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Waterproof padlock wanted

Hi i am looking at waterproof locks i see alot on ebay but they do seem very cheap. any recomendations?
 
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I assume you don't actually want to use them underwater?

I have found 'disc' padlocks seem to last best in a marine environment. Haven't noticed any real difference between the expensive (ABUS) versions and the near identical ones from the likes of ALDI over 10yrs or so.

It's the conventional brass-bodied ones that seem unhappy, whatever the make. The hardened steel hasp invariably rusts and sticks.....though lots of grease helps.

Vic
 
One of the locks on my outboard is an ABUS bought from a Locksmith a good few years ago
It has little surface rust on the hasp but nothing serious.
I oil it every winter

A second lock is a plastic encased Hampton. I had to bodge up some new seals on the hasp but otherwise has also stood the test of time.

I have some Squire laminated locks as well. They tend to rust a bit more but nevertheless with regular oiling they have been in use for sometime too. ( Plasic encased bodies IIRC)

The disc locks are supposed to be immune to being broken open by whacking with a hammer. No shoulder to whack.
 
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I left my little bilge keeler locked up for nearly two years with a 'Master' lock from B&Q, blue plastic covered body with black plastic covered hasp. Opened first click on my return. Chinese made maybe but absolutely mint after two English winters.
 
Downsman said:
I left my little bilge keeler locked up for nearly two years with a 'Master' lock from B&Q, blue plastic covered body with black plastic covered hasp. Opened first click on my return. Chinese made maybe but absolutely mint after two English winters.
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Probably Ok now but I am cautious of Chinese ones. I had one on the outboard at one time.
By the end of one summer it had rusted up.

I borrowed the big bolt croppers from the boat yard.

It cut easily, too easily!

I found that despite being labelled "hardened" I could cut it easily with a hacksaw blade held in my hand!
 
It's for my rowing boat i struggled to get it open yesterday so thought a waterproof one would be the answer i see yale do bronze ones but @£60 mine cost 12 is it a tad overpriced as the ebay ones are around £5.

Weird how i wasn't confronted working on my lock yesterday in the middle of Teignmouth carnival.
 
VicS said:
The disc locks are supposed to be immune to being broken open by whacking with a hammer. No shoulder to whack.
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Not sure this would help on a boat, or pretty much anywhere a padlock is in use. Most boats seem to have a loop and flap through which the padlock goes - this could just as easily be levered off with the claw side of the hammer if someone wanted to get in. On the south coast a while ago they ignored all that and just kicked in the companionway :(
Of course a better lock is always the better option but it's not worth spending a fortune for the feeling of security.
Cheers
Dave
 
bbdave said:
Weird how i wasn't confronted working on my lock yesterday in the middle of Teignmouth carnival.
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We spent 40 minutes breaking into our own car when we locked the keys in at our clubhouse a few years ago. The people who knew us innevitably took the mickey as they walked by. The people who didn't know us made sympathetic comments. Not one person challenged us!
 
I have used the same set of Abloy stainless steel locks for about 14 years they have a single key to fitt all, not cheap but they have lasted without any problems.
 
These babies are the dog's.

I've had some for ages and they never corrode. They start at £10

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I agree with petehb i have a set of abloy not cheap but one key fits all was very upset when customs in swansea cut them opened to check the boat and said that they could do what they liked , luckly a local welding shop was able to fix them for a cost cheaper than replacing them €300 but they are just so good
 
squire kromlok or artic locks are the choice i used, they have been on the boat for approx 8 years with no rusting up, out in the elements year in year out. not even oiled them and still click open and shut very easily.
 
When I bought my current boat 7 years ago it came with a set of brass Plastimo padlocks with a common key. Despite no real maintenance, (I must have oiled them but cannot remember when) they are still working fine.
 
LADY B said:
When I bought my current boat 7 years ago it came with a set of brass Plastimo padlocks with a common key. Despite no real maintenance, (I must have oiled them but cannot remember when) they are still working fine.
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I have a set of five of these, brass 'keyed alike' now more than five years old and no rust or stiffness, they are exposed to rain and spray. They would not resist a determined thief for long but then I would prefer he cut them than jemmied the hatches or locker lids.
 
Thanks better choices than what i've been looking at. It is to lock my boat to a rope mooring line so it can only stop a casual sticky finger as the mooring rope only needs cutting to release all the boats on the line.

Dave
 
All you need then is a padlock that wont rust.

No point in paying for a high security lock if its only being padlocked to a rope
 
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