Why Buy Locks From a Locksmith
Why do big box store locks cost less than locks sold by licensed locksmiths? Aren’t they the same?
Nope. When you want the best door locks for your home, go with a locksmith every time.
- Home builders and home warehouses aren’t focused on home security – they want products with the highest profit and/or volume. This often means selling inexpensive locks, that can be easily bypassed.
- Your home may actually be protected with locks that have plastic parts! Below we compare two locks, one commonly sold by a locksmith and another sold by a home improvement store.
- The locksmith lock is a ANSI grade 2,
- The big box store is an ANSI grade 1.
- A grade 1 lock should be better than the grade 2 BUT IT’S NOT.
- It has a hollow shell, thin screws, and technology can easily be circumvented in only a few seconds by the most novice of criminals using a technique called lock bumping.
The locksmith lock on the right in the images, has a steel reinforced core, thicker bolts, and anti-pick / anti-bump pins.
Which Deadbolt Do You Want Protecting Your Home?
ACME Locksmith’s Default Lock vs the Big Box Store Lock – These locks have the same part number but are not created equal.
Locksmith Lock Are Built Better
- They use more material and are constructed more solidly.
- Home club locks may have plastic parts.
- If all you want is affordable, locksmiths can do that too, but locksmith products still won’t have plastic parts.
Locksmith Security Assistance
Locksmiths can help you determine which lock is best for your needs based on:
- The level of security desired.
- Cost and budget considerations.
- Types of materials used (Plastic or pot metal parts?).
- Quality of material used (Solid core and thickness of material).
- Bump and pick resistant technology.
- Risk of forced entry.
When You Need Key Copied, Choose a Locksmith
Locksmiths calibrate key making machines daily, home improvement stores don’t because they don’t have someone in the store that knows how.
So when a home store’s key machine goes out of calibration, they will be cutting bad keys until someone from corporate rolls in to calibrate the equipment.
If You Value Your Time, Hire a Locksmith
Home improvement stores, to their credit, are busy places. For you this means waiting for service.
And, if they make a bad key, sell you the wrong product, or don’t have the key you need, you’ve completely wasted your time.
Locksmiths keep thousands of keys in stock and when you buy a lock from a locksmith, they can key it to your existing house key while you wait.
Which Lock is Better?
