Gear-Retractor: Rewind Gear Retractor

by Civilian Lab

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B000Q8484K
• Item model number: Gear-Retractor
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,395 in Electronics (See Top 100 in Electronics)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: March 13, 2009

Product Description

There has been a lack of solutions for keeping gear attached to you. Lanyards get tangled and hang out to be snagged. Diving retractors are generally too heavy, bulky and expensive for light gear. Our high-strength, spring-loaded reel is a compact 35mm housing holding 2 feet of thick 2mm plastic coated steel cable. Fitted whin twin spring-gate, swiveling biners, it clips to: flash light, folding knife, cell phone, keys, or wallet. Using a split ring it quickly switches from tool to tool and stays out of the way till needed. It features a high-impact ABS shell, and brushed-steel, Civilianlab logos on titanium color backgrounds. Reel holds 170g beofre extending.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Not Good But Not Horrible, September 11, 2009

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Matt Johnson (Thousand Oaks, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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I use my keys about 100 times a day, so when the retractor broke after 5 months of constant use I was disappointed but not bitter. For the price it's decent but not if you have to use it as a daily component of your job.

5.0 out of 5 stars Yet again, another retractor....., January 16, 2012

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Charles Yech - See all my reviews

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The Civilian Gear-Retractor is probably the best there is for securing badges and small items. The problem I have with it is that I use it for a key chain for my house key and one of the little key ring courtesy cards from a food store. I clip the rewind to a large carabiner that holds the rest of my keys and fobs; that goes through a belt loop. I have already destroyed 3 of the rewinds because the darn thing hung so low that the key and/or ring would hang up on something and I'd rip the the cable out when I stood up or got out of the car. I have eliminated as much 'length' as I can and now the key hangs just below the rest of the keys so it's easy to grab and I haven't hung it up on anything....yet. Otherwise, it is a really necessary piece of gear and works great. I've never had a problem with one of them except for my own carelessness.

5.0 out of 5 stars Small! Light! Strong!, November 10, 2011

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L. Nakashima "Rondodog" (Pacoima, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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I ordered one of these but wasn't sure how small or strong it was. This retractable key fob is AMAZING! It is about the size of two quarters and not much heavier. The cable is steel and -very- strong, the pull is firm and solid. HIGHLY recommended for anyone who wants a retractable key fob that takes up nearly no room at all in your pocket!