Given the weak shackle, it's likely faster to cut it with the right tools than pick it with the wrong tools. On the other hand, there are a lot of places in the world where opportunistic theft is the major risk, and anything that requires any kind of tools at all to get past will do a good job for a low value bike with that as the threat model.
@@Llortnerof I don't remember the last time I noticed someone walking around with a lock rake already in their hand. If you also include the time to get out the wrong rake that time comparison might be a little closer.
To claim that, you have to jump through crazy amounts of hoops. Also, it is only destructive defeat that they will pay out on. And only the "fair market value" of the bike stolen. So %3 of what you paid for it basically.
@@mike13379w If you have CCTV evidence and file a police report. The issue also is most bike thefts are done by opportunistic thieves. So most likely if there is evidence enough for them to have to pay out you would already have your bike back.
not only does it not require a special tool, it can be opened with a tools that isn't intended to open it. the master lock executives are breathing a bit easier, today.
That happened to me too. You might've missed a leaf or two. I went back for a quick second pass and when I came back the lock was unlocked! So worry not, it works. Just make sure you are thorough. Also, my bike was missing but that's probably unrelated.
Look at the number of subscribers this channel now has. There are a lot of channels that would kill for numbers like that and he's doing it without garbage or BS-ing anyone.
I like how LPL just casually uses the back of the rake to turn the lock back into locked position, while its key just sits back. 'Use the key to turn the lock? Why on Earth would I do that for?'
Il some cases, opening with the rake is even faster than with the key. Luckily, this lock is pretty good because raking takes more time than using the key.
I just wanted to let you know that we lost the key to the till at my work today and needed to get into it so I used knowledge I got from your channel and made a lockpick from the two metal prongs of a mini alligator clip to pick it open! Thanks for being very helpful!
Thank you for uploading this. I just bought my son an e-bike so he can commute to his job after school and I need to buy a lock. This video reminded me that I need to go through your channel and watch the bike lock videos so I can make a smart purchase. Thanks again!
Amazing videos as always. I feel like any U-lock is safer than most normal bike locks (mine got stolen recently with bolt cutters and was pretty thick)
I don't know about your neighborhood, but personally I wouldn't leave my bike outdoors absolutely anywhere in the city (I live in Moscow, Russia which is not even that bad crimewise) regardless of how good the lock I could get to secure it.
The first time a lock pops open for you while you're working, that rush is amazing. I taught my mom to pick a practice lock while we were waiting for our food at an Olive Garden and she hasn't stopped talking about it for months :P
@@gatherer818 Exactly that. Find the lock in a messy old toolbox, keys are long gone. It's obviously a cheap lock but I made/used some improvised tools and messed around with it for about 45 minutes before it just popped!
I picked the lock in this video tonight, for the first time. (My first time picking at all, not counting the occasional uneducated and unsuccessful try as a kid.) Yeah, that's a good feeling. Got the lock for $1 US, minus keys and the cable it was supposed to come with. It spoke to me from the WM clearance shelf, and I've answered that call. Edit: Tools were paperclips - tensioner, rake and pin hook. Poked a zip tie in there a couple times as well. After some time raking, I got persistent with my hook and basically raked the pins one at a time. Click; clatter went the shackle on my floor. This seems the start of something really satisfying.
"Fremdschämen" is the perfect, extra-ordinary discriptive German word for this. "Fremdschämen" is the perfect German agglutination of "fremd" and "schämen": You feel the shame on behalf of someone else. And "Schadenfreude" is the evil twin of "Fremdschämen".
I think he ends up spending more time finding the lowest skill attacks on these locks then he does just picking him...but with Walmart I am amazed it wasn't a Bobby pin
Cheap dimple locks and disc detainer locks give North American consumers the illusion of security due to the rarity of the type of lock in everyday use here.
I usually don't comment on your videos, but I viewed every one since I subscribed. I want to tell you that I really appreciate how you value every aspect of a lock - to revise how it really does the job intended. Reviewing myself, I find that I probably did't pay much attention to all these aspects before I started to watch your channel. So thank you! :)
Walmart: noooo we have invested 30000 dollars in marketing to sell you a lock you cannot just go and pick it this way LPL: haha rake goes wiggle wiggle
Thank you for using the tools in the Genesis set! I got my Genesis tools and practice lock the other day, and this video (along with others that feature the Genesis tools) is very, very encouraging to me. Thanks again!
0:37 LPL: "The dimple core is trivial to open, even without specialized dimple-picking tools. We're actually going to use--" Me: --a rake. **LPL pulls out a rake*" Me, internally: Called it.
That’s a shame. Blackburn was a pretty good company back in the day. They made some really nice graphite injected Bike tools as well as some seriously good pumps that were really compact and could fill tires quickly. I’d assume they don’t manufacture this lock and it’s just some Chinese component that they White label just so they could Fulfill Walmarts request To be able to cover a certain amount of product range on the shelf. I’ve seen deals like this where perhaps they have a pump but Walmart doesn’t want to waste space and logistics so they told the company to come up with six different items so they can fill up one square foot of shelf space and the company scrambles to just put together a package
Would half a bobby pin function as a dimple rake sufficient for this lock? I think you could break the bobby pin at the bend by bending it back and forth until it broke. Put an approximate right angle bend in the straight side to make a turning tool. Use the wavy side as the rake, and apply pressure with the makeshift turning tool. I think it could be done with a single bobby pin and no other tools.
And just like that, I have the Hope Diamond... So you know it wasn't a fluke, I'll revive the security guards, and return the gemstones in their glass enclosure...
Prior to this video I got an ad for Vanmoof bicycles, touting their practically unpickable bikes. I suppose they are out of budget for you, but would enjoy watching you pick one.
You called for a novice picker with only simple tools.. And here I am, and yes I bet I could open that after seeing how you did it, since I have that Genesis set and it is really handy getting into things that are locked with cheap basic locks.
@@khathaway414 "I'm gonna be using bottom of the key way tension with this slightly used toothpick, and thankfully Mrs. LPL had a bobby pin laying around which I've slightly crimped with my teeth, aaaaaand we've got this open." Script already written. 🤣🤣🤣
Hi LPL. I think it would be great if you could do a video series on actual good locks in a different categories and types of locks and price ranges. Outlining what makes them good, their weaknesses, cost, where to purchase etc. I'd also like to some videos on modern digital locks with Face ID, finger print etc.
First time seeing this channel, and I just remembered that when I was pretty young, around 13 yrs old, my father had a room locked with a pad 🔐 lock in the basement. At the time I wanted to see what was in there. I found a Chainsaw file and a hammer 🔨, used the hammer to flatten the pointy side of the file, used that to pick the lock and it worked. Haha. I realized that day that most locks are actually really cheap and easy to pick.
Another way to open that style lock is to use leverage. What I mean is you can sleeve a long pipe over the key way part of the lock making sure the lock is held in place which it using is when lock to something then just snap off that part of the lock. Very effective no special tools
Reminds me that John Huston (Chinatown) once said something to the effect: "We can make good movies and we can make bad movies - bad movies just cost more."
I used to work in the electronics department at Walmart and we secured ALL of the cages with these locks. Funny how quickly they're able to be picked considering how heavy they are
i remember seeing an ad for a lock that i do not remember the name of, to open it you had to put the key into a false keyway then move the false keyway into the true keyway that had no opening and tern a second handle. the key itself came in something like a bottle that attached to your keychain if i remember correctly the pill bottle had a magnet because that was the only way to remove the key from the lock because the key had nothing to hold on to, does this sound like anything you know of?
So get a lock with a disc detainer core so it can't be bumped or racked and requires a specific tool and skill to learn properly. This lock in the field will either be twist attacked due to its cheap quality and locking mechanism or cut once with a grinder. Possibly even with a bolt cutters given enough time. Seen thieves cutting chain with bolt cutters with multiple cutting in the same spot till the chain breaks. They were targeting cheaper locks first.
You have to know when you see the whole video is less than 2 minutes long that the lock is trival to open! And then you discover he does it _twice_ in that time and still has time to natter about other stuff. It's really quite frightening to know just how many stupidly rubbish locks there are out there masquerading as "security" measures.
The modest pride of LPL: "Let's give it a try..." (as if we didn't already know that no lock available at Wal-Mart or Target or Planet Fitness or a dollar store could prevent him from getting into it in less time than it takes a Snorlax to go to sleep after eating 80 pounds of pizza)...
When I lived in Taiwan they didn’t sell u-locks for bikes in bike shops, just crappy cable locks. Because apparently people there don’t really steal bikes so it’s not something most bike owners worry about.
You might as well tape the money you would have spent on this lock to your bike frame and lean your bike up against a wall in a public place. Laughable. Thank you, as always, LPL.
I love the videos and the advice. I need to get a padlock for my trailer.(will hold a lot of valuable tools for my race car) what would be the best recommendation. Also Do you have any recommendations on if it’s ok if 3 locks use the same key? Or is it better to run multiple keys?
I actually rewound the video, when I got to the bit where LockPickingLawyer said he paid $6 USD extra for the worst lock in the store, as I thought "He couldn't have actually said that. I must have misheard."
@@aachucko the reason is because we can get fired for saying a single curse word at Walmart (even if we're not on-the-clock and we're just shopping on our weekends.) Walmart loves having rules that extend way too much.
@@aachucko i’d argue the reason for “fuck” is to emphasize the ease it takes to open the lock. sure it could be done in other ways, but fuck is so versatile and easy to use. also, this is the fucking internet, so why the fuck would you care enough to fucking call someone’s language out?
I picked up a TSA006 lock (dimple core) for the giggles (Don't ever use a TSA luggage lock) and it rakes open the same way. Basically, this is a big TSA lock.
My lockpicking skills came in handy the other day at work. Someone asked me if I could pick a lock that they lost the key to. I literally put the pick in and the door unlocked. Talk about no security.
I have to admit I expected the tool to be constructed out of a Red Bull can, but maybe shipping those around the world is more challenging and expensive :)
What are some U-locks that you can recommend? Abus locks are among the most common here in Sweden, so that and other commonly available in Europe would be interesting to hear about. Are there any lightweight locks that can be recommended for any kind of usage as far as you know?
At 1:15 he uses the handle of his rake to lock the device. That ought to tell us something about its quality and security. Thanks for entertaining us LPL.
This old-style U-Lock has yet another vulnerability: one can slip a length of pipe over the extended part of the body (that holds the keyway) and bend the lock open. Back in the day, we had to devise our own defense against this by using a short length of pipe that slipped over the keyway, with a hole for the U-Lock bar. This made it harder to pry apart.
My apartment building used to have an outer door to the mailboxes and the inner door was keyed to get in. Now the outer door is locked with the intercom system but openable by every mail key. The interior door isn't locked and now has to stay open or the outer door won't latch. As is expected, someone turned the keyway with a knife
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"we're actually gonna use... a rake"
and the crowd goes wild!!
And not even a dimple rake.
Ha! When he showed the key I thought, "Just a regular rake should do that". I guess I am learning. We do have some narrow interests on this channel.
@@porticojunction Or not, locks (or security in general) just happen to be one of them. :D
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He could probably use a garden rake for some of these locks…
I’d like to imagine that LPL was just walking around his local Walmart, picking every u-lock he could find, until he found the easiest one to open.
Probably was walking around till he found the 2 that took him the longest, which kind of excluded the entire Materlock catalogue from consideration.
Except this isnt the first u-lock he picked up. He's done several, with varying levels of praise. Less imagination, more facts.
Is it rude to pick locks before you purchase them? Kind of like try before you buy?
@@tonyhawk123 You must be fun at parties...
probably ptsd inducing for lock manufacturers lol
When you can open the "lock" with tools that aren't even meant for that type of lock, now THAT is a bad lock.
Given the weak shackle, it's likely faster to cut it with the right tools than pick it with the wrong tools.
On the other hand, there are a lot of places in the world where opportunistic theft is the major risk, and anything that requires any kind of tools at all to get past will do a good job for a low value bike with that as the threat model.
@@benjaminshropshire2900 I dunno, just taking the right tool out might take longer than it took to rake this.
@@Llortnerof I don't remember the last time I noticed someone walking around with a lock rake already in their hand. If you also include the time to get out the wrong rake that time comparison might be a little closer.
Try video 374, it is even worse.
When LPL really wants to mock lock makers, he picks the locks with things like LEGO figures.
“$500 anti-theft offer” on the cardboard.
I wonder if you picking the lock twice in a matter of seconds counts towards that offer. 😂
pretty sure it doesn't, offers like that often only include destructive opening, not picking
To claim that, you have to jump through crazy amounts of hoops. Also, it is only destructive defeat that they will pay out on. And only the "fair market value" of the bike stolen. So %3 of what you paid for it basically.
The offer probably only applies to people stealing _the lock itself_ and no-one would want to.
@@johndeerdrew good thing 'fair market value' for bikes has shot through the roof in the last few years :'D
@@mike13379w If you have CCTV evidence and file a police report. The issue also is most bike thefts are done by opportunistic thieves. So most likely if there is evidence enough for them to have to pay out you would already have your bike back.
not only does it not require a special tool, it can be opened with a tools that isn't intended to open it.
the master lock executives are breathing a bit easier, today.
Plot Twist... this lock was probably a cheap subsidiary of Master Lock!... maybe =p
Some say they hired Master lock's top engineer 🤣
got lost at the "raking" step. my yard is now completely free of leaves, but the lock remains locked.
That happened to me too. You might've missed a leaf or two. I went back for a quick second pass and when I came back the lock was unlocked! So worry not, it works. Just make sure you are thorough.
Also, my bike was missing but that's probably unrelated.
@@MrPointness Bravo, good sir!
Oh i thought that you were just suppossed to use the lock as an improvised rake until it opened. Works better as a rake than a bike lock though.
I'm waiting for the day he opens a lock with an actual rack lol- I am sure that some brands it won't be long in coming.... :-O
Was expecting this to go down to a dimple rake. Watching it go down to a standard rake is even more embarrassing.
The words every lock manufacturer dreads hearing from LPL: “a product to avoid”
Also: "we will use a rake..."
Sadly, the fact that lock-makers keep churning out this kind of drek is proof they don't dread it, or even care a little.
@@cris_j They will sell a few hundred thousand and then come out with another model. Rinse and repeat! Most people don't watch LPL.
If LPL sold an “endorsed by LockpickingLawyer” logo to put on packaging, they might put more effort in.
Look at the number of subscribers this channel now has.
There are a lot of channels that would kill for numbers like that and he's doing it without garbage or BS-ing anyone.
I like how LPL just casually uses the back of the rake to turn the lock back into locked position, while its key just sits back. 'Use the key to turn the lock? Why on Earth would I do that for?'
Yes, but there wasn't the usual dismissive brushing the key out of shot that there often is.
Il some cases, opening with the rake is even faster than with the key. Luckily, this lock is pretty good because raking takes more time than using the key.
@@JdeBP wasn't even worth his time to brush them lol
If you lose your key, Walmart will just sell you a wave rake rather than make you a new one . . .
In reality, Walmart will tell you to pound sand.
I think shaking a paperclip at this lock would open it
"2022 lock restoration. This lock has deep cuts on the shackle, we'll weld them.
It is also missing a key.
I make a new one (tm)"
@@UncleKennysPlace but it has key replacement program'!!
Plot twist: he didn't get all of these locks from inside the Walmart, but from the bike rack outside.
I just wanted to let you know that we lost the key to the till at my work today and needed to get into it so I used knowledge I got from your channel and made a lockpick from the two metal prongs of a mini alligator clip to pick it open! Thanks for being very helpful!
It'd make a convenient handle for carrying in shopping bags, probably.
Actually, U locks indeed do just that and it's probably the best use for this one.
I assume it's also decent for whacking someone over the head with.
Be careful though, jostle them around too much and the shackle would probably fall out
@@noahcampbell7835 I thought the comment was good until I saw your reply XDD
@@lokith8660 thanks!
There's something about any of these videos that just... Makes my bad feelings disappear and I'm suddenly amused. GG LPL
Thank you for uploading this. I just bought my son an e-bike so he can commute to his job after school and I need to buy a lock. This video reminded me that I need to go through your channel and watch the bike lock videos so I can make a smart purchase. Thanks again!
He has a video called "Why I Use This Lock On My Bicycle"
I don't know if it's still what he'd recommend, it is from 2 years ago
Company: "New Lock!"
LPL: "...using a rake"
Company: "Bankruptcy!"
That would be true if the "Market" was a rational actor, which it isn't.
The best and worst were also by the same company.
You can’t just say the word Bankruptcy and expect all your problems to go away
Amazing videos as always. I feel like any U-lock is safer than most normal bike locks (mine got stolen recently with bolt cutters and was pretty thick)
Only if they properly harden the steel.
Ulocks are good. But if you live in a really bad city get a properly hardened chain and a good lock.
I've been enjoying your poorly secured bike thanks!
I don't know about your neighborhood, but personally I wouldn't leave my bike outdoors absolutely anywhere in the city (I live in Moscow, Russia which is not even that bad crimewise) regardless of how good the lock I could get to secure it.
Let’s do this one more time so that the video is longer than 30 seconds,
You broke the code!
Picked my first lock today as a bit of fun. Took a while, LPL would probably do it in 3 seconds but I got a buzz from it!
Was the buzz from picking the lock or running away from the owner? :^D
burglar alarms buzz in your area?
The first time a lock pops open for you while you're working, that rush is amazing. I taught my mom to pick a practice lock while we were waiting for our food at an Olive Garden and she hasn't stopped talking about it for months :P
@@gatherer818 Exactly that. Find the lock in a messy old toolbox, keys are long gone. It's obviously a cheap lock but I made/used some improvised tools and messed around with it for about 45 minutes before it just popped!
I picked the lock in this video tonight, for the first time. (My first time picking at all, not counting the occasional uneducated and unsuccessful try as a kid.) Yeah, that's a good feeling.
Got the lock for $1 US, minus keys and the cable it was supposed to come with. It spoke to me from the WM clearance shelf, and I've answered that call.
Edit: Tools were paperclips - tensioner, rake and pin hook. Poked a zip tie in there a couple times as well. After some time raking, I got persistent with my hook and basically raked the pins one at a time. Click; clatter went the shackle on my floor. This seems the start of something really satisfying.
The lock-making industry really needs to be watching this guy. I'm embarrassed FOR them.
"Fremdschämen" is the perfect, extra-ordinary discriptive German word for this.
"Fremdschämen" is the perfect German agglutination of "fremd" and "schämen": You feel the shame on behalf of someone else.
And "Schadenfreude" is the evil twin of "Fremdschämen".
Seriously, though nothing is foolproof, even the toughest metal is vulnerable.
I think he ends up spending more time finding the lowest skill attacks on these locks then he does just picking him...but with Walmart I am amazed it wasn't a Bobby pin
A rake is just a slightly sturdier bobby pin, so...
Tooth pick, 3 crumbs from under the stove, and a bent fork and I wouldn't be surprised.
Thanks again LPL always showing us the good as well as the junk. Great video
It's a shame there are so few good ones.
It took longer to re-lock it than it did to pick. Excellent work, blackburn
Ngl I thought it was going to be a little complicated because of how the key was designed. I don’t underestimate the lock picking lawyer though!
Cheap dimple locks and disc detainer locks give North American consumers the illusion of security due to the rarity of the type of lock in everyday use here.
I usually don't comment on your videos, but I viewed every one since I subscribed. I want to tell you that I really appreciate how you value every aspect of a lock - to revise how it really does the job intended. Reviewing myself, I find that I probably did't pay much attention to all these aspects before I started to watch your channel. So thank you! :)
When the wave rake comes out, you know the lock is going to be eviscerated
Walmart: noooo we have invested 30000 dollars in marketing to sell you a lock you cannot just go and pick it this way
LPL: haha rake goes wiggle wiggle
Thank you for using the tools in the Genesis set! I got my Genesis tools and practice lock the other day, and this video (along with others that feature the Genesis tools) is very, very encouraging to me. Thanks again!
I see the product packaging says "Portable Theft Device" shouldn't it be anti-theft?? Or perhaps truth in advertising
It says "Portable Theft Defense" either it's lying - or they intend you hit the thief with it rather than try to use it as a lock?
LPL probably walks around Walmart and Lowe's lock sections, picking every lock in sight, out of boredom
After watching a few of these I have come to the conclusion that the best way to lock up your bike is with a shoelace and a bow-knot.
The shoelace with a bow-knot, while highly pick resistant, is hard of non-hardened materials and is easily defeated by a cutting attack
"This is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and we've got this opened"
0:37
LPL: "The dimple core is trivial to open, even without specialized dimple-picking tools. We're actually going to use--"
Me: --a rake.
**LPL pulls out a rake*"
Me, internally: Called it.
Has it ever been a FLUKE?
Seriously has LPL ever opened a lock by fluke?
That’s a shame. Blackburn was a pretty good company back in the day. They made some really nice graphite injected Bike tools as well as some seriously good pumps that were really compact and could fill tires quickly. I’d assume they don’t manufacture this lock and it’s just some Chinese component that they White label just so they could Fulfill Walmarts request To be able to cover a certain amount of product range on the shelf. I’ve seen deals like this where perhaps they have a pump but Walmart doesn’t want to waste space and logistics so they told the company to come up with six different items so they can fill up one square foot of shelf space and the company scrambles to just put together a package
Would half a bobby pin function as a dimple rake sufficient for this lock?
I think you could break the bobby pin at the bend by bending it back and forth until it broke. Put an approximate right angle bend in the straight side to make a turning tool. Use the wavy side as the rake, and apply pressure with the makeshift turning tool.
I think it could be done with a single bobby pin and no other tools.
Yes. But can it be opened with a LEGO astronaut? If not, that makes it still not the worst lock he's ever dealt with.
@@quillmaurer6563 wait is there a video of this humiliation? if so, i NEED to see it
@@RuthTheBananaDuck Look up "[1024] AR-15 Lock Defeated With LEGO Astronaut!"
@@RuthTheBananaDuck For a similar degree of humiliation: "[782] Visualock Gun Lock Opened With a TWIG!"
@@quillmaurer6563 Thank You!!!
And just like that, I have the Hope Diamond... So you know it wasn't a fluke, I'll revive the security guards, and return the gemstones in their glass enclosure...
Prior to this video I got an ad for Vanmoof bicycles, touting their practically unpickable bikes. I suppose they are out of budget for you, but would enjoy watching you pick one.
“Nothing good to say about this”
I think this is the worst non-MasterLock rating I’ve ever heard from LPL
I just bought a lockpick kit because of you. To learn how :) Seems like a useful skill to have if I ever get locked out of my house etc lol
You called for a novice picker with only simple tools.. And here I am, and yes I bet I could open that after seeing how you did it, since I have that Genesis set and it is really handy getting into things that are locked with cheap basic locks.
"I have pretty much nothing good to say about this."
Ouch.
LPL for some reason it seems like you could do this with a bobby pin and a toothpick
🤣👍
Yea we need a video where he opens as many looks "fallout" game style as possible! Would be an awesome video XD
I'd love to see that video!
Bobby pin and toothpick in LPL hands equal the English Crown Jewels as his mantel pieces.
At this point he's opening locks with a wet noodle and a stern look.
@@khathaway414
"I'm gonna be using bottom of the key way tension with this slightly used toothpick, and thankfully Mrs. LPL had a bobby pin laying around which I've slightly crimped with my teeth, aaaaaand we've got this open."
Script already written.
🤣🤣🤣
Hi LPL. I think it would be great if you could do a video series on actual good locks in a different categories and types of locks and price ranges. Outlining what makes them good, their weaknesses, cost, where to purchase etc. I'd also like to some videos on modern digital locks with Face ID, finger print etc.
We don’t need to see it one more time to make sure it’s not a fluke. Love the videos!
First time seeing this channel, and I just remembered that when I was pretty young, around 13 yrs old, my father had a room locked with a pad 🔐 lock in the basement. At the time I wanted to see what was in there. I found a Chainsaw file and a hammer 🔨, used the hammer to flatten the pointy side of the file, used that to pick the lock and it worked. Haha. I realized that day that most locks are actually really cheap and easy to pick.
Hey LPL, just got invested in a kryptonite forghettaboudit lock for my bike. Great timing.
I knew it would be easy to open when I saw the video length. Confirmed when he brought out the rake.
Another way to open that style lock is to use leverage. What I mean is you can sleeve a long pipe over the key way part of the lock making sure the lock is held in place which it using is when lock to something then just snap off that part of the lock. Very effective no special tools
My best advice to keep your bike from getting stolen is wrap the frame in duct or electrical tape.
That way it already looks stolen and beat to hell.
it's more of a problem when he pulls out the WRONG rake and it still works
Reminds me that John Huston (Chinatown) once said something to the effect: "We can make good movies and we can make bad movies - bad movies just cost more."
I used to work in the electronics department at Walmart and we secured ALL of the cages with these locks. Funny how quickly they're able to be picked considering how heavy they are
To be fair, you put this lock at a disadvantage by removing part of it's security at the start.....the cardboard!
The packaging claims up to $500 anti-theft offer if your bike is stolen. I doubt after watching this video they will offer any cash to the customer
When that wave rake comes out, that lock is toast.
i remember seeing an ad for a lock that i do not remember the name of, to open it you had to put the key into a false keyway then move the false keyway into the true keyway that had no opening and tern a second handle. the key itself came in something like a bottle that attached to your keychain if i remember correctly the pill bottle had a magnet because that was the only way to remove the key from the lock because the key had nothing to hold on to, does this sound like anything you know of?
It took LPL longer to plug the tools than it took him to open the lock.
That core looks like it's going to fell apart like legos
So get a lock with a disc detainer core so it can't be bumped or racked and requires a specific tool and skill to learn properly. This lock in the field will either be twist attacked due to its cheap quality and locking mechanism or cut once with a grinder. Possibly even with a bolt cutters given enough time. Seen thieves cutting chain with bolt cutters with multiple cutting in the same spot till the chain breaks. They were targeting cheaper locks first.
Hey Master Lock, meet your match!!! Just as you think you have the worst product... This happens.
I knew what was coming, but still said "oh no" out loud when he pulled out the rake.
You mean to tell me Walmart sells low quality products? GET. OUT.
Fortunately that pick set is not available at Walton Market, unlike highly specialized tools like beauty accessories.
That's why it's called Walmart?! Walton Market?
So wait... Is Target the same thing? Tarbough's Getting... place?
You have to know when you see the whole video is less than 2 minutes long that the lock is trival to open! And then you discover he does it _twice_ in that time and still has time to natter about other stuff.
It's really quite frightening to know just how many stupidly rubbish locks there are out there masquerading as "security" measures.
I have a simple rule for locks....If it can be raked, it goes in the bin.
You are doing the world a service, sir!
The modest pride of LPL: "Let's give it a try..."
(as if we didn't already know that no lock available at Wal-Mart or Target or Planet Fitness or a dollar store could prevent him from getting into it in less time than it takes a Snorlax to go to sleep after eating 80 pounds of pizza)...
Also it locked without needing the key to be in it, meaning the locking lugs are sprung and you could probably shim them.
ouch the rake has been on fire these days. It's also hilarious that both the best and worst U-locks from Walmart come from the same company.
between the two Blackburn locks, LPL just got $1500... looks like Mrs. LPL is in store for a special Valentines day!!!!
Based on the number of subs and the average view count, Mrs. LPL is going to get a $25,000 Valentine's day.
When I lived in Taiwan they didn’t sell u-locks for bikes in bike shops, just crappy cable locks. Because apparently people there don’t really steal bikes so it’s not something most bike owners worry about.
Here before the typo is fixed.
It's not a fluke, it's never a fluke!
You might as well tape the money you would have spent on this lock to your bike frame and lean your bike up against a wall in a public place. Laughable. Thank you, as always, LPL.
I love the videos and the advice. I need to get a padlock for my trailer.(will hold a lot of valuable tools for my race car) what would be the best recommendation. Also Do you have any recommendations on if it’s ok if 3 locks use the same key? Or is it better to run multiple keys?
I actually rewound the video, when I got to the bit where LockPickingLawyer said he paid $6 USD extra for the worst lock in the store, as I thought "He couldn't have actually said that. I must have misheard."
As a cashier from Walmart, I know this will be easy as fuck to open
I'll take "Random F Bomb For No Reason" for $500.
@@aachucko the reason is because we can get fired for saying a single curse word at Walmart (even if we're not on-the-clock and we're just shopping on our weekends.) Walmart loves having rules that extend way too much.
@@aachucko i’d argue the reason for “fuck” is to emphasize the ease it takes to open the lock. sure it could be done in other ways, but fuck is so versatile and easy to use. also, this is the fucking internet, so why the fuck would you care enough to fucking call someone’s language out?
@@clovenhoofer real
@@aachucko 😆😆
It took him longer to get the lock out of the cardboard than it took to pick it . . .
I’d like to see him “take it down to the garage” again.
I picked up a TSA006 lock (dimple core) for the giggles (Don't ever use a TSA luggage lock) and it rakes open the same way. Basically, this is a big TSA lock.
Your training a entire army of people to disable the primary function of locks
A lawyer and lock picker? You can’t tell me that you never wanted to be a criminal at one point in life. Regardless, I love this channel
LPL : Let's do that one more time..
Me : so I can see that was not a fluke.
My lockpicking skills came in handy the other day at work. Someone asked me if I could pick a lock that they lost the key to. I literally put the pick in and the door unlocked. Talk about no security.
"Oddly, it cost six dollars more."
It's by design. thumbs up!
The video is 2 minutes long. You can expect 3% of that time being taken up by the actual picking sequence.
That is a very generous amount... 😎
@@TheNeelonRokk I just put 3% for the fun of it instead of 3 seconds.
I have to admit I expected the tool to be constructed out of a Red Bull can, but maybe shipping those around the world is more challenging and expensive :)
Such a nice design of the key- with bicycle on it.
What are some U-locks that you can recommend? Abus locks are among the most common here in Sweden, so that and other commonly available in Europe would be interesting to hear about.
Are there any lightweight locks that can be recommended for any kind of usage as far as you know?
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At 1:15 he uses the handle of his rake to lock the device. That ought to tell us something about its quality and security.
Thanks for entertaining us LPL.
Whenever the rake comes into view, my stomach starts to cramp. And I am not even a lock myself!
But I know, the video will end quite soon.
Law picking lawyer the only person I've known to go looking for the worst bike lock in Walmart.
This old-style U-Lock has yet another vulnerability: one can slip a length of pipe over the extended part of the body (that holds the keyway) and bend the lock open. Back in the day, we had to devise our own defense against this by using a short length of pipe that slipped over the keyway, with a hole for the U-Lock bar. This made it harder to pry apart.
"And have a nice day"... Sounds like a FU to the lock maker.
The "$500 Anti - Theft Offer" probably applies to stealing the lock from the Walmart store, not whatever you use this lock to "secure". Fred
My apartment building used to have an outer door to the mailboxes and the inner door was keyed to get in. Now the outer door is locked with the intercom system but openable by every mail key. The interior door isn't locked and now has to stay open or the outer door won't latch. As is expected, someone turned the keyway with a knife
You kidding me LPL... hahaha. As soon as you showed the rake... I knew this was over. 3 seconds... bike stolen... geez.
That’s too bad. I am guessing the Blackburn company sold out. Back in the eighties I remember them having some top quality products.