[1490] When Quantity Adds Quality: Curt Trailer Lock

www.covertinstruments.com

[@BrotherMikeCritic]

They finally figured out how to stop LPL’s speedrunning of locks: unskippable cutscenes

[@RDPendleton]

You're not wrong. A solid minute fiddling with a lock would probably feel like an eternity to a nervous thief.

[@mbk337]

Can't even imagine the pick time if this wasn't susceptible to raking attacks. It would take so much longer to open.

[@EngineerMikeF]

I have an old door lock that takes 3.25 full rotations to open from fully locked. I've hand the keys to somebody & they came back saying the lock doesn't work. The human mind develops a preconceived expectation and creativity dies. I'd say the unusual opening process adds confusion which is befuddling and therefore a pretty good security feature.

[@LokiCDK]

Considering how quickly you get through much higher security locks, that was pretty entertaining to see a low security lock takes so much time.

[@Dethneko]

That lock is the physical embodiment of "let's do that one more time to prove it wasn't a fluke."

[@HoldYourSeahorses]

I think we need to see him do it 11 more times to make sure it wasn’t a fluke.

[@gkourounis]

Long but not hard... Got it.

[@RandomEvents_]

Nothing a sledge hammer can't fix

[@CupCatsss]

Now imagine if the lock wasn’t susceptible to low-level attacks and it had to be picked

[@ethnofalcon]

He wave raked it and proved it was not a fluke 10 times. Incredible!

[@1kreature]

I just want to thank LPL for saving me a 3 hour drive.

[@natesmodelsdoodles5403]

Honestly the number of times it needs to be raked is likely to do quite a bit to deter most attackers. If the lock is used for its intended purpose, an attacker is going to be out in the open and likely quite easy to spot. After the second or third rake, most people will likely be quite anxious and will either start making mistakes or abandon the attempt.

[@thebrewster]

This is borderline genius. You don't need a complicated lock if you can beat them through endurance.

[@serendipityshopnyc]

Imagine how much better that lock could get with just a slight upgrading of the keyway.

[@mplovecraft]

I actually like this. Giving it a high quality core would make it unreasonably expensive for what it is for. This is a great way of making a cheap lock "good enough".

[@theCidisIn]

Honestly, that's kind of an elegant way to fix a problem. If you didn't know what you were doing, by the tenth pick you might think you're doing something wrong.

[@SkullBro]

As someone who owned one of those and stupidly put it on my trailer over the winter outside (locked old trailer ball inside) , I'll tell you that the thing eventually becomes exceptionally effective as it has a strange interaction with salt, snow, and water in which the thing basically becomes a solid piece of metal, requiring drilling, or sawing to remove. 'rust' maybe, but some sort of oxidation that isn't like rust, just light grey coloured.

[@QuirkyView]

That's actually a pretty smart design, make the bolt even longer so you've gotta turn it a few more times without improving the lock it now takes 2 or 3 times longer to open. Very few thieves trying to be quiet and unnoticed would willingly stay that long to pick the lock I'd imagine.

[@pehhii]

Master lock gonna start contemplating "Yeah, our locks are bad, but WHAT IF we make so they have to be turned 20 times" and everybody in the meeting just straight up loses it.