Two wrenches force on the shackle almost always works, however to the point where the shackles start to become unusually beefy.😆 I already needed to correct myself. Angle grinder.... bolt cutters and so on....🤣
I work in HVAC and you don't know how often Ive had permission to unlock one of these styles of locks but not the right combination. Literally been at the top of a ladder for a scuttle hole and used this method to get to a roof before thanks for the vids
@@justsayen2024 Apparently, some tall buildings are places people go to commit suicide. I bet there's some legal gotcha putting that on the owners of the building.
Just cram chewing gum into the hole and close it. It will look like it is locked but it really isn't. Yes, I am somewhat of a mechanical genius, thank you.
The crazy thing about the first solution is that literally no one would think you are suspicious if you are spinning the wheels and figuring out the code. It just looks like you might have forgot what it was. Masterlock is literally helping thieves blend in
@@jackkelledes4082 To the lock's credit, both took him longer than many of the locks he's gotten open. And these require knowledge of the locks' internal mechanism, even an experienced locksmith without knowing this specific lock would have a harder time.
He said in the end that this would cause minute worth of delay for the thief so I guess this is actually the best product MasterLock makes. Most of their stuff opens in 5-10 seconds. (In reality, the best product MasterLock makes is "MasterLock 1500iD" - it's actually a good lock except for physical strength. There are no easy non-destructive attack for that lock as far as I know.)
They continue to exist because people are buying it. If they stopped, they would have to fix them. It doesn't make much sense to improve something that sells. It costs money, it doesn't earn money.
MasterLock doesn't care. Not at all. Their brand name is so hyper-dominant in the US market that you could put this video on primetime news, and it wouldn't affect their sales at all.
I question how big a problem this is in the real world - while these locks can be picked very quickly by an expert with the right tools who knows the specific lock's internal mechanism, I'm guessing in the real world far more theft happens by cutting locks, cutting or breaking whatever the lock is attached to, or other vulnerabilities outside the lock itself.
I've been using the feel-free method to open such combination locks like that for more than 40 years! It's astonishing that such locks are still being bought, let alone sold.
Same, as a young entrepreneur at school I would swap bike locks to other bikes with the same lock. I would then charge for my "picking skills" to get them open again.
@@Stambo59 About 50 yrs ago when I was at high-school I worked out how to use this method to open cases & padlocks. However, there was no space for lockers at our inner-suburban selective-school, nor did anyone ride bikes as most students walked &/or caught public-transport buses to school, with only a handful of the senior students driving due to limited on-street parking. So unfortunately I couldn't take advantage of my 'skills' like you did!
I found this channel one day a few years ago when I was a beach bum in Mozambique. I found this pub in a resort that was empty and really wanted a beer. They had little pad locks on their beer fridges so I searched for how to pick a padlock on youtube. I drank them dry but I did leave double the money it would have cost me if it had been open and a little note telling them to get their padlocks changed. I did go back and meet the owners of the resort and absolutely confessed. We are friends to this day. Howsit Monique if you are reading this! And ciao Arlindo I know you love tis channel too! See you soon!
The worst part is that any witnesses would just see someone using a combination lock, seemingly as intended, and not realise that it's a thief. Even when I know the code I sometimes take longer than that lmao
The saddest thing about this is it will not change anything. All of the home stores will still sell tons of Master Lock products and Master Lock will not change their products.
I have used Master locks for many years on storage units and when they have been defeated it has been by common bolt cutters. I think maybe an angle grinder a few times, too.
@@MrTruckerf This! The crushing majority of people have no idea about picking or decoding a lock like this. And amongst thieves it's just barely more common knowledge. To a thief it doesn't pay off knowing the ins and outs of decoding these locks. A battery powered angle grinder works on all locks no matter the design or construction. And if the lock would be built to withstand the angle grinder odds are the door or whatever the lock is securing isn't as sturdy. Brute force is the most universal "skill" you can apply to doors and locks. And if brute force doesn't make it you're not using enough of it... It's a bit cliché but oh so true. The small percentage who do know how to decode these locks are generally not the ones you need to worry about. That is unless your main concern is someone getting in without leaving signs of entry. Then this becomes a much bigger problem and you probably shouldn't buy your locks at Walmart. Having said all of this I still think it's ridiculous how these known weaknesses remain in products that are not even cheap, and how they keep popping up in new lock designs time after time with only minor differences, and usually not enough to even slow down someone who ahs learned to pick or decode one of them.
Hey, long time viewer, just wanted to say thanks for the knowledge you've shared. My goddaughter lost her apartment keys last night, and couldn't reach the landlord for a spare. I was able to pick her lock and probably save her $100 for a call to a locksmith. Thank you!
I have this exact lock, was using it to secure my house builders fence. On the first day, somebody dropped the lock in the sand and needed 1/2 a can of WD40 to get the wheels turning again. However, when the shackle is under high tension, my wheels do not turn at all. Loosening the tension a little, the wheels turn in ascending order only and lock at 0. Only under no load can wheels turns in both directions. This is tough to do when the chain fills most of the space in the shackle. Perhaps sand is the missing ingredient to make this secure
@Jim Parlett to be honest I didn't know at the time they were so cr@p. In Australia, the big box store pretty much only has Master brand combination locks. I really needed combination lock as keys are too hard to manage with multiple trades
The tool-free method is how I discovered LPL; I needed to unlock a shared lock on a storage locker that a colleague accidentally changed the combination to. Searching for how to do this led me to the LPL channel where I learned the technique he showed in this video. So thank you LPL for your lessons
Masterlock pretty much owns the shelf space in nearly every store unless you go online. Definitely need a more diverse selection in stores so we can get an actually secure lock. Love LPL content and I have learned alot from him. Especially came in handy when I got locked out of my semi truck his kit came in clutch and saved me almost 400 bucks for some one to come out and open my door.
The moving them down six positions after the deep notch blew my mind. LPL I would love to know just how much time you spend studying each locks mechanisms after the initial picking to figure out more ways of just embarrasing the poor lock and its manufacturer.
Using the notch decoder aligned the gates, but it didn't align them with the rest of the lock to allow entry. From there you can just move them all one position at a time until you find the position that unlocks.
I sometimes question his harsh criticism of these locks - this one took longer than many for him to open (by either method), and that was after knowing the internal mechanism - someone coming upon this lock for the first time would take much longer.
@@quillmaurer6563 He's kind of stuck having to rate them according to his own skill. The fact that he was able to do it without the tool is probably the biggest criticism, but we should see what beginners have to say when they first do this. That said, I haven't had one of these to practice on for some time, so I can't be one to make that comment.
@@TesserId True, but by his skill as a comparison, this actually took a while compared to many other locks he messes with. And requires him to have specific knowledge of the mechanism. He should know that your average thief isn't going to be this good or have that knowledge.
The same method works with all mechanical multi-wheel combination locks. Find something that differs for each wheel, then rotate all wheels syncronized to move the gate in place. If you're familiar with the specific lock implementation, you know exactly how much you need to move the wheels to move from the position where you felt the difference to open lock position. At worst it would need 9 extra tries. And as for feeling the difference in wheels, you basically have to guess left or right side of the wheel to insert your feeling gauge.
Practice makes perfect my friend.... You get the feel for it eventually. Personally i moved on from these to button push combo locks on doors, basically the same method but you're feeling for the hard buttons instead.
@@ROOSTER333 Get one of these locks and train your skills for 10 minutes a day. You'll be amazed how much progress you'll have in half a year. That said, I'd recommend getting good set of tensioners and proper picks and start with pin tumbler locks if you want to make it a hobby. The important thing to understand about the pin tumbler lock picking is that you want top of the keyway tensioner and you want a tensioner that's really snuggly fit. That means you'll need minimum of 3 top of the keyway tensioners (3 most common thicknesses) to be able to pick typical pin tumbler locks. The actual pick isn't that important. As long as it has a medium hook at the end, it will open any pin tumbler lock sold for less than $50.
Get one of those cheap fake book safes. I'll scramble the wheels and then open it with my eyes closed. After a time or two it's really easy to feel the "loose spot" on each wheel while putting tension on the knob.
I had a cheap suitcase combination lock and I used the first method to find the passcode long forgotten. (It does wear out the mechanism and put it slightly out of joint if you do it too much, so don't rely on it and never do it to a lock in use)
I can't see how thats the case, you'd do exactly the same in normal usage of the product. Plus, if it's in use, removing it and throwing it in the bin would seem to be the correct action to take. 😂
@@blakesimmons5130 in normal use no force on the mechanism? What are you talking about? Clearly you have never seen me using a combination lock (And I would assume 99% of other lock users)
@@blakesimmons5130talking out of one's bottom there sir, these are metal parts designed for many thousands of uses and holding the bar or the locking catch is not going to wear anything very much, at least no more than simply operating said lock. Been using this trick for years to demonstrate to people who install this very system outside of elderly relatives houses why it's a really insecure and potentially dangerous thing to do, not one lock I've ever done this has shown any kind of unusual wear from my actions. This works exactly the same way that system and as such, you guys clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
Why do I always have to crank my speakers to the max to watch your videos, and when I watch something else, I wakeup everyone around because I've forgot my speakers were at their max value.
Never thought LPl would give master lock such high praise, “good for a minute of delay”. Their goal, as I understand it, is to be slightly more secure than a shoelace that has been knotted.
I bought this lock a long time ago and I didn't have the combination, I looked for many tutorials and none of them helped me, but with this one I was able to do it. Thanks 🎉🎉
Thank you. This just helped me decipher 2 locks on company vehicles because my employees think they own the trucks they only drive 3 days a week and change the lock combinations on 2 of them.
When I saw this was a 4 minute video, I thought, "oh boy, this is going to be tough one for the LPL." Nope, he just opened it in two different ways. Will have to search through more of his videos, but I would love if they were a little more "tutorial" in style. These are fun to watch obviously, but would also love to learn how to do some of these things too!
He does have many videos going into the details of how to do what he does and how different types of locks work. Once you've seen those, the others start getting pretty trivial to understand how it works.
I also worked out that this simple technique works sometime in the 1970s when at high-school! It also became a trend to fit these combination-locks to suitcases & briefcases, so it was real easy to change the combinations!
@@stevie-ray2020 I remember on my first day of year 9, my locker code which I had been using all day stopped working. We got a staff member who tried to open it (they had a database of all the codes) but the damn thing would not budge. Knowing the school, it was probably some kids fucking with me on my first day. just realised this now
As long as they keep selling they don't give a jot. That's the difference between them and an ethical company who cares about their customers such as Paclock.
Not that I am ever going to question the ways of the LPL (both for skill and legal reasons), but wouldn't it be a time saver to move each wheel _UP_ 4 positions?
Holy poop on a popsicle! This is the technique we used to use to muck-around crack friends' bike locks at school in the 80s! At 8 years old we felt like master criminals!
Many people think that combination locks are useless, that may be true for their intended purpose but if you have small children some cheap combination locks can keep them entertained for hours, they're fascinated by the mechanism and playing with it helps them better understand numbers and even basic math exercises.
Combination locks with pulling on the shackle to bind it to find combo, I figured that out in elementary school with my bike lock. I went around figuring out all the combo locks on the bike rack and everyone thought I was magic
I learned to open combination locks with the first method when I was 7. Thats now 50 years ago. I am flabbergasted that this still works with modern locks.
There's a reason these vulnerabilities are out there and it basically comes down to money. Design and testing costs money, as does extra material needed to reduce vulnerabilities, and I would guess that the market has shown many times by now that it just doesn't care that much about vulnerabilities if allowing them keeps the price low. It's the same thing with air travel. Everyone complains about air travel, but everyone also looks for the cheapest fare they can find. This creates a natural tension that usually prevents airlines from addressing complaints about the flying experience.
The other question is how big a problem theft via lock vulnerability actually is. An expert like LPL can get these open pretty quickly, but I doubt it's actually so common in the real world. It requires specialized skills, specific knowledge of each type or style of lock, and so on. I suspect it's far more common for thieves to cut the lock, or more often whatever the lock is attached to. Or to seek out things that were not locked in a secure way - when I was in University I saw so many bicycles on campus that were locked in a way that someone with any knowledge of bicycles could easily steal by doing things like taking a wheel off. Some were locked by the wheel, someone could take the wheel off and take the rest of the bike, then steal a wheel off a different bike. Bicycle theft was a major issue, but I doubt the thieves were picking locks.
I had a laptop lock I forgot the code to and was able to use the method of pulling and looking for the loose number successfully. I was surprised how easy it was.
I've been subscribed and watching TLPL for years now and I have come to the conclusion that for any real type of security to lock up something is to use the hot rivet method. Not many people walk around with a portable grinder to break in. LOL.
I have this exact same lock. Use it for internal gates so you can only get to them from inside the yard. I bought it for weather resistance vs security. The rubber flap just trapped water and froze when cold so I ripped it off. Locking numbers are at an angle too which is a little annoying. See how it holds up to the weather. Last few combo locks (175) failed after 6 months. Masterlock kept sending me replacements but the just didn't hold up.
Talking about Master Combination Padlock, I bought a Model 7620EURD from Tesco and found it has some funny characteristics. On the 3 digit padlock, only the topmost digit need to be exact. The second and third digit could be the exact one you set, or the one on the opposite side (Say, if you set it to 0 then 5 will open it as well) So assume you never heard all these techniques, by brute force trying the combinations, all you need to try is only 10 x 5 x 5 = 250, way less than the 1000 combinations it supposed to have. Very interesting...
I've used the first method on a lot of different combination locks here in Europe. I've even used it on 'secure cargo containers' we're supposed to use to return old HDDs and tapes in.(Because they sent us the wrong combination )
I decoded a lock with the valve lash feeler gauges I found in a toolbox. We were feeding the dogs for some friends and the box had been reset with an unkown code.
I'm starting to get a weird liking for MasterLock. The sort you get for a recurring villain in a TV series. I can't wait to see them featured in the next episode :)
The way he handles the lock, is like watching a well trained machinist assemble an item. I mean to say you can see by his movements he has spent a lot of time with that lock.
I opened one of these with the use of a USB microscope: looking between the tumblers, I could see a gap at a certain position. Turn each through 180° and the lock opened.
Master lock has the same flaw in the brass 3 number combination locks. There's another technique where you just tension it and spin all 3 wheels at once as fast as you can. You can get them open in 30 seconds or less. I was playing with one in math class when the teacher asked me if I knew what the odds where I'd actually open the scrambled code? It literally dropped as soon as he finished asking. "Pretty good..." I replied with a smirk.
I would like to note that on the covert companion you made the notch decoder out of steel. It easily deformed after using it for a bypass a few times. Perhaps cutting it out of nitinol to allow for heat reforming would be best ? I'm not sure I'm planning on buying a laser cutter after I find a place to live and I'll do some experiments. I was also able to heat treat the notch decoder after reforming it to make it slightly better
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Masterlock: Our locks have so many different vulnerabilities that you won’t know which one to use on which lock.
They should make a special lineup that tries to combine as many of them as possible into one lock.
@@ristopaasivirta9770 Eventually they will but not on purpose.
Picker wont know what to do from having so many options
@@QruisS, paralyzed by choice! 😂
Two wrenches force on the shackle almost always works, however to the point where the shackles start to become unusually beefy.😆
I already needed to correct myself. Angle grinder.... bolt cutters and so on....🤣
I work in HVAC and you don't know how often Ive had permission to unlock one of these styles of locks but not the right combination. Literally been at the top of a ladder for a scuttle hole and used this method to get to a roof before thanks for the vids
LOL, I can just imagine being on a service call and having to be told to do just such a thing.
LOL. You should charge a locksmith fee on top of your service fee.
I don't know if you're talkin about it inside access ladder or not.
I hate when people lock them, they're inside you don't need to..
@@justsayen2024 Apparently, some tall buildings are places people go to commit suicide. I bet there's some legal gotcha putting that on the owners of the building.
Was a Pest Control tech, same story
Today's episode of Master Lock: Racing to the Bottom. Will it require any tools at all? A wave rake? A magnet? Tune in now to find out!
He just says his channel name and the lock gives up and pops open. It knows (and is ashamed).
@@EnsignRedshirtRicky No it does not simply pop open. It pops open locks itself up again and pops open again, just to show it's not a fluke.
@@livinghypocrite5289 Thanks for the chuckle.
One day they'll make a lock that will open as you look at it.
I'm waiting for Masterlock to make one so bad that he can literally snzeeze on it and it unlockd
"PRO" series actually stands for "Pops Right Open"
this comment deserves a lot more thumbs up
LOL
My greatest fear is that i forget my combination. Thank god i don't even need to remember to open it. Awesome!
You could always scratch it somewhere onto the lock body as a memory aid.
@@sheerluckholmes5468 xD
Just cram chewing gum into the hole and close it. It will look like it is locked but it really isn't. Yes, I am somewhat of a mechanical genius, thank you.
I just need LPL to show up in my dreams where I forget my school locker combo.
Just set the combination to 12345. It's good enough for president Scroob of Planet Space Ball.
The crazy thing about the first solution is that literally no one would think you are suspicious if you are spinning the wheels and figuring out the code. It just looks like you might have forgot what it was. Masterlock is literally helping thieves blend in
A 4-minute Master lock video from LPL! This has got to be the best lock they've every made!
edit ... my bad!
Yep. So great that they had to put two vulnerabilities into it
I had the same thought! Then I watched it and saw that he did everything twice and he wasn't even going fast.
@@jackkelledes4082 To the lock's credit, both took him longer than many of the locks he's gotten open. And these require knowledge of the locks' internal mechanism, even an experienced locksmith without knowing this specific lock would have a harder time.
The only thing that changed is that LPL is talking slightly slower.
He said in the end that this would cause minute worth of delay for the thief so I guess this is actually the best product MasterLock makes. Most of their stuff opens in 5-10 seconds.
(In reality, the best product MasterLock makes is "MasterLock 1500iD" - it's actually a good lock except for physical strength. There are no easy non-destructive attack for that lock as far as I know.)
What amazes me is not that these exploits exist, it is that they CONTINUE TO EXIST. Is this where the managers that left Kodak went to?
I used this exact method as a party trick when I was 14, over a decade ago, on master locks.
It's honestly insane that this still works
He stated that issue in a security keynote a while ago. Long story short, if you don't adress them, nobody knows they exist.
They continue to exist because people are buying it. If they stopped, they would have to fix them. It doesn't make much sense to improve something that sells. It costs money, it doesn't earn money.
MasterLock doesn't care.
Not at all.
Their brand name is so hyper-dominant in the US market that you could put this video on primetime news, and it wouldn't affect their sales at all.
I question how big a problem this is in the real world - while these locks can be picked very quickly by an expert with the right tools who knows the specific lock's internal mechanism, I'm guessing in the real world far more theft happens by cutting locks, cutting or breaking whatever the lock is attached to, or other vulnerabilities outside the lock itself.
I've been using the feel-free method to open such combination locks like that for more than 40 years! It's astonishing that such locks are still being bought, let alone sold.
Same, as a young entrepreneur at school I would swap bike locks to other bikes with the same lock.
I would then charge for my "picking skills" to get them open again.
@@Stambo59 About 50 yrs ago when I was at high-school I worked out how to use this method to open cases & padlocks. However, there was no space for lockers at our inner-suburban selective-school, nor did anyone ride bikes as most students walked &/or caught public-transport buses to school, with only a handful of the senior students driving due to limited on-street parking. So unfortunately I couldn't take advantage of my 'skills' like you did!
@@Stambo59 the bike lock equivalent of a protection racket
Especially suitcases, they are often 3 digit as well you brute force all combinations and eventually it will click when the right combination is found
One other thing if I may- The man proves it's not just the tools that please Mrs. LPL, it's the touch.
That's the April 1st video ❤
Thanks!! You may not!!
I found this channel one day a few years ago when I was a beach bum in Mozambique. I found this pub in a resort that was empty and really wanted a beer. They had little pad locks on their beer fridges so I searched for how to pick a padlock on youtube. I drank them dry but I did leave double the money it would have cost me if it had been open and a little note telling them to get their padlocks changed. I did go back and meet the owners of the resort and absolutely confessed. We are friends to this day. Howsit Monique if you are reading this! And ciao Arlindo I know you love tis channel too! See you soon!
The worst part is that any witnesses would just see someone using a combination lock, seemingly as intended, and not realise that it's a thief. Even when I know the code I sometimes take longer than that lmao
Lets go with things that dont really happen for $400 Alex-
The saddest thing about this is it will not change anything. All of the home stores will still sell tons of Master Lock products and Master Lock will not change their products.
I have used Master locks for many years on storage units and when they have been defeated it has been by common bolt cutters. I think maybe an angle grinder a few times, too.
@@MrTruckerf This!
The crushing majority of people have no idea about picking or decoding a lock like this. And amongst thieves it's just barely more common knowledge. To a thief it doesn't pay off knowing the ins and outs of decoding these locks. A battery powered angle grinder works on all locks no matter the design or construction. And if the lock would be built to withstand the angle grinder odds are the door or whatever the lock is securing isn't as sturdy.
Brute force is the most universal "skill" you can apply to doors and locks. And if brute force doesn't make it you're not using enough of it...
It's a bit cliché but oh so true. The small percentage who do know how to decode these locks are generally not the ones you need to worry about. That is unless your main concern is someone getting in without leaving signs of entry. Then this becomes a much bigger problem and you probably shouldn't buy your locks at Walmart.
Having said all of this I still think it's ridiculous how these known weaknesses remain in products that are not even cheap, and how they keep popping up in new lock designs time after time with only minor differences, and usually not enough to even slow down someone who ahs learned to pick or decode one of them.
@@blahorgaslisk7763 Locks these days are just a legal token at court proving that you did not give permission to trespass.
Hey, long time viewer, just wanted to say thanks for the knowledge you've shared. My goddaughter lost her apartment keys last night, and couldn't reach the landlord for a spare. I was able to pick her lock and probably save her $100 for a call to a locksmith. Thank you!
Nice!
*See's master lock in the thumbnail*
This is where the fun begins.
I have this exact lock, was using it to secure my house builders fence. On the first day, somebody dropped the lock in the sand and needed 1/2 a can of WD40 to get the wheels turning again.
However, when the shackle is under high tension, my wheels do not turn at all.
Loosening the tension a little, the wheels turn in ascending order only and lock at 0.
Only under no load can wheels turns in both directions. This is tough to do when the chain fills most of the space in the shackle.
Perhaps sand is the missing ingredient to make this secure
Roger that-- give the lock a good sand bath before initial use. Thanks for the tip! lol
You use a Master lock to "secure" something? Are you insane? Buy an Abus or another decent brand that actually takes security seriously.
Sa sand?!? Bbut it's coarse and rough and irritating and it gets everywhere.
I always keep a little pocket sand handy.
@Jim Parlett to be honest I didn't know at the time they were so cr@p. In Australia, the big box store pretty much only has Master brand combination locks.
I really needed combination lock as keys are too hard to manage with multiple trades
The tool-free method is how I discovered LPL; I needed to unlock a shared lock on a storage locker that a colleague accidentally changed the combination to. Searching for how to do this led me to the LPL channel where I learned the technique he showed in this video. So thank you LPL for your lessons
Masterlock pretty much owns the shelf space in nearly every store unless you go online. Definitely need a more diverse selection in stores so we can get an actually secure lock. Love LPL content and I have learned alot from him. Especially came in handy when I got locked out of my semi truck his kit came in clutch and saved me almost 400 bucks for some one to come out and open my door.
The moving them down six positions after the deep notch blew my mind. LPL I would love to know just how much time you spend studying each locks mechanisms after the initial picking to figure out more ways of just embarrasing the poor lock and its manufacturer.
Using the notch decoder aligned the gates, but it didn't align them with the rest of the lock to allow entry. From there you can just move them all one position at a time until you find the position that unlocks.
I sometimes question his harsh criticism of these locks - this one took longer than many for him to open (by either method), and that was after knowing the internal mechanism - someone coming upon this lock for the first time would take much longer.
@@quillmaurer6563 He's kind of stuck having to rate them according to his own skill. The fact that he was able to do it without the tool is probably the biggest criticism, but we should see what beginners have to say when they first do this. That said, I haven't had one of these to practice on for some time, so I can't be one to make that comment.
@@TesserId True, but by his skill as a comparison, this actually took a while compared to many other locks he messes with. And requires him to have specific knowledge of the mechanism. He should know that your average thief isn't going to be this good or have that knowledge.
The same method works with all mechanical multi-wheel combination locks. Find something that differs for each wheel, then rotate all wheels syncronized to move the gate in place. If you're familiar with the specific lock implementation, you know exactly how much you need to move the wheels to move from the position where you felt the difference to open lock position. At worst it would need 9 extra tries.
And as for feeling the difference in wheels, you basically have to guess left or right side of the wheel to insert your feeling gauge.
i had a bike lock in the 70's i had to decode every year like this. Never could remember the combination over the winter when i didnt use it.
Same here ! lol
Masterlock. It never fails to disappoint.
I hate the fact that I'm not good at this. But always enjoy these videos
You can always practice picking locks and improve if you wish :)
Practice makes perfect my friend.... You get the feel for it eventually.
Personally i moved on from these to button push combo locks on doors, basically the same method but you're feeling for the hard buttons instead.
@@hanswoast7 for sure. Appreciate the kindness. I'm a roughneck on a drilling rig and finesse isn't something I possess
@@ROOSTER333 Get one of these locks and train your skills for 10 minutes a day. You'll be amazed how much progress you'll have in half a year.
That said, I'd recommend getting good set of tensioners and proper picks and start with pin tumbler locks if you want to make it a hobby. The important thing to understand about the pin tumbler lock picking is that you want top of the keyway tensioner and you want a tensioner that's really snuggly fit. That means you'll need minimum of 3 top of the keyway tensioners (3 most common thicknesses) to be able to pick typical pin tumbler locks. The actual pick isn't that important. As long as it has a medium hook at the end, it will open any pin tumbler lock sold for less than $50.
Get one of those cheap fake book safes. I'll scramble the wheels and then open it with my eyes closed. After a time or two it's really easy to feel the "loose spot" on each wheel while putting tension on the knob.
I had a cheap suitcase combination lock and I used the first method to find the passcode long forgotten.
(It does wear out the mechanism and put it slightly out of joint if you do it too much, so don't rely on it and never do it to a lock in use)
I do what I want
I can't see how thats the case, you'd do exactly the same in normal usage of the product.
Plus, if it's in use, removing it and throwing it in the bin would seem to be the correct action to take. 😂
@@blakesimmons5130 in normal use no force on the mechanism?
What are you talking about? Clearly you have never seen me using a combination lock (And I would assume 99% of other lock users)
@@Jehty_ I typically don't pull on the shackle when opening my locks the normal way...
Just spin the wheels.
@@blakesimmons5130talking out of one's bottom there sir, these are metal parts designed for many thousands of uses and holding the bar or the locking catch is not going to wear anything very much, at least no more than simply operating said lock.
Been using this trick for years to demonstrate to people who install this very system outside of elderly relatives houses why it's a really insecure and potentially dangerous thing to do, not one lock I've ever done this has shown any kind of unusual wear from my actions.
This works exactly the same way that system and as such, you guys clearly have no idea what you're talking about.
I just taught this to my new co-worker at the lock shop we work at. Then come home and have a video about this. Incredible!
Using a Masterlock is a super cute way to tell people you are just as trusting as someone who doesn't use a lock at all.
Why do I always have to crank my speakers to the max to watch your videos, and when I watch something else, I wakeup everyone around because I've forgot my speakers were at their max value.
Never thought LPl would give master lock such high praise, “good for a minute of delay”. Their goal, as I understand it, is to be slightly more secure than a shoelace that has been knotted.
I bought this lock a long time ago and I didn't have the combination, I looked for many tutorials and none of them helped me, but with this one I was able to do it.
Thanks 🎉🎉
Thank you. This just helped me decipher 2 locks on company vehicles because my employees think they own the trucks they only drive 3 days a week and change the lock combinations on 2 of them.
When I saw this was a 4 minute video, I thought, "oh boy, this is going to be tough one for the LPL." Nope, he just opened it in two different ways. Will have to search through more of his videos, but I would love if they were a little more "tutorial" in style. These are fun to watch obviously, but would also love to learn how to do some of these things too!
Quite a lot of that 4 minutes was him scrambling the combination!
If you see 'Master Lock' in the title or description, rest assured the picking/decoding will never take more than 30 seconds.
He does have many videos going into the details of how to do what he does and how different types of locks work. Once you've seen those, the others start getting pretty trivial to understand how it works.
Try video [626] A Pick Proof Master Lock?.
It's actually over ten minutes, and he totally disassembles the lock.
*spoiler alert - it isn't pick proof!
Using a Master Lock is like a billboard telling people "Free Stuff Here!"
Thanks for the video, always enjoy watching!
I've found your site very interesting. Plus I'm learning something. That's for sure and for certain
You never cease to amaze me.
My favorite observation here is that he rated the lock by "minutes of delay". That is a confidence statement right there
Great demonstration.
dude is like magic. how does he know every little trick for every lock?!
Damn bro. I can only heap praise upon u. You are a savant of lockpicking... And ur content is extremely entertaining! Keep it up. ;)
As always, an interesting and well explained clip. Thank you.
Pulling on the shackle and advancing the wheels was something I discovered by myself in the 80s. No code wheel lock was safe from me.
I also worked out that this simple technique works sometime in the 1970s when at high-school! It also became a trend to fit these combination-locks to suitcases & briefcases, so it was real easy to change the combinations!
@@stevie-ray2020 I remember on my first day of year 9, my locker code which I had been using all day stopped working. We got a staff member who tried to open it (they had a database of all the codes) but the damn thing would not budge. Knowing the school, it was probably some kids fucking with me on my first day. just realised this now
I still am giggling at April 1 video... Comedic genius
You think Masterlock would have gotten tired of the humiliation by now and made a good lock.
maybe they're in for the kink
I think they try to sit it out for another decade or two.
@ Sounds like another version of masochism. Wonder how that works 🤣
i recon it works like a charm for them. i've yet to see anyone from the lockpickin' community say anything positive bout masterlock wares
As long as they keep selling they don't give a jot.
That's the difference between them and an ethical company who cares about their customers such as Paclock.
Dude! This is a cool 😎 channel. Thank you for teaching me that NO Lock is unpickable
Not that I am ever going to question the ways of the LPL (both for skill and legal reasons), but wouldn't it be a time saver to move each wheel _UP_ 4 positions?
yeah, i was also going to comment this
Thanks for all the great videos
hellyeah another combination lock, same old phrase! Love it!
Holy poop on a popsicle! This is the technique we used to use to muck-around crack friends' bike locks at school in the 80s! At 8 years old we felt like master criminals!
Many people think that combination locks are useless, that may be true for their intended purpose but if you have small children some cheap combination locks can keep them entertained for hours, they're fascinated by the mechanism and playing with it helps them better understand numbers and even basic math exercises.
I was expecting a special tool like a dried banana peel or some kind of customized cue-tips
Your video helped me decode a lock!
not sure how they get away with false advertising calling their products “master locks”
They call them master locks because it requires a real master to be able to lock anything safely with their product
It's like "master key" where you can open any lock. So here, the master key is included.
Or as many have said in these comments: if a master key is a key for every lock, a master lock is a lock for every key.
I'm more terrified of the quality of "BachelorLock."
Master as in "Masters of deception"
Combination locks with pulling on the shackle to bind it to find combo, I figured that out in elementary school with my bike lock. I went around figuring out all the combo locks on the bike rack and everyone thought I was magic
I learned to open combination locks with the first method when I was 7. Thats now 50 years ago. I am flabbergasted that this still works with modern locks.
incredible skills you have....
As I was a child I decoded the lock of my old bicycle using the first technique... Interesting, that is still works...
lock companies should hire this man to test their locks so as to eliminate all vulnerabilities
There's a reason these vulnerabilities are out there and it basically comes down to money. Design and testing costs money, as does extra material needed to reduce vulnerabilities, and I would guess that the market has shown many times by now that it just doesn't care that much about vulnerabilities if allowing them keeps the price low.
It's the same thing with air travel. Everyone complains about air travel, but everyone also looks for the cheapest fare they can find. This creates a natural tension that usually prevents airlines from addressing complaints about the flying experience.
Agree, but: there is absolutely no point. It costs money, and people still buy their shitty product.
The other question is how big a problem theft via lock vulnerability actually is. An expert like LPL can get these open pretty quickly, but I doubt it's actually so common in the real world. It requires specialized skills, specific knowledge of each type or style of lock, and so on. I suspect it's far more common for thieves to cut the lock, or more often whatever the lock is attached to. Or to seek out things that were not locked in a secure way - when I was in University I saw so many bicycles on campus that were locked in a way that someone with any knowledge of bicycles could easily steal by doing things like taking a wheel off. Some were locked by the wheel, someone could take the wheel off and take the rest of the bike, then steal a wheel off a different bike. Bicycle theft was a major issue, but I doubt the thieves were picking locks.
In middle school, we used to used the touch technique to get into cylindrical combination locks for bikes.
Captions: "This is the Walk-in lawyer". Close to accurate 😂
OMG ! We did this method already >45 years ago with our locks.
Some things never change
Master Lock, never disappoints.
I had a laptop lock I forgot the code to and was able to use the method of pulling and looking for the loose number successfully. I was surprised how easy it was.
I've been subscribed and watching TLPL for years now and I have come to the conclusion that for any real type of security to lock up something is to use the hot rivet method. Not many people walk around with a portable grinder to break in. LOL.
That sounds more reasonable than my plan to go around with a grinder, a welder, and a length of chain.
@@jimbojones9665 👍
I have this exact same lock. Use it for internal gates so you can only get to them from inside the yard. I bought it for weather resistance vs security. The rubber flap just trapped water and froze when cold so I ripped it off. Locking numbers are at an angle too which is a little annoying. See how it holds up to the weather. Last few combo locks (175) failed after 6 months. Masterlock kept sending me replacements but the just didn't hold up.
Talking about Master Combination Padlock, I bought a Model 7620EURD from Tesco and found it has some funny characteristics.
On the 3 digit padlock, only the topmost digit need to be exact. The second and third digit could be the exact one you set, or the one on the opposite side (Say, if you set it to 0 then 5 will open it as well)
So assume you never heard all these techniques, by brute force trying the combinations, all you need to try is only 10 x 5 x 5 = 250, way less than the 1000 combinations it supposed to have.
Very interesting...
*Masterlock:* "Our new lock takes around 20 to 30 seconds to bypass… Oh my goodness, that's incredible, we must make this one of our PRO series"
I used to open master locks with a hammer 40 years ago during a misspent youth. Nice to see they have gotten harder to crack 😂😂😂😂😂
Dame it, now I need a new gym lock. ☝️❤️🔉
I've used the first method on a lot of different combination locks here in Europe. I've even used it on 'secure cargo containers' we're supposed to use to return old HDDs and tapes in.(Because they sent us the wrong combination )
Great video!
Eyyy! Another South Bend lockpicking enjoyer!!!
I decoded a lock with the valve lash feeler gauges I found in a toolbox. We were feeding the dogs for some friends and the box had been reset with an unkown code.
I would put the LPL up against the supposed best lock pickers in the country, dude knows his shit. Keep working your magic, thank you.
I'm starting to get a weird liking for MasterLock. The sort you get for a recurring villain in a TV series. I can't wait to see them featured in the next episode :)
LPL, you scary as hell. Keep it up.
Imagine someone investing into "Covert companion" tool set to open the particular lock and LPL suggests you can open it without any tools... 😀
It's useful for those of us with hands that aren't as steady as an 18 yr old's, or just for using with other locks and methods
@@LabGecko I know. Just making a joke, based on LPLs intro comments
3:10 Wouldn't it be faster to move each wheel *up by 4 positions?* 😛
you found the fluke!🤯
The way he handles the lock, is like watching a well trained machinist assemble an item. I mean to say you can see by his movements he has spent a lot of time with that lock.
LockPickingLawyer to Liam from South Bend: "No, that's not the way to humiliate Master Lock with this one.".
I like he spends longer scrambling the combination than actually opening it. 🙂
Only the best from masterlock!
For a long time because of You I have been afraid to buy padlocks with a code.
The first opening method scares me even more.
Impressive 👏
When I saw the "no tool needed" in the thumbnail, at this point I honestly expected LPL to just give it a good slap to open it.
Amazing!
One of these days LPL is going to stare hard at a Master Lock and it will simultaneously 1) Open and 2) Explode.
Ah Masterlock, you have done it again…..
Locks: keeping honest men honest
Master Lock : hold my beer
We used to open the old bike cable code locks in gradeschool like this :)
shitting on masterlock is a very important part of LPL's content
Masterlock can't even kidnap LPL, he's probably the only one buying them padlocks anymore...
I opened one of these with the use of a USB microscope: looking between the tumblers, I could see a gap at a certain position. Turn each through 180° and the lock opened.
LPL blows my socks off every time...
Master lock has the same flaw in the brass 3 number combination locks. There's another technique where you just tension it and spin all 3 wheels at once as fast as you can. You can get them open in 30 seconds or less. I was playing with one in math class when the teacher asked me if I knew what the odds where I'd actually open the scrambled code? It literally dropped as soon as he finished asking. "Pretty good..." I replied with a smirk.
Every time I watch him open a lock I hear the Mission Impossible theme in my head.
Is the 'touch and feel' technique applicable to briefcase locks?
Masterlock: less a lock, more a piece of metal that you can hang on things.
HAHAHA, Masterlock. My stomach churns with laughter :DDD
Perfect for folks who forget the combination number all the time...
"There, we just put that into Change mode, and we now have a Commando Lock you can actually find useful".
I would like to note that on the covert companion you made the notch decoder out of steel. It easily deformed after using it for a bypass a few times. Perhaps cutting it out of nitinol to allow for heat reforming would be best ? I'm not sure I'm planning on buying a laser cutter after I find a place to live and I'll do some experiments.
I was also able to heat treat the notch decoder after reforming it to make it slightly better