If you want to purchase a high security padlock, here are some features that describe this type of device. You should make sure with the seller that the model of the padlock you choose complies with these so that you can avoid being cheated.
A good padlock has a laminated steel body to withstand high impacts.
It has protection against corrosion and dust, for the padlocks are exposed to the weather elements.
It should have hook of high hardness.
There should be maximum protection against the blade, bolts and bars of the padlock.
It should have a high safety cylinder.
In spite of the digital locks, today, there are many brands you can find on the market for padlocks. Among the most mutable brands, you can find the following three companies that are making the best padlocks.
FJM Security
Stanley Hardware
ABUS
When we talk about padlocks, we cannot forget about the keys. What is the greatest key in the world? What is the most valuable one? When was the first key created? There are the questions usually not asked, but knowing the answers, besides satisfying curiosity, can help you understand some of the current issues in the locksmith industry. For this reason, here I will share five curious facts about the keys.
Keys are part of daily life since the eighth century BC, approximate date in which has been dated a kind of lever, with some resemblance to a brush with large teeth, which had some bolts at one end.
The evolution of this first element was the great wooden key, which was 1.2 meters in length, and was found in the ruins of the Sargon II Assyrian Palace in the northern Iraq.
The largest key known so far was made, not to open any house, but to claim the return of the Palestinian people to their homes in 2008. It measured 10 meters, and two tons of iron were used to shape it.
The most paid for keys was 11.5 million euros, in an auction that was organized, so that 59 iron keys of Mecca, dated in the twelfth century, passed into private hands.
The keys with the highest record were those devised by the inventor Joseph Bramah in 1787. Namely, he created a lock that could be opened with up to 470 million different combinations.
