Celebrating Excellence & Shame in the Lock Industry
✦ ★ ✦ ★ ✦ ★ ✦ Presented by NoPryZone.com | Est. 2026 | All Locks Tested IndependentlyThis award goes to the lock that makes locksmiths nervous, governments comfortable, and burglars go find an easier house. It must be exceptional in every category — security, build quality, bypass resistance, and the feeling you get when you hold it.
The Abloy Protec2 doesn't just win this award — it embarrasses the competition. Its disc detainer mechanism has no known bypass on record. Zero. Professional locksmiths have walked away. The government uses it. Now you can too, for the price of a nice dinner out every month for a year.
"The only lock that made our test locksmith say 'I'll come back tomorrow.' He didn't come back."Not everyone can spend $180 on a lock. This award recognizes the lock that delivers genuine, real-world security without requiring a second mortgage. The sweet spot between price and protection.
At around fifty-five dollars, the Schlage B60N is ANSI Grade 1 certified, pick resistant, bump resistant, and will survive a kick that would turn your doorframe into firewood before it gives up. It's not glamorous. It doesn't have a Swiss mechanism. But it will protect your home from 98% of real-world threats, and that's the whole point.
"If the Abloy Protec2 is a tuxedo, the Schlage B60N is a really well-made suit. You'll wear it every day."This dishonor goes to the lock that most aggressively pretends to provide security while actively failing at it. It must be widely available, widely trusted, and widely useless. The people buying this lock deserve to know.
Opened in eighteen seconds with a bobby pin we found on the floor. Not a lock pick. A bobby pin. From the floor. The Master Lock No. 3 is the single most purchased padlock in North America, found on school lockers, storage units, garden sheds, and bike chains across the continent. It provides the psychological comfort of security with none of the actual security. Congratulations on your award. You've earned it.
"We tested it twelve times. The fastest was nine seconds. We weren't even trying."This special recognition goes to the lock that is so technically difficult to defeat that even trained professionals with the right tools approach it with genuine dread. A lock so good at its job that it has given actual locksmiths nightmares.
The Mul-T-Lock MT5+ uses a telescoping pin system with an interactive element that requires simultaneous manipulation of two independent mechanisms at different depths. To pick it you need specialized tools, exceptional skill, and apparently several hours you weren't planning to use. In our testing, our consultant — a certified locksmith with fifteen years of experience — described it as "genuinely unpleasant." We gave it this award immediately.
"Our locksmith consultant asked us to please stop putting these in front of him. We considered it."Please exit through the lobby. The red carpet will be rolled up at midnight.