I own both videos and so here is a mini review:
The first tape is about 15 years old and the material is kinda dated, the announcer is best described as 'scruffy' and jokes are horrible. However, it has a large section on lock picking, including disassembling cylinders and even master key systems. It also talks (very) briefly about tubular locks/picks and auto opening. The section on safes is pretty weak and looks tacked on, but the early part of the tape does cover some basic bypass techniques like latch slipping and popping cylinders. Overall grade B- (graded up for Thermite, down for no Mazola
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The second tape is a little more modern (about 10 years old) but shorter, only about an hour (the first is two). Even worse, they steal sections out of the first video, so if you own both, you are down to about 45 minutes of new material. However, it has some pretty good stuff, including a promotional video on the MULE tool (a commercial 'under the door' tool). As with most 'under the door' tools, just seeing it will let you make your own, if you are even a little bit 'handy' (I only mention this because I believe the MULE tools is no longer sold). It also has an expanded car opening video using some popular wire and plastic strip tools. It also covers some police destructive entry techniques like battering rams and door jam spreaders. Overall, the video is only slightly better made (think garage production) and the material is not very cohesive, but it has some pretty strong bypasses for certain select locks (age, however, keeps working against it here). Overall grade C.
If you are wondering why poor quality videos sold at a high price even rate as high as a B- or a C, it is because you can't find videos on bypass techniques very easily.
