Lucky Line 5” Twisty Lock Key Ring, Flexible Nylon Coated Steel Wire Loop, Corrosion-Resistant and Durable, Black, 5 Pack (8112005)

I’ve used these for decades. I used to buy a single one in a blister pack at hardware stores where keys are made but I haven’t seen them recently. These are tremendous. The cable is thicker and much stiffer than the 2mm cables you’ll see with the screw on ends. This “twisty” cable measures 2.4mm in diameter (including the color coating). They open fairly easily by making a figure 8 then they close easily the same way. They are stiff enough that it’s nearly impossible they’ll come apart accidentally. These cables are relatively short which makes for a nice size key ring. The cable key rings that have the screw mechanism to close can be combined into a long cable so can make a very large key ring, but you won’t want to do that with these, with the “twisty” connectors, that would make them less stiff and more likely to open. So if you want a small normal sized key ring I’d use these. If you have a large number of keys on the same ring, then you’ll want something else. I love these. I find them much easier to use than split rings. In the photos, the green one is the one with the “twisty” closure, the silver one is one with the screw type closure. Another advantage to the Twisty is that the cable connector is much thinner so the keys easily pass over the connection. With the screw type, the threaded collar is much larger in diameter and most keys will not pass over the connection hardware. Incidentally if you get a cable type key ring, get one with the colored plastic covering the cable. (The silver one in the picture has no covering, it’s a bare cable. One of the wires in the bare cable has broken, the broken tiny stiff wire pokes out sideways, and it makes a sharp snag that’ll draw blood.) Overall, these twisty key rings are the best, they are light, trouble free, easy to use, and they last forever.

This key ring is easily the best I've ever had. It's secure when closed, in that it doesn't pop open without deliberate effort. At the same time, unlike the awful metal rings that have to be pried open with a knife or potential loss of a fingernail, it is simple, quick, and painless to open. When I leave a car at the repair shop, it takes me less than half a second to remove the appropriate key and have the ring closed up so I can walk away with my other keys. The one in my pocket has lasted more than four years now and is still going strong. If I hadn't lost the other four from the set, my wife and daughters' keys would also be on them. :-) The socket is just a little bit wide for my keyless fob for my new Accord, but the pin side fits through fine.

I use this for family on a cruise. Guest Services will punch a whole in your sea pass (Card for room) and then you connect this to loop on shorts or badge holder that you clip onto shorts or bathing suit. If you ever cruised before you are always trying to find your room key to get into your room or buy a drink. It is very frustrating not to get to your sea pass easily or worse lose it. The really nice thing about these is they don't connect by screwing them together you bend it into a figure 8. Once you done it once or twice you have it down. So easy to get off but impossible to come undone unless you want it come undone. I snorkeled, swam, and hike with these on the outside of my shorts and did not every have to worry with losing my sea pass. These work well for a key you need to take off and on your key ring. BTW if you are getting this for a cruise and don't have loops on men shorts or women swim suits you should get the retractable badge holder with pin. These do not have the flimsy badge holder they a ring that you use the twist Key ring. If you been on a cruise before you will know why you need this. Next time you are on a cruise count the people waiting at their cabin door trying to find their card.

I'm a minimalist and was tired of the traditional key ring as it is made of metal and is thus inflexible and feels annoying in my pocket. I only carry a car key, house key, bike lock key, and a gym membership tag -- the minimum amount of keys! So I was looking for something flexible and small but also secure. I like the locking mechanism on these, having to twist the ring into a figure 8 shape to open/close the lock is pretty cool. I gave it a few hard tugs to see if it would come undone if snagged -- nope. I think it would be a rare if implausible chance that the ring would accidentally form a figure 8 in your bag or pocket. My only complaint is that the overall diameter is larger than I would need for my minimal amount of keys. There are some 4" in length rings on Amazon but those have a clearly inferior locking mechanism (the screw on type would definitely, over time, come loose and your keys would fall everywhere). I think that if this particular ring was shorter folks would have a difficult time forming the figure 8 to open/close the lock so 5" must be the minimum length. Good product, probably the best minimalist key ring out there!

I purchased a single Lucky Line Twisty Key Ring years ago and have been using it daily since. I recently purchased this 5 pack to make more key sets and to share with the family. To me, this is the perfect solution for a key ring. It is quick and easy to open the ring to add or remove a key, and it has literally never opened accidentally due to it's ingenious design. No more prying and sliding a key round-and-round off a metal ring, and no more threaded cable couplers coming undone in your pocket. Once you learn how it works and how to open/close it, you immediately think wow, this makes so much sense. (simply twist into a figure eight) Highly recommended!

I was thrilled when I first got these, they seemed perfect. However, this morning getting out of the car, the cable came apart and my keys were scattered all over the ground. At my age, picking up keys off the ground is a challenge! It seemed secure but after opening and closing a few time to add or take away a key, it now will open in the closed position. I think after opening and closing the metal gets rounded over like a cheap nut and with a slight tug it lets go.

So far I love it. This 5" Twisty is just long enough to string a bunch of EDC items together without bulkiness, without being too short to do so making things too tight, and while still being able to actuate the clever 'Twisty' lockup/release. To give you an idea of what's working for me, let me list the 10 items of various sizes I have all strung together onto this Twisty Ring using 1" split rings: A Fenix E01 single AAA flashlight; A Swiss Army "Flash" Classic Knife with 4GB Flash Drive; A Ferrocerium Pup Firesteel Rod; An Inka key ring Pen; An REI Aluminum key ring Tube-Whistle; An "Uncle Bill's Sliver Gripper" rey ring fine point Tweezers; A small Aluminum Tube with a few Tylenol; An all metal Kingston 32GB Flash Drive; A Gerber Shard Tool; all these gathered with a ranger band; and a 1-1/2" Nite-Ize S-Biner wrapped with about 8' of Paracord as a fob. All in all a bit bulky, making a bundle about 1" diameter about 3" long, but still pocketable, workable, and easily changeable, since the Twisty can still be manipulated. The Twisty does the job above not adding to the bulk or in-pocket discomfort like a much larger split ring would, nor cramping up the items like a smaller split ring would, since the Twisty is a flexible oval shape of "just right" size for me. A screw-together cable ring of the same size would also work, but I've found those that unscrew I somehow manage to "let go", dropping the stuff off the ring. Here the twisting action (and very naturally holding the items in the hands while twisting with thumbs and forefingers) helps keep the ring and items under good control both opening and closing. We'll see how it holds up over time with daily use. I've used ever since it arrived for almost a month without any issues.

These are not the easiest thing to open/close and if you tend to do that multiple time a day the lock part of it fails. If you only plan on using it once in a while you may be ok.