I just wanted to let you know that me and my wife got locked inside a state park after hours. We were late getting back and they locked us in. We called the police and they couldn't get us out/didn't know the code. The park rangers were unreachable. This video got us and our RV out in 4 minutes once I decided to check on your videos. I have been a long time fan and amateur picker. Thank you, you saved us tonight.

I just imagine a thief looking at his videos standing in front of lock he's gonna pick

I’m sure Masterlock is stoked you’re educating us all on their products

Nice to see Master lock trying anyway. I'd love to see a playlist of "locks LPL would consider using"

I don't know why I'm watching lockpicking videos at 2 AM, but it's oddly fascinating

I literally just watched a guy build a tazer from a deoterant stick, now I'm learning to pick locks. My FBI guy is probably so concerned.

This video actually helped me earn some above-board cash, so thank you for making it. I use to have a job in a small business office setting that use these specific locks on literally everything they wanted to keep locked. Well, they had a big reshuffle of the things they had attached the locks to and all of the locks on them were meant to be set to have new codes when re-assigned to their new lockers. The idea that was proposed by upper management was that they were going to go around and unlock every lock they had, set them to a neutral code (like 1111) and then drop them all in a big bin and then dole them back out after the locker reshuffle was done. Since they had a nice neutral combination, we could just grab one out of the bin, reset it to an _actual_ code, and then lock the locker. Apparently the memo didn't get through though and a key part of those instructions were left out somewhere along the way. The officer manager was meant to handle it and she ended up giving the job to one of her staff, but they just took all of the locks off, didn't clear their codes, and just jumbled them into a big bin - presumably told they were being replaced as part of the big reorganization. At the time, these locks were like $20-$30 a pop, so we must've had like two or three grand worth of locks that the company was going to have to throw out and replace because they were useless (arguably, they've always been useless if you've seen this video). I informed my manager that I knew how to reset every single lock in the bin if they wanted me to, but they'd have to live with the idea that all of the product, supplies, etc. that was stored in those lockers were effectively just security illusion and not any sort of actual obstacle. From my manager, I was told that the plan from upper management was to just replace the locks 1-to-1 with the exact same style of lock and that they weren't interested in getting more secure ones, so they'd be interested to know a way to get out of making such a purchase. I told the office administrator that I could get all of the locks working again without having to buy new ones. If they were willing to cut me a check for $1k as a "consultant fee" on top of my normal hourly rate, I'd take the bin and return them to her after getting them all reset. It took them three days to get back to me, but she came back with HR and a document that they'd drafted, agreeing to pay out if I could do it. She said I could just work on it whenever I had some spare time and I had like a week to finish. A quick lookup of this video to refresh myself and it was done in like 2 hours. Office manager was _not_ particularly pleased to learn that like every cabinet and locker in the building could be undone in such a short time, but she was quite pleased that she wouldn't have to go to the owner and explain that she needs to expense out a few thousand dollars because of an error made by her department. So thanks LPL. You helped me make some of the easiest money of my life.

I was a practicing Locksmith for 20+ years and I still watch all these videos, learning something new each time. Even though I no longer do it as a trade I believe you can never stop learning. I have found that to many people in the Locksmith trade get complacent after learning yhe basics of the trade and if anything changes they just resort to destroying the lock then taking the time to learn about a new product. Please keep putting these videos out.

“Anyone with a little knowledge can decode this” *3 million views*

They must call you "You-Know-Who" in Master's offices.

I've had a lock of this same series sitting in the house for nearly 4 years. Someone accidentally changed the combo. With this video I opened it in about the same amount of time as the demo! Thanks for the great content.

The way you opened it is the most common trick in the book, we used to have these combination locks in school like 13 years ago and did it for fun during breaks. Right before you said there was a easier way to open it i told myself (please don't tell me he's gonna pull down in the bar and then try to roll the numbers) and then you did. Happy to see the same kind of trick still hasnt been fixed

I love how he talks about all the ways Masterlock improved the defence against tools and then totally dunks on them like but that doesn't matter I can do it without tools. This man just destroyed a whole companies careers.

Marketing said you should not need any tools for this lock... And they succeeded… Clearly it was just an unclear requirement...

For about a year, I've noticed an obviously-abandoned bicycle cable, along with this (newer) Master lock, wrapped around a parking lot light pole down the street from where I live. Two evenings ago, right before a snowstorm, I decided to watch your video a second time, then go try my luck. I didn't time myself but, for sure, had the lock open in *under one minute.* I'd never successfully decoded a lock before, and felt a bunch of different feelings -- surprised, proud, concerned (about the value of any of the locks we own). I'd say my predominant emotion was tickled, though. I really enjoyed it. I'm now looking forward to my next opportunity to thwart some lock maker.

I love this channel it both scares me and informs me at the same time. I am scared because it seems that most locks are just useless and that I need a $500 lock for my school locker. But in reality locks are there just to deter the common scum bags. If they really wanted to get in they would get in by other, possibly violent means. It is very educational for selecting locks for specific needs and has eased my mind so that if I do lose a key it's not the end of the world. I have bought a basic pick kit and training lock just so I can independently get myself out of trouble.

I get your business method now, teach people how to lock pick then offer your lawyer services to them :P

I was once told that locks are for keeping your neighbors out, not criminals.

The core thing to remember is that you do need to put pressure on the hinge to trigger the “open/engage lock” sequence before you can feel the difference if you have the right number. If you can move the wheel while putting pressure on the hinge, then the lock is not in “open/engage open” mode. Once you figure it out, it will make sense. If you still don’t understand, watch 7:27 over and over until you find a number and you can compare. This is the key to understanding this lock

This is fantastic! I work in the oil and gas industry as a utility locator, and this is the lock used on most gate entrances to the lease sites.. and VERY often, there's bad communication and we arrive to sites without being given the code. I'm gonna try this next time it happens. To be clear, we have permission to access these sites, and the gates are simply vehicle gates to keep trespassers out, so typically in these situations, if the road isn't too long, I will have to just load up all of my gear and crawl over the gate, instead of pulling our vehicle in with our equipment and personal belongings. As long as this doesn't wreck the lock, nobody will have an issue with it..... and in fact, I guarantee, the fact that we won't have to come out a second time after rearranging the day, costing the company hundreds to thousands of extra dollars, would be greatly appreciated.

Imagine a guard outside of his prison cell hearing "lockpicking lawer here and today we will be reviewing mater lock 255B" . * Door clicks open*

When he says "design flaw" it's like hearing Bear Grylls say "protein"; yow just know things are going to get interesting.

Picked my shed lock thanks to this video, and the code was something my wife and I had no recollection of. Thanks LPL!

Nice to see it explained. I recall we used to use this method in JC for number lock combinations whenever someone forgot the combination of the lock to their locker. Fortunately, it was always used to help people and not to break into lockers. That must have been like 30 years ago =)

Imagine if the government hired this guy to go on a secret mission to get somewhere locked and as soon as he gets to the lock he starts telling his team the whole history about the lock

Just wait another 20 years and whenever this man just looks at a lock, it would open

Your knowledge and articulation in your videos is incredibly impressive! Thank you very much for sharing your expertise. 😎👍

I was on a walk with my dog and as we were going through a field, found a master lock security cable with the 875 locked onto one of the loops. I brought it home, watched your video and easily had the lock opened and then changed the code. I am sure I will put this to good use. Thanks, great video and super helpful.

I just love the sentence "but there's a even easier way to open it"

Masterlock engineers must be pissed when they go on youtube and see so many videos showing how easy it is to pick their locks or better yet watch someone figure out the combonation of a lock in literally seconds lol.

I've watched almost all your videos all the way back from 6 years you are absolutely amazing I'm sure you must have a very good career in lock picking..great content thank you

This man scares me. I’m afraid he may unlock the dark secrets of my soul and start revealing them in his oddly soothing voice.

Master lock : you don't need a tool to change combinations Lockpickinglawyer : you don't need a tool to pick it 😅

Master still hasn't learned. I used a similar technique 50 years ago on school lockers when kids forgot their combinations. I could simply feel when I hit a good number and typically opened those padlocks in a couple of minutes. I probably missed a chance to have an interesting locksmith career lol.

Man, that slow calm explanation that tears the lock makers to shreds. If I ever need a lawyer I want him giving the closing statement.

I’m a truck driver I was locked inside a parking lot with a gate using this exact lock. This video helped me get out to make on time delivery. Thank you.

You’re a lifesaver, man. I was able to use this method to decode an old lock of mine that I’d forgotten the combo to. Saved me 20 bucks.

This technique works for just about all combination locks. I really upset an escape room by getting out in some sort of record time.

I love your program. I learn so much from you. I was a locksmith for 3 years, but all new devices on the market today and love it. I did my time back in the 90's and everything so difference today's standard. Ty for your sight. I've learned a lot from you.

I love how I can watch a Lockpicking Lawyer video from 5 years ago and get the same awesome content i get today. No discussion about "man, the old episodes where so much better" or "this channel has really gotten lazy". Nope! Not The Lockpicking Lawyer! Long time fan. Love the vids. Please keep it up!

When I went to college in the 1970’s I lived in the dorms. Many students had a bicycle and they would store them in the basement, the basement was full of bikes. Back then, everyone used a simple chain with a built-in combo lock (you still see similar locks even today). They were so easy to open it was ridiculous, you would just pull on them as you turned the combo lock and feel for a click to get the correct number. As a prank, someone opened every lock and move them to different bikes. Lol, the next few days everyone went crazy saying they could not open their locks on their bike!

This video helped so much! We had a lock on our work gate and pretty sure someone changed the combo just to be a butt. So I watched this video and give it a shot and it worked! When I got it opened I automatically thought of Skyrim "lockpicking increased to 2"

I love how he's always talking so nice about a lock and then out of nowhere. Here comes the bad and total tears the lock a new one.

Thank you for allowing my job of the day to be easier! Had to throw away a bunch of crap from a unit and the property people thought that this kind of lock could keep me out of the dumpster. Kudos kindzir.

There's an old saying a lock only keeps the honest people out

If I was Masterlock I would just send this guy a million dollars to never review or use their products in videos and take down all these videos.

This was a pretty good one. I like to see the interior of the lock. Nice work.

This video saved my car can’t believe how it easy it was!!! Bless your heart

"Locks are only for honest people" this will always be true.

Lockpicking Lawyer : So let me sho.. Masterlock company: Write that down!

Love your videos and your instruments are great quality. Thank you.

Buddy, you are amazing! Thank you a million times over for this video!

And someone somewhere has this securing their rental space at a storage locker.

Me: You need to carry a mini welder and just weld your bike chain together when you lock it. LPL: This week we show how to open a welded chain.

A win win lawyer. He can bolt out his client in case of conviction.

Having never messed with locks in my life, this is so true. I have one of these locks and this technique worked 100%

Masterlock: spends 10 years and 15 million dollars on redesigning their patent combo lock to be impregnable LL: ends Masterlocks career in 30 seconds with zero budget.

One day, years ago when I had nothing to do I figured out that you can pick cheap number locks by pulling on the shackle and feeling the resistance on the wheels. That turned into a fun bet at a pub I used to frequent where I claimed I could open a number pad lock blindly in 20 seconds and then almost failed with 1 second left. Yesterday someone recommended your channel to me and it is enlighting and entertaining to see how these locks actually look inside and what different companies try to keep lock pickers out. So much to learn! :-)

This is so good. Everything is easy when you know how it’s done. Great work.

I love that it doesnt matter how hard they try, they still cant stop you from simply being able to decode the locks by feel.

I bought one of these a few weeks ago and just got around to trying this. It's absurdly easy. I've blindly re-coded it a dozen times today, and it's taken probably no more than two minutes to open the lock each time.

Master Lock company HATES you!

I admire your skill. I can't even decode a Dollar Store dial lock after trying so many times.

Omg this worked! You totally saved me. My car got locked in a parking garage on New Year’s Eve…20 miles from home. The guy at the front desk refused to call his manager to give me assistance and said I could wait until 11. (8 hours). So I googled this video and was able to unlock the gate and get home! Thank you thank you

*LPL:* "This lock is impossible to defeat. Anyway, after I defeated it...."

Who's got two thumbs and just figured out how not to have to memorize all of the combos at work.... THIS GUYYYYYYY!

Just had a POD delivered that I had locked a year and a half ago with an 875. I had forgotten the combination. Took me 2 minutes to open using these instructions. Great that I got it open, but disconcerting that I had trusted my belongings to this lock. Happy that PODS kept it in a secured.lot.

I had one of these locks kicking around for the past couple of years. I watched the video and BAM it was open in less than a minute first try. Awesome, thanks very much!

About to go steal my neighbors four-wheelers now

Do they not test these locks before they put them into production? I think they need to start sending there locks to you to be tested before they do lol.

Your videos really are SO useful ! - They make me want to take up thieving...

Thank you, took longer to watch video than it did to open the lock. First time. Now we can go to work. Life saver. ❤

With this smooth voice, if you would lockpick any of my locks and stole something from me, i wouldn't even be mad at you...

There needs to be an anime about the battle between Lockpicking Lawyer and Master lock.

Oh my goodness. Thank you so much I bought a set of new locks and messed up setting the first combination. Spent ages trying to get it to lock. Your video saved me purchasing another set. Brilliant!!

Wow. We have a shared dirt road driveway with a gate with this kind of lock. The combination stopped working. I followed your instructions and was able to open it in a couple of minutes. The code had been changed in just one digit; I suspect a fumbling guest reset it by accident (so maybe the reset mechanism isn't that great after all). Your video was extremely helpful! @LPL, have you thought about selling a course? Provide students with a bunch of locks, the tools they'd need to pick them, and supporting videos? That would be a lot of fun! Especially introductory videos on the terminology, and how locks work. Thanks for your great videos!

I went to Home Depot tonight and noticed they had these locks securing their power tools. My first thought was, wow, I could open one of these locks in under a minute. Then I noticed one which was unlocked and laying on the shelf with the combination in plain view. The combination was the store number, and I would bet that every lock in the store was set to that same combination.

Not sure how I ended up here, also don’t know why I cant stop clicking on these videos.

Thank you again for sharing your gifts

Wow! thanks you so much I have similar lock and someone change combination accidentally and I was able to open it with the help of your video thank you again God bless you

I've never thought of locks in terms of logic gates. Now I can't think of it any other way. Thanks for teaching me this morning. I'm also going to have to buy another lock.

when you call the lawyer to get out of jail, and he comes with a lock pick...

This was great! I hadn't used my tool box in a while, and I forgot the combination. I used your technique (took me a while to get the feel) and I was able to open the 🔐 lock! It saved me from having to cut it off. 😊

Dear Lock Picking Lawyer: I managed to screw up the recoding of the lock on the community garden gate, for my wife. After watching your video, I was able to decode what I had done and get the lock recoded successfully. Thank you for posting this. You saved us buying a new lock and turned me from a heel, into a hero. Signed: The Lock Picking Pilot..😀

So you're saying that this Quality Masterlock Product has the same vulnerability as a $2 bike lock? Preposterous!

I've come back from the future to see this lock humiliated again

When I was a kid (now 54), I used to open those bike chains with the same mech, using the same method you use here. From there on, I avoided buying any kind of lock that used a wheel. Nice to see someone else use the exact same technique I used 40 years ago :)

This is it. I found it again. This is the video that got me into LPL's reviews

I'm pretty sure people only disliked this because they think he's the guy who stole their bike

Worked like a charm!! Had an employee accidentally change the code and this got me back in business. Thanks!!

I just used this technique on a lock a coworker found. It took a little while, much longer than you showed, but it worked in the end. I need to get "the feel" down. Thank you so much. I work in security, so it may come in handy once again. Who would have thought a 5 year old video would come in handy?😊

WOW! Works like a charm. Took me less than 10 minutes to open this thing. Thank you! Just saved me at least $50!!

To me it's incredible how this design works, and it feels like IRL programming using physical matter as your media. Just a different kind of existence.

A self-picking lock!

You are amazing AND very entertaining. I have no need to de code any locks, but something about your voice and your technicality when explaining all these different locks... Just sucks me in while I eat dinner!

I just found one of these in a parking lot, brand new looking and was just curious. Worked in less than 30 seconds. This is amazing

There's something so satisfying in watching him take a crap on these products, not in a negative way, but because he finds things that the designer has not thought about.

"Infact it can be faster than actually dialing the combination" *lock snaps open*

I’m baked out of my mind watching this and this is real pleasant to watch

Thank you my man!! I forgot the combo to my lock and now it is open thanks to you. It was just as easy as you said and only took a few seconds.