Locks Are All Created Equal. Not.

Key Duplication and Medeco sell mul-t-lock, skeleton keys, master keys, and together with a locksmith company they provide home security with high se

How so many can make the mistake of thinking that all locks are the same is beyond me. Given, all locks share the same purpose, and some even take on the same form, albeit with noticeable variations. But those similarities, nor the fact that it takes a key or some sort of combination to open them, by no means make them equal.

The plethora of locks and keys made and used over the years illustrates this point. In the past, skeleton keys were all you needed to get past the weak security offered by the locks of that time. Now, though? That's not the case. These days, no one key is capable of bypassing the security of that many locks, with some notable exceptions, like master keys which were purposely designed to open several locks in the same set.

Even these help disprove the claim that every lock is no different from another. Countless innovations have led to the creation of myriad locks and keys that work in signature ways. The locks of cars can now be disengaged with a push of a button several meters away, doors are presently being opened through the insertion of cards into their corresponding slots, and there are even locks which refuse to grant access to anyone without a key and a matching fingerprint.

More important than distinction through variation, however, some locks are actually unique in that they have taken security to another level. These high security locks are virtually impossible to be opened by none other than their respective keys. Even better, they can easily be installed in your own house, effectively improving your home security.

These locks are different from common household locks which simply act as deterrents for savvy thieves and gifted lock pickers. High security locks are so hard to bypass, even by the most crafty of criminals, that in the unlikely event that you lose your keys, you will have to avail of the services of a professional locksmith company to disengage them.

As an added security measure, the companies who sell these keys take steps to ensure that they are only duplicated by their respective owners, and with proper authorization. The companies in question? Leading lock firms like Medeco and Mul-T-Lock, who distribute their products across the globe.

High security locks like these prove, without the shadow of a doubt, that locks aren't all the same. How can they be, when some are clearly better than the rest?