show me your keys

[bunkerbob]

What do you carry on your keyring. May sound trivial, but, this arrangement has not changed for me in over 20 years, one item goes back to my military days. Can you identify it, an indispensable item for sure. I have carried that since...omg its been that long.

And no Naekid, not the two jeep keys.

In pocket, lighter/flashlight/mirror combo, and pocket knife. Clipped on belt with small carabiner, 3" folding knife, and high power LED flashlight. And yes I check them for functionality regularly, batteries, butane and blade sharpness.

P-38 P-38 Can Opener - The Armys Greatest Invention.

[UncleJoe]

Originally Posted by bunkerbob

What do you carry on your keyring.

Three keys. One for each vehicle that I drive regularly and one for the house.
I hate a bunch of stuff on my keyring because it can get so bulky in the pocket. The other amenities mentioned are kept in each vehicle.

[bunkerbob]

Originally Posted by UncleJoe

Three keys. One for each vehicle that I drive regularly and one for the house.
I hate a bunch of stuff on my keyring because it can get so bulky in the pocket. The other amenities mentioned are kept in each vehicle.

BOBs are good in your vehicle, but, one year at work, at night, we lost the power, no emergency lighting. Flashlight on belt help direct lost customers to the front of the store, retail store was about 300,000 sf.
What happens when you are not in or near your car.
I know extra items on your ring are a pain, wear holes in your pocket, but again you never know when you will need them.

[UncleJoe]

I have good night vision. Probably from spending so many cold nights behind the eyepiece of my telescope.

You're right though. You never know, and some day I'll say to myself; "Why didn't I listen to Bob".

[sailaway]

Originally Posted by bunkerbob

What do you carry on your keyring. May sound trivial, but, this arrangement has not changed for me in over 20 years, one item goes back to my military days. Can you identify it, an indispensable item for sure. I have carried that since...omg its been that long.

And no Naekid, not the two jeep keys.

In pocket, lighter/flashlight/mirror combo, and pocket knife. Clipped on belt with small carabiner, 3" folding knife, and high power LED flashlight. And yes I check them for functionality regularly, batteries, butane and blade sharpness.

P-38 P-38 Can Opener - The Armys Greatest Invention.

Love those Jeep keys Bob, one looks like a Wrangler and the other a Cherokee or Liberty. I just picked up a couple of P-38s the other day.

[bunkerbob]

Originally Posted by sailaway

Love those Jeep keys Bob, one looks like a Wrangler and the other a Cherokee or Liberty.

Damn, your good. 1993 Grand, 237,000 miles, 2005 Wrangler, wifes' get around.

[sailaway]

Originally Posted by bunkerbob

Damn, your good. 1993 Grand, 237,000 miles, 2005 Wrangler, wifes' get around.

Looks like my chain!, 95 wrangler 139,142 miles and a n 03 liberty, 118,000 miles, 6 other jeeps also!

[mosquitomountainman]

Car keys, house key, PO Box key...no extras. I do keep a pocket knife and lighter in my pocket and a small LED flashlight in my coat pocket. I just don't like a lot of stuff on my key ring. I worked as a mechanic for quite a few years and heavy keyrings are hard on ignition lock cylinders. Okay when it's a customer paying me to replace theirs but not okay when I have to replace my own.

[Jason]

Just the keys I need and a bottle opener that has been on my keyring since I bought it in Florida in 2004. I don't have any baubles or cutsie signs on my ring-just a ring, keys, and the opener.

[NaeKid]

I do specific keychains.

The keys on my house key-ring are all house-related, door keys, mail keys - that kind of thing.

Then I have my vehicle specific key-rings. All the keys that belong to my 2006 LJ are on one chain (hood-locks, gas-cap-lock, ignition)

Again, the same situation for my 1988 YJ, my 1992 GMC, etc.

I only carry the keys that I require at that point in time so that if a set gets lost, I am not scrambling to try to recover that loss of access to everything I own. I also do the same thing with my registration / licence papers for my vehicles. I never leave the papers in the vehicle - they stay on my body at all times - and - only the papers that I require for that vehicle I am driving at that moment are on my body.

I found out that if someone was to steal your vehicle and get pulled over by the police before the vehicle is reported stolen, if they can produce the registration / licence / insurance papers, the police will let them go.