Using Tech to Find Your Keys

There’s a pretty solid argument to be made for integrating some kind of tracking technology onto your keyring. After all, a lost set of keys can create some pretty big headaches. Billed as the “world’s smartest key holder,” the KeySmart Pro embraces this line of thinking and adds a few extra bells and whistles.

The manufacturers claim that the KeySmart Pro with Tile™ Smart Location “is the ultimate key organizer that gives you a better way to organize and carry your keys by giving you peace of mind knowing that your keys are never lost.” Instead of letting your keys fly around freely in your pocket where they can scratch your phone’s screen and jingle relentlessly, the KeySmart Pro collects up to 10 of them together in a compact bundle that kind of looks like a Swiss Army Knife.

But wait, there’s more! Found your keys but can’t find your $*&%!!! phone again? KeySmart Pro can be used conversely to track your smartphone too in case you misplace it. Just press the TILE button on KeySmart Pro and it will ring your mobile, even on SILENT MODE. It’s true!

 

Here’s how you set it up:

To add keys, you unscrew two large flat-head screws (they’re big enough that you can screw and unscrew them using a coin) that hold the two parts of the KeySmart Pro together, and place their keyhole on top of one of two short studs.

You can place up to five keys on top of each stud, and the KeySmart Pro comes with small spacers that allow you to compensate for different key sizes. I only have three main keys, so I placed them all on one side, and used the spacers to even out the other one.

Once the keys are set, you screw the top piece back on, and are left with a compact key holder that’s small enough to slip easily and and out of your pocket. To get a key out, you can push on its top, which protrudes out further than the KeySmart Pro’s thin frame, and it’ll flip out, ready to use. To accommodate thick keys, like the ones most cars use, KeySmart includes a standard key-sized attachment that has a bottle opener on one side, and a loop to attach big keys on the other.

 

Here’s the fun tech gadget part:

Tile trackers connect to your phone over Bluetooth, and shows you the last-known location of whatever it’s attached to through an app on your phone. Thanks to the Tile inside the KeySmart Pro, you’ll have two big advantages over a regular key ring or compact key holder in case you forget or drop your keys.

  • First, your phone will send you a notification that the Tile inside the KeySmart Pro has been disconnected from your phone, so you’ll know that you’ve lost your keys very quickly.
  • Second, you’ll know the last place the KeySmart Pro was connected to your phone, so you’ll know exactly where to start looking for it. If you’ve simply misplaced your keys, you can “ring” the Tile in the KeySmart Pro through the Tile app, and it will make a chime to make them easier to find.

One thing to consider is that you will need to charge the Tile inside the KeySmart Pro every so often, but if you’re someone who loses your keys and/or phone a lot, it’s a small inconvenience given the benefits.


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