Car Key Product Question

[CowGirlSurfer]

Hi EveryOne,
What are some good recommend products to keep your car keys safe while you are out surfing??? & where can I buy them at??
Thanks

[surfnoob]

https://surfing-waves.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=7617#p140488

[phippsy]

got oner there good
http://www.frostfire.co.uk/outdoor-leis ... -safe.html?

[Surf Hound]

board shorts have a pocket and a string to loop your key around. That is the cheapest and most simple way to do it. Worked for me for years.

[BlueCrush163]

i attach my key to a shoelace and wear it around my neck, tucking the key in underneath my wetsuit or rashguard. i also leave my backpack and non valuable belongings on the beach and they have always appeared to have been untouched.

[torben]

I have been using a water tight plastic bag from Aquapac ( US product. Buy on internet ) for many years. I keep it under my wetsuit.. A bit down in one of the sleeves.

If your car has a start blocking devise, then the key must not get wet. There is a chip inside the key handle.

I keep a spare key inside the car in a small steel box with dial code lock. Just in case the key does get wet. I will then have to bash a window to get the key, but better than walking 50 miles with a surfboard and no shoes.

If it is a rental car often they only give you one key. Here i place the key in a rubber first and then in the Aquapac.

If you are far away from home. There is room for some money a credit card and cellphone sim card on the Aquapack as well.

Torben

[Mayday981]

I agree with torben on Aquapac. I've been using that for swimming the past couple years and now for surfing. I usually put the Aquapac in the back of my wetsuit.

[travelzomg]

i checked to get one non-electronic key...
i just leave all valuables in the car, lock it and put the key in the stash pocket in the leg of my wetsuit.

[dklay]

After spending half the summer either hiding a key in the undercarriage of my car, or leaving my keys with the nice guys (whom I trust) at the surf shop across the street from the break I go to most often, I figured there must be a better way.

Got mine at Home Depot for about $30, but here's a link to it on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/AccessPoint-KeySa ... cp_hi_pw_2

I was able to program a combo for it, I stick my car key inside it them lock the unit to the handle of my car door.

[surf patrol]

I'm not sure I'd be happy using that for my car keys dklay. I can't see from the amazon page what the construction is like, but I imagine that it wouldn't take much effort with a little pair of bolt cutters to cut that off. A couple of whacks with a hammer and away you go.
You telegraph the location of your keys - and worse still, you're insurance is probably invalidated if your car is stolen.

Have a read here about an email I was sent by someone this happened to
viewtopic.php?f=6&t=10904

[dklay]

i see your point surfpatrol.....good thread link. I'll definitelyt be thinking about how to take my valet key on my person... although i'm concerned with the comfort factor of tucking my key somewhere under my wetsuit....

The construction is pretty solid, though...As solid as any padlock. Anyone THAT determined to break into my car would probably get in regardless. I guess it depends on how 'safe' you feel your surf break is. Where I go in southern New Hampshire is a pretty safe, low theft, and well-to-do area.

[surf patrol]

All you've got to do is make it a little bit safer than the other cars left in the car park. A thief will always take the easy option. An opportunist will always take advantage of someone who's left their keys on the wheel arch. On the flip side, a determined thief will always get in.