These are the best safes ever. Simply buy at least 10 of them and put them all over the house. Then put your valuables under a couch cushion. The thieves will be so dazzled by the safes they won't even bother looking elsewhere for loot!;)

What would have been funnier is if you can buy the tool at Harbor Freight!

Remember, Locks only keep the honest people out.

I picked up a safe like this at a garage sale and it's so bad you can just hit the top of the safe and turn the knob to open it. ( hitting the top makes the solenoid move out of the way so the locking bolt can be moved) the backup key was also a joke. And there was a code reset button inside the safe that with a little work you could reset the code from the outside without even knowing the original code. Better off using a safe like this as a dummy safe. Great video people should be aware of what they are buying and you help them with that.

I just bang on the top with my fist while tensioning the knob to the right. Opens every time because it knocks the actuator open.

Wow! I was just heading out the door to buy one of these safes. Thanks for this video!

I wonder if LPL ever watches his old videos to see how far he has come in terms of quality and skill

the real glow up for lpl is his microphone and his confidence in delivery

That's so funny. Even if you knew the combination to this foolish thing, it would be quicker to get into it by picking the lock than by bothering with tapping in the numbers.

"No one will ever know that I was in your safe." *_laughs nervously_*

I was able to open one of these safes by bouncing it on a bed and turning the knob when the safe reached zero gravity at the top of the bounce. Love the idea of putting bricks and newspapers inside these safes and using them as lures for thieves to focus on while your real valuables are hidden elsewhere.

Very alarming indeed. Timing a good whack into the top of the box with turning the knob usually also makes an easy entry.

There are so many ways to open this without the key or combination, it simply defies belief. 1. As demonstrated above. 2. If batteries charged, push long piece of metal (coat hanger) through rear/bottom holes and hit reset switch. Then reset your new code and open. 3. If not secured down, or mounted on carpet or bouncy surface, simply strike the safe over door (shock the weighted solenoid) repeatedly while 'jerk' rotating the handle, it opens easily within a few good whacks. 4. On the larger fire and gun safe variants, that have plastic panels over the lock face, simply place a large neodymium magnet in a sock or similar slippery cloth and drag over the door face to activate (withdraw) the solenoid.

Just epoxy the lock tumbler, and don't forget your combo.

I have safes like this in several locations through the house, so the problem is to find one holding anything valuable. Good idea to fix a proximity alarm to them as well.

I bought one of these for $20 and replaced the tubular lock with a nice Medeco cam lock and have it bolted down. For what I keep in it I think it was a great buy!

Massively overstated!!!! If you have this special tool then you can get into the safe- true! But most people don't have this special tool, so the safe is a very good safe as far as most people are concerned. If someone needs to keep out not just opportunistic thieves but ones who will come prepared with this special tool then obviously a more expensive safe should be bought, or they could remove the lever that the key operates and make sure they record the PIN somewhere and keep the batteries good.

If you use a piece of scrap metal to cover the reset inside the door, cover inside the door where the LEDs are to prevent the coat hanger trick and press JB weld into the bypass lock keyway and use good construction adhesive under the plastic cover to prevent the cover from coming off. Provided you will then have to make sure your battery doesn't go dead because if it does you're screwed

The cadence and verbal fry is like seeing the open mic footage of a now great comic.

I do appreciate your videos and I know it's easy to open with a lock tool but again I would like to see it picked by hand and you talk through it what to do and not to do etc etc Keep up the good work I do enjoy them.

Good vid but to be fair, you can’t say it offers “no level of security”. I mean, even putting your valuables in a shoe box offers some level of security.

LPL has been doing PSA for a long time, unsung hero

DOH! The SnapSafe 'security locker' I was planning to get has this same bogus lock setup, just mounted on a wedge and re-branded. I appreciate the knowledge LPL. Thanks for yet another wake up call.

I use a hardened chain around it held on the sides with grade 5 bolts fender washers. Then use a abus 10 padlock.the metal on the box is stout,fix the chain around it,have it bolted down and its much tougher.

I have found this safe works very well. In order to prevent thieves stealing my valuables I've found it best to place said valuables on a nice sturdy table. Upon removing the valuables, the thief finds a spring plate has just popped up and has let go of a rope. The impact from a Harbour Freight safe seems to cause 100% of thieves to drop the lot as well as take a nap while their face pisses blood. 10/10, would bludgeon again.

For years back from today this video was uploaded. LPL, you sound much more gentle today. You develop faster than master lock does 👍

You can also stick a long skinny screwdriver or a piece of metal in a hole in the back and push it in to reset the combination

You can also use a flat head screwdriver and jam it in at the top of the protruding keypad assembly, yank down and ripped the entire keypad off. Then you just stick your finger in the little hole that the turn knob goes into and push down on the locking lever and then open the safe. The whole process from start to finish takes about 12 seconds.

This is the funniest LPL video ever! The way he laughs at himself for indicating the safe belonged to the viewer. And the remark of welding a decent lock to it! Top drawer my good man!

Even though I have no plans whatsoever ever to break into a safe, or anything else, I feel the need to order a set of those, just so I can.

They open easily with a magnet too.

You can also bang on the top, even if it's bolted to a concrete wall. Sure, you have to bang it harder than if it's freestanding, but you can open it. I know because I lost the key, forgot the combination, the battery was dead, and didn't want to wait for the $30 tool. I didn't know I could use the tool to make a new key, so maybe I'll order the tool anyway. The only purpose of the safe, btw, is to make people feel secure. I have two of these safes, 24 hour security, in a small gated community. If they get past the gate and guards, I don't think a safe (almost always with absolutely anything in them) is going to stop a determined thief.

Number 21!? This is og, thanks KZfaq recommendations 😄

I guess you can always buy one, take a dump in it, and surprise the next guy who tries to break into it. XD

I picked one similar to this last week for my Dad. his had a crappy wafer lock but was almost as quick to open!

Glad to know both that my safe is insecure, and that I can get in without having to schedule with a locksmith. I won't trust important things in the safe anymore, I'll get a better one.

Well what do you know. This was exactly what I was looking for. I was considering buying one of these in the future, but I'm glad I looked up on how easy they could be picked. Thanks.

You've really polished up your game since these days I gotta say

Another option is to hide it very well. For example, you have to crawl under my house where there's only 16" of vertical clearance (not enough room to use a regular shovel). Dig down about 30" where you will hit 11½" thick pad of cured concrete I poured over the top of this safe. You will have to chip through that concret, then get your fancy $30 tool to easily pick the safe. Congratulations, you now have access to my expired credit card I keep in the safe. As far as me not knowing you were in the safe...you will need to pour concrete, let it cure, return to place the dirt back, remove all evidence of chipped out concrete...and do this all quietly without alerting the family dog to your presence. Good Luck!

Looks strong enough to keep a curious/hapless adolescent away from a firearm.

Have you tried picking the Harbor Freight padlocks? I see you have a video where a Chinese lock had plastic inside that you were able to crack. I was wondering if the HF locks were to same? You can buy 3 in a package for $5.00 on sale. BTW, I really enjoy watching your videos, good stuff.

I saw a video of a guy cracking one by hitting it on the top while turning the latch.

Just add a heavy duty padlock hasp to it. Or if you want to get technical, add a remote controlled solenoid lock inside the safe that can only be accessed from inside the safe.

Without the tube lock picking tool, I push the electronic combination reset button by putting a rod through the security hole in the back wall of the safe. Then I input the factory reset code ,"159", and the safe unlocks without a fancy tube lock picking tool. But, I would rather have the tube lock picking tool instead.

I get what you mean, but if they are that prepared then they would probably show up with a grinder and make quick work of the sheet metal. The thieves where I live are dumb and crude. They smash in car windows and grab things, they are quick and dirty. My prediction is that just seeing a metal box bolted to the wall is probably enough to deter most thieves from wasting time on it.

Thought the sounds was weird. Looked at the time stamp. You've been doing this a long time bravo

It's like the old u-locks you could open with the cap of a bic pen lol

Everyone needs two safes. One left in the master bedroom closet with a few papers in it for the robbers to find, and one fire safe to put in the last place anyone would look. Find that place, and then put a box of dirty laundry over the top of the safe or a box of old books, or etc etc. Something that suits the out of the way place. Works more often than not. A robber will not turn over a pantry, a utility room press, the back of a kitchen cupboard filled with pots and pans. It's too easy.

The lock on mine is super-secure. One of the pins is just flopping around with no spring tension and the lock is bound up. Luckily, the code still works so I could replace the whole cam lock without breaking in.

I remember when kryptonite first came out with the u-bolt bike locks we used to go around school and pick them with Bic pens. We would unlock the bikes and switch locks on guys’ bikes. Hilarious!

I think I would do as you said and weld a hasp on it with a descent padlock. Too many similar safes have the same vulnerabilities.👍

You don't even have to pick it, just hit the top of the box with your hand and the magnetic lock will retract and the handle can turn freely. There is a lot of videos about this technique and I tried it on my safe, it worked.

You can also bang the top and turn the nob at the same time and it will open relatively fast

Have to design a way to lock the panel or put a safety catch to unfasten the panel, or better yet get rid of the key punch lock and back up, replace the locking mechanism with high security lock.

i'm not familiar with the harbor freight version , but these are generic made-in-china "safes" They have a reset button on the hindge side of the door. And that button is accesable through the mounting holes at the bottom. I have only once failed to open these in under a minute. And that time the customer had tried to get in by forcing the lock , after the batteries died.

Even 7 years ago he still made a fantastic content

What would be cool is if you could show us how to make this safe stronger so anyone can't get in them because I know you can get anyone with magnets with banging on the top and with the tool you showed.

Wow, now that's one handy little piece of info! Thank you for the video. I've been considering getting one of these but now you have me pumping the brakes. You mention replacing the cam lock with an Abloy lock.... I'm very handy but know nothing about locks. Can you offer a Abloy replacement lock part number as a suggestion? Also, where do you get one and would it be difficult to replace for someone who has very little knowledge about locks? Thanks again.

When we first saw the picture to the video my son (8y) asked me what that is and how it works. Without looking at the video, I said that it is a safe (that was true) and (without any further thinking) you probably need to have a key and you need to know the combination to open it. He answered: OK that's good, looks secure. After that I thought: maybe "key OR combination" but that would make the whole system weaker. I never considered that it's that easy to get into. What a shame! Looking forward to see the amazed face of my son when I'll show him this video tomorrow :-) Thanks for sharing.

I just opened one just like that for a guy at work, bop the top and its open, he lost his key, and ran batteries dead. But if you add a spring to hold the selinoid unlocking plate up better, its harder to bop into it. But the lock is still its weekest link.

My family used one similar as a fire box. kept the children out, but all you would find is a photo album.

Damn old LPL sounds sleepy as hell

Let's be realistic here most people/thieves do not carry or own a tool like that but thanks for sharing with the thieves how to do it

As they say, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. If you skimp on even one part of your lock, the entire thing is essentially worthless as soon as that cut cost is discovered

This is universal, the VAST majority of safes use barrel locks. The easier way is with a magnet. Beyond that, all locks are only a suggestion.

Some of these safes, you can just thump the top with your fist and turn the handle at the same time and boom, unlocks.

Do you have this tool available for purchase on your website?

Omg, i just found his channel and his voice hasn’t really changed

I can only imagine what kinda security this guy has at home. Everytime his kid tries to get a cookie he's going to have to pick a lock lol

This is a 250 lb 48" high safe!! That's NUTS! I assumed that this was a cheap hotel safe. Recommendation: Include a long shot or photo of the entire safe in these videos. (The weight and size are in LPL's comments below.)

You for got to mention that with a simple hand held grinder you can cut into a so called real safe as well. So all commercial safes are simply a deterrent.

The key version of this safe is one of the easiest rake picks there is. I was a little bit amazed how fast I got into my friends when she lost her code. btw to reset it, there's a button on the inside, just press it, and enter a new code+A or B after the sound it makes.

This is a young LPL a little baby in fact. It makes papa proud to see how far he's come.

Is there a lock mechanism you could recommend that would replace the vulnerable tube lock it comes with? It would be nice to be able to switch it out and keep the safe.

That did not sound like you. Different audio ?, Sick ?, Drunk ?,….None the less…genius !

I bought one of these also. Mine also opened right up if you gave it a few shakes. I returned it.

Lock picking lawyer someone managed to also get in from smacking the top of the safe and at the same time rotate the knob!

Wow, if I was a criminal, I’ll just watch all your videos and know how to easily break into anyone safe with little to no knowledge on how to do so thank you

Just checking out some of your old videos. Love your work brother. I started picking on a harbor freight safe similar to this with a different locking mechanism. Ah good times

1) the difference in polish and presentation between this and your current videos is astonishing 2) Theres another use case you’re ignoring: I bought one of these because they’re cheap and who doesn’t want a wall safe behind a painting to stash twinkies in 😂

i have opened one of these using only a screwdriver, the barrel is not indexed and can simply be rotated with a screwdriver in the notch at the top, the combination had been forgotten, and i had been asked to cut it open, so had nothing to loose and was expecting a fight, there was very little resistance to it turning......

At least you can open your safe for cheap if you loose the keys or forgot the key combination lol

LPL was def tipsy filming this... love it!

Okay, so the safe only costs about $35, so to make it secure just drop a few drops of super glue into the key hole. Thats it. Write down the code on a small piece of paper and hide it in a crazy location that is not near the safe. Problem solved. The safe will tell you when the batteries are low.

My philosophy for securing something is only have one path in. Having an override makes the lock only as strong as its weakest link. A charging port is the way to go.

What size tool did you use for this? I have the same safe and am trying to buy the right one

I have old candy dispensers. When we moved, I couldn't find where I hid the keys. Never did find them. Since taking up lock picking, as a hobby, I ordered those cheap tools. Of the 3 candy dispensers, I got two opened. One of them just refuses to open. I dropped gun oil and WD40 into it, to free up the pins. Still, no way I can get it opened.

Cops didn’t get into mine and I just recently tore it apart to see how great of security it was actually in value of in truth and it’s best use is more of a faraday cage for electronic devices when you go to bed or a end table or something else like a boat anchor or a passenger in a demolition derby car for a navigator and pawn to keep you from being the next pancake. Birdbath would not work so well , but if someone has the absolute necessity to create one or ten million, more power to each and everyone of them and their insecurity safes

You could also just bounce it up and down on the bed to trigger the spring in the safe

To be fair, nobody goes to Harbor Freight expecting quality merchandise.

I'm giving this safe and credit but as I've always said before. Locks only keep out honest people.

The best locks are the ones opened telepathically

I'll have to order the pick. your information is very appreciated

That description is gold

Okay I designed a safe: It's a box of 10 inch steel and a note that says "please don't open" should do well in the market

My dad gave me one of these a long time ago. Idk if they downgraded or upgraded them but my core is a lot better... Or at least I can't pick it, not that that is saying much.

“To little or no skill.” Sounds perfect

I was actually almost ready to go buy me one but after this video I'm not buying anymore.

This guy is like a cross between Macgyver and 007!

I used to use one of these safes at work to keep my lunchbox secured.