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Allegion Announce Acquisition Of Leading Australian Residential Hardware...
Breaking News: Allegion, the parent company announced 30 days ago (May 13, 2018), their acquisition of leading Australian residential door hardware manufacturer Gainsborough and at the same time the...
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Has Tapplock Collapsed?
Uh Oh! Tapplock reveals it's weakness!Tapplock, the darling startup that confused the market with their bluetooth keyless product in 2016, that we wrote about in November 2016 has been found...
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Key Cutting Across The World
Key cutting shops pop up all over the world.The following images are of key cutting enterprises around the world. We have visited a lot of similar businesses in the different countries we have lived,...
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To Touch Or Not To Touch...
Yesterdays article,"Has Tapplock Collapsed?" is seeing viral circulation and obviously is hitting a nerve.We have continued to write multiple articles over the last 10 years about pro's and con's...
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iOPEN - New Smart WiFi Operator Switch - A New Access Control Product
iOPEN is a relatively new product, currently exclusively sold by US Gate Supply of Southern California.This exciting new product is designed to operate with about 90% of the current brands of automatic...
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Morpho - Contactless 3D Facial Recognition Interface
We first discussed this product, way back in February 2008.The Vision Access 3D Facial Recognition Interface was subsequently acquired by Idemia, a French company specializing in biometric access...
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The Locksmith Business Is Really A Global Business - Enjoying Globalization
Pictured here are some statistics showing the depth of penetration, our website has experienced globally over the last 8 years.This chart shows the countries that lead the world in pageviews for our...
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Price Drop On Keyed Pocket Door Lock - While Stock Lasts
As the original importer and distributor of the Lockwood 7444 Keyed Pocket Door Lock in North America, we have decided to clear our shelves and discount the product.We drop the price today to $120.00...
View ArticleZoreX - Gun Security At It's Finest.
We first wrote about this sensational product about 2 years ago when the Israeli startup first designed and produced their working prototype. Read the article we wrote here.A recent article in...
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Controversial Opinion In New Article Suggests Why NOT To Recommend Or Buy An...
A new article has appeared that discusses the authors reasoning about why you should think twice before purchasing an Amazon Echo smart speaker.A group of hackers at the recent hacker convention Defcon...
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Identity Theft Continues To Be A Real Problem. How Would You Protect Yourself?
Identity theft continues to be a big problem affecting many people across a wide range of society.You already like to protect your homes and families from unwanted intruders by installing quality...
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Tariffs On Chinese Steel Cause USA Based Safe Manufacturer To Close Shop And...
Stack-On Safes, a Chicago based manufacturer of high quality safe and storage solutions, that has been offered through locksmiths for many years, has decided to close it's two local manufacturing...
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Yale Confirms Connectivity Agreement With Comcast Xfinity Home
Yale Assure Locks with Wifi, Zigbee or Z-wave are now able to use the Xfinity Home Connectivity Service provided by leading communications provider Comcast.Yale are well known across the globe for...
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Sinji - A Competitive Option To Ring
Sinji Wireless Doorbell and Camera System offers alternative to the Ring doorbell system.This inexpensive alternative differs from Ring because it is not taking video and consuming significant...
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Lockwood 7444 Keyed Pocket Door Lock - Inventory Dwindling
Perhaps our best selling product of the last 8 years, the Lockwood 7444 Keyed Pocket Door Lock and it's siblings, the 7410, 7400 and 7450, Privacy, Passage and Passage Latching versions continue as an...
View ArticleKwikset Smartkey Problems.... (Update)
8/23/2018 UPDATE: We just updated the video above to a better video from our colleague Terry Whin-Yates.The original post, including many comments from viewers can be found here.The post in the link...
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Post Revisited - How To Repair Door Closers
This post originally appeared in May 2009. It has become one of the most widely viewed posts on our website.Repairing door closers is not too difficult, even if you are only slightly mechanically...
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Language Barriers Once An Issue Of The Past, Are Simplified And Eradicated...
Multiculturalism has become a very large and important part of society and business life today, with a great many people living here and across the world who may speak little to none of the native...
View ArticlePost Revisited - August 20, 2007 Lock Bumping By Master Lock
A little over 11 years ago we posted the following article here in our blog.Since then, a great many products have come and gone from the marketplace, claiming to be bump proof, bump resistant, pick...
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Post Revisited - November 25, 2008 - Safes - How To Choose
The post below was first published here November 25, 2008 and has racked up a great many views during that time.Explaining the attributes of safes can be a chore to the uninitiated. The CDOJ...
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