Keyring

Since taking its first product to Kickstarter eight years ago, Australian startup Orbitkey hasn’t been afraid to float some fresh ideas around how we carry our keys, and its latest offering continues on with this theme.

While there are now quite a few mini keyring flashlights on the market, most of them have to be held along with the keys when in use. YSMART London's MQ3 is different, in that it magnetically – and quickly – pops on and off of a keyring-mounted base.

Billed as the "world’s smartest key holder," the KeySmart Pro integrates tracking technology along with a few extra bells and whistles. But is it worth the extra baggage?

If you're the kind of person that thinks there's nothing more irritating than a jangling set of keys making a racket, the MagKey offers a path to bliss. It uses magnets to stop your keys from jangling.

If you're like a lot of people, every so often you'll find yourself needing a screwdriver without having one to hand. The Titanium Pocket Bit is a satisfying solution to that problem.

Growing tired of keys jangling around in his pockets while jogging, Charles Ng set about building a rudimentary clamp that bound them together. He is now selling his Orbitkey by the tens of thousands. We had a chat with Ng about how his take on the keyring unlocked serious start-up success.

Smartphones are more powerful than ever, but they still have an annoying tendency to run out of juice just when you need them most. Plan V could get you out of such a fix, as it's a small and light keyring-based device that can be used to charge your smartphone from a 9-volt battery.

Many attempts to make the humble keyring even more useful simply add one extra feature, two at most. The GOkey's ability to charge your phone, connect your devices, find your keys or phone and store your data must surely make it one of the most feature-loaded keyrings around.

The ClicLite solar-powered charger is small enough that it can be attached to a keyring. Additionally, if its one included mono-crystalline solar panel isn't powerful enough for you, you can add on some others.

Ringtool comes with all the options of a larger multitool, but at a fraction of the size.

The Freekey and the Carabiner Key are two of the easiest ways of using a keyring.

If all you want is to be able to find your way back to where you started from as quickly and easily as possible then the ECCO personal GPS navigator might be of interest.