Friday, February 20, 2009

finding lost keys

Mom lost her keys again, but later found under her bedsheet.

I'm wondering if there's something out there to help locate your keys. Something akin to ringing your cordless phone by pressing the button on the base.

A search on ebay found some cheapie products that activate by whistling. Well, for one thing I'm not very good a whistling.

Search the internet.

KeyRinger sounds promising. It comes in sets of two and the press of the button rings the other KingRinger. $29.95 plus $4.95 shipping and handling.

Loc8tor is another one. It's a hand-held device with a display to locate electronic tags that you place on keys, pets, etc. It has a range of up to 600 feet. It looks pretty neat but is expensive at $180. Loc8tor Lite is cheaper at $80 with a range of up to 400 feet. Sounds like more than I need.

Looking at Amazon brings up Now You Can Find It which can find up to 8 devices corresponding to 8 buttons on the remote. But it gets mixed reviews and is currently unavailable.

With better reviews is EZ-Find which lets you find up to 25 items. It comes with 4 tags, so if you want to find more than 4 items, you have to buy extra tags. The price is $59.95 plus $6.55 shipping.

Also getting good (and more reviews) is Easy 2 Find which can find up to four items. It comes with 2 key ring receivers and 2 thin plate receivers (that you can put in your wallet for example). It has a range of 60-80 feet. It got 16 five-star reviews, 4 four-stars, and 2 two-stars. The price is $48.98 and ships free with Super Saver Shipping. This looks like the top prospect to me. [2/20 a.m.] Even better, now I see it on eBay for $29.95.

[2/15, posted 2/20]

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