[klagan]

um....there is a reason the key has a head on it...it's so you have something to grip when trying to turn it...I aint saying it's not possible with this new key - just more difficult...If this is a great idea then let me be the first to propose removing the handles off of tea cups....just as clever....no doubt he'll still make a mint regardless of what I think :)

[lionhearted]

> If this is a great idea then let me be the first to propose removing the handles off of tea cups....just as clever....

Actually, it's funny, that is a clever idea and it's exactly why key-plus-ring is popular: Aesthetics. Specifically, minimalism. Less stuff. Less bulk.

It's not desirable in everything, but here is an example of your handleless tea cup:

http://www.jollygoodtea.com/ProdImages/206-050green-tea-cup....

I think it's pretty, but I do like classical East Asian minimalism and modern minimalism.

But other designs can be nice too - highly functional and somewhat spartan can be great. I also like really grandiose Victorian stuff, like a big sturdy wooden desk with a globe on top of it and paintings and brass fittings and craziness everywhere.

So minimalism/less stuff isn't the only way, but enough people do that this will sell well. I gave myself a light kick for not thinking of it first.

[moe]

Less stuff. Less bulk.

Can't see that. Imagine getting rid of the regular key-ring and just attaching a bunch of these new-style keys to one another. See what an unwieldy blob that gives?

And about bulk. Excuse me but what kind of key-ring do you carry? Mine weighs all of half a gram or less...