HELP!!! WHAT IS BETTER SLIM LINE OR STANDARD

[motoman32190]

Ok, I am buying my first set and I would like to know what you think I should get and why. Why should I get slim line or standard. What kind of grips do I need and why. Also, a list of picks and wrenches I should get.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

[mrdan]

Slimmies are good for restricted keyways where access is a premuim and you need a better feel for what's going on. Standards are stronger but thicker and may be more clumsy.

If you can, Get both that way you can see for yourself and be able to pick restricted keyways too.

[mrdan]

oh and as for handles. I think if you can get no handles where you hold the bare pick in your fingers, you can feel what you are doing better. Rubber grips and such kind of hamper your ability to feel the picking. IMHO

[UWSDWF]

being new I would suggest the 14pcs southord set slim or not it depends where you live really...

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[Romstar]

Each type of pick has an application.

Standard sized picks are best used in any lock they will fit, AND they are best for beginners. The reasoning is simple. I have seen too many beginners turn slim line picks into twisted steel because they don't know how to be gentle with them.

If you don't know what you are feeling for, or what the feedback should be, you are more prone to over stressing the picks.

Slim line picks are best for very small and tight keyways, and generally speaking these would be something you would attack later because they tend to be much more difficult locks.

As for handles, I am partial to steel and cork. Although the Ilco picks I own have an excellent rubber handle, and the Rytan plastic are nice I tend to use many more steel handle picks than anything else.

The problem with un handled picks is that while they are the best for feedback, they are so thin they can often bite into your hands if used for any length of time.

Romstar

[mrdan]

The problem with un handled picks is that while they are the best for feedback, they are so thin they can often bite into your hands if used for any length of time.

Romstar

I have noticed that. After a lengthy session, my fingers get a little sore.

[Orwell]

Heat shrink plastic tubing makes a good handle, on picks that you use a lot (and I don't bother about the others).

[zerg49]

I was wondering if anyone has tried the peterson picks with rubber handles?

[zeke79]

Yes we have and you can find answers by searching .

[pizarro]

one thing to note is, you can use slim line picks where you would use normal ones, but not necisarraly the other way round.

but as said before, slimmer means thiner, and so means they are easier to bend/deform if you do not have respect for them.

[illusion]

Slimline are better.

I had a 9 piece set as my first set. This set lasted me a whole year, and I *NEVER* bent a pick. The set is still 100% usable, and I would still use them if I hadn't given them away to a friend so they can start picking; I now use my Falle set instead and always use the slimline picks in the set. My friend has had them for a few months and has managed not to bend a pick despite learning from scratch. I have picked so many locks with this set it's unreal, and the best part is that they work great for locks with tight key ways but equally as well on wider key ways.

If you bend your picks then you are doing something wrong, if you *break* one of your picks then you need to really sort yourself out.