Tips for securely organising your keys

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Reorganising your keyring is a good way to save time and space fumbling for the right keys. Here are some tips for reducing, reorganising and simplifying your keyring.

Slim down your keys

Sometimes your keyring can become bloated with keys that you don’t use often or don’t really need. Things like:

– Key for a storage shed
– Keys to a friends house
– Keys to a holiday house
– Keys for an internal room in your house like basement or study
– Keys for things we don’t use anymore.

These casual use keys can be placed on a second keyring or on their own keyrings for simplicity. It pays to separate these keys; it will improve security, as your not carrying all your keys all the time, and make life easier for you, with more space in your pocket.

Generally speaking, the keys on your main keyring should be easier to replace, or already have a spare set, like house keys and car keys.

Change the key ring

Novelty keyrings can add unnecessary and excessive bulk to your pocket. Changing to a minimal and functional keyring will streamline the size of your keys and make organising them easier. Some styles you might want to try include:

– Keyport
– Keydisk
– Swiss army style keyring

Other keyrings you can try include ones with a functional tool, like small LED lights that make it easier to find your way and illuminate keyholes in the dark.

Colour coding

Colour coding your keys is a simple way of identifying what key does what. While it’s not great in low light, colouring certain keys with a mark or identifier (for example red for front door, green for office) is a quick and simple visual aid for knowing what key is what.

Keep a locksmith’s number in your phone or wallet

When you’ve lost or forgotten your keys then no amount of colour coding or organisation is going to help. Some people keep the number of a local locksmith on the fridge or in their car. The better solution is keeping a card in your wallet and a number in your phone. They are the two most likely things you’ll have on you if you lose or misplace your keys.

For a residential and commercial locksmith services in Melbourne, contact Melbourne City locksmiths. We provide prompt service and can help you with residential, automotive, security and emergency lock solutions.