own already preloaded software to interface with Ledger Live and all that Jazz... This software alone, takes up a great deal of the memory/ storage capacity on the device.... almost 30% to 33%.... so when you install software for any crypto currency, for which you want to store your Keys, you have to load the corresponding software for that paticular crypto currency... in my case I loaded software for ADA (Cardano) and ETH (Ethereum). So, all told I have two crypto's associated with the device and as a result two software interfaces for those two cryptos loaded on my device... this leaves about 8% to 10% of the total Memory/Storage Capacity open to add a third Crypto... but here is the catch... "that 8% to 10% isn't enough to load any other Crypto Software on the wallet... I've tried and you cant, as there isn't enough memory. So, if you have three, or more, different cryptos you want to store on the device... you are S.O.L. Because there is not enough space.... ENTER... THE TRICKY PART I MENTIONED ABOVE.... To get around this issue you can uninstall the crypto software for one already on your device and then load another in it's place without losing your data, which of course is already stored on the blockchain for your respective crypto currency. The catch here is this... each time you want to access that third Crypto you have to uninstall one software and install the third.. which to me is BOGUS.... this was clearly a Marketing/Profit decision on the part of the Company... Because most people are not going to want go thru the process repeatedly to install / uninstall / and install software each time they want to access their Keys for a third crypto. Enter the BOGUS part... If you want to avoid this issue, or necessity of installing and uninstalling and installing software each time (for the other cryptos you own)... you have to buy the more expensive Nano X which has more storage in its chip..... So, it boils down to how many cryptos you want to store... and how much of an inconvenience you find it to be to install and uninstall software if you have more than (2) cryptos to store, and if you have the patience.--- For my part... LOL I don't have the patience... don't get me wrong, this wallet was a great $59 dollar investment for my first Hardware wallet, but I want the NANO X... LOL... which as of this writing isn't readily available to ship... this is probably due to the Universal Chip shortage around the world that started pre-covid and pre 2020... and is still ongoing at this moment May 30th, 2021... you can order the Nano X from the company directly but delivery is 2 to 3 weeks as I recall reading...--- I hope this review helps someone. It's a great device just too little storage capacity... The Nano X is what you really want if you have more than 2 Cryptos... which in most cases we all do...Good Luck...