Keys, Keys, and More Keys

Maybe I'm not the norm, but I don't normally carry around a lot of keys. Prior to the CI 550, I normally only had to keep track of 1 key: the car key. Although I have keys to lots of doors, etc., they have keypads, and the physical keys to those doors don't normally go with me. Then I got the CampInn 550; with 3 keys for the CI itself, then locks for various add-ons as potential theft deterrents, I ended up with a pocket full of keys.

So I started looking at various keychains, what would work for me? I found a carabiner with 3 keys, and a carabiner with 6 keys. The 6 key carabiner I found at Eddie Bauer; but then a few weeks later noticed Cabelas had them too. But... still a pocketful of keys.

What I'm trying out right now is a gadget from http://www.mykeyport.com (I love gadgets). I think it'll be the best I can get; to reducing the pocketful of key clutter. There are 6 keys in the Keyport. What's also fun is it looks like they are going to release a "version 2" of the keyport, and the side can be customized...Camp-Inn logo perhaps?

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I have used carabiners for years for my keys (I was a rock climber pre-kids), and have always fallen back to them for different organization. I also like them because I can hook them on a belt loop or other loop on my pack (or around a purse strap) and it makes them easy to get at (no digging around in the bottom of a bag for them). Nice work!

 

ya, have the same issue... but I do have 2 sets. One for the big 3 and the other one forthe other locks + the big 3 or I guess 2...

 

Can't all the TD locks be keyed to one key? Any lock smith should be able to do this.

 

They all use different key blanks. So no, a lock smith cannot key them all the same for you.

Cary

 

Do you get more than one copy of each key?

 

I like the Keyport idea. That looks perfect for managing multiple keys.

 

Spare TV key is in the TV but we have easy entry its there for if I lose the keys while out and about. CI keys always stay one set with me so we can always get back in the CI and one set in the TV again easy entry we can always get them.

If I lose TV keys or CI keys while out and about I can still get in the TV and therefore the CI as well

If the TV gets stolen i can still get in the CI

the spare set of security keys live hidden in the CI and not on the set in the TV so if anyone steals the TV works out what campsite we are on they don't have access to the Security keys and would have to hunt in the CI for them.

 

RE: Do you get more than one key? Yes, if my memory is correct (and I don't usually trust it), you get two each of the cabin and galley keys, three of the keys for the pass thru & propane/water access panel.

The local locksmith can make copies of all of them, so we both have a set and we keep a spare set in the tow vehicle.

 

Since there was another thread about keys, I realized I hadn’t updated my pictures. Mykeyport.com offered custom side plates for their Slide, so “naturally” I had to have a new one, right?

 

Isn't this the opposite of what you said in another thread?

Extra Keys

 

Yes, and no. The door handles and galley hatch can be cut from the same key blank if someone were to want to have a set of locks changed to be keyed alike. Not sure how it would work, if someone tries it let us know.

The compartment storage lock (the small brass key) is a different blank, this is what I meant when I said they were different blanks. The question was about how to make three keys into one. The best you may be able to do is to make three keys into two maybe because the blanks are different for the third key. Sorry about that, I should have been clearer about that when I answered that question back in '13, I was not clear at all on that.

Cary

 

I'm going to try it.

 

Look into key ninja, I use it and it works perfectly

 

The key labels that CampInn offers is a big help for us.