Category: Home Locks
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Best Deadbolt for Home Security: A Locksmith’s Solution
The best deadbolt for home security is a Grade 1 deadbolt. Our picks: best overall security, the Schlage B60/B80 (ANSI Grade 1); best budget, the Kwikset 663; and the best hidden, truly unpickable option, a one-sided (half) deadbolt with no keyhole outside. For a primary entry that needs an outside key, use a Grade 1…
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The Best Portable Door Lock for Travel and Hotels in 2026
The best portable door lock for travel is the Addalock. It hooks into the door’s existing strike-plate hole and braces the door from the inside, so it holds even if someone has a key or slips the latch, it packs into a purse, and it runs under $20. Portable locks work on in-swinging doors only,…
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How to Clear a Garage Door Memory
To clear a garage door opener from a car, or wipe every remote at once, you do not need the car or the old remotes. press and hold the Learn button on the garage opener motor unit until the indicator light goes out, about 6 to 10 seconds. That erases every programmed remote, keypad, and…
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How to Install Drawer Locks
Types of Drawer Locks We get calls all the time asking how to secure things like desk drawers, garage cabinets and other small cabinet spaces. In most situations, these aren’t needing to be anything robust, just something to keep honest people honest or maybe little kids away from where they ought not be prying. So…
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Can Every Lock Be Picked or Bypassed?
Why Are Locks Easy to Pick? | Why Do People Release Lock Picking Information? | What Can I Do to Stop Lock Picking? | One Lock is Pickproof We recently started our YouTube Channel where I discuss our favorite locks. Often we’re talking about the best locks for a specific targeted need. For example, “What’s…