What's the point of the light on kryptonite keys?
#26
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Cellphones have cameras for 2 reasons. First of all the basic concept of a phone hasn't really been improved upon since they made them small enough to fit in your pocket, but they want to sell you a new one every couple of years, so they need to invent reasons for you to buy one, they add features that add nothing to the functionality of making a phonecall, but seem spiffy. THEN they charge you to send the pictures you took to yourself and to your friends. Now they have you buying 2 things you didn't even know you needed.
I suppose the light on the key might be sorta like that if they figured out a way to bill your credit card a penny every time you pushed the button, but I think it's really just a nifty thing to be able to shed a little light on a keyhole from time to time.
I suppose the light on the key might be sorta like that if they figured out a way to bill your credit card a penny every time you pushed the button, but I think it's really just a nifty thing to be able to shed a little light on a keyhole from time to time.
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ok, i'm done being cranky.
for what it's worth, i don't use the key with the light on it. its more important that my key ring fit in my back pocket.
for what it's worth, i don't use the key with the light on it. its more important that my key ring fit in my back pocket.
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My main complaint about that key with the light on it is that key broke for me in about a week.
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Umm...it comes with all the new Kryptos...duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh hhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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#39
On a cool note I just got the NFYU in yesterday and I love it. It is amazing, I know feel alot more confident about locking my bike up.
I took some pictures so you can see the sheer size of the lock and shackle.


Shackle
Polylube tube (Thinner than the shackle)

Propel bottle. (About the same size.)

And finally my light lock key is actually green. Which is my favorite color and substantially better than blue. So I took a picture of that to.
I took some pictures so you can see the sheer size of the lock and shackle.


Shackle
Polylube tube (Thinner than the shackle)

Propel bottle. (About the same size.)

And finally my light lock key is actually green. Which is my favorite color and substantially better than blue. So I took a picture of that to.
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Originally Posted by eMwolB
Especially useful when I lock my bike to a cow in a dark pasture.
Originally Posted by dblock
it emits kryptonian radiation and we all know what that's for




