What locks to pick?

by **cha0s** » 7 Aug 2005 23:30

Ok, i have hit a wall kinda.. I know that there are a million brands of locks but you guys mostly talk schlage for starters. I can not find a schlage, kwikset, or any other large name brand around me.. What should i do... Order them offline or just deal with what i have?

by **digital_blue** » 8 Aug 2005 0:57

No Schlage? In New York?!?! Well, get a Yale or an American maybe? Go buy a *good* quality deadbolt. And never forget the joy of Ebay.

db

by **zekeo** » 8 Aug 2005 0:57

Just buy any low-cost deadbolt available in your local hardware store.

by **sublime progie** » 8 Aug 2005 5:56

check lowes. they should have them

by **cha0s** » 8 Aug 2005 9:47

We dont have a lowes... One is being built like an hour away. Homedepot just carys that crappy inhouse brand of stuff unless you wanna pay $100 for a door knob

by **Santos718** » 8 Aug 2005 10:14

cha0s wrote:We dont have a lowes... One is being built like an hour away. Homedepot just carys that crappy inhouse brand of stuff unless you wanna pay $100 for a door knob

Try a local hardware store. If not, like db said "And never forget the joy of Ebay." Google it and order online.

by **zekeo** » 8 Aug 2005 10:22

The crappy store brand is most likely exactly the same as a kwikset. If you're just looking to start out, this will be fine.

by **Ezer** » 8 Aug 2005 10:55

If this is your first deadbolt, then crappy is good, and you can't get much crappier than Defiant, which they sell at Home Depot. Then after that you can go with a Schlage or head on over to Wal-mart and get a Brinks.

by **digital_blue** » 8 Aug 2005 12:55

Best I can figure, Defiant IS Kwikset. Probably made by the same people. They share a common 1176 keyway (at least the ones on my front door do).

db

by **Ezer** » 8 Aug 2005 13:19

They might be, but Brinks also uses KW1 as well. So they might all be one group, or they could just share the keyway for convenience.

by **funboy79015** » 8 Aug 2005 16:45

Ezer wrote:They might be, but Brinks also uses KW1 as well. So they might all be one group, or they could just share the keyway for convenience.

All the Brink's KIK's and deadbolts I have seen used SC1 keyways.

by **vector40** » 8 Aug 2005 17:42

Weiser and Kwikset also seem to share keyways, often enough.

by **Ezer** » 8 Aug 2005 20:50

funboy79015 wrote:All the Brink's KIK's and deadbolts I have seen used SC1 keyways.

Where'd you buy them?

by **funboy79015** » 8 Aug 2005 22:51

Ezer, I bought them at Walmart.

by **Ezer** » 9 Aug 2005 12:17

I was expecting you to say you got them somewhere else. I've bought several Brinks kiks and deadbolts from Walmart with all of them using KW1. I wonder how they decide where to ship the different keways?

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