On a number of occasions lately (though, interestingly, not during the first five or so years that I've had this car - an April 2020-manufactured last of the MkIII Facelift, Scout 4x4 DST-7 diesel "combi"/wagon/estate) I realize that a button on the 'Kessy' key fob in my purse had been pressed without my meaning to.

My purse is, like all such accoutrements, something of Felix's TARDIS (to meta my mixaphors). But in truth I thought that the exact spot (lower, front/outer pocket, of a medium size crossbody bag made of 'ballistic nylon' (the sales guy introduced the material to me by taking out a ballpoint pen and stabbing at the bag, hard, leaving no visible mark; so, not canvas; it has a certain amount of rigidity)) where I keep the key fob in the purse (and, the fob is in a closely shaped zip-lok bag, to boot) should have protected buttons from being pressed easily.

Sitting in a (very good) cafe-bakery-pastisserie in lower France yesterday morning, having breakfast during yet another of my cross-continent drives, I glanced out the window and noticed my lift gate was half-up 🙄. I hadn't opened the lift gate on parking there, and I confirmed that the car was still locked. So it has to have been that, through the fabric of my purse, I had pressed-and-held the lift gate button on the key fob for several seconds.

I searched the Internet in general, Amazon (of course), and our forums here (it would be great if these forums could deploy more advanced language/context-sensitive search tools 😅), and all i came up with were fabric cases or plastic shells, all of which inset the buttons some, but none of which actually provided a slide cover to fully protect the buttons. (I did find on Maker site with instructions for creating such a thing, but I'm not a Maker...)

I'm looking for something that would function similar to this:

Does such a thing exist commercially for the 2017-2019 Octavia III Facelift key fob?

It's this model - the round silver button to allow the physical key to swing out, and the three flat buttons lock - lift gate - unlock.

It would be okay if the slide/hard case does NOT support opening the physical key withOUT removing the fob from the case, as I almost never use the physical key.

thanks!

I can see where this might be a problem with a crowded bag - the centre button sits a little proud from the upper and lower ones.

As you rarely use the physical key, how about using a small plastic box to keep the key in?

Amazon sell them. Not sure if will fit

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leather-Shielding-Waterproof-Universal-Protector/dp/B0GXKPQXXC/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=JGAA6RHGL005&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WjAjp0G2BbpUKhGkR_VCF0dLxWHseIlPjqhW_f_tEc31CtrIirhozHqjuBYAp7pMflOppOfemVqx9ZDulvRvp1fij9KohDyG2fHPzwjIIB1HIr-N4ObRBHFekfZ022sCBW3babiMkhDaTHXKZN1vOwyt5qz_9ZkzgjqhEdU3QS0Sgbk0M6dJvdfyzMwvwJNfo2AGrXvo8p3-AXTzpLVSy8v4mk0ow1KB0L5NjU86Xo3uo5z82XFB2d9cqHEH55PRjDybMS0IgeQgzZxtOpu0VLcR0VeNYcRw0Zz8jrVgiZg.etK-emoAKBzdEneHJcwMZg5EZx_sVN2WvRHnx44ffK4&dib_tag=se&keywords=skoda%2Bcar%2Bkey%2Brigid%2Bbag&qid=1786873312&sprefix=skoda%2Bcar%2Bkey%2Brigid%2Bbag%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1-spons&aref=BjaB0naEoF&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

2 hours ago, Alasdair1 said:

Amazon sell them. Not sure if will fit

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Leather-Shielding-Waterproof-Universal-Protector/dp/B0GXKPQXXC/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=JGAA6RHGL005&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.WjAjp0G2BbpUKhGkR_VCF0dLxWHseIlPjqhW_f_tEc31CtrIirhozHqjuBYAp7pMflOppOfemVqx9ZDulvRvp1fij9KohDyG2fHPzwjIIB1HIr-N4ObRBHFekfZ022sCBW3babiMkhDaTHXKZN1vOwyt5qz_9ZkzgjqhEdU3QS0Sgbk0M6dJvdfyzMwvwJNfo2AGrXvo8p3-AXTzpLVSy8v4mk0ow1KB0L5NjU86Xo3uo5z82XFB2d9cqHEH55PRjDybMS0IgeQgzZxtOpu0VLcR0VeNYcRw0Zz8jrVgiZg.etK-emoAKBzdEneHJcwMZg5EZx_sVN2WvRHnx44ffK4&dib_tag=se&keywords=skoda%2Bcar%2Bkey%2Brigid%2Bbag&qid=1786873312&sprefix=skoda%2Bcar%2Bkey%2Brigid%2Bbag%2Caps%2C131&sr=8-1-spons&aref=BjaB0naEoF&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&th=1

An issue with that case may be that it's an RFID shield - OP sounds to primarily use KESSY without physically taking key out of bag.

I was thinking more along the lines of a small, hard plastic case.

Not exactly what I was looking for, but maybe something like this below would work.

12 hours ago, Warrior193 said:

I can see where this might be a problem with a crowded bag - the centre button sits a little proud from the upper and lower ones.

As you rarely use the physical key, how about using a small plastic box to keep the key in?

This is where I ended up looking, too; of course, I can't find on Amazon a plastic box that is almost exactly the size of the key fob, and as much as my purse is something of a bottomless pit, it doesn't have huge amounts of extra room. I'll keep looking.

3 hours ago, Warrior193 said:

Not exactly what I was looking for, but maybe something like this below would work.

This is quite a bit longer than my Octavia's key fob, but more importantly I really want the case to be rigid.
It's remarkable that VW doesn't provide a slide cover for the fobs. (Neither has any other manufacturer whose fobs I've ever seen).