(1435) Review: Multipick ELITE Dual Gauge Pick Kit
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- Опубліковано 10 вер 2024
- This is a review of the brand new Multipick ELITE Dual Gauge pick kit. Multipick has REALLY been upgrading their pick kits for the past couple of years to accommodate virtually every request from the LockSport community. At the same time they have gone to great lengths to offer innovative new pick profiles and maintain a very high level of quality and finish on their products. Yes, I am a fan boy, but then I am a fan boy of ALL high quality gear, regardless of the manufacturer.
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This is exactly what I would want in a "Build your own" style set. Fair price, awesome case, and no weird stuff, that I'll never use. I really like hooks, but give me a couple rakes too, yeah! Love the tension tool set. Glad they cut down the number of postal tension tools, they all have the same tip, just a little more or less reach into the lock. Would have loved to see some of the wave rakes stuffed in there. But all in all... This is about as close to a perfect set as I've seen!
Thanks, I felt the same way! There will never be a PERFECT kit, as everyone has unique preferences, likes certain picks over others, or simply has a few custom tools they use, but this one comes REALLY close.
Honestly I love their picks. Great shapes, great durability, great finish on both handles and tips. A few years ago I bought their original huge pick set and it was worth all the money. But it made me kind of sad that Multipick did not offer any slim picks, no Bogotas and no flat bar tension tools. So last year I decided to send them an email and tell them how great their stuff is but that I'd really like to see some thinner picks maybe a standard Bogota and the most important top of the keyway tension tools and that it would be great to add the Bogota and top of the keyway tension tools to their pick set or at least sell it as single picks / tension tools. Only like 2 days later I received an email from Multipick that they really appreciate my feedback and that they might come up with those tools in the future. Like two years later and I see Bill reviewing their new stuff. It's great to see that they really care about customer feedback!
That is an impressive set of picks. Thank you for your time Bill in reviewing them.
Just bought one set of these + an extra City (mountain) rake and a small diamond in regular thickness. I think this is the perfect serious upgrade from my crap Amazon kit.
Wow very nice set and i always get a kick out of you saying usually you dont make a big deal about cases. Your work is awesome thank you for teaching me so much
I'm sure your right, there will be many inscriptions to this give away! It's so cool that you actually give them away ! Love your vids, keep em coming, hoping I might be the lucky one this time !
Count me in, looks like a great set!
Loving your work with LPL on the detainer pick.
They are in the post for me.
I want this SO much!
The most difficult part of some of these reviews is keeping the drool out of my beard. This is one of those moments.
This would be a great upgrade to my current set. Thanks for the review
Thanks for the review! Definitely a great set to own. I will be going to the Multipick website next time I do my shopping 🙂
Nice set of picks! I'm impressed with Multipick on this set!
Multipick are making some great looking products. Keep it up.
For a moment I thought I was watching a repeat, I was expecting Multipick dimple picks... anyway well presented as always Bill...
As usual, tremendously informative and whilst I'm happy to buy on your recommendations, I would seriously love to win this kit!
What an incredible set
You often mention postal box tensioners and we've all heard of the postal hook but for the life of me I cannot figure out what locks these tools are used for. Everytime I search for a postal box lock I either get back cabinet style locks or kinda cool looking 3 and 4 pin locks with yale like keyways, never anything that would require a super deep hook or strange shaped tensioner. I'm so curious about this, I love interesting locks and by the looks of those tools they are probably very fun to pick too but I have no idea because I can't find them anywhere. Please help.
Nothing but quality out of Multipick. Top notch equipment as always! Thanks for the review Bill!
Almost the perfect set! Love it
Once again multipick is put out a very nice set love all of your videos would love to own a complete set that is one brand
Me encantan, excelentes herramientas y gracias por dar a conocerlas.
Another great video from you. It's sort of timely because I beaten up all of my pics or broken them. I'm trying to be a little more patient and less aggressive when attacking my locks. I want to buy a quality kit or build one without all the less useful useful pics that a lot of manufacturers toss in to make it look like you're getting a great value for your dollar. Quality is Paramount. I like the handle to be either dipped or plastic. It would mean the world to me if you could build me the perfect kit around $100. I'm in the USA. I find myself using my pics on commercial door locks, padlocks and low to high end entry doors. I find myself cheating a little and using the Kronos, that thing is amazing. The only flaw in that tool are the pick inserts. They felt like they were made out of recycled Coke cans and didn't last me very long. That's an exaggeration and partly it's because I'm a little rough with the Kronos, I probably created some metal fatigue pretty quickly. As for the ticks that I can't seem to manipulate well, the city rake has provided me with no success. I do like the worms and Bogotas . I don't know if I've earned the right to even ask this of you since it's only my first month in the tribe if it's something you can put together without a lot of effort I would appreciate it since I'm ready to place an order. Cheers, Shawn
Check out the Dangerfield Praxis kit from lockpickworld.com It's multigauge (.015 & .023) good array of tool tips and it's only $60 USD. I own the set and it's amazing. My only gripe is you can't get replacement picks separately...
eak125 this response wasn't directed at me but I'm sure going to take that advise and get it...if you don't mind that I stole the idea from ya! 😆
@@eak125 you can now, at least from UK bump keys you can but they are quite expensive compared to the full kit.
I just checked lockpickworld the replacement picks are $9.99 each
Shawn,
I don't sell anything or build custom kits, as that would take up most of my time if I did. However, I HAVE had some input in what picks should go into different kits whenever manufacturers contact me and ask. For example, UKBumpkeys asked for a list of picks that were in my kit (as well as other pickers), and their Praxis kit is VERY close to mine. Likewise, when Multipick was designing their dual gauge kit they asked for a photo of my kit, and later followed up with some clarification questions about details. I'm sure my kit is not the only one they looked at, but again, their final product is VERY close to what I use today. There IS no PERFECT kit. Every person has personal preferences about handles, length, pick tip selection and tension tools. I'd advise you to buy a high quality kit (your "foundation"), and add whatever customizations you need to make it perfect for YOU.
@@justinl9677 you'll have to put something on the handles to make them easier to hold. Unlike the Multipick which you can use right out of the box. I used plastidip and with several coats, it's lasted over a year without peeling.
Hi Bill,Ilike very match all your work.
That's a very nice set, wish I could afford them.
I have had a pick set for twenty years. Buying one of this quality would be well worth it. Save your money it will be well worth it.
Beautiful set of pick
Great kit Bill!
Amazing looking set!
If you look at the .04 mm pick set in the video you can see the spot welds there is one at the base of the pick and about the Lock Lab logo straight up or if you are looking at with out the video look at the point of the 4 you see another one there it the circles you see on it that is the spot welds as we really don't get a good look at the rest of the pick handle i don't know but i am guessing there are two more give how long the handle is and the placements but i would bet that they are at the end of the handle and the same distances form that one as well.
Those are freaking sweet!!
Very nice!
whoa dang it! Missed the give away..but look good for beginning into the Lockpicking sport, or not? :)
Just a possibility. The tension tools you can't figure out I think they are the cheap lever lock tensioners and picks. In My Opinion
I must say they look like great quality. I need to win a kit some day!🤔🤔🤔
nice set
Great pick set my friend.
looks like a winner!
Nice looking kit.
do want!
What a beauty of a kit.. and Case ;) whoever wins this one is one lucky bugger... haha :)
Expensive pick set but nice
Hey bill!
Are multi picks worth the extra money over say the sparrows? I have some cheap picks and I want to buy one good set and not sure if I should spend the extra money or not.
Thanks!
Nice
good stuff
Damn it... Help me decide anyone; ghost trilogy pro, or multipick elite? Are these really twice as good? Because they're twice the price
i think you said 9 tension tools but i count 10.... :-)
Pedantry
WOW Awesome set.Expensive set. but nice
Love the handles 😍
nice kit
I would love this!! :*
Cool vid
Really nice set. Now I just need to convince the wife that it's a good investment (I think I know how that will go down)
I need to invest in a lock collection to go along with my cheapass beginner set of picks 😜
Stop by your local locksmith's shop & ask them about their scrap locks. A lot of them have a box of locks that have been replaced at apartment complexes or businesses & they'll sell them for the scrap metal price. Or post on FB asking friends for any padlocks they have that they've lost the keys for. eBay is also a great place to find some. Good luck & welcome to the tribe!
Where do you get the name: Bosnian Bill? Just curious. Time.
ive always wondered why they would go to the effort of putting a unique serial number on each pick. besides giving out prizes, it seems like what it really might be used for is identifying the owner of a pick should law enforcement need to do so. if they were used in a crime and somehow left behind then they could figure out who's they were. of course, im sure it could be filed off.. still a little strange.
I would like to have this set.
Been looking for an upgrade to the Dangerfield praxis kit
so, i got a wafer lock on a broken door chain im want to pick to get it off my door (previous owner, never got the key) and potentially replace it someday, any ideas on some common house hold items i can use as a make shift tensioner and pick or rake? i have no skills and no money to spend on this and no power tools, probably the only useful tool i have are plyers and screwdrivers and a hammer.
Honestly, if you can't afford to order a $20 set, and you already don't have skills, your best bet is just remove it from the door entirely. Depending on how it's mounted you could:
Unscrew it, if it's that easy
Cut the chain if your neighbors have bolt cutters
Or possibly pry the mount off the wall/door using the hammer, but I don't recommend that.
Picking is really a specialty skill, and unless you are just an enthusiast or you want the lock for something, you're better off just removing it destructively and saving the effort of picking.
the chain is already cut, i just want to remove the part on the door which is only unmountable(screws) when unlocked, i dont want to damage the door trying to remove it by force, so the idea was to pick the lock so the latch on the chain falls out and unblocks the screws for the mount. its a weirdly complicated mount where the chain is attached to a plate that slides into a locked slot and the plate covers the screws
Can you order this from UKbumpkeys?
Do the red asterisks at ends of the email and name fields mean
mandatory entry or banned from drawing?
I’ll need that info to contact you if you win. You are not banned.
@@bosnianbill thank you Bill. I thought it just meant mandatory fields.
Help me with some bad math. If the picks are 24/1000ths of an inch thick, how many would you have to stack for a pile to be 1 inch thick? Anyway, they look thicker than 24/1000ths
42 would be just over 1 inch.
@Joe Casson im talking about my own bad math. 😀
@Joe Casson Hahaha, I did not account for the handles. I figured for only the pick, if you want to include the handles I'd guess about 14, but that'll probably be wrong too. Good thing I'm not working for NASA.
that kit is amazing shame im poor XD
As someone who's bought the deforest diamond picks separately in each gauge from Multipick, I find that they are too flimsy for any extended use. Even the .6mm (PN09 2018) has bent on me yet my Praxis Deforest of the same gauge is still going strong. The .4mm (V09 2018) bent in my leather case without being used. It's a flaw in the cut of the picks themselves. They're just too thin at the neck right behind the head. Just too little material. All my other picks from them have had no such issues (BOG08, BOG09 for example). Hopefully this is something fixed in the 2019 run but they look just as poorly designed in this video.
There is no question that these are more delicate than other profiles, but these are DESIGNED for Euro keyways and have thinner profiles out of necessity. When I first got these I routinely used them for "bullying" sessions, and ended up with bent picks like you. Once I realized they can't be used as pry bars, I reserve them for more delicate "finessing" in paracentric keyways. I find myself looking a difficult locks and asking myself "is opening this lock WORTH risking a broken pick?". Until we steal some alien technology and improve metallurgy, we have to work with what we have.
Yeah, I think a Learjet is the monthly Multipick prize!😆😆😆
Can I get a Beechcraft Premiere 1 instead? It's certificated for single-pilot operation. :-)
No rat yolk... Nevermind
300th!! It’s as arbitrarily pointless as announcing 1st.....
Anyone else think this looks a lot like the praxis kit? I mean, it’s clearly nicer than the praxis kit and has some nice features but...£100 nicer? You could pick up a praxis kit, the Polaris rake set and a bunch of different tensioners for the same price.
I know I sound like a bumpkeys fan boy and I’m sure these are finished to a better standard and actually have handles, which you really notice after about five minutes of using one without but I do think multipick came at this one way too high.
That might replace my cheap Chinese picks...
Germany and Japan invented everything
How many duplicated sets do they expect people to buy . Sorry bill but all these companies and they all copy the same stuff . Multi pick are just expencive copys . I know im making no friends saying this but im to old to put up with it . These companies need to work harder for there wages . How many sets of knifes and forks you got in your kitchen there all the same too and they are used every day did you pay more because they are stamped buy an expecive copy . Rant over
They aren't expecting anyone to buy all of they they are offering options for people who want one good set to buy and there isn't exactly a need to reinvent the wheel
@@Novers so why is bill and lock pick lawyer reinventing one type of pick. Its been a stagnant pool for along time and unless people start refusing and not buying it will not change . Our duty is to enhance lock picking not let it stagnate . And buy the same stuff .re invent the wheel by the way is always happening side ways wheels for forklift and rubber cage wheels. Also runflat theres loads of wheels because some one chose to think bigger
@@jdshenanigans9265 instead of complaining, why not start your own pick company with these "outside of the box" pick designs? My opinion is this a very well thought out pick set.
@@laboscot1469 would love to ive made picks like most for differant locks but cnc cost a fair bit to do on a larger scale. And its something ive thought about .but all my savings are tied up in building my new home . With workshop being built in under house . maybe i should . Good idea
@@jdshenanigans9265 they're "reinventing" the disk detainer pick because they aren't happy with the ones on the market, because there are issues in the production that make them less useful or less versatile.
That said, design changes do not constitute a reinvention. Sure, there are many kinds of wheel, but they all follow the same basic idea: round, axle through the center, rolls.
Finally the reason there aren't a lot of new designs coming out is they aren't needed. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it." These picks sell because they work. You could come up with a new, fancy design for a rake, but why would I pay you for that when a city rake does the same job just fine? Just a waste of money. Until locks undergo a drastic redesign that renders a standard hook obsolete there will be very few innovations in pick design because they aren't really necessary, we already have tools that work just fine.