Cleverkey the Simple Clever and Compact Key Organizing Solution, Red

Excellent product! Love it. My 3rd one.

Max 6 keys assuming they are uniform text-book type. Screw posts are too short to be much use. No way to match the picture with the non-standard keys unless it is just one key. For the cost this is a non-starter. Will try to return it.

I have two of these Cleverkey organizers. This is actually not a new idea. I remember having a leather key fob 40 years ago that held four keys in a leather pouch where the keys could fold out. The Cleverkey takes this idea and makes it much more customizable to hold up to 12 keys or more in a compact package. The Cleverkey can be adjusted by installing different length threaded posts in the sideplates to adjust the width to fit all your keys. You can install as little as one key in the fob (though I don’t know what the point of that is) and as many as 14 if you don’t have any fat keys and don’t use any of the included plastic spacers.Admittedly, the instructions that accompany the Cleverkey are lacking. As an engineer and a man’s man, however, I usually don’t read the instructions and try to figure it out myself. (If that fails, then I just ask my kids to fix it.)As you can see from the attached photos, the Cleverkey can indeed hold a lot of keys of different shapes and sizes. In the red holder, I have all of my work keys. These include five full size keys and five smaller keys for cabinets and drawers. There is one weird key for my tool chest which was extra thick as it can fold in the middle. To accommodate this key, I had to use a lot of spacers on the side with the full size keys in order to make room between the sideplate and the other keys to fit this fat key.In the black holder, I have my car and house keys. This includes a very wide tubular key for the trailer hitch lock. Again, I had to use extra spacers to make room for the very wide tubular key.The trick is to getting all the keys to nest neatly is to put the big keys on one side and the small keys on the other side. You have to experiment with the included spacers in order to get a custom fit for all your keys.With the keys installed in the Cleverkey, they are much more compact and now fit easily in my pocket. Prior to this, I had the keys on two separate rings that would make a large bulge in my pocket (not the sexy kind!) that often poked me in the leg and would wear out the pockets in my jeans. Now, they fit in there smoothly and remove easily.On the red key holder, I have a braided survival bracelet fob for easy retrieval from my pocket. The other one has my oversized car key attached on the outside of the Cleverkey. The car key is on a quick release for valet parking. That way I can leave the car key without leaving all of my other keys with the valet.Finally, to keep the screws from coming out and the Cleverkey from falling apart and losing my keys, I applied a thread locking compound (Loctite) on all the threads. I first trial fit all the keys in the Cleverkey and then took it apart and reassembled with thread locking compound after I was satisfied with the fit of all the keys. Yes, it was a little pain in the butt, but a custom fit that got rid of the pain in my pocket was worth it. All told, it took me about 30 minutes to do the first one with all my work keys and about 15 minutes for my house keys. The second one was faster to do as I had figured out how to use all the spacers to let all the keys fit. If you don’t have thread locking compound, and old mechanic’s trick is to use nail polish to lock the threads in place. Make sure you have everything trial fit before you apply the thread locker.In summary, the Cleverkey is a clever implementation of an idea that’s been around for a while that works to organize all your keys in a compact package that fits well in your pocket. If you are patient and take care to Loctite everything together, you can have a customized and functional key organizer that cleverly(!) stores a lot of keys.4 stars for weak instructions. Better instructions and including a small tube of thread locking compound would fix the shortcomings.

Terrible product. Not worth the money. Search Ebay.ca for 'Key Organizers', instead, and find better quality ones much cheaper!