KeySmart Leather

Falsche Produktversprechen! Maßlos enttäuscht!!!!

I carry a few keys. It's not a whole pile; I don't have a hula hoop hanging off my belt like some comical custodian from an old teen movie. But I carry a few keys. I bought a key organizer with a built-in Airtag holder and found it helpful, but it could have been better constructed; it was already falling apart. I decided to go for a better-quality product from Key Smart for an upgrade. It was easy to add my keys. I was excited. It was cleaner, sleeker, felt great in my hand, and ready to go. The package says it will hold ten keys—a blatant lie right on the package. Luckily, the Amazon listing says eight keys. Now, it only holds eight keys if you don't need the little metal doohickey that allows keychains to be attached. If you need that little doohickey, which I do, it only holds seven keys. That would have been great, but I also bought the little safe box opener from Key Smart (reviewed separately), which is key number 8 for me. So here I am with a key organizer that won't go together because it only holds eight keys, and I'm trying to make nine fit. So I ended up back on Amazon looking at maybe returning it and ordering a larger organizer. I see there is an accessory kit, so now I patiently await that little kit with the longer screws to get here so I can get all my keys organized. Now that I've addressed the lies on the packaging, let's talk about the product itself. I wouldn't recommend the leather one. I scratched or bent it at some point in the assembly process, which is sad. If you're a super careful person and probably less of a lumbering oaf than I am, you'll probably be fine. The leather doesn't feel all that great, and I would have been happier with the metal one, but the leather was cheaper, and now I know why. It comes apart and assembles rather intuitively, so bonus points for that, but I ran into issues when I believed the lies on the packaging. All in all, I'll be satisfied (note not happy) when all the pieces are together in one spot, and I can get it to work how I want it to. I'm not mad; I'm disappointed that the packaging lies. I had to buy a second product to make the first one work; the quality could be better. Will I return it? I can't because my keys got it dirty, and I scratched or bent it, as I mentioned earlier, so no, mostly because I can't. Will I recommend it to friends and family? Only the metal one, and I'll tell them to count their keys before buying one and ensure it will do what they need. Update: 5/8/2025 So, I was just looking at my key holder today, and the leather is already wearing out after a little over a year of use. I've downgraded my review to one star from three. At this point I can wholehearted not recommend buying the leather version of this key holder. I'm not particularly rough on my keys. I'm a dang office worker. The roughest thing that happens to my keys is I drop them now and again. If your product can’t hold up to being pulled in and out of a coat pocket, thrown in a bag now and again, tossed in a car cup holder, tossed on top of the dresser, or even dropped for more than a year, I don't know why you still make it. For additional reference, I have the leather Airtag holders from Apple, their leather products were notoriously mid-tier, and they're in better shape than this key holder is, and I've had them longer. I also have a leather key cover for my car key that is made out of super cheap leather and it it has one tenth of the signs of wear that any of the aforementioned leather products have and it gets handled by mechanics. Just saying. At this point, don't buy the leather one. just go ahead and buy the metal or the plastic one, I'm certain they'll hold up better than this.

This is one of those products that provides you with a link to a video so that you can assemble it, but which uses as an example one that is completely different from the one you've just bought. You have to disassemble it to get it out of the packaging. This, too, isn't obvious. Once apart, I was able to use the spacers to separate the keys. I put two on each side. It would've been tricky to use more than two because building and deadbolt keys tend to be thicker than everything else. The spacers do seem to ease the movement of the keys. Make sure that you tighten everything after you reassemble it. You certainly don't want it to come apart in your pocket . . . or on a dark and stormy night.

This is a great item. I regret having waited so long to get one. I love the softness of the leather so. It claims to hold 8 keys, but I have 3 on one side and 2 on the other with spacers and the screw posts almost weren’t long enough. If you don’t use the spacers then the keys are slightly difficult to get to so I’m not sure about removing them to make room for more keys. Just need longer screws to accommodate keys and spacers. This would also help with installation. It was harder than it looks once you start stacking everything, but all in all it’s a great product and would buy again without question.

Originally purchased this item that had TILE built in to it, but i never ended up using the app. Purchased this one to match the aesthetic of my other personal items and I do enjoy it. Only con is that I wish the adware was GOLD like the Logo instead of silver. I also notice that the hinges do loosen over time, or get to stiff, so you will have to adjust them rather frequently. Easy to hold all of my keys, decent build and love the faux leather look