My kids kept losing my remotes and their batteries so I developed a life hack that would stop this from happening. It is kind of ridiculous but it has worked so far, see picture below.

This is the contraption I came up with so that my remotes would stop getting lost.

The overall design for it was pretty simple. First I started with a long board that would be easy to find. Then I took the two remotes that work the TV (one turns on the TV and controls volume, the other controls the Chromecast) and attached them. Velcro is too easy to take off, so I started with zip ties, which would have to be cut off. The zip ties went in between two sets of buttons so they would be kept in place. I used velcro afterwards to stabilize the remotes, so each remote has one zip tie and one velcro strip. One downside of the zip tie is that you have to cut the zip tie off to change the battery of the remote, but zip ties are cheap so it is not a big deal.

Anyway, I realize this remote life hack is a little absurd but it does work. I haven’t lost a remote or battery since it has been implemented. See more details in the following video: