What wallet should I use?

[Andrew717]

I'm very new to bitcoins and after trying to sync the bitcoin-qt wallet (that took hours upon hours upon hours) I kind of gave up.  Especially after doing a search and reading that some people took days to sync that wallet for the first time.  What is a good secure wallet to use?

[FaradayC]

QT... Or an online one...  Blockchain do a good online one.

[Birdy]

Syncing the wallet for the first time takes a lot of time, because it will download the whole blockchain (history of transactions).
Also the qt-client isn't that newbie-friendly. I often read that Armory is a very good wallet (but afaik it needs to sync, too).

[DannyHamilton]

Commonly used and widely trusted wallets to consider:

Paper wallet
Armory
Bitcoin-Qt
Electrum
MultiBit
blockchain.info/wallet

Investigate each and figure out which one best suits your particular needs.

[methax]

You can temporarily use the blockchain wallet and let the qt one download overnight. I would use the client qt one to store most of your funds. Make sure it's encrypted and backed up.

[btcticker]

bitcoin-qt is the most popular I believe...