Keep your USB drive cap.

How often have you left your USB pendrive cap behind when you've finished?
Here's a simple way of keeping the drive with its cap.

Step 1: The Problem

This type of USB pendrive is very common, but I use mine in many PCs and have taken the pendrive away but left the cap lying on a desk somewhere several times.
This is a very simple Instructable to ensure that the cap always comes away with the drive.

Comments

[theRIAA]

i don't use the caps, call me crazy

[PSPerson]

Same here.I did the audi/VW key mod to my 1-gigger,so I can no longer use the cap, and my 8 is a Sandisk with a retractable tip.

[AndyGadget]

TheRIAA . . . . . You're just CRAZY man.

[Bongmaster]

great i have a blue pen drive just like that :D and the one ring to rule them all :3 (it has a chain)

[AndyGadget]

Good luck with that. Just a thought . . . How many "One Rings" have been made?

[Bongmaster]

too many :0 now everyone's power mad :I

[AndyGadget]

  
BWAHAHA - My scheme is working!

Soon they will all have a One Ring and I will control them with my One And Only Ring.
^{(Available at all good stores for the megalomaniac mastermind #;¬)}

[sweavo]

LOL. That's making my solutionmy solution look a bit overengineered!

[CameronSS]

It's interesting...everyone complains about losing caps, but I've never had a flash drive that didn't either fold open or have a retractable connector, all the way from my first 32MB drive to my current 2GB.

[AndyGadget]

When I first started work a 5 Megabyte hard drive was the size of an old record player. Incredible to think that now you can have over ten thousand times the storage on a device no bigger than your thumb. (Anyone bought a 64GB USB drive yet?)

[fwjs28]

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081029131325.htm......awesome computer.....

[Cartuner55]

my dad has a 305 Gig but its not the size of your thumb. bout the size of 15-20 business cards stacked on top of each other.

[nomax]

Interesting - may I know what brand that is? Thanks!

[munchman]

Simple yet effective. Nice instructable

[pfirsch]

This a very practical idea, but what about the drives that don't have holes in the caps?

[AndyGadget]

For the caps which don't have holes, how about cannibalising one of those fine chain necklaces. Use a very small drill to put a hole slant-wise through the edge of the cap and nip a joining ring through that. Wouldn't be as rugged, but it might help.

[NeonLime]

Great Clear Pics! I Dont Use My Cap Now Because My Case Is A 9 Volt Battery So It Doesnt Fit Anymore :D

[AndyGadget]

The clear pics are due to a good camera and a lot of practice. Always have plenty of light, and set the aperture to the smallest setting (highest F number) to give best depth of field. Use a tripod to keep things steady.