TIPS TO PREVENT LOSING YOUR KEYS

      
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TIPS TO PREVENT LOSING YOUR KEYS

TIPS TO PREVENT LOSING YOUR KEYS

We would like to share several tips with our customers to prevent losing your keys. If you’ve landed on this page because you intend to lose your keys often, you will be happy to get some tips to prevent this from happening again. We all agree for one thing, losing your car key is no fun, not to mention, can be a bit costly!

Most of the time, when you lose your key is because you are in a hurry. When you misplace or lose your keys, your only option is to search for them. You try to remember where could you misplaced your keys. You even try to remember your previous steps and the places you’ve been in.

What can you do in order to avoid losing your key? If you wonder if there is any solution to prevent losing keys, so yes, there are few solutions! Please follow these tips and find a better way to secure your keys.

PURCHASE A KEY FINDER GADGET

A key finder is a small gadget you attach to your key ring and beeping when you press on the button on the remote. You can find good key finder gadgets for approximately $15-$20. As long as you keep your batteries in good standing, you are covered. You are able to find your keys whenever and wherever you misplaced them.

A key finder is a great solution to prevent losing car keys, yet, we recommend you not to rely on them. We suggest always to get prepared with a backup. In case the remote control of your key finder fails to respond, the gadget on your keyring will not beep. If your gadget doesn’t beep, you can’t get a signal location of your keys. However, we still recommend a key finder gadget for your key ring.

PURCHASE WALL KEY HOLDER

When you arrive at your home, the best thing you can do is to place your keys on a wall key holder. By creating this habit, you would never misplace your keys at your home. No matter if this is your house key or your car key, a wall key holder is a great solution to keep tracking the location of your keys at your home.

We recommend hanging your new wall key holder near your main door. When you come to your home, you can easily hang your key chain on your wall key holder. With this in mind, it will also help you to prevent emergency house lockout incidents. You simply wouldn’t forget to grab your keys on the way out of your home.

ADD A BIG KEY HOLDER TO YOUR KEY RING

This is a wonderful way to know where your keys are at all times, especially when you are out of your home. You can find your keys easily when you attach a big key holder on your key chain. Whether your keys are in your bag, purse, or your pocket, you can always feel them and find them in your belongings.

On the other hand, a big and heavy key chain hanging on your car ignition can be devastating. Heavy key chain hanging on your ignition, can break the wafers and jam the ignition lock of your car. The best solution to avoid this problem is to attach an additional clip on your key ring. You can remove your car key from your key chain, so only your car key will be inside the ignition when driving.

MORE TIPS TO PREVENT LOSING YOUR KEYS

PURCHASE SPIRAL STRETCH KEY CHAIN

A spiral stretch key chain is a great idea when you go out of your home. You can simply use the clip to attach the key chain to the belt ring of your jeans. Your benefit by using a spiral stretch key chain is you clip it to your jeans and insert the key in your pocket.

In addition, a spiral stretch key chain is also good for a time of driving. You simply clip it to your jeans and using the key in the ignition while driving. This will also prevent you from getting locked out of your car.

MAKE A SPARE CAR KEY

A spare car key is the best backup in case you lose your car key. When you have a spare car key, you can prevent an emergency car lockout situation. With this in mind, also if you lose one of your car keys, you still be able to drive your car. A spare car key in hand prevents an emergency car key replacement service.

In addition, it is cheaper to take care of a spare car key while you still have one working key in hand. We can simply avoid the cost of the key code and get the cuts out of your working car key. Feel free to call us if you want to make a spare car key. We are here 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

AUTOMOTIVE LOCKSMITH VS CAR DEALER

Perhaps, you lost your car key and you wonder automotive locksmith VS car dealer, who is better? Everyone lost his car key, at least one time in his life. Losing a car key is a trouble that can happen at any time and any day. Unfortunately, losing a car key can also happen when you’re on the road. There are many reasons why one will lose his car key. For instance, the key can drop off your pocket, or you can lose it during a roller-coaster ride.

LOST CAR KEY REPLACEMENT

When you lose your car key, you wonder who to call and what is the best way to replace your lost auto keys. You speak to your relatives and friends, some advise you to call a locksmith, and others advise you to call a car dealer. What would you do? It is so confusing!

In this post, we would like you to point out the differences between a professional automotive locksmith and a car dealer. With this in mind, we would like to say; that it doesn’t matter what type of car, brand, and model. It also doesn’t matter what a car dealer is, Ford, Chevy, Honda, or Chrysler.

Sometimes, a customer tells us that a car dealer “warned” him about an automotive locksmith. A car dealer told him that a locksmith could destroy his car’s PATS system. As well, a locksmith can damage the immobilizer or even the computer of the car. That is a serious claim to accuse a professional locksmith. We thought to address this rumor, once and for all. We should know the reasons why a car dealer will say such a thing.

There are some differences between automotive locksmiths a car dealers. LockTech24/7 is a professional automotive locksmith company, and we would love to point out these differences. Here are the most important of them:

AUTOMOTIVE LOCKSMITH VS CAR DEALER

1. TOWING YOUR CAR

Car Dealer – When you hire a car dealer to replace your car key, you need to tow your car to a local dealer shop. This towing service is an additional charge that costs you more in the process of replacing your auto keys. In addition, think about the time and effort you gonna invest to wait for the tow truck to arrive.

LockTech24/7 – We are Mobile! As a mobile locksmith service, we come to your aid wherever you need us. Different from a car dealer, we stock 2 machines of car key cutting in our mobile locksmith shop. Whatever is the car key in your needs, we’re able to cut it on-site.

2. THE PRICE YOU PAY FOR A CAR KEY REPLACEMENT

Car Dealer – A local car dealer has a huge commercial space and many employees. This is combined with taxes on his business, utilities, bills, and more. It’s no secret that any business of this size has high monthly expenses. Customers also told us that a car dealer wanted to charge them as high as a thousand dollars to replace a car key. Hmmm… Really?

LockTech24/7 – As we said above, LockTech24/7 is a mobile locksmith shop. We do not hire contractors or subcontractors. We have no commercial space combined with high bills. Therefore, we’re able to keep low prices, to keep your satisfaction. In some cases, our locksmith arrived on the scene to find our customer waiting with his credit card in his hands. Later, we also found out that we quoted this customer half price or even a fraction of the price that he got from a car dealer.

3. DAMAGING THE PATS SYSTEM OF YOUR CAR

Car Dealer – This is the biggest rumor car dealers spread out about automotive locksmiths. If a locksmith can damage the PATS system of your car, so be a car dealer. In regards to electronic devices, a car dealer can also “damage” the immobilizer of your car if he isn’t able to program the key out of a glitch in your anti-theft system.

LockTech24/7 – In reality, and as a matter of fact, we never damage the PATS system of any car. We use the best programming machines in the market today, as well as cutting machines or other auto locksmith tools.

4. GETTING THE KEY CODE OF YOUR CAR

Car Dealer – It’s important to realize that all car dealers can get key codes back 10 years from the current time you need a lost car key replacement. For instance, we’re in the year 2017. If your car was made in 2006, and older, a car dealer can no longer make your car key.

LockTech24/7 – This is not the case with LockTech24/7. We’re able to get key codes for an older car. Perhaps you ask how old? Well, some of the cars can go back, all the way to 1996 or even 1990. As long as the ignition of your car was never changed, there shouldn’t be a problem to cut your auto key by code.

5. A WIDE STOCK OF CAR KEYS INVENTORY

Car Dealer – A car dealer makes car keys for the vehicle factory he represents. For instance; a car dealer of Chrysler makes car keys only for Chrysler, Dodge, Jeep, and Plymouth. A Chrysler car dealer won’t make keys of Ford or Toyota.

LockTech24/7 – We, on the other hand, can make car keys for almost all car brands and models on U.S. roads. Different from a car dealer, we’re able to provide car keys for Ford, Honda, GM, Toyota, Nissan, and many more.

6. A TIME FRAME OF MAKING YOUR CAR KEY

Car Dealer – Considering your time while having a dealer make your car keys has a few aspects. Towing your car to a local dealer shop can take 1-2 hours. Waiting for service in the car dealer shop can take another few hours. That means, that to get over a lost key problem, you need to waste half of your day.

LockTech24/7 – This is not the case again with LockTech24/7. We, different from a car dealer, offer 20 minutes time response to arrive on site, and an additional 30-60 minutes to make your car key. Yes, you read it right. After one hour, on average, you can go back on the road.

Be that as it may, look like, there are so many differences between an automotive locksmith and a car dealer. We are proud to help customers, especially when they stuck on the road. Perhaps, a legitimate and professional auto locksmith is too much for a car dealer to handle competition with.

In short, hiring a local automotive locksmith to make a replacement to a lost car key, will benefit you more than calling a dealer. Please call us for fast emergency auto keys made at an affordable price.

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