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Ask Slashdot: What's On Your Keychain? 278

Posted by Soulskill from the seventeen-carabiners-and-a-blockbuster-video-minicard dept.
kuhnto writes: I was playing with my key chain and started to wonder: what does everyone on Slashdot have on their key chains? What cool things do you have that you want to share? I'll start: car key, car alarm dongle, house key, Kingston USB Drive, AAA micro flashlight, and a Swiss-tech Utili-key. To extend this a bit: what other things do you usually carry around with you, aside from the common items like phones, keyrings, and card/cash holders?
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  • Nothing on mine... (Score:5, Funny)

    by xevioso ( 598654 ) on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:19PM (#49701449)

    But my wife pretty much has me on hers...:-(

  • God kill me now! (Score:3, Funny)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:19PM (#49701451)

    Hey, I just picked my nose and was wondering how many other people on Slashdot did the same?

  • Keys (Score:3)

    by TWX ( 665546 ) on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:20PM (#49701461)
    I have keys on my keychain. I have enough keys to variouls things that having nonessential things on my keychain would result in something too large to fit in the pocket and too heavy to use in an automobile ignition without damaging it.

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by dpilot ( 134227 )

      ...and one key fob for the door locks of one car, and another fob+key for the other car. The fob+key is a real pain, because the key on the end makes it big and awkward on the ring.

  • On my keychain? (Score:4, Interesting)

    by YrWrstNtmr ( 564987 ) on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:21PM (#49701469)
    On my keychain? Keys. And a "Remove before flight" tag.
  • I have to carry 3 different RSA keys for three different vendors systems that my company use. It is starting to feel heavy in my pocket.
  • A house key, an office key, and a pink ribbon keychain thingie a co-worker gave me when my wife got diagnosed with breast cancer.

  • Too much (Score:3)

    by markdavis ( 642305 ) on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:26PM (#49701529)

    I try to keep my keychain as small as possible. So I have a house key, a work key, and a USB key (super tiny). Since I can bike to work, I don't carry a car key unless I have to. That's it!

    As for as everything else? Nexus 5 phone, Moto360, a little bottle of various meds, another med, diphenhydramine pen, eyedrops, a multitool, wallet, glasses, glasses wipe, probably some change, clothes. And yes, I have to carry all that med crap, which means I pretty much have to carry the dreaded "fanny pack". At least it is small and leather; without it, leaving would be far too involved and I wouldn't have enough pockets.

    If going outside for a while, then hat (cap), and prescription sunglasses too.... that is fun, since they are curved and not compact (love them, though). Sometimes I carry my Nexus 10, also.

    It is always too much stuff :(

  • And what do I use it for? Mainly to unlock PasswordSafe. I have the YubiKey NEO, so it has a USB connection so I can plug it into the PC. And it also has NFC, so I can use it to unlock the same password database on my Android phone.

  • 1 bicycle lock key, 1 car key and one for the gas cap, 1 key for our apartment. In my pocket, an old iPhone 4, my Langlitz Leathers chain wallet (which is attached to my keys). I get major anxiety if I leave the house without the aforementioned things, my eyeglasses, and my wristwatch.

  • Car key/fob, house key, SecureID for VPN, Jeep logo tag, and two small grocery store membership thingies.

    I guess the most interesting thing would be the SecurID fob.

    Personally, though, I find the car key/fob which enables automatic unlock and push-button start on my Jeep the be the coolest thing... (grin)

    I used to have all sorts of other things on my key ring, but it was just too heavy and bulky. Now I leave things like the mail box key at home.

  • One leather key fob with manufacturer's crest.
    One car key.

    I have a 2nd keychain with house key, mailbox key, spare car key, wife's car key, but I don't generally go out with it. And I usually use my wife's keys to drive her car or get the mail; so it mostly sits on my bedside table.

  • What most soldiers have (Score:3)

    by david.emery ( 127135 ) on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:32PM (#49701579)

    An old Dogtag and a "P-38" can opener.

    • Re: (Score:3)

      by cusco ( 717999 )

      Took the P-38 off my key chain years ago when the thing somehow managed to gouge me while I was climbing a tree.. It was very old and worn and wouldn't stay closed any more.

  • Swiss Army Cybertool Lite:

    http://www.amazon.com/Victorin... [amazon.com]

  • 2x Work keys
    1x Work key fob
    1x House key
    2x Bike lock keys
    1x Bottle opener
    1x Decorative piece

  • Lots (Score:2)

    by c ( 8461 )

    I feel like a school janitor sometimes...

    3 (different) house keys, shed key, car key/dongle, minivan key, van key, carabiner, Gerber Curve, bottle opener, sparkplug gapper (AKA flat screwdriver which fits everything), nano LED light.

    That's all I can remember, anyway.

  • I have a "Drink Coca Cola" bottle opener that I found in my great-grandfathers basement after he died in 1975. I have a tendency to lose pretty much everything that isn't attached to me, but I have never lost that key chain. Even when I've lost other key chains that I was carrying for work, that's the one that I never lost. I'm getting almost superstitious about it.

    I also have car keys and house keys, and a key that will open every access control cabinet and NVR server rack for a very large customer of m

    • 1) Bottle opener
      2) Wrist loop of nylon cord (handy to keep the keys handy when wrangling grocery bags)
      3) House key
      4) Camper shell key, and associated truck key
      5) Wife's car key and fob
      6) My commuter car fob (no key)

  • Nothing (Score:3)

    by mspohr ( 589790 ) on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:36PM (#49701613)

    No keys. No keychain.
    House is always open... don't need a key.
    Car has an electronic fob... no key.

  • My key chain, apart from the keys, has a bottle cap opener and a laser pointer. Yeah, it is not polite to point, but sometimes it sure is helpful!

    • Re: (Score:2)

      by cusco ( 717999 )

      The bottle opener on my key chain helped get me married. Back in the days before every bottle was a twist off I became really popular at some of the fiestas that I went to in Peru. By the time that the Fiesta de la Candelaria came around I was in good enough practice that I could almost keep up with my future in-laws' beer consumption, so was able to hang around long enough to be introduced to the stunning redhead I had seen hanging around.

  • Oh yes - and some keys.
  • 8 keys, car remote, gym club barcode
    • Y'all heard about how social status is the inverse of the number of keys you carry? Janitors usually have a big ball of keys, but the President only has one, and a marine carries it around for him.

  • I have no keychain -- I use my car key when I drive, it has lock and unlock on it. No housekey, I use Schlage keypad locks on all doors. I carry a flashlight and leatherman in my left pants pocket and a folder clipped to my right. I rarely have need of a memory stick.

    I also don't use a wallet -- cards, license, cash, etc. just live in my front right pocket.

    • Oh, and I have a Schlage tumbler kit so I can rekey the locks I don't need to carry a key for so I'm only not carrying one key instead of not carrying a dozen.

  • and keys!

  • Daily carry (Score:4, Interesting)

    by steveha ( 103154 ) on Friday May 15, 2015 @06:48PM (#49701709) Homepage

    Almost all the time, I wear cargo pants because I want pockets.

    On my keychain, I have a simple tool for poking reset buttons that are inside small access holes; I made it from a paperclip. I also have a SwissTech folding pliers tool, which I mostly use for its screwdrivers.

    I also try to never be without a paper towel or at least napkin in a pocket. If someone spills coffee or something I have the fastest response time, and sometimes I want to dry my hands in a bathroom that is out of towels.

    I carry a Swiss Army knife, one that isn't as thick as my forearm so it doesn't have pliers or a saw. It does have both scissors and a corkscrew. I used to carry one with a Phillips screwdriver, but the SwissTech on my keychain covers that now, and once when someone really needed a corkscrew I didn't have one. Never again! Not on my watch!

    (By the way, I have always wished that the Swiss Army knife companies would make a "companion" tool, that doesn't have the basic knife blades and screwdrivers but has the saw, the file, and the other more exotic tools. I'd sooner carry two slim tools than one thing as thick as my forearm.)

    I carry a Fenix E11 pocket flashlight. It runs for many hours on a single AA cell, with plenty of light, and it has a high-power mode. It claims 8 hours for the 35 Lumens mode, and less than 2 hours for the 100 Lumens mode. I haven't verified those numbers. I love this thing: it uses a Cree LED to produce a really bright white light. It's 21st Century technology; nobody could make such a thing in the 20th Century.

    I carry a Spyderco "Delica" folding knife. It's just the thing for opening packages from Amazon or whatever. It locks open for safety, and I love the thumb hole for one-handed opening. (I'm amazed that they were able to patent that. Once that patent expires I reckon most lock-back knives will have a thumb hole for opening.)

    I also carry a Spyderco "Rescue Jr." folding knife. It's specifically designed for tasks like cutting a seat belt when rescuing someone from a crashed car. I've never needed it for this purpose, so its other purpose is that I keep it clean, and if someone needs a clean and sharp knife for food, I offer that one. The Delica usually has little slivers of packing tape or other crud on it from opening delivery boxes.

    I carry an "unbreakable" pocket comb. Not only do I use it to comb my hair, but I usually use it to prop a door open when I want to make sure the door doesn't lock closed behind me.

    I carry a Fisher "space pen" in black ink, and a cheap disposable pen in blue ink. I can easily tell which is which, and if someone wants to borrow a pen I usually loan them the cheap one and don't get upset if I don't get it back. (If I loan the Fisher, I keep the cap; this reminds people that they need to give it back.)

    I carry enough cash for cab fare or a meal, buried in my wallet. I try never to use this as I want it to be there if I ever need it.

    I also have a backpack that has a whole bunch of stuff in it (USB charger and USB cables kit, mini first aid kit, etc.) but the above is what I carry all the time.

  • keychain 1: NFC tag programmed to instantly silence my phone on contact
    keychain 2: World of Warcraft Authenticator
    keychain 3: LED flashlight

  • My key chain contains mostly keys, but also a Yubikey Neo and "The Tool" by gopro.

  • One is the car "key" (that round mini / bmw thing), that has a cast metal enamel Wakko Warner in a rather acrobatic pose dangling from it. Looks great when I'm hard left and he's sticking almost sideways

    The other is the rest of the keys, on that i have a piston (complete with connecting rod and piston pin - the whole thing is maybe an inch long), a small pill bottle, a maglite led solitaire, the fob to get into the building i work at, and that's it. The rest is keys.

    When I had an RX8 the fob had a working

  • One has my house key, mailbox key, and bicycle key. The other has my car keys, dad's house key, storage locker key. When I ride my bike I leave the second one at home.

    Started this scheme about 3 years ago when I looked at my keychain and realized I didn't know what half those keys unlocked, and of the half that were left I no longer had the lock.

  • The key to my daily driver has nothing attached. I have a remote clipped to the visor to open the garage and the doors on my house (and the side door to the garage) have keypads.

  • ...I have a key to an old Sun 6-drive desktop disk enclosure on my keychain though I'm not sure why. (I do still use two of those boxes but I haven't needed to get inside them for a few years.) It just seems like I won't lose it if I keep it with the rest of my keys.

  • My car keyring has three items: key, lock/unlock device and anti-theft device (with button for when the proximity thing doesn't work).

    My other key chain has my house key and five others keys that I no longer use and have long since forgotten what they are for. One looks like it is for a piece of luggage or briefcase.

  • I have a Prius 'key', an alarm system keyfob, and a door key, that's it. Oh, and some weird bit of wood that looks vaguely like New Hampshire and has "NH" stamped in it (upside down no less). New Hampshire always was bass-ackwards....

    Other than that I wear a watch (yup, a real watch, not that Apple silliness), and a Nexus 4 is in my pocket. Yup, got a billfold, nothing exciting about that either!

  • On my keychain I have, um, keys. As few as possible. In pants pockets I generally have a wallet, a lockblade knife, a small leatherman tool (no blade - TSA OK), handkerchief and always a flashlight (Surefire Backup). My phone is always with me somewhere.

    But I am almost always wearing my ScottEvest [scottevest.com] in which I generally have an Ironkey plus a few non-secure USB drives, pocket notebook, rarely used magnifier glasses and magnifier card, photography grey-card, parking access key, pens (rollerball, retractable mi

  • "Keyless" fob for car, on which is attached a 32gig PNY "key", a house key, and my mail key.

    Every day I check myself for four things to leave the house or leave the office. Keys, wallet, phone, badge.

    The wallet is a magnetic bill fold with cash (something I still prefer), a driver's license, a credit card, a debit card, and, since I'm a degenerate gambler, a "prestige" card for a major casino chain.

    I could leave the mail key *somewhere* and the casino card in the car -- since they'll gladly get me replacem

  • remote proximity fob for the auto (contains emergency key)
    fischer space pen
    usb key-shaped storage thingy
    St. Christopher medallion
    house key
    safe deposit key
    small capsule-shaped metal pill container containing a c-note (mad money).

  • Aside from the usual keys, I have a small flashlight; nothing strong, but could be useful in an emergency. I have this nifty Swiss+Tech Utili-key [swisstechtools.com], also handy in an emergency. One part is a glasses screwdriver, which I've used more than once.

    At one point I had a USB drive on the ring with a number of useful things, from PortableApps to virus/malware cleaners, but now it just stays in my pocket.

    I also use a small carabiner to clip the keys to my belt loop; while jangly, it's also much easier to know if I've f

  • Car key, car door remote, house key, Photon light, Sampo fishing swivel, P-38 and one of my dog tags.
  • Plus one return-to-me email tag made at Petco.

  • A skeleton key / lever lock key from the early 1900s that belonged to my grandfather and a Sauber BMW F1 leather loop

  • Several houses, each with their own set of keys. Some other facilities as well. Numerous vehicles, many with hitch, spare and roof rack locks needing their own keys. Boats with cabin and locker keys. Vehicles all have alarm dongles if that's not a part of the key. Most keychains have an LED light of some kind.

    I take the keychain(s) with me applicable to what I'm doing on any day. If all the keys were on one ring, I'd look like the worst stereotype of the apartment superintendant.

  • Car key

    Motorcycle key

    Keys to a mountain gate and Radio station

    Laser pointer

  • Key, starter and WarAmps tag. If you lose them someone can put them in a mailbox and The WarAmps will get them back to you. Save my butt twice.

  • I have one circle key ring that is bent and works poorly. It's attached to some liquor store quality carabiner where the latch just kinda flops because the spring is also bent and working poorly.

    Attached to the ring is a house key and a key for a Land Cruiser that is not running. Actually, it's at the shop, so the key isn't there right now.

    Attached to the rest of it is a self-made Gorilla tape thing that holds my key for my bike lock. That key's little lanyard was broken long ago leaving it not attachable

  • Here, let me give you an itemized list of every item I keep on my person at all times while away from the house so you have an exacting idea of what to expect when you mug me and steal all my shit!

  • - Keys
    - Car Key Fob
    - Leather Fob engraved with Bear made for me by a developmentally-disabled friend of the family about 20 years ago
    - Gerber Shard [gerbergear.com]

  • I moved to Thailand. All I carry is a guesthouse key, wallet, passport papers & cell phone

    I prefer not to be 'chained'

  • Keys and a bottle opener.

  • Car key, car remote and house key. Who wants to carry around a bunch of other crap?

  • Just a 5V Pentium that's been on my keys since I got it from Intel when the Pentium launched. It's a 60/66MHz model core encased in acrylic. Keyfob has outlasted 5 cars and 7 houses.

  • my Every-Day Carry (Score:3)

    by CyberSlugGump ( 609485 ) on Friday May 15, 2015 @10:53PM (#49703217)

    There are entire sites dedicated to everyday carry (EDC) with some sites focused on flashlights, knives, Atwood tools, etc. You can spend a lot of time and money on EDC "research" :-)

    Front pocket (in approx. order of use)

    Other front pocket (in approx order of use)

    Shirt pocket--you *always* have a shirt pocket, right?

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