jonwil wrote:Why are so few people making residential locks with genuinely GOOD security?
1.- They require lots of R&D (Producing a lock that is actually secure is not trivial)
2.- They are expensive to produce (Tighter tolerances, expensive materials, etc)
3.- Because of 1) and 2), the prices of these locks are higher
4.- Because of 3) the sale volumes are lower, since people doe not care about security and they just want something to put on their doors. A $20 schlage/tesa/kwikset/whatever with any sort of 'anti pick' logo in the case is good enough.
5.- Because of 4), only a few manufacturers bother with high security locks. Given the chance, an average business owner will choose the zero research costs and the cheap outsourced production of generic stuff sold at regular prices than something that can cost them lots of money and it's more hard to market and sell.
It doesn't happen with locks only, on every single thing you will see the same pattern. Why are so few manufacturers making awesome sports cars? Or cameras, musical instruments, tools, etc? Because for most people cheaper items are 'good enough', and very few will take the risk of marketing higher quality products not everyone will want to buy.
