And as I looked more carefully, I noted the products and prices lined up pretty closely with the master locks a few feet away.

So I thought it might be a good idea to compare locks with similar constructions and prices to help people make a better decision at the store Today will compare the master lock model M five with the Brinks Model 6 72 They are both 50 millimeter laminated steel padlocks, and the prices are very close.

The master lock is $11.98 and the Brinks is 50 cents cheaper at $11.48.

Both of these locks have ball bearing locking mechanisms that retain cut resistant boron alloy shackles.

The Brink shackle is about half a millimeter thicker, though the master lock has Thea octagonal construction, so they probably have very similar performance.

The only significant difference between the two products is the core found inside.

The master lock has a four pen core with no security pins, and that's going to be very easy to pick.

In fact, let's do that right now.

I'm going to use bottom of the key way tension with a 40 thousands thick wiper insert and a standard hook in 25 thousands.

Click out of one click out of two click out of three Click out of four, and we open that up not very hard at all.

The Brinks has one more pin at five, but more importantly, it is full of spools, which means it's going to take more time and skill toe open.

So let's try this one.

Now I'm going to use top of the key way tension for this with a 40,000 stick pry bar and this standard hook in 18 thousands.

Nothing on one.

Nice click on to click out of three and up.

Three's not quite set.

There we go.

I think we got three set now.

Four counter rotation.

Gotta click out of him.

I think he set can a rotation on five.

He is set back toe one counter rotation.

One feel set.

Nothing on 234 Okay, five, drop down counter rotation and we got this open.

So as you can see the core is appreciably harder to pick open.

Given this and the fact that these locks are nearly identical in their other features, I think the Brinks is the superior product, and it's 50 cents cheaper.

In any case, that's all I have for you today.

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