ERA Fortress

[nicholls]

Oh and the latch reverse doesn't have a machine bolt in, you can change it with the given tool, no more screwing.

[pinky]

far from being good, the new anti picks are far less problematic than the old lever, it picks even quicker than the old era range .
i was dissapointed with the ones i bought as they were no real challenge, i had expected it to be far harder than it is.
Its far from an improvement guys.

[Don Braidwood]

When I was doing a basic locksmith course a Mr Stuart Jones came to me from ERA who was the technical lock guy, his purpose in coming was to see the opening methods for mortice locks to then be able to design a new lock that would be hopefully more secure and difficult to pick, he was a great guy.

Don

[pinky]

well in the fortress they didnt do a very good job at all, they succeeded in defeating the current crop of decoders, but not pure picking, instead of making the lock harder to pick they simplified the pure picking process of the lock, fortuneatly they didnt possess enough information when creating the lock, either their intelligence was flawed or they neglected to colate enough or the right info on the picking process.

i was full of expectation for the picking challenge ahead once the locks were recieved, sadly they didnt live up to expectation this time round, i hope the legge holds more challenge once released.

Not just the fortress, but securfast too decided to make their new lock simpler to defeat, by making it pickable now by curtain pick and decoder.

though some of the new crop of cylinders being released are certainly going to be a challenge.

[pinpusher]

Wait till you try the new Walsall,I found the old one hard to pick so got the SV decoder. The new one will not let get to the back of the levers to decode but picks easy with the CB pick & they made it easy to drill from both sides so not a better lock. Still hope for the legge. Eddie

[pinky]

got to look at the walsall, im told that its pickable with the decoder too using front of lever pack and different pin from a pin. will post once tested.