"I'm gonna... take it to the basement... to die and be melted... and I'm gonna stick a screwdriver in it and turn." Have you ever considered writing psychological thrillers?
Plastic of any kind is offensive to lock hobbyists to say nothing of how easily some joker can steal your stuff. All of my locks even daily use ones were made before 1950.
i would buy these locks and put them everywhere just to annoy people and also as decoys so anyone that wants to steal my stuff can go through 100 locks before they just give up from trying to find a needle in a haystack
@@silverion6182 actually, I once say a video with nearly 666 comments, so I commented periods till 666, then wrote the 667th comment. It was a doom video
grade lower than a cheap rubber band, however i have seen worse, a pressed steel lock, with a ward locks from pressed steel, they were 6 for a dollar! lol
@@Edward-Not-Elric Bro neither cable ties or this lock would be better that’s the final argument. Are you actually serious you’d trust cable ties over a shit looking lock (still looks like a lock tho)
You think that's bad? I once bought a bunch of super cheap Chinese locks, the small ones used for books and tiny boxes. The cores of 2 or 3 of them cracked from turning the key.
Once in China I bought a lock for my bike, I broke it by mistake when taking it out of it's package, it was unfortunately weaker than the plastic cable ties.
I still remember my middle school's lockers were locked with super cheap locks - all keyed alike too, not that they told us students that - that were so cheap they'd have the core crack or even fully shatter from the recoil of the lock opening when the body wasn't held in place. Discovered when I accidentally shimmed it open with some dirt or something (I closed it up and it popped open on its own like six seconds later, then the key stopped working because the core was in pieces) Told a few friends, they tried on their own locks (nobody really cared if the locks were broken or not, they were mostly used to keep the lockers closed, because, as I said, they were all keyed alike so everyone could open everyone else's locker too), then word got around and a few days later someone went to every single one of the 400-ish lockers with a shim and shattered all of their cores. Every single one was left unlocked and inoperable, many wouldn't ever be able to close again, the rest would never unlock the normal way when/if they got closed. A few had the shackle crack in the process too.
It doesn't really matter. Just the presence of a lock will deter most people, and everyone else will likely try bolt cutters first. I doubt anyone will even think about using a screwdriver...unless they've seen this video.
Better alternatives: - The Canadian approach (don't lock anything); - Thirld World Country approach: Don't lock it, don't paint it, thieves will think nothing valuable is inside.
you would be surprised, but China actually makes some quality things. but they ain't selling them - they keep good stuff for themselves and sell such garbage
Fester Blats I have it from a recent post on a Chinese UA-cam channel (in English), that they often rely on the efficiency of their police state to secure things that would be easily stolen in the west.
I've seen worse. Bicycle cable lock. Pretty small. Brass core. 4 pins. All that in plastic box. The plastic box had 2 parts .. the square 'vessel' in which the core was sitting, and 'lid', which went around the keyhole. All like 1mm thick, clicked together (unglued). You would think .. simple, yet normal working lock. Well .. NO ! The pins were not soldered in the core ! There were not retained in any way .. the pin shafts were just open from outside .. and the pins were held inside by the plastic sheet ! When assembled together, you could unlock it with key and all .. but all you had to as use some edge to pop out the 'lid' of the plastic casing .. pull the core out .. and poing poing, all the springs and pins went flying, making the lock a non-lock. I got money returned (my mom bought it), and I even persuaded the shop to stop selling those, wasn't really that hard. Well at least the owner said that :-D
It’s strangely wonderful to see this earlier video to hear the difference in presentation and voice. You’ve become so polished it’s fun to experience a more “raw” version. Videos like yours, Steve Mould and a few others have been a great source of joy for me. Thank you for not only your more concrete contributions in holding lock companies accountable but also for generally enriching our lives.
Well I the new age restriction shit is this far hack proof, not even VPN or any of the other methods that used to work gets you past it anymore (for a while you could simply pass it by using VPN set to a country in Asia). I had this account since youtube was created but that is not good enough for google, they want me to send them copy of my passport or drivers license now to get past it. I am 50 year old and restricted to only watch kids shows on youtube...
Some Employee: Hey boss i see you used my design for our cheaper lock model. Boss: yep, it was a good design, though to save money we replaced the core body with plastic and made the springs out of copper. Employee: you weren't supposed to do that.
I have a little 4-pin Master Craftsman padlock. If you start at the back, you only need to pick one pin. However, that takes more skill than turning a screwdriver with a C wrench.
@@ImTheBluestBird I started using 7-zip 10 years ago instad of winrar, because it was able to decrypt more formats. Hence I'm not updated on the state of winrar, but I'd suspect it's still the case.
@@ChrisTian-sd5yq Damn- was hoping I'd open up the replies to this and it'd have people going 'yeah xyz was the worst' so I wouldn't have to look myself. 😂
Personally, I found the gun safety lock he picked with just a twig (with the leaves still on it) the most baffling. it wasn't the worst material I guess, but no thought or care went into this. It's fun to watch him break apart cheaply made padlocks, but those are rarely ment to prevent life-threatening accidents. His whole gun "safety" series has the worst locks imo, just because the promises and the stakes were so much higher.
Too complex. They sell simple but reliable single use tamper evident locks for shipping containers. Lock after filling the container and e-mail lock serial number to recipient. Recipient simply checks if it's still the same lock.
I would be really interested to explore the plug by filing down some of the 'brass' to see if it's actually some sort of electroplating over aluminum or pot metal. Geez, his horrible, haha.
Git Pick'd Yep, very likely true. About 10 years ago I had a refrigerator that suffered from a broken door switch. I took it apart only to discover that the contact points were simply brass plated pot metal. That switch gets thousands of operating cycles and yet Kenmore saved a buck buying it from China SMH
I might have a contender for that lock... when I first started lockpicking I bought a bunch of cheap padlocks to start. One from Dollarama was extra special. I put a turning tool in the core and before I even got a pick in, the lock popped open. Turns out, the core turns with any pressure stronger than a light summer breeze.
@H M of course every country got scammers, but not every country got scamming as a part of their culture like china(though there are few other examples out there as well). If you had a chance to scam a foreigner and didn't = you're weak, and basically frowned upon
Reminder: Chinese people can send people to space and land a rover on the moon if that's what you pay them to do. Not their fault that the Western world pays them to make cheap shit. They didn't show up with warships in our ports and force us to open our market to these, we literally went over there and started multinational companies to utilize their cheap labor.
tybofborg nah the only way to do business in China is to imagine every possible way they could skimp or cut corners and explicitly say that you’re not allowed to do it. They’re not forced by our low prices to cut corners they just choose to sacrifice workmanship for profit ten times out of ten
@@SSSa222a I'd like to know where you're getting that from. Because my job involves sourcing parts from China, and let me tell you, they can deliver any quality you need. My boss, however, will always insist we go with the cheapest option. I try to get away with getting higher quality parts because I know that our coworkers, the ones who actually have to work with the parts, will struggle with the cheap parts, not to mention the finished product will be of worse quality. But my boss doesn't care about that, he only cares about his bottom line. And isn't that Western capitalism in a nutshell. It's the working class who has to deal with shitty workmanship from China, but it's the capitalists who are sustaining it by choosing the cheapest product every time.
This is one of his earliest videos: his voice became the calm lawyer voice we all know and love around video 500. I don't know how he changed his narration, but he went from basically just talking in videos (like in this one) to becoming an excellent narrator within a pretty short time.
He forces locks open a little differently from how they do things on DemolitionRanch. Loved the video man! I just discovered your channel yesterday and have been having a blast.
That's the Hyper Tough lock from Walmart. I used to pick one for fun, because it's a real challenge to actually pick it open without accidentally sticking the pick too far in and releasing the unprotected shackle.
I had one of these on a generator fuel tank where after it was exposed to the heat of the sun in Florida it opened by turning firmly with the wrong key. It was amazing.
In England, these are probably the most common lock for sheds, gates fences, things of this nature, appalling they make locks like this, probably about 70% of where I live alone have this lock
>tries to impression the lock >there is no locking mechanism inside Would have been funnier! "The true Art of Lock is to lock without locking." - Sun Tzu
LPL talked about not-locks that were used for low security applications as a way to keep a hasp closed and to discourage the casual busybody. Super cheap. The packaging proclaimed in all-caps: THIS IS NOT A LOCK.
I’m in the military and, sadly, we have dozens of these in our supply room. We use these on tons of things, conexes, ISUs, weapons cages, vehicles, etc. This actually isn’t that surprising.
I'm certainly no lawyer, but it sure seems like there should be some sort of grounds for legal action against Master Lock corporation. False advertising, failure to perform the function for which it is sold... something! I just can't stand the fact that they are able to produce, sell, and *profit* from selling locks that offer no substantial protection. And they are sold under the premise that they *do* offer protection. Just.... wow.
floorpizza This is a "dollar store" knock off, not a real "Master" brand lock. There's about 30 of these fake "Master" locks in use in the laundry room of my apartment building on tiny lockers. Ironically the "Tide" or whatever the they are "protecting" cost more than the lock. 😁
I have one of these; it's the basic lock that's used for bell cable-style bike locks. Mine was inside this plastic enclosure that was actually deep enough to stop some picks, but I literally was able to cut it off with scissors.
This video definitely has a charming quality to it compared to the new videos. Especially since the LPL in this video had no idea this video would eventually get over a million views.
Many Chinese devices (and merchandise in general) are made with great attention in reducing the production costs and the use of "strategic" metals, with copper replaced with tin/iron alloys, steel with zinc/manganese, aluminium plainly prohibited. On top of this, many items - like the lock you show - are made to play the part, a mock-lock, so it has a plastic cylinder that you cracked with a screwdriver. Nothing bad in producing a toy lock in principle, if they sell it as a toy lock. But when, so skillfully, a toy lock is given the appearance of a real lock, then it quickly becomes a fraud. Recalling Cicero: "Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?". Thank you for the delicate but powerful irony you show us, everytime you open a padlock in such rapid and masterful way. Regards from the UK...
He could've just stared at really hard and it would have fallen apart. I'm always amazed how he knows seemingly by esp what to try on each lock. I'm not worthy to sit at the feet of the master.
I had the same lock but it was a 50mm and I did the same test and got the same results. I was going to use it to lock up my $4000.00 Mountain bike. I’m so glad I got to see your video thanks
I was trying to pick a padlock on my footlocker once a few years back (before I knew much about lock picking) and I mustve put too much tension on the core and the damn things split right down the middle. I never tried to takr it apart but I still have it. Its the main reason I'll never buy another masterlock pad lock in my life.
That looks just like one from the set of same-keyed padlocks I bought at Harbor Freight years ago. It has "HARDENED" on the shackle and "40mm" and "Made in China" on the bottom plate. I wonder if all the years they made it, if it was plastic inside. Despite that, this has been the first lock that I've practiced picking using the China Bangood pick kit and it has been tough. A few times I've gotten it in less than a minute, but I've had hours of failures. I guess it's time to invest in some new locks.
There's a lot of slamming of Chinese products, but I'd bet this junk lock was engineered by an American company. As a machinist, I can tell you, the workers just follow the instructions laid out by the design team; a bad design is a bad design, the workers have no say in the matter. For example, I machine hip and shoulder implants - if the specific part I'm making is steel, I make it out of steel, even if I think titanium or cobalt would be better. If it says the driver hole has M6x1.0 threads, I make it with M6x1.0 threads, even if it seems like a 1/4-20 would be more sturdy. Just saying; still cool video. I don't know of any actual Chinese lock brands, but my Huawei phone, Fiio DAP, and Bluedio headphones are all top-notch quality, and far superior to the Apple phone, Apple MP3 player, and Beats headphones they replaced, despite costing less.
Thanks for adding some nuance to this issue. It's usually American companies who want to buy cheap crap to sell to the public, so you can't blame the maker. We always want to wash our own hands of the blowback of our own decisions.
You are assuming the Chinese company is following the directions sent to them. You should never actually do that with a Chinese company. I've seen large companies claim to be following directions before deciding to change the products inner working around and sell them. Seen them go out of their way to degrade the metal to a cheaper mix then they say it is. Seen them fill chemicals out with filler in order to say they are selling more product then they are. Honestly most of the american companies buying this stuff probably has no idea what's in it. Most of the china side freelancers I know actually refuse to use china products themselves because they flat out tell me they don't know whats in it after all the fraud they've been paid to catch.
@@moalboris239 any supplier company that provides a low quality material is a supplier company that loses contracts. Especially in the day of the internet. Even if the company doesn't test the quality of their supplied materials OR FINAL PRODUCT, they will eventually see the bad reviews or hear about it from annoyed customers and end the contract. I guarantee that lock was designed by an American company and contracted to a Chinese manufacturer who made it exactly to spec. China does indeed have some low quality suppliers, basically their very own equivalents to Apple, Ford, and Nike, but most ACTUAL Chinese brands are decent, and either your friend is bullshitting you for good conversation, or you're just lying. Honestly, this also highlights a serious flaw in the American working class: they will go out of their way to blame other working class people for the shortcomings of the bourgeoisie. Bought a junk lock? Better blame the workers who made it, especially if they're brown... there's just NoOoOo way a hIgHlY eStEeMeD mIlLiOnAiRe would sell his BeLoVeD CoNsUmErS a shit design made of subpar materials for an artificially inflated price. It haaaaaddd to have been those devious Chinese! (idiot)
If this man committed a crime, there would be nothing anyone could do. Put him in jail? Boom he’s out, the police would just have to admit defeat honestly!
I used to have a lock just like this on my garage door. Never had a key for it, but kept a hammer leaning against the wall. Just one downward blow and the thing would obediently pop open, faster than you could dig a key out of your pocket! But it was always good to close again! Used it this way every day for three years!
@@adamh2077 and tastes like pure truth! Hilarious that Chinese manufacture can be so poor, yet it's accepted as sufficient standard globally. That lock's barely practical lmao
@@rhyzeless5029 Ahh, you see of course I agree the lock is terrible, but people think ALL chinese products are poor quality, which is not true. Videos like this reinforces the idea that China = bad
@@adamh2077 that's a fair point. You can't categorise all products under a single impression because that's stereotypical. Some products made in china are great but I find that poorer products are sometimes made by Chinese companies, unlike other brands that have their products made by Chinese manufacturers. Just an opinion of personal experience though.
I think the interesting question would be, if you oversized the pin holes inside the bible and inserted thin plastic sleeve (basically plastic pipe) inside the holes in the bible, would that prevent impressioning? That wouldn't allow opening the lock with brute force alone because there would still be metal around that plastic part blocking the movement for real. When extra torque weren't applied, the pins and springs should move normally in such plastic pipes.
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"I'm gonna... take it to the basement... to die and be melted... and I'm gonna stick a screwdriver in it and turn."
Have you ever considered writing psychological thrillers?
It would be as underrated as this comment.
@@mykkaayumi1326 or his content
I saw the same thing in my mind.
"stick a screwdriver in it and turn" sounds like my wisdom teeth extraction
You can tell he's done some freaky stuff in his basement.
I love this dude. He’s literally laughing and talking about the core of this lock as if he’s he’s genuinely offended by the locks existence. 😂
The existence of this lock is either an affront to God or proof that God cannot exist. Philosophers will be debating which it is for generations.
@@trumpocalypsenow4654 you enjoy penguinz0 don't you
QuadraxisTheGreat *critikal
Plastic of any kind is offensive to lock hobbyists to say nothing of how easily some joker can steal your stuff. All of my locks even daily use ones were made before 1950.
Willrocks650 he is offended
I'd pay $0.45 for a lock like that. I'd use it on a lunchbox to prevent people from stealing my grilled cheese sandwich (value, $2).
You're underestimating the value of your grilled cheese sandwich, Sir. I demand you pay your grilled cheese sandwich some more damn respect...
Bad idea u get the entire lunchbox stolen
I could probably open it with a nail file or a geometry divider
i would buy these locks and put them everywhere just to annoy people and also as decoys so anyone that wants to steal my stuff can go through 100 locks before they just give up from trying to find a needle in a haystack
I'm eating a grilled cheese sandwich right now
Funny
user: admin
pass: admin
Thanks now I have to change that.
Hint: admin
1234
password: passwordpassword
They'll never think to put it in twice!
@Kernels I think they are upgrading to MD5 this year.
Ironically, the only lock in the world that is anti-impressionable.
Extreme weaknesses do not go without extreme strengths.
It keeps you wasting your time.
anon ymous honestly surprised he didn’t break the core trying to impression the key
*plastically
@@ryanwalsh5019 the philosophy of min max builds
0:50 "Ain't that a beauty? That is a plastic core"
MasterLock employees: WRITE THAT DOWN! WRITE THAT DOWN!
Is this a Charles the French reference?
@@uan180 I do believe so
I am glad to see another comment with 666 likes
@@silverion6182 not anymore
@@silverion6182 actually, I once say a video with nearly 666 comments, so I commented periods till 666, then wrote the 667th comment. It was a doom video
Bet you MasterLock have seriously considered this option for material.
+l0ckcr4ck3r LOL. It's only a matter of time.
XD
hahhahahahaaha
Hopefully not even they will ever dive that low.
@@lockpickinglawyer Have you not come across the "Master" warded locks with the V shaped notched, sheet metal keys?
2:47 “shortest lock test ever” little did he know about what the future beholds
Childish Cappuccino what are you talking about ?
@@kimmccranie6623 there are lock picking videos on his channel especially the newer ones with vids shorter then the time stamp
cakeman link most of this video was post-picking discussion on how bad it was
@@kimmccranie6623 I think he's talking about some of the gun locks that LPL picked.
@@seth8121 also code locks, some of the worst bike locks, "slash-resistant" portable safes
Security Grade: Mild Inconvenience
grade lower than a cheap rubber band, however i have seen worse, a pressed steel lock, with a ward locks from pressed steel, they were 6 for a dollar! lol
can I get a punch too? I have a fetish for internet tough guy.
So a 6 on the Master lock scale?
Tranime Girl ikr
lol surprised to see you on this channel, enjoy your content ;p
A level lower than this and you'll have to lock your safe with a cable tie
Shut up
A simple carriage bolt with inverted torx nut would be many orders of magnitude more secure than this "lock"
@F M Yeah bro you’re right in a world where scissors or bolt cutters don’t exist
@@user-hc5tv6yk9t as if LPL didn't just open this one with a screw driver?
@@Edward-Not-Elric Bro neither cable ties or this lock would be better that’s the final argument. Are you actually serious you’d trust cable ties over a shit looking lock (still looks like a lock tho)
2015: *uses screw driver to open lock*
2020: *uses an lego astronaut to open lock.*
Twig.
*Uses fingers*
2025: **breaths to open lock**
Red Bull can
Cotton bud.
When he literally had more difficulty saying "deformation" at 4:06 than he did busting the lock
Wait he actually broke the lock? I thought it got scared
At least the shackle is hardened ;-)
+Potti314 Yup... I actually file tested it. It really is hardened, unlike many Chinese locks that are labeled as such.
Honestly I didn't expect this. That's really funny.
@@lockpickinglawyer hardened shakle, softened core
@@@AstoundingAmelia perfectly balanced, as all things should be.
@@huscarlkt2335 Harmony. Harmony is everything!
No, not the basement!!! Anything but the basement!! Nobody comes back from there whole.
For ages I thought you were trying to say 'that hole' and read it wrong like 4 times lol
He should call it 'the Dungeon'.
@@RWBHere Maybe i should have said "in one piece "
Is made of chinesium, a metal softer than plastic
Ah Ave
Gyabbage!
Sold and shipped by The Usual Scumbags. Nothing skookum about it.
Chinesium is a silumin-cardboard alloy, patent pending.
Lmao
I wonder why they bother to ship keys with this lock.
Cheaper than screwdrivers.
@@Grim_Beard
Haha that's great!
Actually there is a bike lock that make it, kryptonite I think.
@@johnrockland18 kryptonite make the best cables though
LPL did not have keys for it. Perhaps they don't bother sending keys as they are not needed.
I would trust this lock to secure my bubble wrap collection.
WTF? Why in the hell would you risk your bubble wrap collection like that?
LOL!!!
THR33STEP yeah I agree with him, that thing is a masterpiece.
Hahaha
Bubble wrap is too valuable
lockpicking method: step 1 check to see if made in china
step 2 if made in china, torque core with a screwdriver
Maybe they only test them with Chinese screwdrivers.
@@kd5nrh Trust me, a certain set of no brand Chinese screwdrivers would have broken trying to twist that plastic core
Source: personal experience :-(
This lock is made from chinesium
@@alessandroceloria I'm pretty sure I've owned that set too.
pnmoe and not even reinforced chinesium!
You think that's bad? I once bought a bunch of super cheap Chinese locks, the small ones used for books and tiny boxes. The cores of 2 or 3 of them cracked from turning the key.
I bought a chinese lock off amazon worse and i picked it with a fork tong. Like an eating fork.
@@rulerworld1289 why am i so sure that it must've been amazon choice
Once in China I bought a lock for my bike, I broke it by mistake when taking it out of it's package, it was unfortunately weaker than the plastic cable ties.
"As you can see, absolutely inexcusable"
I still remember my middle school's lockers were locked with super cheap locks - all keyed alike too, not that they told us students that - that were so cheap they'd have the core crack or even fully shatter from the recoil of the lock opening when the body wasn't held in place. Discovered when I accidentally shimmed it open with some dirt or something (I closed it up and it popped open on its own like six seconds later, then the key stopped working because the core was in pieces)
Told a few friends, they tried on their own locks (nobody really cared if the locks were broken or not, they were mostly used to keep the lockers closed, because, as I said, they were all keyed alike so everyone could open everyone else's locker too), then word got around and a few days later someone went to every single one of the 400-ish lockers with a shim and shattered all of their cores. Every single one was left unlocked and inoperable, many wouldn't ever be able to close again, the rest would never unlock the normal way when/if they got closed. A few had the shackle crack in the process too.
This lock is the equivalent to leaving a note saying you dont want your safe to be opened
I've 'secured' lawn equipment with that exact lock. Yikes!
meh, if someone wants your lawnmower bad enough, no lock that's worth less than the mower is going to stop them.
where?
It doesn't really matter. Just the presence of a lock will deter most people, and everyone else will likely try bolt cutters first. I doubt anyone will even think about using a screwdriver...unless they've seen this video.
Still worth it, because most thieves are thieves of opportunity, and don't have any tools on them. You wouldn't get this open with your bare hands.
@@DueySR i mean a lot of thieves carry pen knives, i mean even normal people do.
Better alternatives:
- The Canadian approach (don't lock anything);
- Thirld World Country approach: Don't lock it, don't paint it, thieves will think nothing valuable is inside.
you would be surprised, but China actually makes some quality things. but they ain't selling them - they keep good stuff for themselves and sell such garbage
@@cenowador found the racist sexist piece of shit!
ah the Canadian approach, you still got a lock on it, just shadow locked, to look locked
Fester Blats I have it from a recent post on a Chinese UA-cam channel (in English), that they often rely on the efficiency of their police state to secure things that would be easily stolen in the west.
@@arlingtonhynes must be sad living with so much hate towards others.
I've seen worse. Bicycle cable lock. Pretty small. Brass core. 4 pins. All that in plastic box. The plastic box had 2 parts .. the square 'vessel' in which the core was sitting, and 'lid', which went around the keyhole. All like 1mm thick, clicked together (unglued). You would think .. simple, yet normal working lock.
Well .. NO ! The pins were not soldered in the core ! There were not retained in any way .. the pin shafts were just open from outside .. and the pins were held inside by the plastic sheet !
When assembled together, you could unlock it with key and all .. but all you had to as use some edge to pop out the 'lid' of the plastic casing .. pull the core out .. and poing poing, all the springs and pins went flying, making the lock a non-lock.
I got money returned (my mom bought it), and I even persuaded the shop to stop selling those, wasn't really that hard. Well at least the owner said that :-D
+DrSid42 That sounds pretty bad! For more on this lock, check out video 139... I open it with a lighter!
My friend had a bike lock once that you could see the inside of so i just turned the dials till it looked like it did when it was supposed to open..
@@rulerworld1289 when the transparent tech trend went too far, lol
It’s strangely wonderful to see this earlier video to hear the difference in presentation and voice. You’ve become so polished it’s fun to experience a more “raw” version.
Videos like yours, Steve Mould and a few others have been a great source of joy for me. Thank you for not only your more concrete contributions in holding lock companies accountable but also for generally enriching our lives.
“I’ll show you what happened to this piece of garbage” LMAO
theory: spools were only included because they use less material
This is genius.
So purely a visual deterrent.
At this point, every lock is just a visual deterrent to TheLockpickingLawyer...
Keeping honest people honest for the least possible effort.
I mean it would take a particularly clever wild animal to toque it open
Especially if you don't carry tools everywhere.
It's secure like how UA-cam puts age restrictions on some videos
Oh, how do you get past those? Just curious
@@galactic-hamster7043 just be signed in to an account that's older than 18. (Change your birthday when you set up the account)
@@readalotknowalot you aren't allowed to lie on the internet.
Well I the new age restriction shit is this far hack proof, not even VPN or any of the other methods that used to work gets you past it anymore (for a while you could simply pass it by using VPN set to a country in Asia). I had this account since youtube was created but that is not good enough for google, they want me to send them copy of my passport or drivers license now to get past it.
I am 50 year old and restricted to only watch kids shows on youtube...
Some Employee: Hey boss i see you used my design for our cheaper lock model.
Boss: yep, it was a good design, though to save money we replaced the core body with plastic and made the springs out of copper.
Employee: you weren't supposed to do that.
I have a little 4-pin Master Craftsman padlock. If you start at the back, you only need to pick one pin.
However, that takes more skill than turning a screwdriver with a C wrench.
im really surprised it actually had 4 pins in it.
the way he talks about this lock makes it sound like it spat on his mothers grave
so much resentment
I came across one of those in a truck stop once. The spool pins surprised me too.
+TheTrh51 It is pretty silly!
Win rar: Your 30days free trial is expired.
Me:so I need to pay for it?
Win rar:nah. Just let u know that. I'm software not a cop.
Someday someone drunk will buy WinRar and the company will have a big party. :)
@@MrN1c3Guy100
It's actually pretty cheap and I bought 3 copies of it. The only archive program necessary.
@@richardgates7479 7-zip is free and better, but ok.
Aiven, Winrar is also free if you just don’t buy it and I find it better, but you’re entitled to your opinion
@@ImTheBluestBird I started using 7-zip 10 years ago instad of winrar, because it was able to decrypt more formats. Hence I'm not updated on the state of winrar, but I'd suspect it's still the case.
Saddest part: it probably isn't the worst anymore on this channel
what is???
@@ChrisTian-sd5yq Damn- was hoping I'd open up the replies to this and it'd have people going 'yeah xyz was the worst' so I wouldn't have to look myself. 😂
Personally, I found the gun safety lock he picked with just a twig (with the leaves still on it) the most baffling. it wasn't the worst material I guess, but no thought or care went into this.
It's fun to watch him break apart cheaply made padlocks, but those are rarely ment to prevent life-threatening accidents. His whole gun "safety" series has the worst locks imo, just because the promises and the stakes were so much higher.
Yeah but those didnt insult his wife and existence
I like how you seem to really enjoy high quality Chinese craftsmanship!
When I was in middle school, the locker next to mine had that exact lock on it. I stuck a bobby pin in it, wiggled it around, and it opened.
Vanessa Finnerty
So cute. Bobby pins.
i kind of doubt that you remember the lock that accurately for that long
@@adog3129 For all you know, that was in February.
@@adog3129 I'm in high school, this was like 2 years ago lol
@@vanessafinnerty4890 ah. yeah I guess I just assumed you were talking about something a long time ago based on the way you talked
It should be marketed as tamper-evident padlock ;)
Too complex. They sell simple but reliable single use tamper evident locks for shipping containers. Lock after filling the container and e-mail lock serial number to recipient. Recipient simply checks if it's still the same lock.
I would be really interested to explore the plug by filing down some of the 'brass' to see if it's actually some sort of electroplating over aluminum or pot metal. Geez, his horrible, haha.
* how horrible
It's not plated. It's really brass, or something that looks like it. Now the quality of the metal... That's a different story.
Thanks for the follow up!
Git Pick'd Yep, very likely true. About 10 years ago I had a refrigerator that suffered from a broken door switch. I took it apart only to discover that the contact points were simply brass plated pot metal. That switch gets thousands of operating cycles and yet Kenmore saved a buck buying it from China SMH
Nah that is cast brass that was never tension relieved and it is thin with sharp angles
From five years in the future:
Just you wait, young man. There are challengers to that title to come.
Note that they made it to resemble a Master Lock. Mindshare does way more to sell locks than security.
I might have a contender for that lock... when I first started lockpicking I bought a bunch of cheap padlocks to start. One from Dollarama was extra special.
I put a turning tool in the core and before I even got a pick in, the lock popped open.
Turns out, the core turns with any pressure stronger than a light summer breeze.
Imagine you're a skilled craftsman but you live in China.
The definition of hell.
@H M of course every country got scammers, but not every country got scamming as a part of their culture like china(though there are few other examples out there as well). If you had a chance to scam a foreigner and didn't = you're weak, and basically frowned upon
Reminder: Chinese people can send people to space and land a rover on the moon if that's what you pay them to do. Not their fault that the Western world pays them to make cheap shit. They didn't show up with warships in our ports and force us to open our market to these, we literally went over there and started multinational companies to utilize their cheap labor.
tybofborg nah the only way to do business in China is to imagine every possible way they could skimp or cut corners and explicitly say that you’re not allowed to do it. They’re not forced by our low prices to cut corners they just choose to sacrifice workmanship for profit ten times out of ten
@@SSSa222a I'd like to know where you're getting that from. Because my job involves sourcing parts from China, and let me tell you, they can deliver any quality you need. My boss, however, will always insist we go with the cheapest option. I try to get away with getting higher quality parts because I know that our coworkers, the ones who actually have to work with the parts, will struggle with the cheap parts, not to mention the finished product will be of worse quality. But my boss doesn't care about that, he only cares about his bottom line.
And isn't that Western capitalism in a nutshell. It's the working class who has to deal with shitty workmanship from China, but it's the capitalists who are sustaining it by choosing the cheapest product every time.
A video from a simpler time, when a plastic core was all it took to win “worst lock in the world” status
a lot of the Chinese locks I started with had plastic cores after picking them for a while the pins actually wear threw the bible !!
+Lukes Locks That's news to me... and a little sad.
+LockPickingLawyer yes it is especially considering how little money it might save them
+LockPickingLawyer I still have one with a. plastic core would you like me to send it to you ?
+Lukes Locks Thanks, but I think I have another on its way from Papa Gleb... thanks for the offer and for watching!
+LockPickingLawyer you're welcome let me know if you change your mind and thank you I always enjoy your videos :)
He was so in shock and disbelief at this lock he couldn't maintain his calm and collected lawyer voice.
This is one of his earliest videos: his voice became the calm lawyer voice we all know and love around video 500. I don't know how he changed his narration, but he went from basically just talking in videos (like in this one) to becoming an excellent narrator within a pretty short time.
The “Hollywood” lock
He forces locks open a little differently from how they do things on DemolitionRanch. Loved the video man! I just discovered your channel yesterday and have been having a blast.
UA-cam: hmm let's recommend A FREAKING 5 YEAR OLD video of lock picking lawyer
+Omar Farooq Why not? They're all good...
You can hear that he's sorta disappointed, but having fun
That's the Hyper Tough lock from Walmart. I used to pick one for fun, because it's a real challenge to actually pick it open without accidentally sticking the pick too far in and releasing the unprotected shackle.
This is my new favorite channel and roasting locks is my new favorite hobby.
*LPL looks at lock* lock: *spontaneously combusts*
I had one of these on a generator fuel tank where after it was exposed to the heat of the sun in Florida it opened by turning firmly with the wrong key. It was amazing.
In England, these are probably the most common lock for sheds, gates fences, things of this nature, appalling they make locks like this, probably about 70% of where I live alone have this lock
>tries to impression the lock
>there is no locking mechanism inside
Would have been funnier!
"The true Art of Lock is to lock without locking." - Sun Tzu
"Little hole wrecked by huge rod"
With a title like that it makes me want to say stuff like "Oh yeah, abuse that lock nicely. Show that naughty lock who's the boss"
He sounds so young when compared to current LPL.
I bought a blister pack of padlocks a year ago when I started picking and one of them opens with just key way tension!
I remember having a worse lock years ago.
no tools, just pull on the shackle to open it.
it wasn't marketed as something serious though.
LPL talked about not-locks that were used for low security applications as a way to keep a hasp closed and to discourage the casual busybody. Super cheap. The packaging proclaimed in all-caps: THIS IS NOT A LOCK.
These old videos of LPL are hilarious - the voice sounds like he's on Xanax
Looks like the lock the Navy gave me for my locker in boot camp.
Well, externally, it just looks like any other laminated padlock.
That "Made In China" fits there perfectly
I’m in the military and, sadly, we have dozens of these in our supply room. We use these on tons of things, conexes, ISUs, weapons cages, vehicles, etc.
This actually isn’t that surprising.
true
Yea I'm gonna call bs
@@thanhhuynhcong1409 You'd be surprised
We had some pretty decent locks in the military.
Keys and Locks were inventoried by serial number once a month.
Preston Henson On weapon racks???? Jesus Christ
Spool pins in a plastic body. Kind of like a deadbolt for a paper door.
I'm certainly no lawyer, but it sure seems like there should be some sort of grounds for legal action against Master Lock corporation. False advertising, failure to perform the function for which it is sold... something! I just can't stand the fact that they are able to produce, sell, and *profit* from selling locks that offer no substantial protection. And they are sold under the premise that they *do* offer protection. Just.... wow.
This one isn't a Master Lock... just generic crap from China.
Yup, that's what I get for having too many browser tabs open at once; that comment was meant for a different vid.
floorpizza This is a "dollar store" knock off, not a real "Master" brand lock. There's about 30 of these fake "Master" locks in use in the laundry room of my apartment building on tiny lockers. Ironically the "Tide" or whatever the they are "protecting" cost more than the lock. 😁
WAQWBrentwood so guess you never pay t
For tide?
+WAQWBrentwood Wow, the stuff being protected costs more than the lock?
I have one of these; it's the basic lock that's used for bell cable-style bike locks. Mine was inside this plastic enclosure that was actually deep enough to stop some picks, but I literally was able to cut it off with scissors.
This video definitely has a charming quality to it compared to the new videos. Especially since the LPL in this video had no idea this video would eventually get over a million views.
I just got my first lokka 12 peice pick learning kit. So far I got the padlock picked in 5 seconds flat. I thank you for finding me a new hobby to do.
4 years ago, damn his speaking voice is so different here.
Many Chinese devices (and merchandise in general) are made with great attention in reducing the production costs and the use of "strategic" metals, with copper replaced with tin/iron alloys, steel with zinc/manganese, aluminium plainly prohibited. On top of this, many items - like the lock you show - are made to play the part, a mock-lock, so it has a plastic cylinder that you cracked with a screwdriver.
Nothing bad in producing a toy lock in principle, if they sell it as a toy lock. But when, so skillfully, a toy lock is given the appearance of a real lock, then it quickly becomes a fraud.
Recalling Cicero: "Quo usque tandem abutere, Catilina, patientia nostra?".
Thank you for the delicate but powerful irony you show us, everytime you open a padlock in such rapid and masterful way.
Regards from the UK...
He could've just stared at really hard and it would have fallen apart. I'm always amazed how he knows seemingly by esp what to try on each lock. I'm not worthy to sit at the feet of the master.
This is literally the lock they give you in bootcamp to lock up your stuff
brass shouldn't crack like that-- there must be something wrong with that batch of brass
What if it's not brass. what if it's a metal that looks like brass so they make you think it's strong but it's just the weakest thing ever
Or just brass coated
Impurities out the whazoo judging from the vid, I'm not surprised given China's metal industry's track record of quality
The metal is called chinesium
Brass-plated noodle.
I've been watching all your newer videos and this one kept getting recommended to me
I was not disappointed
I sware, my FBI agent! It's cuz the algorithm recommended it to me!!
OoooOooOooh. Spooky Time!
I had the same lock but it was a 50mm and I did the same test and got the same results. I was going to use it to lock up my $4000.00 Mountain bike. I’m so glad I got to see your video thanks
tough under ........... nothing.
+jimu57 LOL. "Almost tough under screwdriver"?
I was trying to pick a padlock on my footlocker once a few years back (before I knew much about lock picking) and I mustve put too much tension on the core and the damn things split right down the middle. I never tried to takr it apart but I still have it. Its the main reason I'll never buy another masterlock pad lock in my life.
"Shortest test ever"
Narration: he would go on to break that record.
Summoning salt explaining lockpicking%
Its a feature not an issue. It is made that way so you can hear any thieves that are laughing their asses of with this locks incompetence.
Brass... literally pennies cost more.
Nah, too expensive, let's use plastic.
That looks just like one from the set of same-keyed padlocks I bought at Harbor Freight years ago. It has "HARDENED" on the shackle and "40mm" and "Made in China" on the bottom plate. I wonder if all the years they made it, if it was plastic inside. Despite that, this has been the first lock that I've practiced picking using the China Bangood pick kit and it has been tough. A few times I've gotten it in less than a minute, but I've had hours of failures. I guess it's time to invest in some new locks.
I've never seen such an early LPL video before... he sounds so young, and his presentation is so quirky... So different!
I’ve seen a worse “lock” on a book I had bought. The lock was just a core with no pins that opened just by pushing in a latch in the opening.
Thats literally a toy
It was for a cheap journal book so you wouldn’t expect much more
Well im sure that lock can keep barn doors closed from a small wind that would normally open it with no lock at all
That's a perfect Holiday gift to hand out to all the coworkers you hate. Yadda Yadda rip them off. I'm OK with that.
There's a lot of slamming of Chinese products, but I'd bet this junk lock was engineered by an American company. As a machinist, I can tell you, the workers just follow the instructions laid out by the design team; a bad design is a bad design, the workers have no say in the matter. For example, I machine hip and shoulder implants - if the specific part I'm making is steel, I make it out of steel, even if I think titanium or cobalt would be better. If it says the driver hole has M6x1.0 threads, I make it with M6x1.0 threads, even if it seems like a 1/4-20 would be more sturdy. Just saying; still cool video.
I don't know of any actual Chinese lock brands, but my Huawei phone, Fiio DAP, and Bluedio headphones are all top-notch quality, and far superior to the Apple phone, Apple MP3 player, and Beats headphones they replaced, despite costing less.
Thanks for adding some nuance to this issue. It's usually American companies who want to buy cheap crap to sell to the public, so you can't blame the maker. We always want to wash our own hands of the blowback of our own decisions.
You are assuming the Chinese company is following the directions sent to them. You should never actually do that with a Chinese company. I've seen large companies claim to be following directions before deciding to change the products inner working around and sell them. Seen them go out of their way to degrade the metal to a cheaper mix then they say it is. Seen them fill chemicals out with filler in order to say they are selling more product then they are.
Honestly most of the american companies buying this stuff probably has no idea what's in it. Most of the china side freelancers I know actually refuse to use china products themselves because they flat out tell me they don't know whats in it after all the fraud they've been paid to catch.
@@moalboris239 any supplier company that provides a low quality material is a supplier company that loses contracts. Especially in the day of the internet. Even if the company doesn't test the quality of their supplied materials OR FINAL PRODUCT, they will eventually see the bad reviews or hear about it from annoyed customers and end the contract. I guarantee that lock was designed by an American company and contracted to a Chinese manufacturer who made it exactly to spec. China does indeed have some low quality suppliers, basically their very own equivalents to Apple, Ford, and Nike, but most ACTUAL Chinese brands are decent, and either your friend is bullshitting you for good conversation, or you're just lying.
Honestly, this also highlights a serious flaw in the American working class: they will go out of their way to blame other working class people for the shortcomings of the bourgeoisie. Bought a junk lock? Better blame the workers who made it, especially if they're brown... there's just NoOoOo way a hIgHlY eStEeMeD mIlLiOnAiRe would sell his BeLoVeD CoNsUmErS a shit design made of subpar materials for an artificially inflated price. It haaaaaddd to have been those devious Chinese! (idiot)
If this man committed a crime, there would be nothing anyone could do. Put him in jail? Boom he’s out, the police would just have to admit defeat honestly!
Wow. Talk about a cheap lock
I used to have a lock just like this on my garage door. Never had a key for it, but kept a hammer leaning against the wall. Just one downward blow and the thing would obediently pop open, faster than you could dig a key out of your pocket! But it was always good to close again! Used it this way every day for three years!
lovely peace of chinese technology :D
+vde When you care enough to send the best!
Smells like... a mild bit of racism :D
@@adamh2077 and tastes like pure truth! Hilarious that Chinese manufacture can be so poor, yet it's accepted as sufficient standard globally. That lock's barely practical lmao
@@rhyzeless5029 Ahh, you see of course I agree the lock is terrible, but people think ALL chinese products are poor quality, which is not true. Videos like this reinforces the idea that China = bad
@@adamh2077 that's a fair point. You can't categorise all products under a single impression because that's stereotypical. Some products made in china are great but I find that poorer products are sometimes made by Chinese companies, unlike other brands that have their products made by Chinese manufacturers. Just an opinion of personal experience though.
5 years ago and now i get this gem in my recommended
If you watch when the core breaks very carefully, you'll see some tribuluminescent light from the metal failing.
Is that what that was? I thought it was a video artifact. Super cool.
I think the interesting question would be, if you oversized the pin holes inside the bible and inserted thin plastic sleeve (basically plastic pipe) inside the holes in the bible, would that prevent impressioning? That wouldn't allow opening the lock with brute force alone because there would still be metal around that plastic part blocking the movement for real. When extra torque weren't applied, the pins and springs should move normally in such plastic pipes.
No wonder you can get a 2 pack of 50 mm locks at h**bor freight for $4.99 with a coupon
+Grant Sipos LOL. True enough.
Oh damn I have one of those on my shed. Thanks for the heads up, bud
You mention 100 bad things wrong with this lock, you don't mention you you get 4 spools, and the core is Rust proof.
He does tho
Lol he literally discussed the spools. What the fuck?
Even if he dudbt mention those things, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. And this chain is made from a modern iphone width of plastic
@@IFearlessINinja yeah, but he did, so this comment and all fhe people who didnt watch the video and liked it are in the wrong
Soy de River soy de River yo soy You might wanna reread my comment. I don't think you understood where I was going with it
You can see a spark around 2:13