chinese budget picks

[937nick]

I have been long time lurker first time poster. Have looked for this sUbject alot. What is everyones opinion on the gear coming off the chinese market dhgate banggood yadyada... i have almost everything peterson sparros southord makes liking the storm line up but havent acquired any. When i say chines gear i mean lever picks tubular picks and the stuff from huk that is emerging?

[937nick]

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[MBI]

I have not heard good things about any of those cheap lever lock, disc detainer or tubular picks.

I imagine they work some of the time, or for some people, but I've heard lots of complaints that things are the wrong size for most locks, are flimsy and break easily, or in some cases just don't work at all. I've heard a few reports of people getting the tubular picks to work with a bunch of tinkering, but they don't even compare to the quality or ease of use of higher quality picks.

[Cheezus93]

Hey Mate,

From my experience, when it comes to tubular lock picks. I would recommend the klom. My collegues and I (Locksmiths) have used klom and higher quality like hpc. Honestly the klom is not only cheaper but in my experience better and in terms of durability you should never be putting so much force on a pick it bends or breaks. Although I am not positive about HUK. I would suggest to go with KLOM with manual picks if you are looking for a good price.

Cheers.

[MBI]

Hey Mate,

From my experience, when it comes to tubular lock picks. I would recommend the klom. My collegues and I (Locksmiths) have used klom and higher quality like hpc. Honestly the klom is not only cheaper but in my experience better and in terms of durability you should never be putting so much force on a pick it bends or breaks. Although I am not positive about HUK. I would suggest to go with KLOM with manual picks if you are looking for a good price.

Cheers.

Where are you located?

[937nick]

Im in ohio usa.. I have bought disc detainer picks nothing was right size so if you can fix pick u can open lock lol... childproofing??!!!!!!

[937nick]

Im in ohio usa.. I have bought disc detainer picks nothing was right size so if you can fix pick u can open lock lol... childproofing??!!!!!!

How do you attach photos?

[Squelchtone]

Im in ohio usa.. I have bought disc detainer picks nothing was right size so if you can fix pick u can open lock lol... childproofing??!!!!!!

How do you attach photos?

look at the first post in the FAQ & General Information section, its in the blue/white menu to the left of this post.

[Punkty24]

When it comes to using these picks, am I right in advising people to preface their Disc Detainer Pick journeys by instead
a) buying a Ford Tibbe Ignition cylinder,
b) a Ford Tibbe Wand pick,
c)booking a weeks annual leave from work...

my thinking behind offering this advice is based on a number of points -

1) the mechanics behind both the lock and the tool are roughly similar, however,
2)the Tibbe tool is superior in many ways to the average D/D pick on the market currently;
a)the manufacturing tolerances are much much tighter in the Tibbe tool,
b) the Tibbe tool has a seperate and Ratchet-functioned tyne (feeler) for eachof the individual discs within the lock, meaning no unsurety or mistakes involvingaccidental movement of more than one of the contained discs within the cylinder,
c) the Tibbe wand has an inbuilt user-friendly decoding feature, allowing the trainee to quantify, record and accurately reproduce, alter, correct and refine their manipulations of each disc within the lock...


Is ANY of this the right advice to be offering to trainees, do we think

[AngryHatter]

3 years later?

[Punkty24]

3 years later?

Correct me if I am wrong but the idea of the forum is the exchange and progression of ideas and information....

The original post mayy b old but it is still a relevant topic matter

[GWiens2001]

3 years later?

Correct me if I am wrong but the idea of the forum is the exchange and progression of ideas and information....

The original post mayy b old but it is still a relevant topic matter

Agreed.

We only prefer someone not post when they are not contributing an idea. People do look at these older topics to find solutions long after the original person has found a solution or gone away.

Gordon

[unjust]

I"ve got a few of them, mostly specialty tools that I can't justify spending $150 on a good one, but $15 including shipping via slow boat can make for some entertainment or to use a a teaching tool for something I'll probably never have the time to get good at.

One of the disk detainer tools was useless out of the box and wouldn't even fit into the "practice lock" joke that it came with, but provided a solid couple of hours of fun filing it to shape for a nicer lock. That arguably provided me more instruction in it's use than I'd have gotten from playing with a "good" tool for the same amount of time.

If I was a pro, or in competitions I'd get a good tool. For tools that I'll use once in a blue moon or to experiment with, they're a bargain if you don't mind some tinkering.