Key management

[bainbridge]

A query for GDers

I've always kept all my keys on one big bunch. Car, garage, front door, bike, the lot. No fancy keyrings, just a big bunch of keys.

This is keeping all my eggs in one basket but (touch wood) I've never lost keys. Whenever I've experimented with separate bunches of keys I've found myself out and about needing a key which has been left at home.

My new car has one of those flip out keys and I've heard you should have too many keys on there because the weight can break the key when in the ignition, so I was just wondering how the good people of GD manage all their keys.

Thanks

 

[bainbridge]

So judging by the responses most people just have the door and car key on them when out and about and leave the others in the house. Maybe I'm just set in my ways but when I leave the house I grab keys, phone and wallet and I'm all set with any key I might need.

Thanks GD looks like I might need to run 2 sets of keys and leave one in the house.

 

[bainbridge]

So the general consensus seems to be:

Hardly anyone carries all their keys on one big bunch like me.

Lots of people have their car key separate from their other keys.

Lots of people lock their house keys in the car when out in the car.

I'm looking at a potential 2 way split with car and garage keys on one bunch and the rest on another bunch, but have some reservations..

I exit the car, lock the car and pocket the keys (not a fancy car with keyless entry) then at my front door I extract another bunch of keys to get into the house.

Seems a bit more complicated than a one bunch strategy with a couple of pitfalls:

You're twice as likely to lose keys

You're more likely to lock yourself out.


This needs more thought before I give up my massive bunch of keys.