Door Cylinders

[neonplanet40]

Just looking recommendations folks. Moving into my new house in a few days hopefully and want to change locks.

Can anyone recommend good locks? Preferably being able to order with next day delivery would suit.

There are loads available but don't want to cheap out. I'll need three and would spend around £120.

Thanks

PS - It appears I am totally dominating this part of the forum. Apologies lol

[peterb]

Tricky one as most locks seem to be pickable. If you are getting three, it might be worth thinking about having them keyed alike - just one key to carry for all three locks. (but if you lose one...). depends on whether you would carry three on a key ring.

I use Garrison Mul-T-Lock systems - various suppliers available and available as rim locks, euro cylinders, oval cylinders, padlocks etc etc.

https://www.guardian-securitysystems.co.uk/mul-t-lock

http://www.lockandkey.co.uk/c/door-l...euro-cylinders

If you are using euro cylinders on external doors, consider getting anti-snap locks - they are designed to shed off if a housebreaker trays to extract the lock with force.

[neonplanet40]

Thank you for the recommendations. I had looked at these also. It is for front door, back door and patio doors.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B015YECW...MXWTZ61K&psc=1

[peterb]

Cant comment on those directly as I haven't used them. Question would be whether you want or can get other locks to the same key - and in different styles. The Garrison locks use a similar dimple type of pin, and come in various types (one key design is patented, so (in theory) can't be cut on the high street because they can't (in theory) get the blanks.

I went for the Garrison because I could get rim, and pro style to the same key - and I have since added other locks to the same key pattern as required.

One thought - if you drop a key near your house, and your lock is different from all the others in your road of block, its easy to identify which house they belong to, which could be a good or bad thing depending on the mindset of the finder!

[neonplanet40]

Well I've been told by the other half that she wants 3 different keys. So will definitely be getting 3 different lock keys.

It's just picking the right one!

[GoNz0]

CISA Astral S

Ace lock, anti bump, pick & snap & the best part for us is if the other halfs left the key in you can still unlock it from the other side. Had them 8 years now and a dot of graphite powder every couple of years to keep them spinning free is all that's needed

[DDY]

I'd recommend the CISA Astral S platform too, as above, and because they're reasonably priced. Coincidently I installed a set of CISA Astral S euro cylinders today, bought from screwfix for £35-ish for each euro cylinder with three keys.

Probably an impractical suggestion, but worth looking at for fun, you might be able to squeeze the Abloy Protec 2, Sentry or Novel platforms within your budget, these are very common in high-security installations and are practically un-pickable. I say impractical because it's deadly apparent that they're serious locks and could attract some unwanted attention.

[Dashers]

I used Avocet ABS cylinders. I think they're the most expensive but when I did my research they were by far the best. Anti-snap, anti-bump, anti-pick (as much as anything can be).

They use flat keys with a magnetic pin which makes picking difficult and time consuming.

Keys can't be cut in the usual fashion, you have a unique code for each key (not included on the key) that you have to send off for duplicates. Again, they're not cheap.

I used lockandkey.co.uk for mine. Though I found it easier to phone them up and discuss my order than using their online form.

I had some keyed alike but didn't do all of them as the cost of replacing all the locks in my house if somebody loses a key would be a little eye-watering.

I put thumb-turn locks on doors that don't have an opening for reaching in (letterbox, cat-flap etc).

[neonplanet40]

PS - I got the AVS ones in the end. THey were super easy to fit and seem like excellent locks. Paid £120 for 3 different locks.