Anyone using RFID "tags" or similar to help find stuff?

[aczlan]

I put the keys where I think they belong, in my pocket. never had a problem. I have never "lost" my keys. Never in over 45 years of driving. My daughter loses her keys every time she comes to visit us. When she arrives the first thing she does when she arrives is toss the keyring somewhere. Anywhere, Any end table, bureau, chest of drawers, kitchen counters, kitchen island, ANYWHERE. Of course she never remembers just exactly where she tossed them. So we all "hunt" for her keys.

I put my keys in my pants pocket when I am done using them. NEVER anywhere else. They are always just right there when I need them. When I change pants, I put them in the new clean pair pocket. Right front every time all the time. You will never lose them that way. They are always just right where you would expect them to be.

For those of you that think I am acting all "perfect" and uppity, think about what I have just said. Do you see any flaw in my logic or practice? Where will the keys go if they are always in your pants pocket except when they are in an ignition switch in an actual running vehicle or they are used to open some door. When you have opened a door the first thing you do is put your keys back in your pants pocket. See how easy that is? You will never need an RF id tag to find your keys, because you will KNOW where your keys are at all times. Ain't life grand?

My keys live with a carabiner attached to them via short piece of strap that is just long enough for me to clip the carabiner to my belt loop and put the keys into my pocket.
If they are not there, they are actively being used to drive a car or open a door.
The only exception is when I change pants at night and then they will end up on top of my closet until I put my next pair of pants on.

For my pickup, when it is home, I leave the keys in the ignition. They never get lost. Or my son can use it when he wants to. But on the other hand, my nephew, who is a former police officer, says that farm pickups are frequently stolen because of that.

Yep, my parents had a GPS, on radio face and a bunch of loose change stolen out of their cars overnight. At the time they lived on the back road in the middle of nowhere, so it had to have been somebody from the area. Since then we lock our car doors every night.

Aaron Z

 

[Stancoll]

Re: Anyone using RFID "tags" or simlar to help find stuff?

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[Stancoll]

Yep. I own a Lincoln MKZ. Lights up when you approach, I'm waiting for it to wag its tail.

 

[Ken]

Yep. I own a Lincoln MKZ. Lights up when you approach, I'm waiting for it to wag its tail.

Good choice of vehicle. This 2013 MKX has became to large for the wife. so next real price reduction my Lincoln car sales rep. will get a good Christmas present. Why the Z over the C ??


Today working on the garage door opener for the shop. and thinking if the circuit board would fit under the dash . and be powered by 12 volts the remote opener could also start the tractor and all needed would be to carry the control fob.
also can control 3 doors so other tractor's could be done same way.
then remembered the extra opener to be attached to side of door way just enter you access number. and unlock the ignition.
76 bucks for the board maybe the idea would work .

any other existing methods to try.
ken

 

[Diggin It]

Most typical RFID tags are only good for a few inches. They won't help you find something that is lost. Ever see a cashier run an item over the scanner several times to defeat the security tag because it didn't work at first?

They key finder thing in previous posts must be something different.

I put my car keys in my pocket when shopping. One day when I came back to the car ... no keys. No idea how they got out. I have been in every aisle in the store too including the outside garden center. Had no idea where to even begin looking (or scanning if I had had such a device). Luckily one of the other clerks happened to see a set laying on the floor and brought them up front.

I dropped one of my mower keys somewhere a few years ago. Haven't found it yet. Had a bright yellow tag attached too, so it should have been easy to see in the grass.