Best padlock?

Bendy_House

By 'best' I not only mean the obvious reliable and secure, but easy to use! That, in turn, means things like easy-to-read numbers for the myopic..., firm wheel 'clicks', wheels that don't move when you are turning adjacent ones, that sort of stuff.

Cheers

coffeehound

Combination lock, bendy?

rob7475

What is it you're wanting to secure?

ashe

TikTok has taught me they're all useless so just get whatever is easiest to use 

Bendy_House

Argh, sorry, Coffee - yes, and combination lock.

To secure gates and stuff.

They do need to be reasonably high security (two have just been snipped through...), but also easy to use as they are in constant use.

I find the digits on most to be very hard to read at night, even with a torch, not helped by the fact I need reading glasses - which i usually don't have with me... And the agony is compounded by the adjacent digits often moving when you turn a wheel - lawdie.

So, secure, but with nice beeg digits! And nice firm clicks

GDB2222

Bendy_House said:

Argh, sorry, Coffee - yes, and combination lock.

To secure gates and stuff.

They do need to be reasonably high security (two have just been snipped through...), but also easy to use as they are in constant use.

I find the digits on most to be very hard to read at night, even with a torch, not helped by the fact I need reading glasses - which i usually don't have with me... And the agony is compounded by the adjacent digits often moving when you turn a wheel - lawdie.

So, secure, but with nice beeg digits! And nice firm clicks

I can't help with the lock, but you can use your phone's camera to magnify the digits.HTH 

Ebe_Scrooge

Is there any reason you want a combination lock, rather than a padlock with a key?  If it's the digits on the combination lock that are the cause of your frustration, a standard key-operated lock would seem to be the obvious choice.  Keep the key on the same keyring as your house/car keys and you'll always have it to hand.

BUFF

& there are also the small matters of budget & sizes. A really secure padlock isn't going to be cheap or small.

Bendy_House

Thanks folks.

Budget is of secondary importance.

It's 'code' rather than key as it's for a village hall, and it's used by a number of groups - too many keys to risk flying around.

Apparently a couple of Squire heavy-duty paddies have been ordered. They look more meaty. And hopefully easy to read...

rob7475

Bendy_House said:

Argh, sorry, Coffee - yes, and combination lock.

To secure gates and stuff.

They do need to be reasonably high security (two have just been snipped through...), but also easy to use as they are in constant use.

I find the digits on most to be very hard to read at night, even with a torch, not helped by the fact I need reading glasses - which i usually don't have with me... And the agony is compounded by the adjacent digits often moving when you turn a wheel - lawdie.

So, secure, but with nice beeg digits! And nice firm clicks

It really does depend on how much you want to spend. Very little will stop a determined thief though. If they can't break the padlock, they try and break what it's attached to instead.

Have a look here:

https://www.padlocks.co.uk/products/high-security-padlocks#combination