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Show us your key chain

10 years ago
last modified: 10 years ago

DH says I'm worse than a achool custodian and his keys, but there is a reason for my madness. A clunky glob like this is easy to grab ANYWHERE in my purse. Show us what you use

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  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    Oh my goodness! I thought I had a lot. My husband hates my Keychain. But all it has is the essentials, my actual keys vehicle and house, my store mini cards, and extra little hooks to put more on, oh and of course the remote fob to the vehicle. No extra doodads. My purse already is too heavy, that would add an additional pound! I use one of the extra clips to hook it to the strap of my purse so I can easily find it. When I use my wristlet phone case I can hook them to the wrist strap. I like those cases I can put my essential cards in it and go. This is exactly like mine but each little clip is a different color.


    bossyvossy thanked ravencajun Zone 8b TX
  • 10 years ago

    OK, I'll play!

    The keychain at the bottom describes me perfectly and I've been using it for over 15 years.

    Of course my fob and car key as well as a key to hubbys car, amethyst key chain from a trip to Yellowstone when I was a teen that I've always carried, shop key and shed key for my house, member cards on their own ring, Eiffel tower my friend brought me from Paris and then house keys. Mine, my parents, my MIL, my grandad, and my best friends.

    I try to keep my keys light but, obviously not quite successful.

    bossyvossy thanked Texas_Gem
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  • 10 years ago

    I have only one key on each small ring for two vehicles and the house. I always put my vehicle key in my pocket--my reason is that if someone snatches my purse, I can still drive home (and probably stop along the way for a new entry lock set). I keep the house key in a small zippered side pouch in my purse, so I always know where to reach for it, even in the dark. Extra keys are kept in a drawer just inside the kitchen; in case I lose my key or lock it inside the truck, one of the kids can find the spare.

    bossyvossy thanked mama goose_gw zn6OH
  • 10 years ago

    I just have the plain old key fob that came with my ford truck. It does have a Kroger member card on it, but that's all.


    bossyvossy thanked marilyn_c
  • 10 years ago

    I see we support the same team :o) My alma mater!

    bossyvossy thanked glenda_al
  • 10 years ago

    roll tide!

  • 10 years ago

    I've never owned a VW; this large rubber tag was from about 20 years ago when one of my daughters took a car safety class featuring the Safety Bug. It's not pretty, but it's easy to find in my purse--and it glows in the dark!


  • 10 years ago

    Nothing but the key fob and car key.

  • 10 years ago

    Car and house keys, rewards cards, on a flexible plastic ring that one wears as a bracelet. That way I can trust myself to not lay the keys down on a store shelf and walk away. It's getting kind of old.

    bossyvossy thanked schoolhouse_gw
  • 10 years ago

    Schoolhouse - my flexible plastic ring is purple. :-) I've used these for decades just so I can slip them on my wrist. It has my car fob and house key on it. I have the other car fob on a pink braded paracord lanyard bracelet, but I rarely use that car, so I don't carry it on my flexible ring.

    I carry store loyalty cards on a separate ring.

    bossyvossy thanked grainlady_ks
  • 10 years ago

    My vehicle came with a smart key. On the ring I have a house key and a handcuff key. Same set up on the truck's key fob that I keep in a drawer. I have a couple of house keys on lightweight key rings for when I just need a house key. Ditto for the shed keys,garage and gate keys.

    bossyvossy thanked wildchild2x2
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    I don't have a lot of keys, and I even took my POBox key, office key and a friend's key off my keyring, and put them on a holder in the pocket of my purse since they aren't used much. Now I have three door keys, a couple of those plastic tabs for stores (and by which they'll mail back your keys if you lose them). I use a three way pull apart so the car's smart key goes on one end (easy to leave with the valet), and a remote for the garage on the middle. It's all just big enough to be a decent safety device, without weighing me down, and can fit in a pocket, though the smart key is heavy.

    bossyvossy thanked plllog
  • 10 years ago

    Plllog that's exactly why I have the keyring I have, so I can remove easily just one key for the valet or mechanic and not give all my other keys too. The RV has its own remote control fob and keys on it's own keyring. My mobility scooter key is on one of those bracelet things. I only take those when I need them.

    bossyvossy thanked ravencajun Zone 8b TX
  • 10 years ago

    I keep my house keys and car key separate. I leave my house keys in my purse and put my car key in my pocket when I leave my car. I have a pet tag from a now passed away kitty on my house keys and one time I got a call for "Miss Kitty". I recognized the voice as the pastor of my church and found out he was calling because I had dropped my house keys in the parking lot and someone turned them in to the rectory. We both got a good laugh out of that and I was happy to get my keys back.

    I keep the green rubber ring on my house key and it is easy to identify even in the dark.

    bossyvossy thanked murraysmom Zone 6a OH
  • 10 years ago

    I have a pull apart like Pillog's, but only 2 pieces. I put the car keys on one end, and the two house keys on the other. Also have a couple of grocery store and pharmacy tags. When I valet park, I pull off the house keys section and keep it with me.

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  • 10 years ago

    murraysmom, I recognize Frisch's Big Boy-- what a blast from the past!

    bossyvossy thanked mama goose_gw zn6OH
  • 10 years ago

    LOL, yes it is! They gave them out when they had a grand opening a few years ago. I love Frisch's.

    bossyvossy thanked murraysmom Zone 6a OH
  • 10 years ago

    You folks do know that you don't need to carry all those grocery store or pharmacy tags on your key ring, right? Most likely, when you signed up for them, you provided your phone number. When you get to the checkout and are ready to give them your tag, just enter your phone number on the debit/credit card pad. The phone number is associated with your account, and you'll get your discount then (or points, or whatever). I have about 6 of them, and don't carry any of them. I just key in my phone number.

    bossyvossy thanked sephia_wa
  • 10 years ago

    I just have a fob for my car, and a house key. but I have all kinds of keys in my car, for if I need like Jeans, Rikes, Micheles or anyone else while I am out. No need to have them on the key ring. I also have all my store cards in my car.

    bossyvossy thanked OklaMoni
  • 10 years ago

    Mine's boring, only remote fob and one house key (had 7 doors rekeyed to the same one). I don't even need the house key, auto garage door opener and if something ever happened to that where it wouldn't open there's a key pad opener for the side determined to be DH's....separate garage door and mechanism there.

    I do carry a key to my mothers but in a zippered compartment in my purse. Kitchen drawer and desk: safe deposit box keys, neighbors homes, several family members keys but I don't carry them and only use when I've been given a specific task to do.

    bossyvossy thanked morz8 - Washington Coast
  • 10 years ago

    Sephia, having one of the tags on your keyring, especially for a big chain store, helps get your keys back. Before stores starting having the key tags, I had one from my credit card company that said "if found drop the keys into any mailbox", and the company paid the postage to get them back, then sent them to you. The stores will usually do that too (you can check in the benefits info on their websites). People will bring the keys into the store, or drop them in the mail. That's when the pull apart is a disadvantage, in case it pulls apart in the mail, though the postman probably puts it in a bag, and can figure out that the pieces go together. :)


    bossyvossy thanked plllog
  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    I carry a house key loose in my pocket and grab a car fob from a cabinet drawer near the garage door (where car keys are kept) when leaving. Many cars start with a button rather than an ignition key these days, so car "keys" can stay in a pocket or purse. Linking car fobs and keys together on a ring causes too large a bulge in my pocket.

    Watchme, I'll bet the handcuff key on your ring is useful for making new friends.

    bossyvossy thanked Elmer J Fudd
  • 10 years ago

    Come on, fess up those of you with ridiculous key chains. In my defense I'll say that one ring has car fobs and house key. The other ring has my doodads, and both are held by the carabiner. But I have seen people with lanyards and incredible amount of keys, I am not alone!

  • 10 years ago

    Key and fob for my Explorer, keys for my house and keys for the bldgs on my property. Also a key for my husband's old truck which I guess I keep for sentimental reasons

    bossyvossy thanked Rose Pekelnicky
  • 10 years ago

    I have no keys anymore, which is very odd to me but I am getting used to it. The car has a fob you keep on you and press a button to start. I live in a smart house that has key pads so you either enter a code in the door or use your smart phone to open the garage or doors. Great when you have groceries, hit button on phone door is unlocked. I can view my house from my tablet, phone and computer and if I have a guest coming over I can remotely open the door for them.

    bossyvossy thanked Aprile
  • 10 years ago

    Kinda fun! I have more doo dads than keys :-) That Camel flashlight is 20 years old and still works but needs to be replaced with something LED and not an advertisement for tobacco :-)


    My friend went to Paris too!


    bossyvossy thanked PKponder TX Z7B
  • 10 years ago

    Other than the key and push button thingy to the van, my house key is the only one I carry. It is on a chain made by my late daughter. I keep it in the loose change pocket of my purse...easy to get hold of there.

    bossyvossy thanked lgmd_gaz
  • 10 years ago

    Mine has 8 keys on it and probably as many merchant/library tags, my car fob and a beaded Indian tassle thing an old friend gave me a few years ago when I went to visit her. I think she told me her brother made it.

    bossyvossy thanked Kathsgrdn
  • 10 years ago

    Bossyvossy, I like all the things you have on your key chain. I had another piece on my key ring that had a dog, a bone and some other "dog" thing on it. It had belonged to my sister who passed away. Her dog, Fred, came to live with me after she passed and I had that on my key chain for many years. But a link broke and now I just have the pieces laying in the bowl by the door where I leave all my keys.

    What's the story behind your "glob"? Any deep meaning in what you carry around? :)

  • 10 years ago

    MM, I also noticed that all doodads, loyalty cards excluded, have sentimental value for all who posted. The chorus line brass ticket symbolizes stability, a value I treasure. I've had it close to 40 yrs.. The rest is mainly b/c I love red. Brass N for my name.

  • 10 years ago
    last modified: 10 years ago

    My privacy and personal security is important to me so I never give out my phone number, address and other info when I don't need to so the store cards will not have my address, phone or even a correct spelling of my name for that matter. They don't need it so they don't get it and I don't really like the cards anyway so I don't and won't have many. I refuse cards from stores that require a driver license to get a card. It's none of their business.

    I don't have pictures of my keys but I keep two "rings" so to speak. My current vehicle is the first I've ever had that uses one of the remote fobs. It doesn't make sense to me to carry the key and the fob on the same ring. If you lose one, you lose the other and then you can't get into it. And if you lock one in the vehicle, you're SOL. So I have them on separate rings.

    On the "key" ring, I simply have a plastic belt clip (similar to the clips sometimes used on a leash like this) to clip it to the carabiner (to the other key ring) on a belt loop, the vehicle key, a house key and a couple of the store cards. Very simple and very basic.

    The other keyring has a carabiner to clip to the belt, the remote fob, a bottle opener and a tiny LED flashlight. Both key rings will clip to the belt loop and drop into my pocket so if they come loose, they drop into my pocket instead of onto the ground.

    I know a couple people who have had their ignition switches damaged from too heavy a keyring and what they went through with that is not worth the risk to me. I don't need all the keys I used to have to carry and I've never liked 20 key fobs on a ring. Don't like all the weight in my pocket wearing holes in my pants.