Moulded ABS key fobs from 31 to 56 mm, encoded to your system, with every chip read-tested before shipping.
Offices, buildings and gated sites where the credential lives on a keyring, encoded to the system on the door. Where a printed badge is needed, a card carries the same chip.
Access control and security →Turnstiles and member entry, where a fob survives a gym bag better than a card. Numbers can be laser engraved to stay readable, and reorders keep the same chip.
Clubs and associations →Staff credentials, and guest keys at villas and resorts where a keyring beats a wallet card. The lock decides the chip, and a sample is tested in your door first.
Hospitality →It depends on the reader already on your door, never on the fob itself. Fobs run at 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz. They are not available in UHF, so if your system reads at 860 to 960 MHz the credential has to be a card or a wristband, and we make both.
Older proximity readers, door intercoms and the legacy access systems still in service.
Most current access control, gym turnstiles, campus systems and phone taps over NFC.
Fobs are moulded, marked, encoded and chip-tested at the plant that makes the cards, then boxed with your logo printed in black.
Less surface than a card, so the mark has to do more work with less room. Three ways to put it on.
The chip and the encoding are the same, so the reader cannot tell them apart. Everything that differs is physical, and it is set out below rather than left to a sales conversation.
| Key fob | Card | |
|---|---|---|
| Where it lives | On a keyring | In a wallet or a holder |
| Frequencies | 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz | 125 kHz, 13.56 MHz and UHF |
| Printable area | One small face | Both faces, edge to edge |
| Full colour artwork | Yes | Yes |
| Laser engraving | Yes | On wood only |
| Magnetic stripe | No | On PVC only |
| Used for | Staff and members who carry keys anyway | Anything that has to be seen, shown or printed on |
Send us the reader or lock model you use. We confirm what we can supply before you order, rather than guess.
Frequency and chip family, from the reader or lock model or from the fob you use now. You can also post us a fob and we verify it here.
No UHF in a fob, at 860 to 960 MHz the credential has to be a card or a wristband. On encrypted systems we can supply the correct chip, but credentials controlled by the system owner may need to be written by them.
Ask for a free sample in the model and chip you need, and test it on your reader before a full production run.
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A vector file to engrave or a print-ready PDF to print. The face is small, so keep the mark simple.
The model and version, or a clear photo of the reader. The chip is confirmed in writing.
An approximate number is enough to quote. Minimum order is 500 units.
A rough date is enough to plan it. Standard production is 12 calendar days.
If the reader runs at 125 kHz or 13.56 MHz, yes, and it reads the fob exactly as it reads a card. Send the reader or lock model and we confirm the chip against it before you order.
No. Fobs are 125 kHz and 13.56 MHz only. If your system reads at 860 to 960 MHz, the credential has to be a card or a wristband. We make both, so the answer is a different product rather than a different supplier.
Yes, and plenty of sites do exactly that. Cards for the people who need a printed badge, fobs for the people who do not. The same chip goes in both, encoded the same way, so the reader does not know the difference.
Yes. Serial numbers and QR codes are laser engraved individually, and the chip can be encoded individually as well. Send the data as a spreadsheet, one row per fob.
Moulded ABS. It is the material that survives a keyring, which is the whole job of a fob.
From 31 to 56 mm across twelve shapes, and from 4.3 to 8.16 mm thick. Tell us where it has to fit, or send a photo of the keyring it will live on, and we will suggest the model.
Yes, CMYK on the flat face, and silkscreen where you need a solid Pantone. Laser engraving is the third option and it is the one that does not wear off, which matters more on a keyring than it does in a wallet.
Yes, and we recommend it. Ask for a free sample in the model and chip you need, and try it on your reader before committing a run.
Usually. Send the fob itself if you can, along with the reader model and any specification you were given at installation. The fob in hand settles it.
When a fob is the right credential, and what the twelve outlines and four diameters change.
Read the guide →
A fob answers the same reader as a card. Four variables decide whether the door opens.
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The three routes from blank stock to a working credential, and who holds the keys.
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Cards for credentials that have to be seen, shown or printed on, in PVC, recycled PVC or wood. Same chips as the fob and the band.
RFID & NFC cards →
Sleeves and holders made to the card format, printed with the same artwork and specified on the same order sheet.
Accessories →
Where a fob is impractical, for guests or members. Same chips, so fobs and bands run on one site.
Wristbands →Ask for a free sample in your material and chip.