Schlage LINK - The Future Of Home Security Is Here

Schlage are considered world leaders in the fields of commercial and residential security products.

A couple of years ago, they introduced a completely new system designed to revolutionize the home security and control world, known as LINK.

Using Z-Link technology, they have created a simple, yet functional, easy to install and operate system comprising door locks, cameras even lighting controls.

Here is one of their marketing commercials...

Crime Rate Statistics - Saint Louis County January 1 - January 31, 2010

Pictured here are the latest crime statistics as reported to Saint Louis County Police, for January 2010.

We are displaying only burglary and larceny reports filed with the police department.

Burglary = 82 incidents

Larceny = ~500 incidents

Remembering that these are only the incidents reported by officers, there are likely more significant numbers of crimes that go unreported.

The green dots represent the locations of those crimes.

We are only reporting these two types of property crimes, because these are the types of crimes we are primarily concerned with in regard to our business.

The site in the source below, actually provides the particular street location of each incident. For more precise information we suggest you click on the source.

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Child Safety - Door Limiter Protects Our Children

This unique securichain device is especially designed for residential or hotel/motel inward opening doors.

Simply installed and very easily operated, if it were mounted up high on a door, younger children would be unable to reach to unlock the device, preventing eager young minds from "flying the coop".

Easy to operate, simply push the toggle switch to lock or unlock the chain. There is an easy to identify color scheme to show you when it is locked or not, complying with ADA and life safety codes.

Simple and quick to install, the only tools required are a power drill, wood chisel, drill bits and a screwdriver.

Available in silver and brass/gold.

$49.99

Colors

Silver Brass/Gold

Laptop Computer Pullout - Lockable

Pictured here is a functional sliding tray that is key lockable, enabling you to secure your laptop to your desk, while it remains connected to power and communications.

Though similar to a keyboard slide, this retractable computer tray is designed specifically for laptop use. It will hold any laptop measuring up to 15-1/2" wide by 17-1/2".

The textured polystyrene tray has slots in the rear for cord management and a recessed front for unobstructed keyboard access. A small cam lock (includes two keys) is supplied for optional installation on the tray front, to secure against impulse theft. The 20" slides (16" travel) operate on quiet nylon rollers, install using four inverted "L" mounting brackets, and have positive hold-open and hold-closed features. Mounting instructions and hardware included.

Well made, it is an excellent retrofit for desktops short on space, and is a great method for concealing a laptop when not in use — an ideal combination for student dorm rooms or open floor office layouts.

Made in USA

$79.00

Baldwin Receives Four 2008 ADEX Awards

Baldwin Hardware Wins ADEX Awards

-Receiving Recognition at Platinum, Gold and Silver Levels-

Reading, Pennsylvania – Baldwin Hardware, manufacturers of architectural and decorative hardware

products for the home, announced that it has received four 2008 ADEX Awards (Awards for

Design Excellence), presented by the Design Journal, a publication geared toward interior designers,

architects and facility managers.

Baldwin received a Platinum Award for a new contemporary styled

stainless steel door knob; and, a Gold Award for its collection of decorative roses, an expanded

offering that coordinates with existing Baldwin knobs and levers.

The company also received Silver

Awards for its contemporary Houston entrance set and its new introductions of knobs, levers and

roses within the Estate collection.

The ADEX Awards, which have been honoring excellence in

design for 13 years, received more than 1200 entries from over 300 companies for consideration in

2008’s judging. Since Baldwin began submitting entries in 2003, the company has won 13 ADEX

Awards.

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History of Locks - Baldwin

Continuing with our series about lock companies and their history's, we present the history of the founding of America's foremost lock and door hardware company, Baldwin.

Baldwin products are often considered at the higher price range of hardware products, but for good reason. Most Baldwin products are warrantied for life.

Severin Fayerman, Baldwin Hardware’s Founder, Tells his “Story”

-Fayerman records “a day in the life” of being a prisoner during WWII

Reading, PA – Severin Fayerman, founder of Baldwin Hardware, recorded his story for

StoryCorps on September 19, 2008. Since 2003, the independent nonprofit oral history project,

called StoryCorps, has focused on “honoring and celebrating one another’s lives through listening.”

Across the country, tens of thousands have told their stories. Each of which will be archived at the Library of Congress, with a selection also being made available on public radio and the Internet.

Fayerman, who was born in Poland, began his story with a retelling of his experience as a prisoner held in several concentration camps during World War II. In the recording, he speaks of a typical day spent at Auschwitz.

Soon after immigrating to the US with his family in 1945, Fayerman began working at a tool and die shop in lower Manhattan. With aspirations toward owning their own business, he and his father began a search for companies for sale and negotiated the purchase of Baldwin Tool and Die Company, based in Newark, New Jersey.

As a result, in January 1946, Fayerman and his father co-founded what was to become Baldwin Hardware only one year after arriving in the US. Fayerman held an active, daily role in company leadership until the sale of the company to Masco Corporation in 1982, after which he assumed the position of honorary Chairman Emeritus, acting as advisor to Baldwin executives and serving as a key instructor at Baldwin University. The company celebrated Fayerman’s official retirement from Baldwin Hardware in June 2008.

Fayerman has chronicled his personal history in a short memoir called, A Survivor’s Story. He now resides in Reading, Pennsylvania and has been traveling since the start of his official retirement date.

Baldwin Hardware manufactures an extensive family of superior architectural and decorative products for the home in a variety of finishes, including its proprietary Lifetime Finish.

Baldwin Hardware products signify quality and innovation, with offerings that include hardware and locksets and exterior lighting, as well as bath and cabinetry accessories. All portfolios are available in a rich variety of finishes and textures.

The Reading, PA based company with more than 60 years of heritage, is part of the Black & Decker Hardware & Home Improvement Group, headquartered in Lake Forest, CA.

Black & Decker also own Kwikset Lock Co.

Profile of Severin Fayerman

Schlage Securekey - coming soon

Schlage, hot on the heels of Kwikset, introduce their own field re-keyable locksets.

I find it rather interesting that many of these types of products are finding their way to market (now - since bump keys, showed why the previous products were infantile)

To be honest, whereas there may be a market for these products, more often we locksmiths are finding that many homeowners do not know they have "that" kind of lock and still will call us to rekey their locks.

Wait until you lose your key.

I havent seen the specs on this product yet, but they say that it is bump proof and pick resistant, but I suggest that it would actually be rather easy to pick (given the quality of many modern day Schlage products) and someone could easily lock you out of your house.

The extra security may or may not be worth it to you, but if you want excellent security for a competitive price with all the abilities that this product brings, look at Bilock. It has been around for decades and has proven itself the world over for it's quality, aesthetic value, ease of use and reliability.

See also Schlage Securekey Problems

See also Kwikset Smartkey problems

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Medeco - Hmmmmm....

An interesting site has appeared on my radar.

I came across this independent site quite by accident, the other day and am delighted to see some other opinions about our signature product Bilock.

"Medeco locks are currently used in over 75% of the US high security market, with few users knowing that they may want to avoid Medeco locks. While worldwide their high security market share is much lower, in the US they still are the predominant high security lock. Unfortunately over the past few years, several vulnerabilities of this system have come into light. While the system certainly offers more protection over a standard pin tumbler lock, in the price range of Medeco locks there are far better security solutions. Keep in mind that most of the vulnerabilities listed here apply to standard Medeco Biaxial and M3 locks (like deadbolts, and padlocks) and not to their line of cam locks, which utilize a different mechanism and still appear to offer a decent level of security (as long as they are not overly master keyed, and some key duplication issues still exist)."

"If you are looking for something that offers more pick or force resistance and the many benefits of a traditional high security lock we currently recommend Abloy and BiLock. Both are very good high security locks, with the Abloy Protec being one of the few locks that has yet to have a documented method of picking, bumping, or imprisoning since it came out in 2001."

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