Pitlamp
Well-known member
I'd really appreciate advice on this question. (I'd really appreciate it as well if mods resist the temptation to move this to "Equipment" - at least until there's been a representative collection of responses. I posted it here after some thought, in the hopes that more people would see this question.)
It goes like this; like many cavers I odtenwear the car key on a piece of string around my neck, or hide it somewhere well away from the car, whilst underground. I've always had old cars which had real keys for getting in the driver's door. But I'm about to change my motor and it's looking like real keys are fast becoming a thing of the past. These days they expect you to carry some vulnerable electronic device which opens the door and deactivates alarms etc. So how do other cavers stop these devices from hell getting destroyed by water and grit (either whilst worn or whilst hidden on the surface in filthy weather)?
In my case my car key often goes cave diving under a wetsuit; I'm sure this would kill one of these electronic things. I've also no doubt that the vehicle manufacturers would delight in ripping me off for absurd amounts of cash for a replacement.
So what does everybody else do? Is there some clever tiny screw topped waterproof container? Or are these new keyfobs really waterproof?
Help!
It goes like this; like many cavers I odtenwear the car key on a piece of string around my neck, or hide it somewhere well away from the car, whilst underground. I've always had old cars which had real keys for getting in the driver's door. But I'm about to change my motor and it's looking like real keys are fast becoming a thing of the past. These days they expect you to carry some vulnerable electronic device which opens the door and deactivates alarms etc. So how do other cavers stop these devices from hell getting destroyed by water and grit (either whilst worn or whilst hidden on the surface in filthy weather)?
In my case my car key often goes cave diving under a wetsuit; I'm sure this would kill one of these electronic things. I've also no doubt that the vehicle manufacturers would delight in ripping me off for absurd amounts of cash for a replacement.
So what does everybody else do? Is there some clever tiny screw topped waterproof container? Or are these new keyfobs really waterproof?
Help!