Neck lanyards are a very handy item to have to keep your keys, thumb drive, glasses, camera, etc. from going astray.
Neck lanyards come in a variety of styles and materials. Some of the most common materials are fabric, plastic, chain, beads, or anything that you can imagine and fashion into a lanyard.
Lanyards at convention or big product shows are ubiquitous and carry name tags or identification badges for the convention workers.
Neck lanyards are incredibly versatile and often are used as a means of advertising by having a business name imprinted, or screen printed on the material the lanyard is made of. It is an excellent way of advertising and promoting for a business, as well as providing a handy give away to customers.
Another innovative use for lanyards is as a fundraiser for church or school groups. Neck lanyards can be made in the school colors and sold as a class project. Lanyards are sold to friends, family and neighbors and the students wear them as way of showing their school spirit. Lanyards that are imprinted are usually made of a wider material that has a nice area for silk-screening and fits nicely around the neck.
A neck lanyard typically comes with different hardware attachment options. Many have rings for holding keys, or clips for badges, or bulldog clips for heavier badges and some are even a breakaway design, so they come apart if the lanyard catches on something.
Lanyards come in many different sizes depending on the device they are intended to secure. That handle thing on your camera is really a lanyard. The little rope doodad that keeps the stylus attached to a Panasonic Toughbook, yep, it’s a lanyard. Your cell phone holder; it too. While these would never be called a neck lanyard, they are examples that other parts of the body, are easy to lanyardize.
