[kmonsen]

I used to work in a pretty secure environment. The way to store passwords was to write them on a piece of paper and put that paper in your personal safe. This was inside a building with armed guards.

I guess it all depends on where your risk/convenience preference. I would say just like the best camera is the one you have with you, the best way of storing passwords is the one you are willing to use. Perhaps pen and paper in a safe is the best way, but if that means insecure easy passwords are used for many sites I guess password managers are better.