Decent weatherproof padlocks?

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I want a couple of small padlocks for me yacht - cockpit and gas locker. I've tried a few, and they seem to last about 6 months and then start seizing up and the shaft rusts.

Any opinions/suggestions of suppliers?
 
I have a complete set of 6 for all our cockpit lockers plus the liferaft and outboard which are matched to just one key. These are excellent, obtained through Quay West chandlers in Poole some 8 years ago. The key is stamped 'BURG WACHTER' so is presumbly the maker's name but I would guess Quay West sourced them from a main distributor like Plastimo or ECS etc?
 
I use a black powder coated Squire 4 number combination lock on my cockpit locker- the paint chips off the hasp but the metal underneath appears to be galvanised.

I don't oil it or otherwise maintain it and it isn't rusty after 3 seasons
 
Squire do marine padlocks which I've used and have lasted years at sea with no particular maintenance. I was sceptical at first but they've been really good. I got mine from a proper locksmith, it was a set of three with identical keys.
 
I bought what seems like a cracker from Poundland the other day & with a good squirt of grease internally I reckon it's a good'un.
Long live the Chinese! /forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
I've got some plastic coated 'Master' ones that are still ok after about 5 years. I do oil them now and then with GT85, which does not seem to leave you with oily keys....
 
Yep. Those are marketed with a padlock in a tank of water.
I have a few and always a couple of spares. They've been outside, on the boat, on the tender, for at least 7 years now and operate smoothly still. I've never had to lubricate them.

Yes, they are German.


Get them Here Not cheap but a once only buy.


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THanks, again. I don't mind paying the price for something if it works. When I got to the boat last Friday, I had to saw the lock off the gas locker to make a cup of coffee.

I use GT85 too. It's a cycling lubricant, IIRC, but it is pleasant to use, and I keep some on the boat.
 
My dinghy has been locked up on the beach with a brass Squire "weatherproof" padlock for the last 12 years summer and winter, still works lovely even if no longer shiny, can't remember ever oiling it.
 
I've got two of Lakeys type locks under a different trade name...I think..but I havn't got the keys with me here. I endorse them as excellent quality. I got mine from Fenside Fastenings in Boston.

Tip. I forgot to do this, but if you ask for matched locks when you buy them you can get them with the same key, so you always have the right key, and plenty of spares. Thats what Fenside Fastening told me.......after the event /forums/images/graemlins/confused.gif

Tim
 
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