Faraday Pouch or Similar Key Protection - Any Recommendations?

[Bint Box]

Hi,

Are all faraday pouches or similar key protection containers much the same and worth bothering with?
Or, are there some brands recognised as better?

If they are worth using would anyone please be able to recommend a few decent brands?


Thx
Bintos

 

[tom_e]

whichever is cheapest on eBay/Amazon, they're all much of a muchness

 

[gazref]

Don't buy cheap ones. The ones I bought stopped working after a while. For home use you might be alright with a biscuit tin or 2.

 

[gazref]

Ignore that. I take it back. Just went to see what brand, gave it a test and looks like just one is faulty. Came in 2s, maybe the lining tore on one with use or it was faulty?

Defender signal blocker red logo. 5yrs old still works

 

[tom_e]

Don't buy cheap ones. The ones I bought stopped working after a while. For home use you might be alright with a biscuit tin or 2.

Generally all the soft pouch style ones will probably stop working eventually as the lining gets worn taking the key in and out.

 

[Terminal_Boy]

The Chinese ones on Amazon etc are rubbish as they don’t provide reliable RF isolation.

Find the U.K. retailer for these:

RF Shielded Pouches for PDA, phone, tablet, laptop

EMI RFI RF Shielded Pouches for theft prevention, rf shielding, security blocks RF, UHF, microwave, wireless, WiFi

www.ramayes.com

 

[gc123]

if you can actually find a open police station nip in and ask. my daughter got me 2 and herself 2 for nothing just by asking , they were promoting keeping keys safe.

 

[Nick1881]

I ordered my Dad some off Amazon, a box and 2 pouches, branded Samfolk. To my suprise they do seem to work.

 

[Uther]

Vonetti alpha shield, expensive but it just works.

 

[Vandle]

I put my key in a surf-lock when scuba diving. Just a 4 digit combo padlock really that holds a key inside, i fasten it to my car door handle. I just wrap the key in aluminium foil. Works a treat.

 

[tamzzy]

this is the one i use: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/175755994333
£7 when i bought it a year and a bit ago

has saved my car from the relay hack a few months ago (saw on my video doorbell when i woke up the next morning)

 

[Nasher]

For home just use a tin. They definitely work.

 

[Haggisman]

I put my key in a surf-lock when scuba diving. Just a 4 digit combo padlock really that holds a key inside, i fasten it to my car door handle. I just wrap the key in aluminium foil. Works a treat.

I assume you don't like your car very much? It takes literally minutes to brute force those combination locks, assuming there isn't a bypass to open them even quicker. It would probably be more secure to just hide your key somewhere

Ignore that. I take it back. Just went to see what brand, gave it a test and looks like just one is faulty. Came in 2s, maybe the lining tore on one with use or it was faulty?

Defender signal blocker red logo. 5yrs old still works

I have a couple of defender ones - they work, but the one in daily use stopped after a few months (maybe because it was getting bent in my bag). To their credit, they did send out a couple of replacements really quickly when I messaged them.

 

[Nasher]

I assume you don't like your car very much? It takes literally minutes to brute force those combination locks, assuming there isn't a bypass to open them even quicker. It would probably be more secure to just hide your key somewhere



I have a couple of defender ones - they work, but the one in daily use stopped after a few months (maybe because it was getting bent in my bag). To their credit, they did send out a couple of replacements really quickly when I messaged them.

Same with those combination bike locks. I've seen someone open once just by hitting it with a hammer.

 

[Yaayuh!]

Find a nice old pewter pot to stick them in

 

[Scania]

My sister leaves her keys in the microwave when she's at home!

 

[Terminal_Boy]

My sister leaves her keys in the microwave when she's at home!

Which will work a treat until someone forgets that the microwave is a key safe and nukes the keys.

 

[Scania]

Which will work a treat until someone forgets that the microwave is a key safe and nukes the keys.

Absolutely, it's not happened yet although with four young lads living at home it's only a matter of time surely!

 

[hyperseven]

an empty packet of Walkers?

 

[Bint Box]

Don't buy cheap ones. The ones I bought stopped working after a while. For home use you might be alright with a biscuit tin or 2.

I have some lead flashing left over from some work, zany thought but could shape it into a box