I’ve always found it annoying to have a bunch of keys in my pocket (they’re heavy, sometimes poke into you, and create weird bulges), so I try to carry as few as possible. Unfortunately, I’ve reached a point where I have a fairly large number of keys that need to keep with me sometimes:
Default key chain: Apartment key, apartment key fob, USB security key, mail key
Car key
Bike key
Storage keys
Multitool (I know, it’s weird that I don’t always carry this, but it’s heavy)
Previously I kept all of these except the storage keys on one keyring, but I recently realized that tiny carabiners exist, which means I can keep all of the non-default keys clipped to a storage area and then add just the keys I need during the day.
For example, most days I just need either my car key or bike key.
The downside of this is that the caribiner itself adds size and weight, so if I needed to carry the full set of keys it would be even worse. Luckily, that doesn’t seem to happen to me (and some keys are mutually-exclusive, like the bike and car key). If you do have a large number of keys you need together, this won’t help you.
The specific ones I bought were this 12-pack of tiny caribiners on Amazon, but I don’t have any particular faith in this clearly-random-name-generator company. This size is perfect for the non-hook size to hold a tiny key ring with 2-3 keys. I didn’t get double-caribiners because I don’t have any need to quickly detach the keys themselves, and that would make them slightly bigger.
I thought this might be a place where other people who care unusually-much about the exact weight of their pockets might congregate, so if you feel similarly, consider getting some tiny keyring carabiners.
Clip keys together with tiny carabiners
I’ve always found it annoying to have a bunch of keys in my pocket (they’re heavy, sometimes poke into you, and create weird bulges), so I try to carry as few as possible. Unfortunately, I’ve reached a point where I have a fairly large number of keys that need to keep with me sometimes:
Default key chain: Apartment key, apartment key fob, USB security key, mail key
Car key
Bike key
Storage keys
Multitool (I know, it’s weird that I don’t always carry this, but it’s heavy)
Previously I kept all of these except the storage keys on one keyring, but I recently realized that tiny carabiners exist, which means I can keep all of the non-default keys clipped to a storage area and then add just the keys I need during the day.
For example, most days I just need either my car key or bike key.
The downside of this is that the caribiner itself adds size and weight, so if I needed to carry the full set of keys it would be even worse. Luckily, that doesn’t seem to happen to me (and some keys are mutually-exclusive, like the bike and car key). If you do have a large number of keys you need together, this won’t help you.
The specific ones I bought were this 12-pack of tiny caribiners on Amazon, but I don’t have any particular faith in this clearly-random-name-generator company. This size is perfect for the non-hook size to hold a tiny key ring with 2-3 keys. I didn’t get double-caribiners because I don’t have any need to quickly detach the keys themselves, and that would make them slightly bigger.
I thought this might be a place where other people who care unusually-much about the exact weight of their pockets might congregate, so if you feel similarly, consider getting some tiny keyring carabiners.