{"id":47,"date":"2007-10-29T02:18:19","date_gmt":"2007-10-29T02:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/consumermaven.wordpress.com\/2007\/10\/29\/bump-resistant-deadbolt-locks\/"},"modified":"2020-01-04T19:02:23","modified_gmt":"2020-01-05T00:02:23","slug":"bump-resistant-deadbolt-locks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/2007\/10\/bump-resistant-deadbolt-locks\/","title":{"rendered":"Bump-Resistant Deadbolt Locks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Even though you realize your\u00a0home is not an impregnable fortress you probably still put locks on your doors and windows.\u00a0 They won’t keep a determined intruder out but they should slow him down and\/or force him to make some noise to break in.\u00a0 However,\u00a0if you didn’t pay a premium for your locks then odds are they can be opened in seconds by even an unskilled child\u00a0using a simple method known as bumping<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Granted, locks alone don’t secure a house, but they should at least put up a fight.\u00a0 If you are robbed and there is no sign of forced entry you will have a hard time getting an insurance payout.<\/p>\n

Bump-resistant locks will cost at least $100 apiece.\u00a0 I bought a set of Medeco Maxum deadbolts here<\/a> at that price.<\/p>\n

2013 Update:<\/strong> KwikSet SmartKey locks are also bump-proof, sell at big-box stores for $30, and can be rekeyed without a locksmith. I equipped my current house with these. I have seen some complaints that the locks can “fail” and need to be reprogrammed, but so long you have more than one keyed entrance that shouldn’t be a big problem given how cheaply and easily they can be replaced. Hackers have also found a clever way to decode these locks, but it takes minutes, after which they have to cut a key. So it is possible a skilled attacker with unguarded access to your lock could make an unforced entry to your house. In contrast, locksmiths tell me that the only reliable way to open a Maxum or Primus lock without the key or code is to drill it (which is expensive, noisy, and time-consuming).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Even though you realize your\u00a0home is not an impregnable fortress you probably still put locks on your doors and windows.\u00a0 They won’t keep a determined intruder out but they should slow him down and\/or force him to make some noise to break in.\u00a0 However,\u00a0if you didn’t pay a premium for your locks then odds are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[47],"tags":[11,23,25,27],"class_list":["post-47","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tools","tag-bumpable-locks","tag-home-security","tag-lock-bumping","tag-medeco-maxum"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/po3d1-L","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1722,"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47\/revisions\/1722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/david.bookstaber.com\/Interests\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}