# How do you carry your USB flash drive?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [September 23, 2005, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-carry-your-usb-flash-drive/323031 "2005-09-23T12:19:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kiminy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Kiminy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kiminy)\
**Post date:** [September 23, 2005, 11:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-carry-your-usb-flash-drive/323031/21 "2005-09-23T23:36:41Z")

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My pen drive came with a stinky cheap plastic lanyard. I use a fabric cell phone strap instead. All I need it a strap to help me see the drive better so I don’t leave it plugged into a computer somewhere.

I have had two cars with ignition problems caused by overweight keychains. The result is that my keychain now carries only the minimal number of keys I need on a regular basis. I have a secondary keychain in my purse (which lives in my car) with keys I don’t need on a regular basis.

I carry my USB drive in one of three ways–

1. In a pocket of my laptop bag, if my laptop happens to be going with me.

2. In my pocket with my cell phone, if I don’t have my laptop with me.

3. In my purse, if I happen to be wearing clothes without pockets (which is common for women’s clothing), or if I have too many other things in my pockets at the time.

I LOVE the Swiss USB Pen knife, though!! I also happen to own three Swiss Army knives. I use them frequently, but had a hard time carrying one around with me without losing it. So I invested in three basic knives, and I keep one at home, one at work, and one in my car.

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