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tzs ◴[] No.41957914[source]
If you keys are on a keyring like those in the illustrations in the article where the keys can easily jangle and that gets annoying I found a good way to address that.

• Get some small magnets. I used these 8 mm diameter 1mm thick disk magnets [1].

• Attach one to each key near the hole for the keyring. Orient the magnets so the each is attracted to the magnets on the neighboring keys.

When hanging on your keyring your keys will then form one unit which won't jangle.

You want magnets that are strong enough to attract through the keys. If yours need a little help you could try putting a magnet on each side of the key.

I held them on by wrapping some tape around the key.

[1] https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B071XNRF2D

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1. Cthulhu_ ◴[] No.41958303[source]
There's alternatives to keyrings as well, holders so your keys become their own swiss army knife.
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2. linsomniac ◴[] No.41958569[source]
A year or two I got a KeyPort, which is a modular key organizer. It's an aluminum frame with screws at either end that the heads of typical keys can go through, creating something like a swiss army knife of keys. The frame has modular mounts for accessories like a belt/pocket clip and a knife.

I'm fairly meh about it, largely because I don't think it's good value. It was pretty hard for me to spend $60 on a keyring, and the knife is also fairly meh (I prefer locking+spring assisted opening knives for EDC). Also their "Key return service" is fairly meh; not really looking forward to another $4.99 service charge every year that I have to manage, when paying $60 for this thing.

Another company, KeySmart, has a similar device and it's more compact but doesn't do the "attachments" thing, so you'd carry a knife if you wanted that. They have one that has Tile finding device built in, as long as you remember to charge it. I had one for ~4 years with a Tile device attached to it, that had a dead battery for 90% of the time I had it.

I'd be tempted to get one of the smaller key organizers with an AirTag holder and set up a little magsafe charging setup that I could just drop my keys into.

I mostly don't lose my keys very often, but once in the last decade I dropped them while taking the kids around the neighborhood trick-or-treating and I don't want to repeat that experience, mostly because I keep a couple office keys on my ring.

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3. kylebenzle ◴[] No.41959963[source]
Why did you carry a tracking device with you for years with a dead battery?
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4. linsomniac ◴[] No.41960024{3}[source]
Because it was on my keyring... You should see the shit on my wife's keyring. :-) But, theoretically, if someone found the keys and wanted to, they could put a new battery in it and it would show up again. And mostly because the battery lasted long enough that it was worth replacing, but I never seemed to get notifications to remind me about replacing it, so I didn't until I thought about it.
5. Daneel_ ◴[] No.41960175[source]
FYI - AirTags don’t support MagSafe charging. You need to replace the coin cell in them about once a year.
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6. Brajeshwar ◴[] No.41960468{3}[source]
I realized that the AirTag charging is like once every 10-12 months, and they tend to warn in batches within days. So, no biggy to just twist-turn-twist back in once a while. I don’t think this is something to be optimized for. Just replace the batteries once a year. Even with the warning — you have about couple of weeks.