Lobster Lock Founder here- Your original video hurt, but it was fair and we appreciate you showing the improvements we made to 2.0. Now if only your many subscribers could go undo some of the damage that was done originally to our Amazon listing... haha you're welcome LPL!
If the original lock cost $10 then I'd say you get what you pay for. The fact that it lists for top dollar means that the most important feature is that it's secure. To make it with a kids core either out of stupidity or more likely for profit margin it like LPL said "in-excuse able" It's great not that you have been called out on it new customers won't be getting ripped off. What about all the locks you sold for a high price that were substandard? If you really want true redemption...Then advertise/offer for previous customers to send you the old lock and then you replace it with an updated core and ship it back to them. That way the only thing your previous customers lose out on based upon you incompetence or greed is the cost of shipping it to you and the use of the substandard product during the transaction.
Man I love the lockpicking lawyer so much. He displays such eruditiousness as a world renowned physicist but with some kind of otherworldy swagger. Just an absolute joy to watch this gentleman work
Can you explain how you know what pin your on and how you can tell if its set in your up coming videos plz?I'm still confused as to how you do it all so fast
after looking at a few videos about lockpicking (its that im very bored, and youtube recommended this) its pretty obvious all these locks are trash against vetted lock pickers. Perhaps the key is to include a small microchip in the key itself, that connects with the discs inside the lock, and if the IDs do not match the lock will not go open, or that you can hear a disc clicking or not. As a extra secuity step to get rid of poor people trying to steal your bike or belongings to score some dope that is worth a few cents if you buy it of the source itself. But why locks are so ancient today is because locks were made for sane people for a normal world, against regular street punks and that kind of kid criminals. not against insane addicted people and terrorists who do everything for money. Today's locks give a false security if you see how fast they all can be opened by youtube users with just a few tools.
That's it. I'm never buying another lock that doesn't have a disc detainer core. Then I can rest safe in the knowledge that my local bad guys don't have the skills, let alone the pick that Bosnian Bill and LPL made.
It's a shame though, because no thief attacks bike locks via the key. They always simply cut the bar, chain, etc. And even the Krytonite can be cut in less than a minute by a grinder. Videos all over the place of just how useless bike locks are against anything except casual opportunists.
The unpickable lock won't have a key or combination, it will have continuous monitoring via cell or wifi, maybe even remote neural monitoring device built in to record anyone's EEG biometric signature who gets close.
Nothing is "relatively unique". There is "rare" or "unusual" or "distinctive" or so many other accurate phrases. Unique means unique. A lawyer should know better
Seems to me the common theme of successfully picking a key lock is that each pin/disc can be attacked independently of the others. So would somehow having them require a simultaneous set at least make it at little more difficult?
Lobster Lock people have reached their pinnacle: when LPL uses the custom tool he designed with Bosnian Bill, you know this sh*t ain’t for regular people to pick. Kudos!
See theres 2 sides to this story or two ways to see it. 1: They got so much flack for a poor product thye had to change to not go broke. 2: They seen all of the flack for a seemingly weak product and improved and now offer a better product to make their users and buyers happier and safer. I see their comment below and it seems like they care. I mean...Master locks hasn't changed anything so? We all know they suck, most of them anyways, but if you need a cheap lock which prevents...a child, from opening something, they're nice.
Why is watching your videos so enjoyable? Because you represent the result of bright parents and excellent teachers along ho locurs of focused practice resulting in a master locksmith. You are a JOY to watch and I hope you continue for as long as you feel so inclined and that you do so in the best of health.
Once again, I want to see LPL doing these picks in real world scenarios. A lot of the picks he does here would be significantly harder when it's locked around an object. Trying to get an angle to do the pick on a street up against a pole, as an example. Just saying, a lot of the products he bashes that people seem to love him for, are far more secure in use because getting to the mechanisms in a real world situation can/is far tougher. I do respect what he does. No hate. Just trying to keep things a little more fair.
You can't ask for perfection, but you can ask for improvement. Thanks LPL for holding companies accountable and thanks Lobster Lock for responding to that accountability.
IMHO, most of the locks (bike lock especially) are designed to withstand another social group than lockpickers ..... opportunistic thiefs, homeless etc. .... no one will actually bother to picking bike lock, either they brute force cut it or just steal another bike ..... it is just fact, no matter how insecure the bike lock is. Just a food for thoughts:)
Now it doesn't open anymore when you fidget it with a piece of can. That's an improvement. Next time, they'll maybe discover the concept of false gates.
Your very humble, you saw the change, and commended them for it. AWESOME. Just love your video's. I'll never do it, but it's fun to watch you defeat anything that comes your way. :-)
@LPL would you ever consider letting us know the origins of that disc detainer lock pick? Specifically I’d like to know any parties involved with the manufacturing &/or creation of it.
I commend the owner! I also own a business and design our product and let me tell you criticism really stings. Like wake up most nights thinking of solutions, but if you don't accept faults and change your product then you are just kidding yourself. LPL and LL nice work... Now for 3.0