Not Sure Which Hardware Wallet to Get? Take the Free Quiz
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The question I get most often, both on YouTube and in r/Cold_Wallets, is which hardware wallet should I get. The honest answer is that it depends on where you are starting from. Someone who is completely new to crypto and buying their first wallet needs a different answer than someone who has been in crypto for years and wants a recommendation built around their specific holdings and security setup.
That is why the quiz on this site has two separate tracks: one for beginners and one for more experienced users. Both end up with a wallet recommendation, but they ask different questions to get there.
Take the free hardware wallet quiz
The beginner track
The beginner quiz is for people who are just getting started with crypto and are looking for their first hardware wallet. You do not need to know anything about how wallets work or what a seed phrase is to take it. The questions are written to be approachable for someone who is brand new to this.
It covers the basics: what devices you use, how simple you want the setup to be, what your budget is, and whether you want to avoid dealing with a seed phrase entirely or are happy to manage one. The goal is to find the wallet that gets you into cold storage with the least friction and the fewest ways to go wrong.
For most beginners the result ends up being Tangem, which requires no seed phrase and takes about 2 minutes to set up, or one of the Trezor Safe models for people who want open-source firmware and a more traditional wallet setup. The quiz figures out which one fits based on what you tell it.
The advanced track
The advanced quiz is for people who already understand how hardware wallets work and want a recommendation that takes their actual situation into account. It goes into more detail about what you hold, how much, how you use it day to day, and what your specific security priorities are.
If you hold across multiple networks, use DeFi regularly, have a meaningful amount of crypto, or have specific concerns around things like firmware openness, supply chain risk, or DeFi blind signing, the advanced track is built for that. The questions are more specific and the recommendation at the end reflects the full picture of your setup and what you are actually trying to protect.
This is also the track to take if you already own a wallet and are thinking about upgrading or adding a second device for a different purpose.
What you get at the end
Both tracks end with a wallet recommendation and a short explanation of why that wallet fits your answers specifically. From there you can go to the full review page for that wallet to dig into the details, or check the comparison page to see how it sits against the alternatives side by side.
If you are genuinely unsure whether to take the beginner or advanced track, start with the beginner one. The recommendation will be solid, and if you want to compare it against other options yourself, the comparison page is the next step.