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The Schlage B60N deadbolt is widely recommended, widely available, has an ANSI Grade 1 residential rating (resistant to common attacks) and costs less then $50
by stacktrust 4y ago
The Schlage B60N deadbolt is widely recommended, widely available, has an ANSI Grade 1 residential rating (resistant to common attacks) and costs less then $50 on Amazon.
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- Godel_unicode 4y agoI feel bad, because I was waiting on this response. It’s an ok lock which I have picked a lot of. Don’t rely on it to stop anyone with access to YouTube. Edit: the Schlage connect is in this same category; widely recommended, highly certified, easy to pick. Locks are theater.
- stacktrust 4y agoSchlage B60N is still better than the $330 Level lock, a budget that could be better spent on Assa Abloy, Bilock, Evva, Medeco, Mul-T-Lock, etc.
- Godel_unicode 4y agoIt’s certainly better at providing the psychological safety that you have “a really good lock”, and since that’s what locks are for that’s important. With that said, nobody being stopped by the Schlage but not by the Level. Especially since as you point out the default configuration of the Schlage is trivially bypassable with a boot.