new to keyholding, where to keep the spare key?

I have laminated a key, it sits in my glove box. There is one around her neck, and the bathroom access one by the bed.

 

I work from home, this is what my wife did for me.

The strategy also works for longer term unattended lockup. My wife is on a 10-day vacation. She left me three of these plastic locks, and we recorded the numbers.

Still don't have a solution for if I'm out and about. I had a really close call earlier in the week when I actually got called into my office for the first time in a year. I left my badge at home and had to go through the metal detector. I thank the Lord the security guy just assumed it was my belt buckle. Helps be nice to the security folks.

 

Let me think about this. You want him to see it pretty frequently and it be secured. Doesn't need to stay around the house, or does it need to be mobile with him when he's out?

Before our current solution my wife told me that she hid the key in her jewelry box. I wouldn't go in there, but her jewelry box is in my line of sight from my desk where I work all day. That was kind of hot. Something like that?

 

You can always zip tie the key to the top of the cage. Mobile and a tease. However, definitely lacks sentimentality.

 

One solution if you want him to have an emergency key might be a simple as sealing it in clear packing tape and then you signing it with a Sharpie (permanent marker). He could keep that in his wallet and you can always inspect the seal. Very similar to the laminated solution.

If you get very advanced, you may come to realize you really dont need an emergency key. There are many discussions here about that, and as always, whatever works best for you is the right solution.

I started a thread that led to some good discussions. I titled it something like “emergency keys and why I don’t have one”. I’ll go try and get a link while I can still edit this.

https://www.chastitymansion.com/for...mergency-keys-and-why-i-don’t-have-one.34230/

 

Yes, I think the simplest is a laminated plastic sleeve. For a touch of "you" you could sign it, or even put in a picture or something. You'd know if he cut into it, or tried to replace it. I'd love to fashion a picture frame with a picture of us in it, and the key down in the corner, and have it sealed in the back somehow such that it would be obvious if the seal was broken. The key would be in plain sight but inaccessible. I think that would be fun. Also a bit of a risque showpiece if someone visiting noticed they key tucked down in the corner. ;-p

 

We keep the spare key in a small (coupke inches on each side) wooden box we gor from a craft store for like 2 bucks. The key is inside and rhe box is hot-glued shut.

If i ever need the key, its easy to smash this box with my foot, but short of that the key is protected. Pre-pandemic it would sit in the bottom of my work bag. Nowadays while working from home I am not sure... i think my wife hid it in the house too!

 

I have had one for years in my wallet for years and forget its there. Took a piece of newspaper with the date on it then Mistress put her initials on it then I payed the key on it then covered it with clear packing tape and wrapped it around it. There is no way to open it without destroying the piece of newspaper let along try to find another with the same date. Then keep it in my wallet

 

We use a secure container with a security seal applied so that it cannot be opened without detection.

 

Since I have had a couple of Heart attacks, Mistress wants me to always have my spare key nearby, in case of emergency. She got me a tiny gold choker chain, put the key on it, secured it around my neck and then crazy glued the clasp shut. It is always there! In an emergency, the gold necklace can easily be ripped off, but it would be quite obvious if I were to do so without the emergency.

 

I’m not really sure where it went, she hid it somewhere, but when I had the key pendant custom made, the spare they sent was in a small glass frame with a fancy wax seal.

I’ve been locking for years without need of an emergency key, so she decided to keep all the keys.

I have heard of someone putting it on a very thin chain attached to the top of the headboard. Right there yet so far away. I thought that was kind of hot. My wife prefers me not having any options lol.

 

They sell a key safes on Etsy. Most are simple 3D printed tubes where you can secure the key with a numbered seal. So if he has to use the key then you will know and he will have to explain to you how why he broke the seal and possibly be punished if it wasn’t for a good reason.

There is also other ideas such as freezing the key in a tube of ice which takes a while to defrost. I have thought of this by buying or making a plexiglass tube and suspending the key from a string, filling it with water and freezing it.

You can hide the key and make him hunt for it such as a scavenger hunt.

You are really only limited by your imagination.

 

My madam keeps one set on her at all times, and the spare set is in a jewellery pouch at the back of a dresser drawer at her mothers house. might be worth explaining that I said set as I have a double lock device, it has both a internal lock and a padlock, so it has 2 different keys.

 

We keep my spare key in a sealed envelope which i must present to @MistressAMA weekly to show it hasn't been used. If i do need to use it (doctor, sore spot, etc) i show it to Her before opening it.

It's just a post-it not folded over and tape shut. Simple and effective.

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once everyone gets used to things i doubt he'll need a spare

 

I didn't used it yet, but I bought a small case that fits the key and you can lock it with a numbered plastic lock. I found it interesting and cheap. Adding a picture here.

Loved the ideas on the thread, the plastic tape seems really practical too!

 

You don't need a spare key. Once everything is fitted right and settled in, there should be no reason to take the cage off besides the whim of the key holder.

I used to keep an emergency key until i realized after over a month locked that there was no emergency to need a key for, it was more of a temptation key. The only reasons i can think of for needing an unplanned unlock are things like metal detectors at government buildings, airports and the like. I cant think of the last time i had a flight or jury duty or sporting event just pop up with no prior notice.

as for a medical emergency. I think you would be more concerned with other things at the time besides some potential embarrassment. If the device is in the way they can cut it off in seconds. So why bother planning for it?

 

I posted on this topic back in March:

Early on, I had my emergency key in a steel tube with a security seal, in my pocket. And then it went into the center console of my car. And then I cleaned out the car, and it went in my garage. And so I have come to realize that I really don't need it. Having it was more like a security blanket than anything.. And so I have reunited it with it's sister key on Goddess' necklace.

 

We used to keep the spare frozen in a glass in the garage freezer. Now that there's no need for an emergency key, it's locked in a biometric safe that I can't open. I have no idea where the primary key is anymore.

 

We ordered these little plastic locks that are numbered and can only be unlocked by being broken so you can't even put a new lock on it because I take a picture of the numbers. I hold onto the other spare