jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Prevention is better than correcting a problem. I recently bought some key locators that come with a remote to make them beep - rather than the type that connects to a phone.

For years, I've been using a cord attached to a belt look on my pants, with the key fob in my pocket. My car has pushbutton start and stop, so I never have to remove the fob from my pocket. I'm never going to drop the fob or leave it somewhere. I have one fob in my "nice" pants and another in my "work" pants.

If you need a key to start your car, you can get similar things with a retractable line. I ordered these from Amazon, just to have more and to replace those that are wearing through.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07C87FT9K/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

ecblackiii Loc: Maryland

What do you do when you lose the remote?

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Yes, that's a concern. I have four remotes, and they all work with all the tags. I could put trackers on the remotes. I might also attach one to the key rack using Velcro.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

My car keys live in either of two places. One is on a hook inside the house and the other is on a cord around my neck. Never ever anywhere else so I never spend time looking for my keys.

Greg from Romeoville illinois Loc: Romeoville illinois

Isn't it hard to start your car with the key around your neck?

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

My key doesn't have to be plugged in and as long as it is within a couple of feet (around my neck) the engine starts just fine. And if I get out of the car and go shopping it is always around my neck where a. it is always in a known place and b. nobody can see it and it is hard to grab. You have no idea how convenient it can be.
Not so good if the key needs to be plugged in although it can still work okay as long as you remember that while it is plugged in AND you happen to be wearing trousers with decorative buttons that the loop can get caught on a button and pull the key to bits. This has just happened to my wife in her car although the first time in about 10 years.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

If you are using a key to start it, you need a cord that stretches of a neck that stretches.

Or - https://www.amazon.com/s?k=retractable+key+chain&crid=141FDOBRE4AMQ&sprefix=retractable+key+chain%2Caps%2C119&ref=nb_sb_noss_2

Indi Loc: L. I., NY, Palm Beach Cty when it's cold.

I put an Apple Air Tag on my Fob, my keys, and other items. Apple sells a rubberized key chain that you can put the AirTag in and attach to your devices.

chrissybabe Loc: New Zealand

There is a tendency, once you have a key ring, to put keys on it. So you end up with a dozen keys on it. Under normal circumstances you tend NOT to use all these keys almost all the time. So you have a heap of weight, trouble in quickly finding the right key, a heap of keys easily grabbed by someone, lose 1 key lose the lot (all very well having a tag on them but if they are down a drain or manhole the tag is useless as you already know where they are), difficulty in lending another person a single key, but most importantly of all you have a bundle of keys that DO wear a hole in your trouser pockets. The car key around my neck only has one other key on it (house key). A stretchy loop doesn't work well.
And another thing that few realize is the keys are almost always on a circle type split ring that doesn't allow the keys to sit very tidily. You can buy triangle shaped split rings that allow the keys (2 in my case) to sit next to each other and take up little space. When we go out we take 2 sets of loops so that my wife doesn't have to wait for me if we happened to go different directions. We have been doing this for 10 years now and would never go back. And never misplaced our keys.

Genessi Loc: SoCal

I use Pebblebee which works like apple air tags. i like it better and you can use the pebble bee app or iPhones find my phone.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

That's why I like the fob and pushbutton start/stop. The "un-pointy" fob just sits in my pocket. It would be sort of funny to see a burn mark on my leg next to the fob. There is electrical activity going on there.