Max Knives MKPCBF — Dark blue paracord keyring with 10 mm carabiner

Overview

Dark blue, braided and 65 mm long, the MKPCBF is a paracord keyring mounted on a carabiner of 10 mm in diameter. It weighs 11 g, which puts it among the accessories you forget about once they are attached. Dark blue is a quiet shade that suits an office key set as readily as vehicle keys, and the braid can be taken apart to release the cord held inside it.

What a 10 mm carabiner changes

A split ring asks for a fingernail, sometimes two fingers and a little patience to feed a key into its coil. The carabiner on the MKPCBF works differently: the gate swings in, whatever you want goes through the opening, you let go and it is attached. Ten millimetres across is a size that can be worked one-handed and that still passes a key set's own ring, a bag strap or a belt loop. Adding or removing a key takes seconds, as often as you like.

Technical specifications

The MKPCBF is built from braided paracord in dark blue and a carabiner measuring 10 mm in diameter, for an overall length of 65 mm and a weight of 11 g. Paracord is the material throughout the braided section. The braiding is not permanent: it can be unwound so the cord becomes available for makeshift use, tying keys together, securing a piece of kit or improvising a link.

Care

Plain water and open-air drying bring the dark blue braid back after a spell in a jacket pocket or at the bottom of a bag. There is nothing to dismantle and nothing to grease. The one part worth watching is the carabiner: make sure its gate shuts fully once released, and spare it any sideways twisting when the key set is loaded up.