A tracker on my key for when i lose it.
Hand sanitizer.
A towel.
“Any man who can hitch the length and breadth of the galaxy, rough it, slum it, struggle against terrible odds, win through, and still knows where his towel is, is clearly a man to be reckoned with.”
You hoopy frood!
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As long as you know how to use it. Otherwise you might as well grab a rock.
For anyone thinking about carrying lock tools, watch some of Deviant’s videos about everyday tools - he recommends like 10 things that are more useful for opening locked doors (that you don’t have a key for) than lock picks.
https://www.streamlight.com/products/detail/nano-light#
I have had one for a lot of years, I use it a lot.
Streamlight is good but pricey. I’ve got one of their rail-mount lights and it is great.
I found an excellent pocket LED flashlight on eBay called “Boruit” for under $20. That little bastard will blind you on max brightness. Also has other lights on it and a magnet to mount it on things
Under $10 and smaller than my house key. I don’t think this is the stream light you’re thinking of
For OP and anyone into this thread - If it’s not on lemmy already, there was a dedicated subreddit for this called EDC (every day carry).
What’s a subreddit?
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All right, take your magic internet point.
That’s the one I’ve been using, not the most active but seems decent.
Back to the OP. I carry a Rovyvon A8x flashlight and yubikey on my keychain.
thanks for the input giant smeg
I keep CarMex on my keychain
I’ve carried a Swiss Tech Utili-Key on my keychain for 20+ years now. It’s got a knife, a flathead screwdriver, a Phillips screwdriver, an eyeglass screwdriver, and a bottle opener. It’s the same size and shape a regular key and security never notices it.
A carry this kind of multitool with my keys
And this ceramic blade box cutter
does that multitool have any sort of name so I can find it
Looks like the Geekey Multi-tool
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T5JZD9H?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Haha I was trying to figure out what the battery was for, if it had a flashlight built in or something. Finally figured out it was sitting on a bolt head.
I have a Leatherman micra on my keychain. Carry it everywhere, and has come in handy in multiple occasions. Worth the price IMO.
In a similar fashion, I have a gerber dime on my keychain. Slightly different tool loadout from what I could spontaneously see.
Certainly similar. Major difference between the two is that the Gerber has pliers in place of my scissors, and your scissors are in place of my tweezers.
The pliers would be nice to have, but I definitely use the scissors quite a lot. Surprisingly super strong. I’ve never used the tweezers before.
I used to carry stuff around (tiny flashlight, Leatherman squirt, key-shaped multitool), but I ended up never needing them and them just bulking up my pockets. Nowadays, all I carry on my keychain that’s not a normal key is a Yubikey (hardware security key). I don’t need the Yubikey often, but this ensures I’m not locked out when I’m for example visiting my parents and forgot the main key. Or if I’m on my phone.
edit: Added normal because it was annoying me that I said the only thing not a key is a key …
Cellphone and key to your car/house. Eftpos card, bus card and $20 and library card.
- keys: very handy for when you need to unlock the door to your apartment. If you add car keys you can also drive somewhere which is very helpful. I use mine pretty much every day
- cellphone: it’s like a multitool with a camera, flashlight and a phone. If it’s a smartphone you can all use it to access internet. Saved my life many times when I was bored and had to look at some videos online or check the news
- wallet: great for carrying cash, ID and credit cards. It’s good to have your ID with you when people ask for your name but you live in a foreign country where no one speaks Polish. You can use cash or credit cards to buy other stuff you need like a bottle opener
Keys for opening doors, driving etc. Also for defense…My brother got jumped by a group of teens in college. They came up behind, shoved him down. To defend himself, he pulled out his keys and slashed one in the face. They didn’t expect him to do that and took off running. They only got a cheap phone from the ordeal and not his backpack which had expensive books and a laptop in it. I always have my keys on me now.
Not quite the spirit of what I was asking for, but upvoting anyway cause it reads like item descriptions you would have seen on r/outside lol.
Multi tool wallet or include a multi tool credit card in the wallet. I have a wallet that is two pieces of metal with a rubber strap holding it together, with 2-3 cards in between. The wallet has a frequently used bottle opener and a pointy bit meant for screws that I use to cut tape.
Titanium whistle, one saved my life when I was incapacitated and freezing to death.
Does it have to be titanium?
Of course, it’s tacticool’
If you’re willing to share, I would be interested in hearing your story.
I think they were freezing and somehow got incapacitated. Thankfully they had a whistle, so they blew into the whistle and someone heard it and came for the rescue. I think that may be the story.
Yes that’s basically it. Not one of my proudest moments, so I’ll leave it at that lol.
Were you floating on a door in the North Atlantic?
Floating on something.
A security key for your online logins.
