(554) Newest Paclock Tested, Molested and Cut Open! 

Great video Bill! Very thorough and fair, we're glad to see the locks held up as well as they did, and even happier to hear a few grunts from you in the process! We'll look forward to having them back, but if you'd like to hold onto them to answer any other questions that might come up over the next week or so, then please feel free. Once again, our sincerest thanks.

Hi guys ~ as you saw in the video, these are not your normal disc lock with regards to the cylinder in them. It has the same security technology in the cylinder as all of our other padlocks... solid body and military line. We crammed a 6 pin cylinder in there when most others are 4, or if you're lucky, a 5 pin cylinder. We did some other changes to the pins to guarantee 20,000 key changes (pay $100 if anyone finds two different key numbers that interchange, that's how confident we are... see if any other manufacturers would offer that). Our focus has been on supporting orders for our storage customer... but expect to have these generally available for sale in December. Yes, China made. But I'd need two more paragraphs to talk about all of the quality processes we've implemented at our family owned factory in China... and then PACLOCK 100% inspects EVERY one of these locks before it would ship out to you, our customer. So, sure, China made but know an American is personally inspecting every lock for functionality before it leaves our facility.

Hacksaw, boltcutter - once you get to that stage, it's not the lock that is the weakest point of whatever is securing what you are trying to secure.

This was a great challenge for you! I chuckled a couple of times because your tone of voice was giving away your frustration with these locks. Great video as always.

that battery charger beep had me looking back at my workbench like what the hell?

PS ~ when the day comes for guys to cut new keys, we'll need to give you the specs because the spacings and depths are unique.

The last part with the Bolt Cutter just cracks me up fir some reason.

Great locks. Flat out. I would also take your opinion highly if I was the maker of these locks. I believe we have to give credit where credit is due.

Why don't they make every lock that hard to pick. I've never seen Bill struggle like that before. Great video, great lock.

A solid padlock is a great idea, but our indoor storage unit (a Big National Name which uses this very lock and brags about it) was broken into in SECONDS with a $15 battery angle grinder. The thieves cut two notches in the hasp, and the padlock fell right off, still locked and untouched. This left access to the unit wide open. They did this to dozens of storage units in our facility and took their pick of what they found. You can have the best padlock in the world, but if the hasp or the door itself is vulnerable you're sunk.

Hi Bill, I know I'm writing about a year and a half since you made this video, but I saw some thing that may help bypass this lock.. When you cut the lock open with the cutoff wheel and showed the mech. The locking pawl on the right... If you take a "C" shaped spring wire/music wire and ran it in the hole that the shackle retracts into.. and hook the locking paw the shackle will move in a bit..It looks like the only thing keeping the shackle from opening would be a thin stamped sheet metal actuator that goes from the back of the cyl. to the slot in the shackle. I think at that point a little force would be needed to shear or twist the actuator to open the lock... Great video...

One other point to remember (and may have already been brought up) is the lock is only part of a security chain (literally and figuratively). A chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If you put a weak chain on that lock, the thief isn't going for the lock, he'd go after the much easier to cut chain and not even bother with the lock. So if you spend money on the lock, don't skimp on the rest of the system.

Bill, what did the lock company say? I think I would use these locks on public storage units.

Thank you Bill for your immense contribution to the lock picking community. I have enjoyed countless hours of entertainment an shared knowledge from your channel. Thank you my friend and all the best in retirement!

This was actually the lock public storage gave me. Must have seen your video and upped their security? maybe the locks are just allocated location based? Who knows? Its comforting to know that you struggled to at least obtain a false set on your first attack. since i saw your video on the public storage disc locks and the ease of entry you made it seem. i thought their was something wrong with me and i was getting didcouraged. Rest assured after a little googling you helped me get around these little buggers. Im actually super proud of myself for cracking these things open since this was my first lock i have ever spp'd let alone delt with security pins. Just goes to show you fortune favors the peresistent.

What a thoroughly enjoyable episode! Raising the ire of Bosnian Bill to prompt the destructive testing was good therapy to vent your frustration. Hilarious when you mentioned carrying around a 42" bolt cutter! Keep up the good work...I enjoy every episode.

Thats good to hear that these locks have been upgraded VS what used to be provided. What is key in the storage sites, in order to be able to claim your insurance in the event of theft is evidence of forced entry. I had no ideas these locks were better than the early public storage disk locks provided to customers. I ended up changing them out for Abus 20/80s with the Abus plus core. Oh well I have 2 good locks for other uses. (ie locking my electrical boxes etc)

Thanks for a thorough review. I'll cross post it to the Facebook page for a bike shop I volunteer at. 👍👍

Just want to say how much I enjoy your videos. I get a kick out of watching you defeat all kinds of " evil locks". I was wondering if you could do a video on a round key locks.

great testing Bill! Awesome locks Paclock. Was never too thrilled with their locks but these are definitely a few steps up from previous locks they made.

My first thought when you decided where to cut based on the penetration of the shackle was, "if you can open the lock in the first place to determine the penetration, that kind of defeats the purpose of needing to cut the lock". However, I imagine this is an inherent design flaw on this type of lock as the depth of shackle penetration is probably limited by the rotation of the cylinder. As most people have said, you have established that this is an excellent lock and will probably be the strongest link in a "chain", both figuratively and probably literally. I do think, however, that we are probably *all* overthinking this. The bottom line is that *most* thieves will see a lock and think, "well damn, it's locked, time to move on to an easier target". Thieves generally don't want to work for it, that's why they're thieves. Unless, of course, we are talking about a very high value item that somebody has had their eye on and has been casing. I think it's fair to say that this is an excellent lock, and if you're going to lock something up this is a very good choice.

Nice review. Improvements from the trenches are finally getting through.

That was an INCREDIBLE review Bill! Thank you for sharing with us. The keying and pinning alone has me sold on the lock. I like to think most criminals aren't caring around saws and huge bolts cutters. They sometimes do unfortunately. The lock picker/bypass in me can't help but to see these battery power tools as portable bolt cutters. I'm an electrician and have a very small Milwaukee Bandsaw. It's scary how small and quite it is. Most people don't have battery bandsaws, however battery reciprocating saws are fairly cheap and common. I even have a small battery powered Dremel. It's like you say though. "Stay legal". You really excellent at what you do and am very thankful I've discovered you on here. I never really knew there was a lock picking community. I can finally share some interest about my odd hobby I've had since I can remember. Thanks again Bill! Brian.

Wow! If every manufacturer is going to add this tricks to their disc locks, I think we have to invent a new technique and tricks too. Or we are screwed by these locks! Thank you very much for this exploit, Bill!

OMG I have been thinking I'm losing my mind! At 2:30 you have what sounds like one of my battery chargers completing a cycle, I've heard it a couple of times in your videos not realizing it's you, I look over at my charger and see it's turned off, huh? But it's you! hehe :)

Great testing Bill, That hack saw is very nice. I never knew it could cut so well.

Hey Bill, Abus uses a special welding machine which sort of welds them on the inside, you will see only slightly marks on the outside. Abuses Diskus locks are still made in Germany. I want to get you one of Mr.Qs infamous pick guns but they usually go for around 400€.... EVERY good German lock pickers uses them though. I have to try to get you one and have a chat with him. Your customs picks should be on the way to my place now. Do you still have one of the locks in pieces? Would love to get one. Best wishes, Adrian

17:07 is really awe inspiring, watching how bosianbill can captivate an audience with his charm and sheer determination to his followers, Keep it up.

Glad to see a good round lock hold up well. I have one on my storage unit.

I was just about to post with a suggestion (to late to the party obviously) but I scrolled down far enough and saw someone beat me to it. I was going to suggest the torch attack where you melt the area around the plug and just knock it out. I know you used Propane last time but I think even one of those rather small hand held Butane torches would work (for certain locks). Or, even those very small triple or quad flame butane cigar/cigarette lighters might work. But, I saw your response that a torch wouldn't work in this case. They must not use zinc like the other lock you tested. As always, great videos.

I recognize that key in the six pins from the lock I got for my public storage that they made me purchase I bought two so I could take one home and pick it ...quite challenging. I could only pick one, the other one has got extreme biting with gatekeeper pins at the front and back

Bill, not to be rude but I've seen a lot of your picking vids and you seem to gain entry to a lot of locks that have more or better warding and security features. Not sure if you took it "easy" on these vs others or if you only post vids on all the ones you are successful which would skew the viewer's perception. However to your credit, you were thorough with your methods and made the timing of each as real world as possible. I wish you could have shown the core being disassembled as you did on most other vids. I am glad to see that this company is taking an effort to improve their design in an effective way. Thanks for the vid and info.

this made me laugh so so hard. That little lock really had it in for you! Gotta get me one of these

Great episode! Testing what looks to be a quality product. Thank you.

I love disc lock they are just so neat. It would be interesting to compare it with the ABUS 20 or 23, which claim to have additional sawing protection.

The hardened steel of the shackle needs improvement if you ask me.

The storage place keeps a bolt cutter leaning up against the desk for customer who loose their keys. When I lost my key they just handed me the bolt cutter, boom and its done.

Pretty nice. I was not expecting that after seeing what you've done to some other disc locks, and that doesn't look like anything special either. I think on a lot of sheds the shed might be weaker than that lock xD

im prob not telling any one anything they dont already know. but those locks a pretty popular for locking up boat motors

That electropick reminds me... I need to call my dentist.

boron steel hasp and a boron plate internal keeper....that would be one badass lock. going to order some for my shop.

Never expected to see in too deep donuts in the lock lab. 😂

Nice one Bill. Looks like a very promising lock.

Very nice locks Bill A+ on trying to defeat them.

I'm curious if the president of Pacific Locks contacted you after the locks were returned and what his thoughts were...

They are Fantastic Locks. Amazing Lock Lab Testing Bill keep up the great work. N.

Great video Bill. Nice to see you not getting in for a change :-) I do wonder though if loading up with security pins could cause usage issues down the road?

thats a really decent disc lock. if i can find them id replace the couple that i have now with them. not that id really need to but why not. its a much better lock then the brinks version i got lol

Lmfao! Bill, you never fail to crack me up! Congrats on getting into at least one of em. Keep on pickin✌

That was very enjoyable to watch. Thanks for sharing your efforts.

gotta get my pick in one of those! thanks for posting

They could easily toughen up the sawing attack by putting a hardened steel insert inside the lock, or even just a thick mild steel insert in there that had a hole in it for the shackle to pass through but made that hollow space now effectively solid steel that you needed to saw through. Even if it was not hardened steel, still would take a lot longer. That being said, companies like kryptonite are producing hardened lock bodies at low price points today so why the body of this lock can't be case hardened steel ?? Would be a big plus...

So did they send you an angry letter about the broken lock?

Nice Video .. nice Professional approach

Love your show!!! I'm totally addicted to lock picking.

Wouldn't be very feasible to hacksaw it (it would be flopping around a lot). But, what about drilling out the core?

I keep 42 inch bolt cutters in my back pocket all the time.

Now that's a tough lock! Great video Bill!

When the chain is in the lock you can not bend aside the sawed off part.

Pretty good lock. Be awful tough to hacksaw w/out a vise

Great job Bill! I hope more companies check this out and you might make a few extra bucks ;)

Nobody picks these locks, anyway. They're too easy to drill

Are most locks that easy to cut through with a hacksaw? It seems like the only real problem holding it back is that the metal body appears to be soft.

Great vid it would be nice if all lock makers came to us pickers to improve their products.

I have a question regarding the mechanism. You said the tension along with the serrated pins made it so difficult to feel your way around them. Do almost all locks have smooth machined pins? Why do the lock companies not put more serrated pins like these people do? Master Lock is pure junk compared to this.

That was an awesome review. Very thorough!

Excellent review! Thanks!

Although I noticed that strangely the shackle's end was sitting in that upper left corner of the housing of this lock way further / deeper than your marker line had predicted, which makes the chance of success for my suggestion following here way smaller, in relation to your saw attack (which I found surprisingly fast for just with a blade!), I was continuously wondering why you didn't consider just cutting or grinding through that shackle itself in the right upper corner just where it goes into the housing of the lock, and see if you could turn, rotate, the part of it that now is loose (but still is sits in the left upper part of the lock's housing) 180° upwards as the question is if it next will have room to simply be moved out of that upper left corner, after which it doesn't need saying you will also have all your chain links off, of course .. But I will look up some of your other disc locks again as you may have tried that angle on previous ones that may be comparable to a degree .. also I would understand you would like to go a bit easy on these really good lock makers - and I think the conclusion may be justified that if the drilling for the pin ways is done with incredibly high precision, you would get less feedback whilst picking it (maybe that is common knowledge but I have never heard it being discussed before).. Thank you B Bill for taking the time making yar great vids aced sharing all this !

Did this model ever come to market? I was curious about the price point and I couldn't find this model on the Pacific lock website.

I called paclock trying to buy some of these. They said that you cannot buy them. They are being made for a large company. IDK if that means for a storage chain or for master(tm) to turn around and sell or what.

If they could thicken the left side of the body and add ceramic to it they'd be a lot better. As far as im concerned the average thief doesnt know what i know so physical attacks are what need defending against just as equally as the keyway, probably more so against cutting and such on locks designed for lower value applications. Im pretty sure the common thief round here would be trying a screwdriver hammer and hacksaw, maybe bolt cutters then give up if that fails. Still, for the money its good and probably one of the best as disc locks go

Dang, that lock is good! Nothing would work!!!

The lock itself seems great but that metal cut pretty damn easy with just a hack saw. Is that normal and would be as easy on an abus?

Great video as always, Bill! Keep up the good work!

Thank you for making this video, I just recently bought one of these locks and mine isn't really that smooth but I did put some WD-40 and 3-in-1 oil in it and it's more smooth now but when I close the shackle it doesn't seem to close all the way which is weird so I have to move it over with my fingers slightly to make it seem like it's completely locked which is strange and doesn't seem right, I don't know if that's a defect on my particular lock or what but I've seen other lock pickers in more recent videos pick this lock even though it is tough to pick so I'm just curious why you couldn't pick it and they can here on RU-vid but either way this lock is a winner I believe and the industry needs to step up their game overall but for this lock anyways I think they're doing a pretty good job but I have noticed that the shackle on this lock might be super tough which is great but it does appear to be slightly smaller than other 70 mm locks which is kind of weird but if it's as tough if not tougher than other discus locks in the same size then I guess that doesn't really matter but I just think if they could make the shackle slightly bigger to match the same thickness as other 70 mm discus locks but still be just as tough it would be even more bolt cutter resistant but thanks for making the video Bosnianbill that was awesome!

maybe they could spot weld a steel plug in there so you can't saw that part of the lock and only encounter sheet metal?

I work in a storage facility as we often have to drill into them (for auction process) to get them out but they also give me a hard time but my question Is there a certain angle in which we have to do this? Are disc locks that good for protecting goods or should we stick to laminated steel locks?

Haha, awesome I have no idea why i find this so interesting I will buy one of these

Very very nice! And fair!

Expected retail price of $32.70... offer them KD and KA with 6 different numbers to start.

Lock lab tested Lock lab approved status: pending

Only two sure ways to prevent theft. One, never have anything or Two, they can't find it, they can't steal it. With cordless tools or even a pair of open end wrenches, many locks can be circumvented.

Bill, short pins and a tall bible I’m wondering if a comb pick might work?

I'm wondering how a nut splitter with a battery powered nut splitter fares with splitting that shackle?

Very great efforts, and would request that you try ABLOY rotating cylinder that is fitted in all of their padlocks Best regards

Those are some nice locks but if the insides aren't stainless steel they'll rust up solid like every disc lock.

2:40 your lipos are done charging

Ooo nice lock. Good reviewing :)

Bill don't forget about your lipo. Enjoyed the vid.

I don't feel nearly as bad now....lol. I've been wrestling one of these for a year!

" This thing is really hard" BB 2014 😄

OMG !! I THINK ITS GONNA SNOW ! 😨 But awesome job again Bill.

I know this probably won't get answered. But I'm wondering if you could pick this lock NOW. With your additional experience in LockSmithing? Also the name brand of this lock?

Where can I buy one or more of these? When you go to Paclock's website, they don't even show this kind of lock.

Ha! First I thought - another piece of junk probably made in China. Even the key profile looks like it. Guess I was wrong :D If they hardened the plate inside the lock it would probably be harder to saw through. Besides if choosing that lock/size I'd probably go for the Abus Plus as it's a disc detainer.

great review

Were there any threading in the bible or core at all?

What did they say, when you sent them pieces of locks back?

LOVE THIS CHANNEL.

great review.