I'd say a few glasses short of a champagne shower but still well recieved. Just a shame about the latest lock that uses the same mechanism haha! Maybe if he didn't know the mechanism we would have seen a better performance!
I love that there's no weird model name and no nonsense "this is our maximum security rectangular padlock, we call it... maximum security rectangular padlock".
@@tuckerstewart3733 yeah, if the thing has a creative name it was probably made by the marketing team that knows nothing about how the lock works. I prefer simple names tbh.
What I'm also super curious about---this is also a lock that has a removable core....is there any sort of standards in regards to their general shape? E.g. is it possible to buy one of these, and drop the core into my front door's deadbolt?
@@vodiak Yes. He gives away compliments much more rarely than Yoda. If he just says "good" you know that means in real life very good, and if he says "I would use it" that means something exceptional.
@@Daniel-en1dq That and the fact even a cheap lock will do the job of protecting against most threat. Random thief will not take the time to pick a lock. That kind of high quality lock is for people who know they are a potential target for skilled thief.
@@Elepole Exactly. As long as it isn't otherwise bypassable (e.g., by cutting, shimming), any decently made lock with security pins or a disk detainer lock is fine for 99.9% of applications.
It's the oddest thing: I don't give a damn about locks but I love these videos. There's something satisfying about watching someone with such a high level of expertise doing his thing. Well done LPL!
Exactly this... If it takes LPL more than a minute or two to open, and/or he expresses that it requires considerable skill to bypass, it goes on the list of "good locks" in my book!
*Lock:* Sealed with the magic of elves, can only be opened if you insert the magic key whilst reciting the special code-word once every other full moon. *LPL:* This lock is adequate.
@@stefanmelo The magnet he used was inside the lock, not external. I believe the OP was talking about trying to use a magnet from outside the lock chamber itself in attempt to lift the magnetic pin in place, but with the steel slug in place, you'd end up lifting it with an external magnet and be unable to pick the lock at all. Otherwise, the magnetic pin could be rendered useless with a powerful magnet.
@@SdudyoyO Exactly so. The slug keeps a magnet from being used outside the keyway to influence the pin. The magnet being used inside the keyway is exactly how the key is designed.
@@SdudyoyO yes that is why they have a hollow pin and spring in the first location not just a hole. Using a external magnet moves the slug down on the magnetic pin but the hollow pin with the spring pushes back keeping the magnetic pin in place. The only way to manipulate the magnetic pin is to approach it like using the key.
Actually, if I may, I think Stefen used the would external wrong. I think the way he was the using the word was as to say a magnet that was bought not using the key. External as in not from the company and or possibly not authorized. Then again maybe Stefen has no clue what he's talking about.
when my girlfriend comes home after work she asks me to hug her to crack her back so lately i've been saying "nothing on one, nothing on two, ooh little click out of three, let's try one again, nothing there"
"Maximum Security Rectangular Padlock" Well, seems they spend all their money on making a good lock and had nothing left to hire someone to come up with a creative name. And now they got some of the best advertisement out there - so it seems to have worked out for them.
Generally speaking, products with the lowest quality and the highest quality both have really simple names. The former because marketing costs money and the later because the product speaks for itself.
@@2000jago I've been picking for years, and LPL's skill is something amazing. His tension control just boggles my mind. That, in my opinion, is where he truly shines.
The transparent lock is useful to learn about mechanics of the lock but doesn't help too much with skills because the feedback is quite different. I started with a little 3 pin lock and wrecking it to learn about the tension. The the single pick looking at the key and trying to set the pins in the relative order and finally started to play with a 5 pin lock with good results. That's my experience now and is been a nice learning experience, i hope it helps to you all
@@user-lq2nu6cn7y GBP is the Sterling Pound, the currency of the United Kingdom. You might have seen this kind of acronym before, i.e: USD (US Dollars), EUR (euro), RUB (Russian ruble). All currencies are standarized by a 3-letter acronym/code so I'm pretty sure you get the point by now.
"We'll set aside a small magnet from the collection of magnets I keep." Proceeds to pull out what looks like Cthulhu. That collection of magnets is one of the creepiest, most chaotic things I've ever seen. I love it! :)
This is funny for those who know what you're referring to... but for those who don't, google "cthulhu" and a picture looking exactly like those locks comes up making this +2.. nice one @malidictus
It's also the first time I've seen the inner driver pins arranged like that. Usually their spring is inside the outer pin. That is, the hole for the inner pin doesn't go all the way through, so there is something for the spring to butt up against.
More like vacation time is suspended, mandatory overtime for everyone until production catches up. Catches up to what sir? Our shelves are overflowing. LPL said he'd consider using our lock. Oh shit, I'll tell HR to hire 50 more workers.
@@jaapgroeneveldt4703 sent the video to my shift supervisor, he might find this amusing and share it with the managers, though I doubt the company will react in any interesting way. There are hundreds other items the company sell beside these locks.
@@jay4sizzle There's a playlist of the highest rated locks he's done I think. There's a lot of different ways a lock can go above and beyond, so it's probably harder to succinctly boil down why something is shy of being elite in the same way you would boil down why a lock is substandard. In the latter case you can point to specific design flaws and corner cutting, in the former you would have to describe the various security features of products you might consider better.
"We have a sliding bolt design with a 90mm wide hardened steel lock body, and a well-protected 11mm molybdenum alloy shackle" I wasn't aware RU-vid allowed that type of dirty talk.
Wow finally a lock that actually keeps its promise of being „high security“. If the lock actually provides a challenge for LPL, it’s probably impossible to open for 80% of pickers.
Given that most pickers are crap, I'd say 95% would give up; more, if they didn't know about the magnet. (I used to repossess motor vehicles. Older motorcycles had a fork lock that was separate from the ignition lock.)
@@UncleKennysPlace I have opened locks like this. But no where NEAR in this kind of time frame. I currently work with a 20 minute time rule. When the timer beeps, I reset. This is down from 30 minutes two years ago.... It seems that going to 15 minutes are still a few years out... I don't have many pin-in-pin locks to practice on (3 to be precise, and sometimes I get access to a loaner), and I need to put them away when I can tell that I'm "remembering" more than feeling, but if I had, say, 30 different pin-in-pin locks that I could rotate I'm sure my skills on this type of lock would improve much faster.
@@andersjjensen You are very talented in that case. The fact that LPL can open them in far less time than that, even, is truly testament to how much he has put into this over the years. Unbelievable dedication (both of you).
@@everyhandletaken Uhm, I'm an absolutely mediocre picker by lock sports standards. I don't even pick every day any more. Sometimes a week goes by. Back when I put in two or three x 20 minutes every day I progressed fast, but it's actually a surprisingly expensive hobby once you get out of the "don't completely suck" stage. If you can't afford at least 7-8 locks of the same type you'll end up being able to remember them which makes it impossible "practice blind" in an efficient manner. These pin-in-pin types are just not as hard as people think. They're unusual, and you need to get a feel for your pick placement, but they aren't horribly hard like Medeco to get the hang of. My ASSA 700, which is a normal 7 pin lock with double-spools (sometimes called wedding cakes) and beveled pins and absolutely godlike tolerances is much much harder than Mul-T Lock style pin-in-pin.
These locks are usually meant to be padlocked from the inside of a grill gate, for example, meaning that to pick it, one will have to pick a from a very difficult angle through the grill. That makes the job so much more difficult to do.
I have this lock on my storage container and now feeling a whole lot happier. Confident there not many people out there with this level of skill breaking into storage units.
@@SIGSAUER_P320 Not really. It's only made to look easy, just imagine actually feeling your way around these concentric pins, even after literally memorizing the layout of this specific cylinder. It's a bit like watching a master pianist or chess grandmaster play, all the techniques I basically know, can I replicate it - not in a decade
It’ll stop a picker unfortunately most people would use pry bars torches grinding wheels or something else before they pick it Just the same I like to figure out where to get one
"It's just a little shy of what I'd consider truly elite lock." And "It's a lock I might consider using myself". That's some seriously high praise from LPL. I don't understand why the locksmith who watched this had doubts. LPL spends much of his free time picking and exploiting locks, he has a fearsome reputation from others in the know and now has a first place competitive win in his first ever competition. (Though I pity the fools who turned up that day to compete!) This one is actually harder to open than the one he later sent that was supposed to be a challenge! People have to accept that when you truly find your niche you can work miracles and make it look like magic. Just as a stage magician does, and just the same it's skill, experience, talent and perhaps an exceptional sense of touch. Like Jeff Sitar proved to have when they tried to define it on Superhumans. I have no doubt LPL would have a similar sense of touch, that's well beyond what most of us could feel.
If you came across this lock in the field and it "looked like a generic lock made in a common Taiwanese factory" it would be interesting to see how you would go about figuring out the core details (pin-in-pin, magnet pin, etc).
I think the magnet will be the hard bit. You could guess there's pin in pin due to the size and shape of the keyway which will tell you it's a dimple lock and you can expect pin in pin, but magnets (how do they work?) are the hidden factor meant to trip you up. Being able to see the key reveals a ton of info about the lock, which does give LPL here a good advantage in picking it. Also why you should never post pictures of your keys online, and be wary of letting people see your keys. DeviantOllam has a great talk about the info you leak by letting people see your keys, and how as a physical penetration tester, he leverages that to his advantage.
Thank you for this, very interesting. It would be extreme useful if you were to create a playlist entitled “Locks I would consider using” with those examples of each type. This would generate competition amongst manufacturers and save time for those of us who are looking for a lock. At this time I’m looking for a combination padlock for an outside security gate and would use your preference.
One of the greatest anti-picking properties of that lock is the fact that the picker would absolutely *HAVE* to know the mechanism and about that magnetic bit. Otherwise, they will have absolutely zero hope of picking it open.
I have the documents for your law firm in our safe, unfortunately we have lost the key. I'm afraid that you may need to come back another day. *clears throat*
Kinda, since the mag. pin is a rising pin and since the core itself is of standard design, it would be possible to feel for the pin, but it would take both a level of expertise to recognize that it was a risen magnetic pin and not a missing pin. lock-picking in general is easier once you have seen the key.
@@BD90.. In the same way as car thieves might know what car they can or can't break into based on the make and model, a lock picker might know the particularities of different locks. Security by obscurity is no security at all.
@@inflatablewolfie Not entirely true, you cannot really hide your car model and type, but the lock can be hidden, like inside a door and only visible to some degree, or even fully obstructed if you want, heck, you can even change the core so the outside shows a different model and expected core. In most case your picker will have no access to the key and only limited access to the lock itself (in time and entry ways), yes in theory you can expect a master picker that recognize it from sight and know exactly what to do and have the right tool ready, but in reality, most picker will simply give up any tricky lock like this after not succeeding for a minute or two, since they can get similar return with a much simpler lock on the next whatever they trying to open. In most case you just need better security than the nearby other stuff, not enough to beat every picker in the world.
You are one of the most knowledgeable pickers out there! If you need special tools and it takes you more than a few minutes to open, you can be pretty sure that regular crooks will not be able to open it. Thanks for so much information.
Living in the UK i use this brand. i can imagine it is a lot harder trying too pick this lock when its actually in situ on a shed or garage door, at night in the dark, and the lock being at a difficult height too work on (mine are at shoulder height and above) still very impressive how you get through these devices so quickly. it is very interesting and entertaining..thanks for all the content and raising awareness as too which products to avoid or which are suitable too a level. i found your video`s on safes (i own a Honeywell) very informative. i plan to low level attack mine this weekend with a view to likely upgrading it hhahaha
The purpose of taking them apart is not primarily to entertain the viewers (well, not originally when he started the channel), but to prove to other pickers what is in the lock, and that he didn't tamper with it. To pickers, recording the assembly has very little meaning. Edit: however, I think there is at least 1 video where he reassembles a lock. Edit: found it: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-SHT0kNvHmv0.html
That’s a really interesting Lock from ERA, it’s nice that they have really thought about the pick resistance this product, bearing in mind its a high security Padlock. This is definitely one I’ve got to have a shot at. Have a great weekend.
If there's something to be learned from this channel is that if you have something of value you better hide it under the bed and use the padlocks as decoys to empty containers so that the thief gets bored picking them all.
If it’s hidden under your bed with padlocks it would probably be easier for a thief to take it home and bust it open by force than to bother picking it 😅
I was confused about that, too. The key appears to only have 4 pin actuators including the magnet, but disassembly of the lock showed that there were 5 pins including the magnetic one.
@@XJWill1 Yes and no, if you look at the tip of the key you see some ridges along the center line of the 3 dimples, which is what moves the 4th (or 1st) pin. At least, that's what I could gather from it.
Of cause he says he'd consider it, because knowing that he does would give thieves knowledge. And I think it's understandable that he wants to not give out that information
@@ScottKenny1978 I would suggest he may of said that ... and used something else altogether. That would be "proper" security as in keeping his actual arrangements entiro to himself. For all we know he has dogs or geese ... not a lot you can get passed them. You won't need me to remind you of Livy's account of how the geese warned the Romans of the Gauls sneaking up on the temple of Juno. I would say geese are better every time ... and you can always eat them later.
“This is a lock I made with Bosnian Bill, we used adimantiam for the casing, kryptonite and vibranium pins, dylithium crystal security discs with a flux capacitor in the keyway, and a bolt milled from the remains of molnijr.”
I've watched many vids from this channel and I've figured something out. This guy is legitimately one of the best lock pickers on the planet. Like maybe THE best?
As far as I know ERA does make their locks here, I pass their manufacturing centre. High quality low quantity goods like very expensive locks benefit from the skilled (expensive) workforce.
@@hannahb6249 I work there in the warehouse part of the building and I never saw any pad locks being made in manufacturing dept. They only make simple steel parts and locks for UPVC windows and doors, everything else is manufactured in Chinese factories.
This channel really inspired me to dive deeper into the mechanics of our everyday life. I started to learn picking half a year ago and continue to improve my skills on a daily basis. This channel has become a trustworthy partner in my advancement. Thank you LockPickingLawyer for your guidance and upbeat approach to lockpicking. I started to view the videos from episode one and finally made it to the contemporary uploads. It has been a joyous journey. Keep up the good "work"! (By the way maybe you could prepare a playlist with the “oldest videos first” so that people can grow with your videos like I did.) Special thanks to "Vic Ben" who prepared such a playlist from video 1 to 824. After that it was a lot of scrolling involved to continue this approach.
It'd be interesting to see two magnetic pins, one on either end of a lock core, each with false gates. I feel like there would be considerable hassle in trying to get the magnet positioned properly when picking.
"This is a lock that I would consider using" I can imagine the employees at ERA jumping of joy, cheering up and hugging each others as they hear that line
Oh yeah. A lot of modellers and Miniature Wargamers use them to make their models interchangable, especially when you want to change what weapons or gear a model has. I am... learning this art.
@@arueshalaetablebuildingsociety Exactly. I started the tabletop hobby at the end of 2019 and the amount of small magnets (from 2x1mm to 8x2mm, everything in x1 and x2mm variants) I had lying around for quite a while really lets LPL's collection look like a small one. But it's just so much more fun (and of course, way cheaper) to magnetize my models.
It's amazing how much better I've become at lock picking just by listening to you voice your thoughts as you pick the lock. Your videos are so helpful.
Since I watch LPL I made a playlist called "usable locks" if I ever want to buy a good lock... so far this is only the second video that made onto this list
When i saw 8 min and 5 sec on the time bar. I went a got some popcorn and a drink.. the one thing this lock did do was make him use more than 2 tools to open it😁 another one bites the dust!!
@7:45 this is what I have been waiting to hear for 2 years.... this is why I have watching you videos for 2 years now... Rushing to Amazon UK to place an overseas order.
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