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      01-08-2016, 12:56 PM   #1
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Keys - WTF to do with them...

So, like many on here I'm a business owner and live in a somewhat large city - which means condos condos condos.

Currently on my key chain I have my BMW fob, fob for my condo, fob for my corporate bank account, 2 keys for my condo, 2 keys for my office and another key for my mail box.

This bundle of keys is unruly. I can't even keep it in my pocket when I sit because it's too damn big. I feel like I should get a retractable rope like a janitor and just have them on a line so I can zing them around sometimes.

Anyways - how the hell do you guys handle this? Where do you put them when you drive? If I put them in the centre console it's a PIA as I need to use my condo fob to get into the garage. In the cup holder they bounce around and take up valuable coffee space. Glove box and it's too far to reach.

Is there some magical key solution I don't know of?
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      01-08-2016, 01:14 PM   #2
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I have hiding places for keys to doors that nobody knows but me, so I never really have to bring them with me. Like right now, there is a key to my front door hanging from the tree in the front yard, if you try to find it, I'll break your legs.

Not sure what to do about your fobby situation though.
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I have an sepwrate key chain for bulky and huge keys, wich I wear in my pocket or sport bag. I hate big key bundles hitting my knee, when driving my ///M.
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get a key bar
https://www.keybar.us/
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      01-08-2016, 01:24 PM   #7
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Keybar seems interesting. I shall order one up.

Fobs... Next issue. Maybe I will just drill a hole in my dash and hang a hook there...
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I have hiding places for keys to doors that nobody knows but me, so I never really have to bring them with me. Like right now, there is a key to my front door hanging from the tree in the front yard, if you try to find it, I'll break your legs.

Not sure what to do about your fobby situation though.
Fucking trees... I don't have the luxury of trees. I can perhaps hide one in a homeless man's shopping cart, a pee stained bus bench or a garbage can stuffed with dog shit - those are my options.
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Keybar seems interesting. I shall order one up.

Fobs... Next issue. Maybe I will just drill a hole in my dash and hang a hook there...
there are other brands out there that do similar and probably cheaper. Keysmart is another which has a more refined look
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Fucking trees... I don't have the luxury of trees. I can perhaps hide one in a homeless man's shopping cart, a pee stained bus bench or a garbage can stuffed with dog shit - those are my options.
I am sorry to hear of your not nice sounding location. No trees? Wut?


Well, you could just let homeless guys stay inside so then you'd never need a key because they'd never leave.
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This is all I have in my pocket for keys. Car and office. Can't stand keys.... If my garage door at the house doesn't open I have a lockbox on the back patio.

I use the hook/clip to hang them from the top of my pocket so they are never in the bottom of my pocket. Makes room for my wallet.

All other keys are in my vehicle.

Might get a KeyBar to organize and shut up the keys in the vehicle.
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It's called a satchel.
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I have roughly 25 keys for my building. I keep all but the ones for the front door, gate, and my office on a separate key chain from the rest. The rest go in my desk. I used ones of those flexible steel chains that open up as a chain.


My BMW FOB and house keys reside in my pocket under my wallet.
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Purse !
That's what I do. And have my keys on a caribiner, just pull off the key I need, put the rest back in my bag.
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It's called a satchel.
About 24 months ago while with 2 women with whom I had ingested copious of alcohol with I was convinced to purchase one of these "satchel"s.

If anyone is interested in an $800 Gucci Vagina Bag please let me know. Once I woke up sober the next day and realized what I just purchased I hid it in my closet never to be seen again. Has to be the worst purchase of 2014.
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I've eliminated my garage fob by programming into homelink, so that's one less thing to carry around
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Car key in pocket and house key in briefcase when I visit clients. Had locksmith set all locks in house to use same key. Office in home. No other keys to carry. I have some keys around the house the purpose of which I can't remember.
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It's called a satchel.

Its A Purse in my book
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Grid-It System for all keys with the key for the car I'm using in my pocket.

I hate keys. They are responsible for more damage to my pants than any single item I can think of.
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No house key here. Homeless, I sleep in the car.BFG
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