I’m really sorry dress pant sweatpants, but there’s only room in my heart for one amazing invention at a time, and you’ve just been replaced by these brilliant Free Key rings that open with a simple press.
I consider myself a fairly dexterous individual, but I’d rather be tasked with finding Atlantis than putting a new key onto a keyring. At least I know I’d be more successful with the former. But I’m fairly confident I could handle the latter with Eric von Schoultz’s Free Key. Its brilliantly simple design just introduces a strategically placed bump in one of the loops, essentially creating a button that can be pressed to open it.
It’s another one of those “why weren’t they designed like this in the first place?” ideas, and the only thing missing is a set of these in my pocket right now. As far as I can tell they will be available for sale at some point, and I’ll be honest, even if they were $US50 a pop I’d still eagerly buy one. [Free Key via Notcot]
Angus
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:41 AMBrilliant
Nicholas
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:51 AMYou wouldn’t pay that, you’d wait a bit till a ‘Make your own Free Key’ article appeared on LH.
olearymo
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 11:23 AMand then the comments would be filled with ‘why not just buy one?!’
Antipodean
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 10:23 AMMeh, the Chinese will have a cheap knockoff for a dollar delivered to your door in no time!
fabioc
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 10:58 AMyeh whatch it get caught to a fence or ur mates knitted jumper!
Johno
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 1:09 PMThe end sits flat when not pressed, like a ‘normal’ key ring
Jackson Bison
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 11:27 AMClever, yes. But let’s look at this in the long term. How often do you actually have to take keys on and off of a ring to make this anything more than slightly useful…?
James
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 11:45 AMI dunno, how many times have I bent my nail back the wrong way trying to pry the bastard apart to get a key on? Enough to warrant purchasing some of these.
Great idea…..credit where it’s due.
Frank
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 2:27 PMIt’s elegantly simple, what great design.
harry
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 6:16 PMwas fiftybuck key already taken as a name?
par
Tuesday, February 7, 2012 at 9:39 PMUnless you’re fingerless, putting a key on a keyring really isn’t that complicated.
burro
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 at 3:44 PM+ 1