As a lock picker myself, the other core you have in the cheaper model (The crescent shaped keyway one) is better than this one as it is driverless and uses a sidebar, and is also very difficult to tension. That core in this model with the nightlatch would be a great lock. Also, for a future model since all of these are Chinese cores, you might try one of the more secure Chinese cores such as the Yuema, Bosidun, Meilibao free spinning slider cores, the Omellow R3 core, Mansion pin blocker core, or the new Meilibao sidebar check cylinder.

I'm far from an expert lock-picker. May I ask what the reasoning for the multiple bearings in this lock? What security advantage was intended?

well - consider yourself to get an inrush of orders - a "non-negative" review from LPL is often considered STONX for the lock maker just because HE was able to open it that quickly doesn'T mean anyone is - I'm sure it takes quite some skills to do so

@@FrancisRoyCA Hi Francis, the multiple ball bearing ensure the knob moves sturdy and smooth

@@cryptearth we have upgrated the cylinder sir, thank you

100%. This quality for price is 💪

After watching this I immediately bought one of these locks. LPL recommendation is solid gold.

Easilok waking up to a positive LPL review: *"Christmas miracles do exist"*

I hope they're ready, in a few hours Easilok's are going to be sold out everywhere.

No kidding. Sales are gonna go thru the rood. Buy now before they are gone ;)

I bet LPL can still open it

Attempted lockpicker: "Do you want to be a wall?! Is that it!? DO YOUR JOB, YOU DISOBEDIENT INGRESS!"

I hope that while the latch is engaged the door won't open from the inside either - otherwise there's a risk of you "locking" yourself out even with the key.

@@Blake_StoneI would think for safety reasons (emergency exit), you’d want it to be able to open from the inside either way. Plus, how could you lock yourself out if you can’t engage the deadbolt from the outside?

​​@@nhatmanduPresumably you could engage the switch while the door is open, then close it behind you(this would only work to keep it *unlocked*, however). That said, the previous comment still doesn't make sense with this scenario, unless you & I are missing a Key detail. 🤔 EDIT: D'oh! Of course! Climb out the window.

A master key can open any door, a master look can be open by any key

@@miglespigles2025 LMAO

YEAH

Lmao!!! Facts!!!

Personally, I've always thought master locks are perfect for beginners

I came here to say this. :)

Either worth buying or worth taking the time out of your day to laugh at whatever monstrosity came in the mail for him

Unless he finds 20 ways of defeating the lock 😅

Well the lock was picked by 1:49 of the video. The rest of the time was LPL disassembling the deadbolt.

@@pepe6932 but with the built in night latch flipped it would have taken much much longer and been considerably harder. If its even possible

As he proceeds to pick it within 30 seconds...

@@danesparza77 I said it was very well-built… not pick resistant.

@@lockpickinglawyer also said that people experienced with dimple core picking wouldn't have too much trouble picking it open. Still, best lock that i've actually seen you reviewing.

@@lockpickinglawyer Is there a way to upgrade the internals to make it better?

@@BoilerRoomRadio he says at the end of the video he couldn't upgrade the core to something with more security, so I would guess not. Unless I misheard/misunderstood him. But still seems like a decent lock

I don't blame them! This is practically a glowing review!

realistically any half way decent lock should be built that way. just look at all the schlage locks minus S-line which has plastic parts and they were shit

@@crempidowo3061 yes,

true but there's a reason in this particular industry they keep so oppressively to press fits and crimp fastenings: Being able to deconstruct a lock especially from the locked side can be considered a serious security issue or how even a compromise of the integrity of the lock

If you can make internals you can easily make the externals just as well as they did and probably better

If you get one, video the nightmare and frustration you have trying to fit it. 🤣

Really hard =\= Impossible So it's not really a challenge.

People with negative IQ will manage to screw this up, guaranteed

Every time something is advertised as idiot proof they come along and make a better idiot. The world has heard "how stupid can you get" and accepted the challenge...

@@marcogenovesi8570 As someone with negative IQ I take offense to this. OF COURSE we'll manage to screw it up, it's just what we do for a living you know?

Prevents your wife from catching you sleeping with her sister too. lol

Objects can be replaced. I would leave my door open all day if it guaranteed NO ONE got in my house once me and my family were there.

@@dragonkyng I wouldn't, but that's because I live somewhere with a lot of rain and cold weather

@@PeterJavi I wouldn't too because although objects can be replaced, maybe I don't have the money to replace them right now, so maybe I find myself back home with no TV, no PC no nothing and no money to buy another one. An also not every object can be replaced, but that depends on how much attachment you do have for a certain object.

@@Rem694u2 Prevents you from catching Subaru sleeping with Ram.

had that night latch feature over 50 years now, how we always got busted after sneaking out for teenage pranks years back

The nightlatch on this one is just a physical key in a keyseat. Made well enough you wouldn't be able to tension the pins to tell.

​@@scottrackley4457Wrong, its a plastic knob that pushes something in the mechanism to make the outside knob do nothing .

What if u have it accidentally latched when ur not home. So how would I open the lock?

@@8til826 well seeing has it has to be locked for the function to actually do that and you can't close a door with a locked deadbolt in it that isn't a problem

We are very grateful to LPL, and hope to give our customers more convenience .

Stick a few serrated and spool pins in the dimple core and it is far beyond what is needed for normal residential housing.

I achieved more than what Masterlock has done in over 50 years when I jammed a Lego under my door to keep my brother out when I was 9.

@@I0lcatz Anyone putting a note on the door with "please don't enter" has done more then Masterlock has done in 50 years

@@I0lcatz Hahahaha. That's brilliant.

Don’t blame Masterlock. Their product quality is dictated by their customers. They are merely marketing a product that people demand.

The designer probably got fired for blowing the entire marketing department's budget on materials. Fortunately for them, LPL gave them a far better advertisement for free!

A promotion lol lpl isn't God pal

*whomever

@@Hyperlink1337 blasphemer!

I think it's something along founder-inventor of the company.

@@jednick Ah interesting - good catch on the switch to a lower tier product with a zinc casting. Thanks

how do oyu search for a new core with keys? what key words did you use?

@@13FRAMER Easilok has cores listed on their web site. The Schlage compatible cores are option A and dimple key cores are option B. The dimple choice includes three cores and 15 keys.

@@13FRAMER I tried to put a direct reference to the listing, but it was automatically edited out.

Me too.

Just buy the highest rated Schlage and use 3 to 4 inch screws on the striker plate. Almost no criminals know how to pick a lock and Schlage is very difficult for most people to pick and they are very sturdy against kick in, which is way more important than pick resistance. Criminals are dumb.

Hope LPL knows what that abbreviation means, personally I do not

@@harrickvharrick3957 Most Valuable Player. Mostly used in games/sports for the best player on a team.

@@jowjowbro bedankt!

He eagerly wants to show us how much sturdy stainless steel there is in this simple little deadbolt. (TBH, that one Easilok model there seems to have more stainless steel in it than Master has in their whole product catalog)

At a security conference where he was a speaker, he said he deliberately makes his videos fast and to the point because people have short attention spans and won't stick around for +10 minute long videos, thus making it all that much more difficult to get his message out to the broader public

Not even using the tray to store everything

@@kemicbi Yea, however those of us who have been watching him for a while know that when a video exceeds 3 minutes in length, there's going to be a GOOD reason for it. Either we pull out the popcorn as LPL decimates yet another lock, or we are treated to a rare gem like this where a lock actually garners some praise.

I was more wondering how long it took him to get it all back together again afterwards, haha.

It's on their website.

I saw an ad for the lock and they featured a screenshot of the video in their ad. Actually it made me a little wary as the ad quality was low that they had taken him out of context but i was happy to see they didn't.

He liked it because it was over built. Everyone here seemed to have forgotten it took him 30 seconds to unlock it.

@@thomasolson7447 and you seem to forget that the person doing the unlocking has more expertise than 90% of professional locksmiths who do this as a job.

@@kartushkaportato8301 it took him a minute to get three 683. That bike lock is more secure than that deadbolt.

You need to get your woman under control if you have to ask permission to buy a lock. I'm kidding! :) or am I... ?

@@paullawrie You should always consult with your partner before making a decision that will affect both of you..?

@@paullawrie someones letting the incels run amok again....

Must be real steel in the screw .

Now we just need a Mediumlock that impossible to pick and average quality

@@ozzycommander Why settle? Get a shitty lock and they'll have to come through the window.

@@ozzycommander Mediumlock should be a fake, novelty lock were the cylinder is welded with a block that prevents it from opening fully even when unlocked. Kinda sketchy in build but it's more than serviceable.

Interesting comparison, like Iceland which is quite green, and Greenland which is pretty much ice

NoLok: Door is welded shut.

And according to him, it's a bargain. That's the kind of design and craftsmanship i would hope for in anything i buy. You rarely get that nowadays.

Can i ask why so many bearings? Does that add security somehow? Or reliability?

@@skie6282 just a sign of over engineering, which is rarely a bad thing

@@skie6282 Why ask him? EASILOK as a pinned comment. Ask them.

@@skie6282 makes the lock turn and handle effortlessly feels great ,the big bearing specifically is very rare.

That's how you get new and repeat business...by making a lock that should never need to be replaced unless you move

I wasn't sure whether you meant any master lock to date or all of them put together, then I realized you're probably right either way.

Heck, the Vegas trip is a GO

Champagne is a drink. Champaign is a city in Illinois.

@@MattsInTheBelfry "Champagne" is a region in France.

@@davidnull5590 and a drink

Stop fawning.

LPL: They should use a standard key-in-knob cylinder. Easilok CEO: Boys, why aren't we using those cylinders?

Except it’s not cheap

@@danjohnson6870 Quality is never cheap. It's one or the other.

It's a $100 lock.

@@ireallyreallyhategoogle "because nothing we have here is standard" ;D

Great call. LPL, please try this.

If the key doesn't work when latched on the inside, how will picking work?

@@taylorhofman3547 It wont

@@gnoldi sometimes it does if the build quality is trash

I was just about to ask the same thing!

NO! NO! NO! Many people say I am sick in the head. NOOOO!!!! I don't believe them. But there are so many people commenting this stuff on my videos, that I have 1% doubt. So I have to ask you right now: Do you think I am sick in the head? Thanks for helping, my dear z

He won't be wondering.

@@professorfukyu744 He might blink a few times, but he won't be wondering.

*STONKS*

Provided it's not a privately owned company

I saw a video on that and looking at the keys it seems only the center pathway of the core has any pins so it probably isn't any more difficult to open.

@@Hartbreak1 the shape of the keyways what's going to make it interesting. The layout will make it extremely challenging to get tension on for all but the best locksmiths.

@@leechowning2712 hmm yeah I would like to see how LPL would approach tension on that keyway.

@@leechowning2712 I have that version and it puts up multiple challenges in terms of picking. The first is that the core turns along with the knob. Second, the only way I have found to tension it is by inserting a narrow traveler hook on one side and pulling up on it. The other challenge has to do with the pins. They give almost no feedback and seem to be serrated. That may be because this type of core usually doesn't use the pins directly to unlock it. Each pin has a few serrations and one wide groove. The key pushes the pins up so that all the wide grooves are lined up, at which point a sidebar can drop into the groove and the core can turn. I can't tell for sure that that's what's going on, because the core is sealed and cannot be gutted, but based on other similar cores that I have gutted, such as an older style Yuema padlock (pre-model 750), and a Baodean door lock core, that is the system which they use and they feel the same to pick.

@@theodorgiosan2570 I am really hoping somebody gets one of them for him. Unfortunately my budget does not cover $100 purchase right the moment or I'd get it for my own house. I remember further back he had a similar key way, but if I remember it actually was a challenge for him.

50 plus years ago it was a common feature on most deadbolts. Family cottage still has one that's probably older than my grandmother....

@@creamwobbly Not just the US, Europe (or at least Hungary where I'm from) seems to not have night latches either anymore. Don't know why. I bet they would sell like hotcakes.

@@creamwobbly it's mainly because they aren't made anymore. If it's sturdy, if it's secure, you sell 1000. If it falls apart or is junk, somehow you sell a million. Even grade 2 commercial is garbage, and I sell them daily at our key shop.

@@hamham_6411 Thank you for specifying the country. 'This is how things are in Europe' comments drive me nuts, especially when I live in a European country (the UK) and have never seen or heard of what they are talking about.

"Dongguan A-Grade Lock Manufacture Co.,Ltd, It's Our factory which was established in 2010 and located in Asia." sic. Basically ... MADE IN CHINA

@@gdxd7956 not everything made there is crap. You can tell the good stuff because there are chinese knock-offs. Of chinese products. Yeah, like they care about intellectual property.

It's an amazingly made lock, for a grade 3 lock. Common residential. All while being priced at around grade 2, while not being as secure as it. not sure why anyone whould buy this

@@my_channel_44 I didn't say anything about quality. The original post was about "price".

From my limited understanding this lock is pickproof since you can latch it. That is pretty amazing.

It it really. I wish this guy would have tried picking it with that night latch enabled, then MAYBE I'd consider getting one. However if I leave my home and (obviously) don't have it enabled...my home is completely vulnerable, so still in the end..it's NOT worth getting.

@@Bertminator if the main key doesn't even work when the night latch is on, would normal picking methods still work?

As Bill said, if the KEY will not open it in the latched position, picking would not either since picking just simulates the operation of the proper key. Databyter

My parents house in Eastern Europe has a lock from 1987 that has a night latch. My 2015 door has forgotten that "feature".

@@ClaudiuTudoras Your parents were more proactive about security than you are. It says a lot about the time and place you live in now to need to rely only on such lax security. Be glad of this fact.

just be sure to change the core and pins, since lack of pick-resistance is its only weakness it seems

@@olipolygon I doubt the average burglar is going to be a master lock picker. They look for easier ways to get in. Like walking through the unsecured sliding glass door in the back of the house.

@@dr.floridamanphd yea true maybe if they did pick this lock they would stop in fascination at all the cool features of the lock

@@dr.floridamanphd TBF it's not that hard to be a Master Lock picker. ;)

@@jason-paulwells6696 However, some people never learn that!

What he said was that they should use a standard key-in-knob cylinder. They shouldn't have too much trouble using something that is standard.

It's not usually about a lack of expertise in the lockmaking companies. More like cost-cutting.

@@Quasihamster Or just not caring. Why make good products when you can sell cheap crap at the same price?

@@Quasihamster They didn't cut too many costs on this lock.

@@stargazer7644 not on build quality, but maybe on the lock? I may be wrong, as I'm very much speaking out of my ass.

Sir,thanks for your endorsement. We are upgrading the cylinders.We will make it as soon as possible and give our customers the best experience:) .

How many billions of $100 deadbolts do you think they sell?

yesss🤨

“See? Everybody cares.”

I get that reference. So, you and I are both kinda oldish. Comment made me smile. :-)

@@Retired-Don I'm glad someone got the reference.

Wow, my name is David Pyne too and I have watched this guy before a few times but not 8 hours after another David Pyne. Where do you live David?

Good point.

I was impressed by this as well, and even more so because they're all pretty large screws. The very tiny Phillips head screws that tend to come with small appliances or electronics easily strip, making them more difficult to take in and out after many years of service. Screws this size will probably be good to use for many years to come without risk of stripping, and if they're made of the same stainless steel as the housing, unlikely to rust as well.

True, whomever thought up this design did an excellent job! Good material, good fitment great assembly.

👍🏻 good point I didn’t notice it, they definitely put a lot of thought into it.

Been a locksmith for 10 years. To disasemble a lock you never need more than 2 types of screw drivers. That's not something this lock excells at, it's just standardization for the entire industry. Fact is you either need a philips 2 or a robertson 2. Schlage will very rarely need a torx, and shit made from 20 years ago or further will amost all need a flat head. I could go around with those 4 tools and be able to disassemble literally every single lock made in the last 10 years

The whole time I'm running the bill of labor to assemble this thing. I'm gonna guess that a a fair amount of it would be hand assembled. Hope they are really padding their overhead.

@@notsam498 Same here. Probably not insignificant BOM cost either, with ball bearings and several SS castings. I don't know what it retails for, but I would be surprised if it was cheap.

@@mr_gerber one would hope they bring down the part count in future version. It's nice to see all that attention to detail and craftsmanship though. Increased parts (especially fasteners) is driving up potential for failure or misassembly.

@@mr_gerber It looks like its retail price is 3-4x the price of a standard “name brand” deadbolt you can purchase at one of the big chains.

@@MarcosElMalo2 so still relatively inexpensive, considering the build quality

Just barely though ;)

For many uses (not all by a long shot!) the "Notalock" would probably be all that is needed.

Not really, foil impressioning is extremely effective against dimple locks.

I mean if your door can be kicked in easily, yeah, if you have an actually secure door, there are better choices

@@Jimwill01 after seeing LPL showing the notalock I’ve been on the hunt for some. Perfect for my bird cages!

​@@gemnfert After checking online, all I could find was Amazon, which was out of stock, and one other company that listed it, but also out of stock. The other company showed a price of $9.99! Maybe LPL could show us how to rig a cheap lock to do the same thing?

Took LPL 30+ seconds, which is effectively unpickable.

ln this case the old cliche', "Locks are for honest people" is entirely correct.

What do you gain from the fact is built in such good quality, if it doesn't increase security? It's not like normal locks break apart or anything. Honestly, for me this screams it's overengineered.

@@jankoodziej877 durability....

@@KarrasBastomi if regular lock is durable enough to survive my lifetime, I don't see a point in increasing the durability.

yeah, we are solving the issues. thank you

That's where the low pick resistance comes in... it's a feature not a bug

Shouldn't you doors lock when you close them anyways?? Over here almost all entrance doors don't have a handle on the outside.

Talking residential and not commercial, unless someone uses an electronic deadbolt, I've never encountered an automatically locking deadbolt.

@@petermuller7687 I was thinking the same thing :D. I now always check twice I have my keys on me, having once locked my self out and having had to literally MacGyver a pole and hook to 'fish' my keys, through the letterbox, from the hallstand 15 feet away :lol:.

stash a copy key somewhere

Would a sledgehammer knock it right off the door? The protrusion seems like a big vulnerability. What do you think?

@@pepperpepperpepper Anybody using a sledge doesn't care about locks. They just kick the door in.

@@pepperpepperpepper stainless is hard and there is the same two bolts all locks have holding the 2 sides together so maybe. But an attack entry doesn't care about the lock they're coming in lock or no lock. Stealth entry requires picking and no one has that solved yet.

@@firesurfer Agreed - to a sledgehammer, the door and door frame are much softer targets.

Hi Vinemaple, the cylinder have been improved, if you are interested, we can give you a discount. welcome to visit our website

@David Hsiang hi! Is there any chance to get an electronic lock from you? I love the quality of this lock, but I'm actually spoiled by not having to carry keys for the last 20 years. I have keyless entry on my car and got a digital keypad on my home so I didn't have to worry about my 2 kids losing their key at school, and now I'm interested in a non-physical key (IR or RF transmitter used in conjunction with an RFID) that I will make myself (so that no one else knows exactly how it works) so a motorized lock/unlock mechanism on the inside would be so awesome!!! It could be battery-powered for a commercial product you sell.

@@davidjones8942 yes of course we are sdjusting the APP of our e-lock, our e-lock is quite special from others, i can send you a earlier view by email. my email is on our website.

Easilok has seen it! Read the pinned comment

Yes, we have seen it .It helpes us a lot . We are very grateful to LPL.😁

It looks like the bible on the KiK needs to be wide to prevent it from moving in the slot. The only KiK I know of that's wide is the Lockwood V7. And that's no longer made. It might even be too wide. You could probably shim a more standard KiK but it would probably require some soldering to keep it in place.

The company offers the same locking mechanism with different cores. There is a "Home entry" vs "Storefront entry" products page with a wide variety of cores and features for enthusiasts, comparatively more expensive than this lowest level security deadbolt. If you don't like the core get one of the more standardized core locks they sell.(expensive) This lock is amazing for the price it is at for the specified use case of easier home entry as it is marketed to elderly, kids and adults that want to be cheap. EDIT: they offer the same lock in a SC keyway model. you have to customize it with them but are able to change the biting later on but not the core.

Probably physically prevents the locking mechanism from turning. At that point it doesn't matter what the pins are doing if the core can't turn anyway

It also seems like a great way to get locked out of your house by curmudgingly roommates, jilted lovers, and mischievous adolescents.

@@CeeJMantis no more so than a normal night latch.

I think we've seen enough locks give up with a simple rubbet mallet bonk or a thin blade inserted into the mechanism to realize that even a keyless lock is pickable if you know how.

@@drakkenmensch *bonk* My favorite part of this lock-picking series

I did the same when I was a kid after seeing Terminator 2 !!!!! For a long I wondered where those metal piece came from!

Thank you .We will keep go on to do better .😁

@@avalu3477 Thank you. It's nice to see a company show interest in reviews like this and customers comments.

If bonuses aren't given, fire the CEO.

thank LPL, and welcome Doug

I'd say go for it. The general construction, from using stainless steel, to the bearings and even the directions on the lock show a level of care not seen often. They purposely designed the lock to be easy to use with neat features. While, it's unfortunate about the core, I think for the average person it should be fine. If that is an issue for you, then I'd suggest simply waiting until the company either improves the core or allows you to swap your own into it. It might help if you send them an email asking for that feature to he added.

I honestly expected it to be more than $100

On Amazon they're actually only between $70 and $90 depending on the lock set, and considering the material that he showed inside is much more durable I would definitively consider it.

How does it stand up to a pipe wrench?

@@beru58 This is why he called it a low security deadbolt. I'd imagine with enough torque you could damage many of the internals.

Yeah-yeah-yeah, woops, woopsey

Oh really?

little arrows that make it really hard to install incorrectly is tight!

@@alterkt3517 I’m gonna need you to get AAAALL the way off my back about the arrows

@@Badchi well let me get off of that thing.

I don't think they're publicly traded. Parent company AISecure, which owns A-Grade Lock Company (apparently their factory in Asia) which produces this lock.

lol just made a comment about buying their stock too :P

tru, nothing screams quality when the company's lowest security deadbolt has better security than mastersuck(masterlock)

I was going to say "no it doesn't", then I remembered most of the bearings in a cheap small car like a Corolla are roller bearings. But still, just the gearbox in your Corolla has far more ball bearings than this lock.

thank you so much

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@LockPickingLawyer Could you confirm this? It seems like a reasonable assumption, but it would be nice to have solid confirmation that the pins are easily swapped with something standard.

Good to know!

If you want the lock to match an existing key you own they also offer that service on their website you just have to send them a copy of your key. Even if you cannot swap pins on your own you still have other options.

@@DoctorDanieI *sends them an Abus key with an evil laugh

Thanks for choosing us and endorsement, we’ll work forward to the best of your experience:)

Just seems like a recipe for getting yourself locked out

And on this day Easy Lock got huge Christmas bonus.

He's not only "Lock Picking", he's also "Lawyer". He probably knows what "copyright" is and how to protect it.

they usually put the video on their website or product page

OMG @ the 2 mentalities above that didn't get the joke. 😆😂🤣

Most lock manufacturers would not want to print their LPL rating, lol.

A few people have commented that on their website they give customisable options, including sending them a copy of the key you want to use in it. May be worth a look?

sure,welcome Spice

Agreed, the framing in LPL videos often assesses pick resistance in locksport terms not crime terms!

@@Mural locksport is such a great term

Yeah, I've picked a fair number of locks but I don't know what I'd even do if I encountered a dimple lock. Call a locksmith I guess? Because my ass ain't getting it open any time soon

They would after watching this video. It's actually quite worrisome how quickly this guy opens locks most of us rely on.

@@huw3851 Almost nobody knows how to pick a lock as far as burglars. I've been doing home improvements and repairs for over 20 years and been called to secure a home after a break-in countless times. In every instance the door was opened by force, and usually by kick in and secondly by crowbar. Most people who know how to do it our legitimate law-abiding citizens who have spent a lot of time training and buying tools to pick locks, people like the lock-picking lawyer. Criminals tend to be too lazy to learn this craft. They know how to break the door frame though. All these burglars with their expert lock picking kits is television and movies. Lock picking burglars must exist but they must be extremely rare. How many people have you personally talked to who had their deadbolt lock picked by a burglar? I've personally never seen it and I'm pretty old. Most locksmiths aren't even that good at it. I know of at least one viewer of this channel who called a locksmith because he didn't have the key to his bike lock. The professional locksmith he called had to use an angle grinder and cut the lock off.

I am sorry to hear that .Just please take care of yourself and get well soon .❤