Pro-fit v Invincible

by **horsefeathers** » 12 Aug 2006 12:48

OK guys - Just what is it about the pesky little Pro-fit that make if seem harder than the Invincible to pick.

My success rate with the Pro-fit is a good deal lower than the Invincible (which is 100% - except for those odd locks out in the field which are jammed/seized/broken/corroded/ etc). With the latter it is easy to pop the high lift levers past the false gates and into the true ones. And easy to tell true from false! Quick nudge on the low(s) and Robert is your mother's brother (Bob's your Uncle).

The levers in the Pro-fit just seem to offer no feedback. I sometimes even struggle to find the false gates, never mind the true ones.

I use the CB picks - are any other brands better suited to the Pro-fits?

regards

by **Shrub** » 12 Aug 2006 14:57

I dont know what your issues are with them they both use almost exact same levers etc and its just the curtain that differs greatly,

I find the Profit very easy and much easier than the invincible which i also find horrendusly easy but then again they were the locks i practiced mortice picking on,

I cant really help you much as you know how to do it and can do it i suggest its a pshicalogical thing in that you belive they are harder,

by **horsefeathers** » 12 Aug 2006 15:09

Strange that i am the opposite - to me Invincibles are much easier than Pro-fits.

(i even heard on the grapevine that a certain high ranking 'Senior member 'drills Pro-fits...but my lips are sealed :wink:

)

The power of positive thinking is what you are saying.

"You will open you B@st@rd or else"...that sort of thing?

regards

by **Shrub** » 12 Aug 2006 15:27

Yup that sort of thinking

by **Mark A** » 12 Aug 2006 17:22

Horsefeathers

For what its worth I agree with Shrub that the Profits are easier to pick.

Must be a " Mind thing"

Mark

by **horsefeathers** » 13 Aug 2006 4:02

It is a conspiricy then......

Goverment agents have crept into my van/storage depot and sabotaged all my Pro-fits. They have put slippy teflon stuff on the edges of all the levers and the bolt stump and also replaced all the lever springs with titanium ones.......

Then a witch came along and put the curse of doom on them all and put her unlockablilty spell on them all.....

And Chris Belcher has sold me his latest wire with the incredible shrinking tip, which while looking ordinary from the outside, once entered into the lock it magically transforms itself into a piece micro technology which never pushes the levers up to the correct postion.......

Or maybe I am just sh*te at opening these...... :lol: