DennisK wrote:I have one of those clear practice locks with all spool pins. My question is,is it common with spool pin locks that two or more pins can be set at the same time? Or do I just have a weird lock? Now I know that your average lock probably won't have all spools,but they will probably have more than one.Are they ever side by side in security locks? TIA
For common locks, the Master Lock Pro Series and Abus locks have spools or mushroom pins in all positions except for one.
Practice locks, especially one designed to be a demonstration, may have different tolerances than real locks.
"Average" is vague, because the market varies. If we go by what is sold in stores, then it is very restricted and low security. But if we look at the actual lock market, we'll see it is bigger than that. The average consumer is not very discerning and the cheapest designs are marketed for that. We shouldn't let that cloud our perspectives on what is average. In terms of volume, the most common locks will have very cheap designs simply because the buyers are not knowledgeable about locks to spend money on anything more.
Master Lock sells a high volume of low security locks to the general public, but that is business. They sell other designs for other markets. Same with Brinks and other lock makers.
A lock maker which does not make such low security designs doesn't compete with the most common locks and it is not valid to compare the companies based on their products for different markets.
