Does this exist: sliding house key holder?

November 12, 2020 10:20 PM

Is there a product that holds a standard house key with a mechanism something like this retractable USB flash drive, where the blade of the key retracts inside, but it can slide out to use the key? Ideally I’d like something like a slim and flat rectangle with a spring that automatically retracts the key, but I can’t find a single product even remotely close to this concept. Does something like this exist?
posted by stopgap to Shopping (6 answers total)

This seems like what you're looking for. Don't know that I'd call it "slim" since it's meant to hold multiple keys and other tools, but similar concept anyway.
posted by brentajones at 10:30 PM on November 12, 2020 [2 favorites]

if you search for "switchblade key" you find some products that will flip the key out from the side - but other than specialised car keys i haven't seen any retractable ones (other than the above).
posted by alchemist at 10:47 PM on November 12, 2020 [1 favorite]

Response by poster: I’m looking for something that only holds a single key.
posted by stopgap at 10:49 PM on November 12, 2020

Response by poster: Basically this, but something I can buy.
posted by stopgap at 11:02 PM on November 12, 2020

This? (Very expensive though)

Or this?
posted by essexjan at 11:27 PM on November 12, 2020 [3 favorites]

I was kind of interested in the idea a couple of years ago and most of the products I saw were Swiss-Army knife type deals. The Keyport slide which brentajones linked to was the one that did things differently, but it's fairly bulky as the smallest version is still made for 4 keys/devices.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 12:51 PM on November 13, 2020