you should not leave a safe empty, so you can just throw some electronics in there that detect opening, movement etc. To allow for save handling, the alarm can be on a time delay. For the movement sensor, that would even be good practice. Imaging you move the box and it shrills a random amount of time after the trigger: You never figure out what movement activates the alarm.
@@jort93z A light detector is actually a nice idea. When you open it for maintenance (like changing the battery), you can just do it in a dark room and deactivate the system (like by removing the battery) by feel. A simple and easy solution.
A really secure safe should probably alarm even when opened as intended, like some door alarms for secure areas do, so if anyone is nearby they know it was opened even if someone stole a legitimate key/card/pin
I like the diversion idea. I have small safe that I needed to open because the keys were in it and when searching for a solution found this channel. It now sits empty on a prominent shelf.
@emilygoodenough9052 I think it does have some empty jewelry boxes and keys for cars I don't own anymore. It wasn't intentional but the things that were being kept in it have been moved.
@@zidane2k1 if you're a single person with few friends that will be more secure than a safe, but so is any non obvious hiding spot if youre single with few friends
@@monad_tcp because then someone who breaks into the safe thinks they found your valuables and doesn't keep looking. I literally only realized why I had been given that advice for years without explanation as I read this comment thread.
"You would have been more secure without the safe as now all your valuables are in the same place" really is more of a scathing review than the easy picking.
I got a walk in closet with really stuck in door, you gotta lift and pull hard. I'm now under impression it is more secure than 90% locking implementations out there.
I mean, "lift and pull hard", plus maybe "whack with a hammer", is kind of how a lot of these locks are defeated (either picked or forced), so I guess it's at least on par...
@@Celestia282 agreed. I wasn't talking specifically about this safe though. I was speaking in regards to the over all general lack of security in the devices and how they are more fitting for games than actual security.
Have it small enough for them to walk away with and not having to deal with the locks at all on site, but heavy enough to cause them trouble carrying it. Must be gold bars in this, after cutting it open it's filled with lead weights.
Damn... LPL is getting closer and closer to the ultimate video: LPL: Hello, this is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today I have for you... _Lock opens itself in fear_ LPL: As you can see, this one was very easy to open. That's all I have for you today...
It’s funny, before watching LPL videos I thought it was stupid to try to pick a lock with paper clips. When I received my locker at work, they couldn’t find the key so I just picked by making a pick and turner with paper clips and got it open. I was truly impressed with myself
A small safe like this doesn't do jack shit anyways. No robber would bother breaking into it, they'd just take the whole thing with them and break it open of necessary. Source: house robber stole my entire empty safe
@@jamesphillips2285 store the shoebox together with more shoeboxes with shoes inside. And have the "safebox" towards the bottom. Anyone looking through the boxes would just find shoes. And let them be old, used shoes, possibly on the cheaper end, to prevent a shoe thief from taking your stuff on accident.
I'm certainly no lock picker but am addicted to your wondeful, often a lot shorter than expected (like this one) videos on picking locks, etc. But it had never occurred to me to have this as a false safe in case of thieves, not only love it but it's really an excellent idea! Thanks.
Most of those "manufacturers" are supplied the same lock by some company in China. You'd have to have the Chinese see LPL's videos if you want any changes while UA-cam is banned over there 😂
Don't get me started on plastic mayonnaise/dressing sachets .. For some reason they don't want you getting inside of them if they don't have the tiny tear in the corner... grrrr
I filled mine's keyhole with removable resin unless they have the correct dissolvent no keys going in there. Got the idea from a similar lockpickinglawyer video from the past about vulnerability of such safes. PS: To those wondering what stops thieves from simply taking the whole thing and going away. It has lugnuts at the rear that pins it to the wall
Alternative sticker : "If you locked your override keys, please note that you can open this safe in seconds with the Covert Instruments Tubular Lock Pick"
Urrgh! Again! Spending hours researching for a small safe. Twice now I've decided on a safe, then searched here and found them to be so so easy to open.
Nice to see project farm give you a mention on his wheel lock test and review. Got my covert instruments padlock shim kit, thanks. Your customer service is fantastic. Even if my local post office sucks and send it back. Your people are great! Love your channel. Great new hobby
>opens lockpicking lawyer video >sees the video is on a Yale safe >looks at his own safe he's had for years >they look the exact same *nervous laughter*
I still stand by the idea that a true pick proof safe... is literally just a metal box welded shut on all sides. it may not protect against an angle grinder, but you'll never be able to pick it open.
Funny thing about it is that Yale is owned by Assa Abloy, so they could have potentially chosen any of several much higher security cam locks from their parts bins for the backup, but they went the Harbor Freight Safe route instead.
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards I am saying sourcing a cam lock from the parts bin of Assa, Abloy, or probably Medeco wouldn't have been so hard for them, especially Medeco. But yeah the big corporate entity doesn't seem to care much about security except on commercial installations.
But, of course, they are just rebranding a generic safe mass produced in Asia, and getting them to fit one of their secure lock would increase the price to something above practically nothing. The problem here is that the alarm should sound as soon as someone touches the backup cylinder - but that would involve including a half-cent sensor, which is far to much to add to the cost.
"Thieves don't put the jewelry into the safe. They put it behind the painting next to the save or somewhere else less obvious." - Dureena Nafeel, Babylon 5.
"Less safe than if you'd left them scattered around because now they're all in one convenient place that is a target for thieves", is what he effectively said - that is throwing some serious shade.
I've seen you use the impressioning tool you've used in this video multiple times now and i'm curious as to how and why it works. I understand picking pin tumblers and wafers already but these tubular locks still confuse me. Have you shown us how tubular locks function and how this impressioning tool bypasses them in detail yet?
Think of the pins in normal locks just in a circle. That is what the key is like. Instead of s straight line they are in a circle and pressing down pushed the pins in the right order. I think. I am just using logic. Though a video would be super cool about it!
@@kameljoe21Right distance, order doesn't matter. There's a notch in the key to turn the core, tool contains picks for each pin that get left in the correct depths after picking.
Most lock smiths just drill and cut. They do very little picking. There are several of them on here and every encounter I have ever had with a locksmith or people who have directly talked about it simply say they drilled or cut. Even many many news stories talk about companies that could just pick the door in 30 seconds drilled it because its about upselling and upselling a new lock is far better than wasting a service call and charging for 1 min of work. They will upsell you a 250 dollars lock because that is all I have on had at the moment. Yet I could not be bothered to go and buy a bunch of standard locks that the majority of people use. The same with car locks you will find a lot of people who attempt to bump your door lock rather than use a lichi tool. Which can be quite pricey when it comes down to owing every one they sell and knowing which models they fit.
I feel like at this point the most secure thing would be to get an Indiana Jones style warehouse, fill it with boxes of random junk, and put a box with my stuff in there
I have a question for you that I hope you can respond to or at the very least do a video on. What is a great beginner lock that helps build true picking tequeniques. I've tried the teaching locks and they are so easy to open you basically slide your pick in and it opens. I've tried some master locks and cheaper locks with similar results. Yet when it comes to my front door cheap 50 dollar home depot lockI can't pick that. So what is a good beginner lock that will teach you to feel for clicks and teach you good tequeniques but still easy to open?
I’d like to see you use tools that thieves would actually have. These specialty tools are crafty and make your picking a snap, but how often are they going to have these highly custom tools
As I've stated, what seems like thousands of times on the LPL's videos, it's impossible to be completely safe. The best any of us can hope for or achieve, is to make ourselves much harder targets than our neighbors. If you who are watching this don't have at least one dog then when you get up tomorrow, at the top of your list should be to get one, as long as you realize that owning one is a very real commitment. Dogs are living, breathing fantastic companions who will always give you far more than they take. This simple action puts you on the "I think we should move on to the next house" list of most burglars. Obviously there are many more measures you can and should take but, getting a canine (by this I mean a bigger sized dog with a deep bark or perhaps even better, growl) is one of the easiest and I would say mandatory actions to take. P.S.-- With regard to this specific lock/secure box I have a very similar one in a wall in my home with one added feature. After putting in place I subsequently moved a gigantic bedroom furniture set into our master bedroom and an almost permanent chunk of it sits right in front of it. So hey, all you burglars out there, you're all quite welcome to come over and give it a try. Take note however, that I've also put multiple other levels of security in place.
It's easy, but time-consuming. It's easier than picking a normal lock, because you can see exactly where the pins are to pick them, and you don't need a hook or a rake, you just need something that can press them down. It's time-consuming because there's usually seven pins (as opposed to four-six for a normal lock), and each pick only rotates it one-eighth of a turn, so you normally have to pick it at least twice. The impressioning tool speeds up the process, and it also allows you (if you're so inclined) to make yourself a key for the lock so you can come back and access it whenever you want.
A highly-skilled lockpicker using a specialized tool was able to open it quickly. Sounds like I only have to worry about this safe if the person breaking into my house is you.
It's outrageous to think that the steps a potential thief would take in a situation in which an alarm would alert the owner would be trying multiple random passwords
Yale is putting out lousy products anymore. This one worked perfectly, LPL bought it. Like a vending machine that doesn't dispense the product but keeps your money, same kind of thing
I think he just buys (or sometimes is gifted) everything he can find with a lock on it. I don't think he was actually "duped" into buying it as if he was going to use it, only to find out it's junk, he bought it probably KNOWING it was junk so he could make this video with it.
@@ADoseofBuckley I didn't mean to suggest LPL was duped, I said he bought it. He reviews security devices. My original comment stands. The device functioned perfectly. Mission accomplished
Well put...but one as a diversion...I'll get one and put a couple hundred grand in it! I think they still make that candy bar...gotta keep them safe in the safe...right?
I purchased a non-alarmed version from this product range a while back, predominantly because you hadn't featured it on your channel. Now I have to throw it away and start another Safe Search 😭
I was staying in a hotel a few years ago and needed to ask reception to open my safe with a backup key, the guy who came to do it said the way it works is that using the backup key resets the code to the default 0000, so that no one can use the backup key without the owner knowing that the backup key has been used.
You could hack the alarm and add a photocell to the tubular lock hole so when the backup cover is removed it goes off and it would be greatly improved.
Honestly, the only reason why I even own one (a different brand but a similar safe) is because the law makes me. It's a mere last door for anyone who attempts to break into my place of residence, and currently it sits empty since what should be in there is on me at all times
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Product idea: diversion safe that is easy to open and sounds alarm whenever opened no matter what.
you should not leave a safe empty, so you can just throw some electronics in there that detect opening, movement etc.
To allow for save handling, the alarm can be on a time delay. For the movement sensor, that would even be good practice.
Imaging you move the box and it shrills a random amount of time after the trigger: You never figure out what movement activates the alarm.
@@sarowie you'd wanna bolt a safe down to the floor, walls of heavy furniture. Even a diversion safe.
Could simply put a light detector inside.
@@jort93z A light detector is actually a nice idea. When you open it for maintenance (like changing the battery), you can just do it in a dark room and deactivate the system (like by removing the battery) by feel. A simple and easy solution.
Wait, wait... Let him cook
A really secure safe should probably alarm even when opened as intended, like some door alarms for secure areas do, so if anyone is nearby they know it was opened even if someone stole a legitimate key/card/pin
I like the diversion idea. I have small safe that I needed to open because the keys were in it and when searching for a solution found this channel. It now sits empty on a prominent shelf.
Don't leave it empty. Put a bunch of papers and a couple jewelry boxes with flashy trash jewelry in there. Maybe a nice looking water pistol? LOL
@emilygoodenough9052 I think it does have some empty jewelry boxes and keys for cars I don't own anymore. It wasn't intentional but the things that were being kept in it have been moved.
@@EmilyGOODEN0UGH And then put the actual valuables and documents inside a box of store-brand cereal in the pantry?
@@zidane2k1 if you're a single person with few friends that will be more secure than a safe, but so is any non obvious hiding spot if youre single with few friends
@@monad_tcp because then someone who breaks into the safe thinks they found your valuables and doesn't keep looking.
I literally only realized why I had been given that advice for years without explanation as I read this comment thread.
They should have written "Please do not store your override keys and your Covert Instruments Tubular Lock Pick at the same time"
throw the keys and they will be forced to watch LPL... STONKS!
We all know the most secure place to store a covert companion is inside a blister pack that's covered in duct tape.
@@jaseiwilde I sometimes wonder how many thieves watch LPL, buy his tools, and watch videos on their phone while doing a break-in.
@@RationalEgoism Then after they've broken in, lock up and do it again in case it was a fluke
Yep, you're probably lost when you put your tubular pick toolkit inside.
"You would have been more secure without the safe as now all your valuables are in the same place" really is more of a scathing review than the easy picking.
A decoy safe is only good, when you know it is a decoy :D
I got a walk in closet with really stuck in door, you gotta lift and pull hard. I'm now under impression it is more secure than 90% locking implementations out there.
I mean, "lift and pull hard", plus maybe "whack with a hammer", is kind of how a lot of these locks are defeated (either picked or forced), so I guess it's at least on par...
I've been buying up a variety of locks and safes for use as escape room components. Probably the best use of them.
I would think a safe with an alarm loud enough to cause hearing damage would not be a good product to use in an escape room.
@@Celestia282 agreed. I wasn't talking specifically about this safe though. I was speaking in regards to the over all general lack of security in the devices and how they are more fitting for games than actual security.
The "diversion" tactic is its best feature!😂
But it would divert them for about ten seconds. I suppose you could booby-trap it....
@@BarryRowlingsonBaz great idea but I'd forget that I've booby-trapped it. 😄
@@DonzLockz Just write it on the door. Thieves won't believe it, you know you should.^^
@@Alresu haha!😆 very true!
Have it small enough for them to walk away with and not having to deal with the locks at all on site, but heavy enough to cause them trouble carrying it. Must be gold bars in this, after cutting it open it's filled with lead weights.
Damn... LPL is getting closer and closer to the ultimate video:
LPL: Hello, this is the Lock Picking Lawyer, and today I have for you...
_Lock opens itself in fear_
LPL: As you can see, this one was very easy to open. That's all I have for you today...
I really want to get a sound activated lock that opens to that phrase
😂😂😂😂
Don’t give Master Lock new ideas.
LPL The Chuck Norris of locked locks!👍
Ah that will be LPLs off spring when they develop telekinesis....
movie critics: "that's stupid, you can't pick a lock with anything straight and metal"
lock companies: "are you sure about that"
LPL: hold my scotch 😂
It’s funny, before watching LPL videos I thought it was stupid to try to pick a lock with paper clips. When I received my locker at work, they couldn’t find the key so I just picked by making a pick and turner with paper clips and got it open. I was truly impressed with myself
Sometimes you need round and metal.
You gotta love it when a safe is only good as a diversion! I think they call those toys...
A small safe like this doesn't do jack shit anyways. No robber would bother breaking into it, they'd just take the whole thing with them and break it open of necessary.
Source: house robber stole my entire empty safe
@@TheThursty100 It really isn't the products fault if you can't read the user manual.
@@Jehty_ in this case the safe wasn't tested because they just took it
@@ingamingpc1634 and they were able to take it because Timbo didn't read the user manual.
@@TheThursty100 Ever a small safe can be bolted to something immovable like a wall or a floor, including the safe in the video.
1:50 ah yes, the old "put the actual valuables in a shoebox next to the safe you welded shut" trick
I wouldn't put the shoebox *right next* to the diversion safe. Intruder may accidentally kick it open in that case.
Shoes are the first things a certain ahem section of thieves steal.
@@jamesphillips2285 store the shoebox together with more shoeboxes with shoes inside. And have the "safebox" towards the bottom. Anyone looking through the boxes would just find shoes. And let them be old, used shoes, possibly on the cheaper end, to prevent a shoe thief from taking your stuff on accident.
I'm certainly no lock picker but am addicted to your wondeful, often a lot shorter than expected (like this one) videos on picking locks, etc. But it had never occurred to me to have this as a false safe in case of thieves, not only love it but it's really an excellent idea! Thanks.
Lpl can literally open anything and everything.. All manufacturers should consult him before making any product.. Lpl you're the best
He said in a talk last year that he tried to tell them all but they just don't care
There are some locks he failed to unlock, but it takes a lot to make him fail.
Yet still he has failed to pick any regular door locks (not cylindrical)
Most of those "manufacturers" are supplied the same lock by some company in China. You'd have to have the Chinese see LPL's videos if you want any changes while UA-cam is banned over there 😂
@@Rafaelinuxsome are better than others
An even quicker method of entry can be observed by placing the wife's icecream in the safe.
It took me longer to get into a new deodorant this morning than it did for you to jiggle that lock open twice. 😂
😂
lmao
Don't get me started on plastic mayonnaise/dressing sachets ..
For some reason they don't want you getting inside of them if they don't have the tiny tear in the corner...
grrrr
It never ceases to amaze me the sheer negligence exercised by these 'security' company's touting subpar garbage products!
I'm sure it was VERY alarmed when it saw LPL headed its way!
Tell me, Mr. Anderson, what good is an alarm when you are... unable... to... sound... it?
but how it knew?....
Underrated comment
🤣🤣🤣
I love the little sticker they put in the upper left corner, perfectly addressing the intelligence of their buyers. :D
I filled mine's keyhole with removable resin unless they have the correct dissolvent no keys going in there. Got the idea from a similar lockpickinglawyer video from the past about vulnerability of such safes.
PS: To those wondering what stops thieves from simply taking the whole thing and going away. It has lugnuts at the rear that pins it to the wall
Alternative sticker : "If you locked your override keys, please note that you can open this safe in seconds with the Covert Instruments Tubular Lock Pick"
The sticker says “Please do not store override keys inside”. But I bet that is where the LPL keeps them.
That avoids losing.
Which is why I stored my car's reserve key in the booth.
I wish LPL would give us an update on Bosnian Bill. I hope he and his family are doing well.
Can we talk about that brilliant "don't store the keys in the safe" sticker? 😂
Urrgh! Again! Spending hours researching for a small safe. Twice now I've decided on a safe, then searched here and found them to be so so easy to open.
That little smirk each time he opened the safe at the first try is priceless.
Can you hear a smirk?
Did you mean chuckle?
@@MitchJT You can hear people smiling, yes.
Nice to see project farm give you a mention on his wheel lock test and review.
Got my covert instruments padlock shim kit, thanks. Your customer service is fantastic. Even if my local post office sucks and send it back. Your people are great! Love your channel. Great new hobby
LPL never disappoints!
Yale, however, does.
Too bad the same can't be said for the lock manufacturers.
Literally the most consistent content on UA-cam, bar none... no pun intended.
>opens lockpicking lawyer video
>sees the video is on a Yale safe
>looks at his own safe he's had for years
>they look the exact same
*nervous laughter*
It's a great diversionary safe, sales will surge!
If I had a diversionary safe, I would have a piece of paper inside that read $1,000,000.
@@stefanfrankel8157 I'd have a fake crypto wallet private key, along with a, possibly real, crypto wallet public key.
I still stand by the idea that a true pick proof safe...
is literally just a metal box welded shut on all sides. it may not protect against an angle grinder, but you'll never be able to pick it open.
Funny thing about it is that Yale is owned by Assa Abloy, so they could have potentially chosen any of several much higher security cam locks from their parts bins for the backup, but they went the Harbor Freight Safe route instead.
@Martin Baldwin-Edwards I am saying sourcing a cam lock from the parts bin of Assa, Abloy, or probably Medeco wouldn't have been so hard for them, especially Medeco. But yeah the big corporate entity doesn't seem to care much about security except on commercial installations.
I was thinking to myself "how come nobody uses an Abloy cylinder as the backup?", so reading this comment, I'm even more disappointed in the company.
But, of course, they are just rebranding a generic safe mass produced in Asia, and getting them to fit one of their secure lock would increase the price to something above practically nothing.
The problem here is that the alarm should sound as soon as someone touches the backup cylinder - but that would involve including a half-cent sensor, which is far to much to add to the cost.
So, from what I gathered, best way is to hide your stuff in the ceiling or under the doghouse... far safer than putting in that stupid contraption.
That did it! We need to see a LPL certification for locks made.
I love how the explanation takes longer than picking the safe open twice. LPL is a savage.
"Thieves don't put the jewelry into the safe. They put it behind the painting next to the save or somewhere else less obvious."
- Dureena Nafeel, Babylon 5.
Love the reference!
The safe you mean.
This is horrific! Best used as a decoy because it's worse than no security? Mercy
At this point I’d be more surprised if it were a fluke
Babe wake up LPL just uploaded another banger
Last time I was this early he was the LawPickingLawStudent.
"Less safe than if you'd left them scattered around because now they're all in one convenient place that is a target for thieves", is what he effectively said - that is throwing some serious shade.
The video hasn't even started and I'm already laughing: "Please do not store override keys inside". 😆
It almost sounds like he's in disbelief about how quickly he opened it - both times.
I've seen you use the impressioning tool you've used in this video multiple times now and i'm curious as to how and why it works. I understand picking pin tumblers and wafers already but these tubular locks still confuse me. Have you shown us how tubular locks function and how this impressioning tool bypasses them in detail yet?
Think of the pins in normal locks just in a circle. That is what the key is like. Instead of s straight line they are in a circle and pressing down pushed the pins in the right order. I think. I am just using logic. Though a video would be super cool about it!
@@kameljoe21Right distance, order doesn't matter. There's a notch in the key to turn the core, tool contains picks for each pin that get left in the correct depths after picking.
I love the channel. Being a skilled lock picker seems like a satisfying hobby and/or satisfying job.
Most lock smiths just drill and cut. They do very little picking. There are several of them on here and every encounter I have ever had with a locksmith or people who have directly talked about it simply say they drilled or cut. Even many many news stories talk about companies that could just pick the door in 30 seconds drilled it because its about upselling and upselling a new lock is far better than wasting a service call and charging for 1 min of work. They will upsell you a 250 dollars lock because that is all I have on had at the moment. Yet I could not be bothered to go and buy a bunch of standard locks that the majority of people use.
The same with car locks you will find a lot of people who attempt to bump your door lock rather than use a lichi tool. Which can be quite pricey when it comes down to owing every one they sell and knowing which models they fit.
i like that they label the front, telling you to not store the override keys inside- because it's not a secure location lol
Thank goodness I finally found a use for this tubular lock pick that I just have laying around.
I feel like at this point the most secure thing would be to get an Indiana Jones style warehouse, fill it with boxes of random junk, and put a box with my stuff in there
I have a question for you that I hope you can respond to or at the very least do a video on. What is a great beginner lock that helps build true picking tequeniques. I've tried the teaching locks and they are so easy to open you basically slide your pick in and it opens. I've tried some master locks and cheaper locks with similar results. Yet when it comes to my front door cheap 50 dollar home depot lockI can't pick that. So what is a good beginner lock that will teach you to feel for clicks and teach you good tequeniques but still easy to open?
As soon as he says “a diversion of potential thieves”
All I had in my head was “ another great day of saving the bees”
A sign saying "pretty please don't open" would be more effective
I’d like to see you use tools that thieves would actually have. These specialty tools are crafty and make your picking a snap, but how often are they going to have these highly custom tools
The smart ones will buy them since they will be good investments.
That’s my thought exactly. The average burglar is gonna be a smash and grab kinda person.
I kinda expected a test of triggering the alarm system intentionally, so we were certain it hadn't been disabled before the lockpicking.
130 decibel alarm? Most burglar alarm sirens and fire alarms aren’t even that loud.
I heard that little chuckle
Yale locks used to be the "must have for security" but clearly not anymore
They never really were, we just didn't know better
Alarmed at how quickly it opens, I suppose.
LegalEagle: You're breaking into the White House?
LPL: Just another building, Eagle. A few more guards, a few more locks.
Good job, LPL!
As I've stated, what seems like thousands of times on the LPL's videos, it's impossible to be completely safe. The best any of us can hope for or achieve, is to make ourselves much harder targets than our neighbors.
If you who are watching this don't have at least one dog then when you get up tomorrow, at the top of your list should be to get one, as long as you realize that owning one is a very real commitment. Dogs are living, breathing fantastic companions who will always give you far more than they take.
This simple action puts you on the "I think we should move on to the next house" list of most burglars.
Obviously there are many more measures you can and should take but, getting a canine (by this I mean a bigger sized dog with a deep bark or perhaps even better, growl) is one of the easiest and I would say mandatory actions to take.
P.S.-- With regard to this specific lock/secure box I have a very similar one in a wall in my home with one added feature. After putting in place I subsequently moved a gigantic bedroom furniture set into our master bedroom and an almost permanent chunk of it sits right in front of it. So hey, all you burglars out there, you're all quite welcome to come over and give it a try. Take note however, that I've also put multiple other levels of security in place.
This couldn't happen to a 'Harvard' lock.....=))
Can you show more bic pen unlocks for these types of locks?
How hard is it to pick tubular locks without a premade custom tool?
It's easy, but time-consuming. It's easier than picking a normal lock, because you can see exactly where the pins are to pick them, and you don't need a hook or a rake, you just need something that can press them down. It's time-consuming because there's usually seven pins (as opposed to four-six for a normal lock), and each pick only rotates it one-eighth of a turn, so you normally have to pick it at least twice. The impressioning tool speeds up the process, and it also allows you (if you're so inclined) to make yourself a key for the lock so you can come back and access it whenever you want.
@@tomprice-nicholson743 I got a similar cheapo safe. I destroyed the secondary tubular lock using a drill, does this make my safe safer?
It’s really amazing that this kind of ”safes” still exist under such of well known brand.
I'm hiring for a bank heist, where can I find you? 😂
"Best-used as a diversion for thieves." LPL has British-grade gentle-but-devastating shade...
The people at Yale, the lock company, clearly did not graduate from Yale, the school.
Maybe they did, they created a woke lock, they didn’t want to offend thieves by making it too difficult
@@ukusanzYale educates the lawyers defending the thieves, as well as greedy businessmen, no need to bring in your right wing nonsense .
A highly-skilled lockpicker using a specialized tool was able to open it quickly. Sounds like I only have to worry about this safe if the person breaking into my house is you.
That is why I have an (old) safe in my bedroom closet with about 80 lbs bricks and a can of coins.. Go ahead and carry it out - - - -
I wonder if you even need the tubular impressioning tool to open that beauty
It's where you store your decoy gold
And toy firearms.
Locpick lawyer is the most relaxing show to watch on the tube
I recommend this safe... As a diversion.
When LPL laughs at a product, that’s when you KNOW it’s bad.
The safe is better as a diversion than a safe. 🤣 as usual LPL is savage when it comes to poor lock design
It's outrageous to think that the steps a potential thief would take in a situation in which an alarm would alert the owner would be trying multiple random passwords
Yale is putting out lousy products anymore. This one worked perfectly, LPL bought it. Like a vending machine that doesn't dispense the product but keeps your money, same kind of thing
I think he just buys (or sometimes is gifted) everything he can find with a lock on it. I don't think he was actually "duped" into buying it as if he was going to use it, only to find out it's junk, he bought it probably KNOWING it was junk so he could make this video with it.
@@ADoseofBuckley exactly 💯
@@ADoseofBuckley I didn't mean to suggest LPL was duped, I said he bought it. He reviews security devices. My original comment stands. The device functioned perfectly. Mission accomplished
Well put...but one as a diversion...I'll get one and put a couple hundred grand in it! I think they still make that candy bar...gotta keep them safe in the safe...right?
Been a while since we've seen single pin picking of tubular locks.
Always a thrill to discover new and innovative pieces of disappointment.
You could say LPL really is "peeling back the layers" to reveal Yale's security flaws! 😬😏🙈
lock peeling lawyer?
I purchased a non-alarmed version from this product range a while back, predominantly because you hadn't featured it on your channel. Now I have to throw it away and start another Safe Search 😭
I'm alarmed you don't feel safe using this product from Yale. So much for big name schools. I think you just schooled them!
Yale is named for the man that started the company . He's probably rotating in his grave over what the money men have done to his name.
Imagine yourself how bad your safe has to be where someone recommends you to use it as an easily accessible decoy from the real safe.
It's the half-suppressed chuckle on the second open for me. 😂
Have there been any tubular locks that His tool can't crack with just a wiggle?
Wow. Even as tubular locks go, that's about the fastest he's gotten that tool to work. We're talking kid's toy level of resitance.
*places 8 of them around the house with a Billy puppet doll next to one*
"Mr home invader. I want to play a game"
I was staying in a hotel a few years ago and needed to ask reception to open my safe with a backup key, the guy who came to do it said the way it works is that using the backup key resets the code to the default 0000, so that no one can use the backup key without the owner knowing that the backup key has been used.
You could hack the alarm and add a photocell to the tubular lock hole so when the backup cover is removed it goes off and it would be greatly improved.
fun fact: the safe wasn't originally alarmed but then it realised that it was bought by LPL
Not one but two chuckles. Even LPL can't believe how easy that is. Great work, Yale. It's so bad that it's actually funny.
Are all tubular locks this bad, or does LPL just point out the weak ones?
When an expert lock picking crook shows up with every lock pick made to man, and a bunch, he designed, and had manufactured, I know, I am in trouble.
LPL:
My refrigerator is harder to open, and louder.
using it as a diversion for potential thieves is a cold, cold line.
he's hiding something from us in that safe.
Lol
The note "please do not store override keys inside"
Honestly, the only reason why I even own one (a different brand but a similar safe) is because the law makes me. It's a mere last door for anyone who attempts to break into my place of residence, and currently it sits empty since what should be in there is on me at all times
"do not store override keys inside" - and LPL took that as a challenge
What?? Holy moly this is absolutely ridiculous - thanks so much Sir