[1513] SunLite Bike U-Lock Picked

[@AShadowinthedark]

"at the $25 price point you really can't expect more' thats basically a 10/10 from LPL

[@KeithZim]

SunLite just cracked open bottles of champagne. They basically just won the cheap bike lock oscars.. 😆

[@MarkSkull85]

Agreed. That and the special pick seems to make this the best budget bike lock around.

[@JimFinlayson]

Awesome insight. I really enjoy comments like this.

[@outseeker]

he didn't shim it either! it mustn't be terrible

[@wolfpackflt670]

To me that comment just meant "meh"

[@paulroberts3639]

The fact that he had to pick it rather than just stare at it or wave a magnet somewhere nearby is a vast improvement on many locks seen recently,

[@Eyes0penNoFear]

Or slap it!

[@answeris4217]

Or use a wire

[@bastiankunz4585]

​@@answeris4217 or a pice of redbull can

[@VinRocks]

cough cough master lock cough

[@4r1]

@@bastiankunz4585 or a coat hanger

[@marvindebot3264]

In other words, for the vast majority of folks it's a great choice. If the shackle is hardened correctly the chances of someone picking a disk detainer core in the wild is slim at most.

[@stephen9894]

​@@FlameOnTheBeatyep. The fact he took that long shows he has more patience than the average thief. If they can't break it in 15 seconds they'll cut their losses and find an easier target.

[@Ceece20]

@@stephen9894 also looks like it’s a good lock for just securing the front wheel to the frame when you lock up the bike.

[@roguebanshee]

@@stephen9894 Basically this. LPL took 30ish seconds using a specialized tool that he is very experienced with. This lock will basically discourage opportunity theft, ie. someone checking if they can quickly get away with a random bike, as long as you use the lock to attach the frame of the bicycle to something anchored to the ground. Those who go for a specific item will have what they need to steal it almost regardless of how you secure it, so even a top end actually worth it $500 lock will not prevent that.

[@_BangDroid_]

Picking is very uncommon in bicycle theft. U-locks have common weaknesses that should have been explored.

[@Steven-gv1ke]

Someone needs to make a hardened shackle like this, but wrap it in a hollow wire or put wires all around it, so when someone attempts to use a battery power tool on it such as a cutting wheel, it will grab the wire and wrap around the wheel and jam up the action (hopefully). Just seems like it would take a little testing to find the optimal wire thickness.

[@lairdcummings9092]

Special skills and tools required, low cost. Basically, then, a solid lock for most users.

[@ViceroyIcarus]

Honestly probably the biggest endorsement this lock could get for what it's meant to be

[@martinfaturik7023]

"The Pick that Bosnian Bill and I made" - The Pick of Destiny - always good to hear👍

[@TheSykoRC]

Aaaaand now I have the music from Tenecious D in my head.

[@KamenRiderGumo]

The Elder Pick....The Death Pick....The Pick of Destiny.....it has gone by many names throughout its bloody history.

[@martinfaturik7023]

@@TheSykoRC Good 😆

[@Daniel-Weaver]

You must pay our rent.

[@_BangDroid_]

Bosnian Bill Nye

[@thelividdeads]

" probably beyond most novice Pickers " Is a HUGE Endorsement

[@andy56duky]

Majority of novice pickers: I never felt so offended.

[@Art1stical]

I just know that every time LPL grabs a disc detainer lock for his next video, he's thinking "it's going to be one of those", and as he nonchalantly says "the pick that Bosnian Bill and I made" he's thinking to himself "there goes the comments section".

[@ssl3546]

honestly it's nice to see a video without an ad for his store embedded in the middle. really wish his ad videos would wait to the end to say "There's a link to where you can buy this pick in the description below."

[@heartysquid]

Say the line Bart...errr I mean LPL... YAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY

[@ToreDL87]

@@ssl3546 Yeah all the ads and sponsor segments smack dab in the middle of the video was just getting too intense. So for KZbin alone I now use adblock, sponsorblock, and return youtube dislike 🤣

[@TehAwesomer]

@@ToreDL87 Oh no, the guy who has provided literally 1500 free videos of him illustrating in detail how specific locks can be defeated wants to sell the type of tools he uses to do so. T O O I N T E N S E. 🙄

[@inibrius5380]

tell me everybody doesn't go 'he did the thing!!!' when he says it tho. Great tribute to his friend.

[@justskip4595]

I hope Bill is doing well these days.

[@PsalmFourteenOne]

I just checked his channel again and nothing for a year. I forget if i ever did hear why he stopped making videos.

[@bachaddict]

@@PsalmFourteenOne I believe there was some announcement of retiring due to health

[@kutter_ttl6786]

It wasn't due to his health but the health of his friends that he retired. A friend of his died of Covid and her husband was also infected and ended up in the hospital on a ventilator, so Bill and his wife agreed to take their two kids in and help raise them. Due to that he just didn't have time to focus on the channel. Bill is just an overall good guy.

[@jrmbayne]

​@@PsalmFourteenOne he's raising some kids, and giving them proper attention 🥲

[@justskip4595]

If I remember right, bunch of prior messages are a thing and that he's doing good things. I just hope he's doing well without my knowledge of it being true.

[@Sylocat]

One thing to keep in mind is that bike thieves aren't after YOUR bike in particular, they're after whichever bike takes the least time and effort to steal. LockPickingLawyer makes every lock look trivial, but on the street, any lock that can't be opened by a kid with a bic pen (or cut through with a very cheap bolt cutter) will drop your risk of bike theft to basically nil.

[@shawnwolf5961]

Not true, depends on the bike you have tbh.

[@Tyrope]

Thieves look for high value, low effort. So whilst your ebike between all rusty old pure pedalbikes will be the high value target, if all the other bikes are without any lock and you've got this you could still be safe.

[@johns7734]

In fairness, virtually any lock with a halfway decent disk detainer core is going to be beyond the capabilities of anyone but a locksmith or a locksport enthusiast to pick. It's really the resistance to other bypasses that matter. In this case, a hardened shackle means a lot.

[@kirtil5177]

Yeah. If the weakest link needs a set of specialised skills and tools, even if nothing extreme, id say thats a big upside

[@NoPegs]

Bike thief: can't find where to jam my Bic Pen tube in this thing, moving on...

[@Vol4Life1962]

Disk detainer core means angle grinder needed. lol

[@darreng745]

@@Vol4Life1962 And an angle grinder means you have alerted everyone around you that you are stealing the bike, that takes a lot of balls to brazen that fact out if a LEO approaches you. The ideal approach is to bend over, pick the lock and be gone so now one is aware that you have not used a key to open it, so any lock that forces you to escalate your method of attacking it to open and obvious has alreadty won.

[@_Roboute_Guilliman_]

Unless you have a TTBBAIM 😂

[@privacyvalued4134]

I think this is the first time on this channel we've seen a U-lock with one of the ends of the shackle being bent outward at a 45 degree angle. That's actually a pretty good security measure in addition to being hardened steel. I believe that LPL understated how good this lock appears to be on the surface especially at the price point of $25.

[@ppeppe]

It's actually a slight downside, in that it means the shackle only needs cutting once to remove. D locks with dual locking mechanisms, if they also guard well against rotation, often need cutting twice.

[@KF1]

The ramset will be the ultimate judge, but so far it looks really good

[@Mr.Kim.T]

Aside from it having a hardened shackle, low price and requiring the tool LPL and Bosnian Bill made, you also have to read between the lines. It obviously couldn’t be opened by shimming, knocking with a hammer, applying a magnet, sticking a pointy thing in all the way and twisting or LPL just glaring at it! So in my book it’s a winner. 👍

[@PatGilliland]

Nothing like a classic LPL video on a Friday morning.

[@russellobarski7434]

Or a Friday evening.

[@liquidrockaquatics3900]

He said it has good hardening and requires specialized tools to pick… If I rode a bike, it sounds like a winner

[@Boss_Tanaka]

I would definitely buy this lock to secure a cheap bike

[@kyx5631]

We are going to rotate all discs as far clockwise as they will go... Then I'm... HERE IT COMES

[@craigthurston7731]

I want what comes next on a T-shirt!

[@dielaughing73]

Spoiled it in the thumbnail though

[@TheMArcanjo]

Dude... His videos always have the same vibe to them and we love them all

[@bradanderson440]

In my city, the only tool bike thieves ever use anymore is a cordless angle grinder. A co-worker had a bike stolen from a locked cage. Inside the cage, the bike was locked with two locks that each had to be cut twice to free the bike. The thief cut the heavy duty padlock on the cage, and made four cuts through bike u-locks. I would be very interested in understanding more about grinder resistant products. I know some locks take longer to cut than others. Thanks. PS love you channel. I watch every video you post!

[@ppeppe]

Currently you're just looking at hiplock d1000(impractically small), and Litelok X1 and X3 (good options), though not cheap. I expect more manufacturers to follow suit soon.

[@kge420]

Cordless angle grinder has made locks redundant.

[@JBNL1972]

I came here 14 seconds after the video uploaded and the lock was already picked.

[@andrewfrance1047]

Just thinking that through hurts my head.

[@terdsie]

Well done.

[@KeylessEntry]

That’s impossible

[@likebot.]

rofl

[@robertfrancis9743]

As always, it warms my heart when I head the phrase "disk detainer core", and I anticipate the tribute to Bosnian Bill

[@despoticmusic]

Dude! We all know the first time is never a fluke, but you didn’t pick it again to prove it! I’m gonna say that was a fluke…. 😂

[@johntuffy5721]

i call fluke too :)

[@VENOMS_WRAITH]

I was about to say the same thing lol

[@answeris4217]

This is high praise for this channel. I've seen bike locks 5 times the cost opened faster that it would take with a key so...

[@woodrowbrown5184]

The tool You and Bosnian Bill made, has made a comeback! Its great hearing that line for some reason.

[@markbrettnell3503]

This is the most positive review of a lock I've seen from LPL in a long time! 🤣

[@mumblbeebee6546]

I am always happy when that pick arrives - it was a lovely collaboration and while he has retired, his pick works on. Oh, and it’s a beautiful tool!

[@MorellioBenoir]

Thank you for mentioning BosnianBill again, we will always remember him. Hope he is well!

[@andersmmvfc.8376]

Wow, nice to get a recommendation in a good price range! 👍 thank you

[@weswheel4834]

The lock is screaming, "Noooo, not TPTBBAIM!!!".

[@robertthompson3447]

I think it takes longer to say your acronym then it does the actual name of the tool. 😅

[@weswheel4834]

@@robertthompson3447 :D

[@thewordywarlock7159]

I'm just waiting for the day he gets his hands on some kind of voice-activated lock and sets the passcode to his opening greeting. "This is the Lockpicking Lawyer-" [click] "-and what I have for you today..."

[@NominalJoe]

I don't even own a bike but I need this after that glowing review.

[@alender6200]

its impossible to hear "disk detainer lock" without waiting for "the pick that bosnian bill and i made"

[@gregormonkey]

IYKYK

[@williamc2553]

Without even watching the video, I was able to figure out exactly what he was going to say before he said it. I knew he was going to rotate all the disks as far clockwise as they would go, and that he was going to grab the pick that. He and bosnianbill made. Followed by the usual "Okay, folks...". Now I'm not meaning to say or imply anything negative about LPL or his content. I really enjoy seeing what he comes up with. And being a locksmith, I have used some of his creative opening methods on jobs. Keep up the awesome content LPL!

[@tomwilliams8675]

I have a question. How is Bill doing? We all miss him and hope he's doing well. 👍👍👍

[@cricket700612]

I've watched over a hundred of your videos, at least. I appreciate your expertise and your format. 😘

[@jpendowski7503]

Good information, a good lock for the price is high praise.

[@lanceleavitt7472]

If you're smart enough to pick this lock, you're probably smart enough to actually have a job and can afford to buy your own bike. --- Thanks for the consistently entertaining uploads. ---

[@nicholsonfile]

Stealing is self-employment :/

[@nikkiewhite476]

That is a disgusting attitude. The majority of people that can't work for health reasons have no problem learning to pick locks. Unemployment does not correlate to intelligence.

[@lanceleavitt7472]

@@nikkiewhite476 I need to adjust my attitude. When my bike gets stolen, the police should be looking for a really intelligent, handicapped dude who is a "self employed" professional bike thief. You and Jordan Smith just helped me narrow down my list of suspects. -- Thanks. ---

[@ThaFuzzwood]

@@nikkiewhite476 Unless you are paralyzed from the neck down, or lack the mental acuity to sit in a bus with loose hands, you are able to work.

[@Bradyboy26]

"disk detainer" OH MY GOD HE'S GONNA SAY THE THING

[@mikeyp1977]

Soon be time for the April show. I wonder what we have in store this year 😁

[@BeardedNarwhal]

When you hear "disc detainer core" and await the tool he and Bosnian Bill made.

[@midimusicforever]

This is as close to an endorsement as we will get here I think!

[@Damoinion]

High praise indeed as the lock is honestly advertised as low to mid grade.

[@lightdark00]

Wow! A glowing review!

[@A76noname]

I bet they popped open the champagne at SunLite after this video.

[@youtube.commentator]

A second like, so you know it's not a fluke

[@S7E_Siriel-Privat]

"beyond most novice pickers" Hearing this from LPL, it seems to be a pretty good lock for the price XD

[@DragonessKim]

Was just thinking, "It'd be nice to see a lock that gets approval.". I'll take a "good for the price point."

[@DconBlueZ]

I miss Bosnian Bill, hope he's doing well. Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!

[@ultimaterealist1377]

As a legal professional, do you reckon he has a preference on what receptacle he should carry his papers in, or would he just carry them In Any Case?

[@dogcarman]

Oh you… 😂

[@archonix]

That's all he has.

[@JerGol]

Get out. 😂

[@gigaslave]

I didn't know ANY megacorp makes cases.

[@frankfuller975]

🤣

[@kasper_429]

"You can't really expect more" and "It's probably beyond most novice pickers". That's basically LPL-speak for "This thing is a 10/10 bike lock for its low price point of 25 bucks."

[@cris_j]

As soon as you hear things like "surprisingly hardened," and, "customized tools" that's probably worth your money.

[@Raienya]

Such warm fuzzies whenever he mentions Bosnian Bill.

[@LMMotoss]

Some of the highest praise I’ve heard on this channel. Makes sense since you need some nonstandard tools to pick this

[@Makatea]

A decent lock at its pricepoint in under two minutes, that sounds like a new record ;-)

[@drgnlvr22]

That could have been a Short! Dang man, that is skill! Love your videos!

[@frankbiz]

Not too shabby of a lock. Nice picking!

[@DO4M]

Wooooooo! The return of "The Pick That BosnianBill And I Made"!!!

[@Dexaan]

Do those keys what I think they mean?... "rotate the discs all the way clockwise and..." YEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!

[@jonathansherwood5841]

The package wasn't lying! All it took to open that U-lock was a soft touch 🐺🔧

[@davidp2888]

TPTBBAIM is a phrase I never get tired of hearing.

[@jessehaas5182]

2 minute video for a budget lock is a win!

[@Ron-0417]

"Beyond most novice pickers" sounds like a pretty good review.

[@tonyfletcher2541]

Did anyone else's ears perk up when he said "Disk Detainer"? Miss good old Bosnian Bill. Hope he is doing well. Thank you LPL for what amounts to a 5 star rating for this lock!

[@vegasdevl84]

LPL strikes again!

[@jonathan__g]

"It requires specialised tools and skills to open" - Doesn't get much better than that for an endorsement

[@panda4247]

Also "hardened, which is not common at this price "

[@ShadowDragon8685]

LPL does not do endorsements for legal reasons... But listening carefully for the lack of damnation is just as good.

[@bassmasta9117]

LPL would you ever do a video showing off your massive lock collection? I imagine you have your own warehouse to store everything. I wonder what lock secures the collection of locks.

[@KF1]

I bet his wife got mad at all the space they were taking up, so he had to rent a storage unit. ".. and here are your keys for the unit, Mr LPL.." "No need, thank you"

[@jardex2275]

He's not going to show any place that could narrow down where he lives. In a previous video he said that he opens all the packages sent to his PO box at the post office, and won't bring home any locked boxes. He has shown off pieces of his collection in previous videos, but again, he's probably cautious about items that could be traced through sales records. The best protection one can have is to not make yourself a target in the first place.

[@jeremylemus6754]

“This is the lock picking lawyer, today I have the Gustavo Cannon right next to me and we will pick this cannon with some thermite.”

[@hydorah]

Extra security through obscurity points by having the keyway in a weird place. It's like a padlock with the biggest shackle ever, wearing a U-lock suit

[@MarsJenkar]

I'm not a big fan of security through obscurity if that's basically all a lock has going for it, but this one seems to have decent design all around.

[@roysammons2445]

It's nice to see the shackle hardened well. That's going to be place thieves will go for first.

[@maxgriffin7870]

The day this man finds an un-pic-able lock is the day the world implodes

[@jaimedelgado7529]

Shout out to Bosnian Bill ! Hope that legend is having an awesome retirement !

[@mortiphago]

Rare praise from LPL

[@Davlavi]

Great video thanks.

[@stevejohnson1685]

Old Dutch bicycles ("Oma Fiets" or "Granny Bikes") have an integral lock. I've always wondered just how bad they are (piles and piles of stolen bikes around the Amsterdam train station indicate that they're pretty bad). Any experience picking them?

[@Damoinion]

Interesting question. Now I would also like to see one of these picked.

[@Tyrope]

Given their awkward angle and basic teethed keys, not hard just annoying.

[@brillopower1492]

The fact he had to use the pick that BosnianBill and he created means this lock is already above average. With a hardened shackle and only $25, that's as good an endorsement as anything on this channel!

[@ozludo]

Champagne in the executive suite at SunLite Industries

[@MisterItchy]

Champagne corks popping at SunLite!

[@ohger1]

Hi praise indeed!

[@ThezRude]

Id love to see you try to get trough Litelok X3. It has really good wireless grinder resistance and abloy sentry locking system.

[@michaelraney6732]

I am of the opinion that 🚲 bike locks are one of the most important lock segments explored by LPL.

[@krabkit]

i would like to see more destructive testing on the "advanced" locks, the ones that cant be opened with standard picks. i have a u-lock with one of the round keys that has, as far as i can tell, a terrible core but great cut resistance. i have used several different keys to open it but it also has several scars in it from failed cuts

[@pbe6965]

I'm wondering if adding ourselves those scars beforehand on a cheap lock could be the best security, most robbers might think someone else already had a go and failed and they might try the next one instead 😅

[@IoEstasCedonta]

"Round keys"? You mean a tubular lock?

[@krabkit]

@@IoEstasCedonta yes, tubular pin tumbler, i could not think of that this morning. after looking into it further, apparently it had a vulnerability to Bic pens. if i find the lock again(i am sure i still have it somewhere) and a cheap pen i will have to try

[@jeremyashford2115]

At this time is might be helpful to know how many of these special tools have been sold. That adds materially to the conversation about the safety of this lock (and other disk-detainer locks).

[@ShadowDragon8685]

Anyone who can afford to buy The Pick that Bosnian Bill and He Made, and learn to use it properly, has better prospects in life - even criminal life - than common urban bicycle thievery.

[@GrimmCaptain]

I saw the thumbnail and clicked on it just to hear him say it!

[@TheQuark6789]

The shackle is well-hardened and he didn’t open it with a bypass or a smack, so it seems pretty great for its price. Just remember the shackle isn’t very thick and can be opened with just one cut from an angle grinder (not two cuts, like if both sides of the shackle locked), so it still shouldn’t be used for more expensive bicycles.

[@Bobis32]

there is a reason i have insurance on my bike its mostly locked to keep the snatch and grab thieves away the one i currently use has a tungsten carbide coating over the hardened steel locking bar

[@tanostrelok2323]

No slapping, no bypassing with items found in a trash can and no wave rake, I'd say good enough. Thieves round here don't carry angle grinders anyway

[@amateurshooter6054]

Thanks LPL

[@Darksurfr]

This is the first time I thought, seems like a good product. $25, hardened shackle, specialized tools needed for picking? Looks good.

[@82__]

"disk detainer lock" "The pick that Bosnian Bill and I made" Like clockwork.

[@ardag1439]

The "goodbye narration" at 1:45 and beyond could be the same prerecorded sample inserted at the end of every video and I wouldn't notice.

[@KekusMagnus]

Hardened shackle and 8 disc core for 25$? now that's a deal!

[@Adam-ln4og]

The LPL all but gave it a gold star. Low price, solid build, need a unique tool to pick. 100 times better than master lock.

[@amancalleddave.3547]

The value of that business just went up..

[@peema10]

So long as that pick comes out Bill's still with us. I hope he's doing well.

[@ShadowDragon8685]

A man is not dead (or gone from KZbin) as long as his name is still spoken.

[@3rdpig]

I'm glad you added that last part. I'm assuming the average bike thief isn't carrying a clone of the "pick Bosnian Bill and I made" and has your skill with it.

[@ashleyhook]

Mum, the LPL has posted!!!

[@XX-es8vg]

The Pick that Bosnian Bill and he made always brings a smile to my face.

[@bamsvideos9789]

I would really love one of those tools and one of those types of lock cylinders to practice on

[@_Roboute_Guilliman_]

And that was the day Sunlite stocks skyrocketed

[@ryanfrisby7389]

Excellent video!😸

[@matthewdodd1262]

That's the best review a lock can get. 'at this price range, you can't expect much more' is the highest praise LPL will ever give such a cheap lock

[@craigw1911]

Disc Detainer! He's going to say it!!! "The pick that Bosnian Bill and I made..." YES!!!!!

[@justinhoward1406]

I just want to know how many people waited for LPL to say the thing? 😂 Who’s with me me? Don’t tell me I’m the only one that got excited when they seen what type of 🔒 it was in the thumbnail?