Hard Locks: The Best Way To Protect Your Valuables

When you lock the door to your house or facility, you want to feel certain the building is secure. However, a standard mechanical lock is no longer the most effective way to keep your home safe from a break-in. Securing your home or business requires luxury and high-quality door locks.

Finding unique or challenging locks is one method to securing your home. The more pick resistant your lock is, the less likely a break-in is going to occur. Hard locks will take more time for lock-pickers, and they may give up on your home. If you’re looking for mechanical door locks, you want to choose from state-of-the-art security options.

Your lock is even more secure if there’s no lock at all. Keyless locks prevent a person from even attempting to pick the lock. Keyless entry systems and digital locks provide your home or facility with the best protection on the market.

Why You Need To Change Your Security Measures ?

Facilities where there are public locker rooms, such as gyms, spas, or fitness centers, see a lot of theft occur in locker rooms. Standard padlocks are too easily broken or picked, and items are stolen. There are almost never security cameras in public locker rooms, making theft harder to catch. If a locker room is empty enough, a thief may have time to use bolt cutters to take your valuables. Even disc or shackless locks can be cut by bolt cutters with enough force.

Locker rooms are not the only places where you need to keep locks locked and contents secured. In 2019, there were more than one million home burglaries. Cheap or standard mechanical locks can be picked by even non-experts. It can even be done discreetly and quickly enough that those passing by or neighbors notice nothing suspicious.

Finding a pick resistant lock by installing a smart electrical lock or mechanical challenging lock may be the answer for both homes and facilities. Selecting a quality lock made for high security will keep your home or business safer and limit the possibility of break-ins.

Black OTS Advance Bluetooth RFID electronic locker lock

Hard Locks to Choose From

The type of hard to pick lock you choose will depend on your needs as an individual, business, or facility. Ojmar carries luxury mechanical, electrical, and smart locks and has been creating secure locks for 100 years. Our locking solutions cover a wide range of needs, from residential to commercial to industrial.

Mechanical Locks

Ojmar carries mechanical locks for several recreational and commercial purposes, in varying levels of security.

LOCKR®Coin

This mechanical lock is great for use in amusement parks, swimming pools and water parks, spas, fitness centers, and recreational facilities. It’s corrosion-resistant, which is what makes it work well in wet areas. A coin can be placed into the lock while in Collection mode to gain access to a locker, and the coins can make locker rentals profitable. Or, in Collateral mode, the person can regain their coin after returning the key. The unit uses a master key for emergency access.

LOCKR®Hasp

The mechanical latch is used in tandem with a secure combination padlock for a simple and secure lock in humid and high-traffic environments like spas, gyms, water parks, and amusement parks. Easy to install in simple locker holes, the LOCKR Hasp uses an anti-rotation system patented by Ojmar to prevent lock circumvention. It provides long-lasting security.

LOCKR®Card

Just like the LOCKR Coin, the LOCKR Card allows the temporary use of a locker and key for rental without requiring cash. Resistant to corrosion, this unit has emergency access by a master key.

LOCKR®Cam

Ojmar carries these quality mechanical locks for lockers in a variety of security levels, allowing you to choose based on your needs. Mechanical locks that are more resistant to corrosion are ideal for wet environments and provide more durable security through stainless steel pins. Each cam type has thousands of combinations.

COMBI®Pro

The COMBI Pro eliminates the need for padlocks, keys, or keycards. This system is a mechanical combination lock with an integrated handle that requires no batteries or maintenance. The systems have interchangeable cores, ensuring security if the master key is ever compromised, and facility managers can always find and reset codes. There is much less hassle in this system and much more security.

Electronic Locks

Ojmar electronic locks provide high security for valuable items, including touchless and keyless lock options.

OCS®Smart

The OCS Smart has touchless Bluetooth unlocking and touchpad override. It works with a smartphone app, and the master key for it is digital. A digital master key means it can’t be lock-picked and is a secure lock option. The lock is ADA-compliant with an integrated handle and E-key access. The system has a seal on the front and back to provide resistance to water, moisture, and dust. This is useful in high-humidity and high-use environments like gyms, spas, and recreational facilities.

OCS®Pro

The OCS Pro lock has a durable keypad and can be used with a multi-function E-key. The E-key can act as a master key, programming key, ADA key, and audit key. The Pro lock offers keyless entry and provides moisture and dust resistance.

OTS®Advance

The OTS Advance lock is a highly secure electronic lock with over ten years of battery life. It’s one of the best in the industry and can save you time and hassle on maintenance. It works with radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems, which allow touchless and keyless entry. It is easy to install and provides advanced system management options. 

This locking system enables facility managers to write, rewrite, program, and update keys in real-time. That way, if a key or key card is lost or compromised, you can prevent stolen keys from being used in the building.

Hard Locks to Choose From

The type of hard to pick lock you choose will depend on your needs as an individual, business, or facility. Ojmar carries luxury mechanical, electrical, and smart locks and has been creating secure locks for 100 years. Our locking solutions cover a wide range of needs, from residential to commercial to industrial.

Mechanical Locks

Ojmar carries mechanical locks for several recreational and commercial purposes, in varying levels of security.

LOCKR®Coin

This mechanical lock is great for use in amusement parks, swimming pools and water parks, spas, fitness centers, and recreational facilities. It’s corrosion-resistant, which is what makes it work well in wet areas. A coin can be placed into the lock while in Collection mode to gain access to a locker, and the coins can make locker rentals profitable. Or, in Collateral mode, the person can regain their coin after returning the key. The unit uses a master key for emergency access.

LOCKR®Hasp

The mechanical latch is used in tandem with a secure combination padlock for a simple and secure lock in humid and high-traffic environments like spas, gyms, water parks, and amusement parks. Easy to install in simple locker holes, the LOCKR Hasp uses an anti-rotation system patented by Ojmar to prevent lock circumvention. It provides long-lasting security.

LOCKR®Card

Just like the LOCKR Coin, the LOCKR Card allows the temporary use of a locker and key for rental without requiring cash. Resistant to corrosion, this unit has emergency access by a master key.

LOCKR®Cam

Ojmar carries these quality mechanical locks for lockers in a variety of security levels, allowing you to choose based on your needs. Mechanical locks that are more resistant to corrosion are ideal for wet environments and provide more durable security through stainless steel pins. Each cam type has thousands of combinations.

COMBI®Pro

The COMBI Pro eliminates the need for padlocks, keys, or keycards. This system is a mechanical combination lock with an integrated handle that requires no batteries or maintenance. The systems have interchangeable cores, ensuring security if the master key is ever compromised, and facility managers can always find and reset codes. There is much less hassle in this system and much more security.

Electronic Locks

Ojmar electronic locks provide high security for valuable items, including touchless and keyless lock options.

OCS®Smart

The OCS Smart has touchless Bluetooth unlocking and touchpad override. It works with a smartphone app, and the master key for it is digital. A digital master key means it can’t be lock-picked and is a secure lock option. The lock is ADA-compliant with an integrated handle and E-key access. The system has a seal on the front and back to provide resistance to water, moisture, and dust. This is useful in high-humidity and high-use environments like gyms, spas, and recreational facilities.

OCS®Pro

The OCS Pro lock has a durable keypad and can be used with a multi-function E-key. The E-key can act as a master key, programming key, ADA key, and audit key. The Pro lock offers keyless entry and provides moisture and dust resistance.

OTS®Advance

The OTS Advance lock is a highly secure electronic lock with over ten years of battery life. It’s one of the best in the industry and can save you time and hassle on maintenance. It works with radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems, which allow touchless and keyless entry. It is easy to install and provides advanced system management options. 

This locking system enables facility managers to write, rewrite, program, and update keys in real-time. That way, if a key or key card is lost or compromised, you can prevent stolen keys from being used in the building.

Ojmar smart electronic lock on white locker

The Benefits of Hard Locks

High-quality mechanical and electronic locks bring a lot of security and other benefits.

  • Less Hassle For Managers. Digital locks can often be accessed remotely, which can save you time, stress, and hassle if a key or key card is lost or if a locker can’t be opened. Some digital locks also allow you to lock them from wherever you are, lowering your stress if you’ve forgotten to lock them up.
  • Customer Satisfaction. Employees, visitors, and others using your facilities will prefer feeling that their valuables are secure. Not only that, digital and high-quality locks make your buildings look beautiful, high-end, and up-to-date.
  • Prevent Losses. You are no stranger to losses and replacement fees if you consistently deal with break-ins on padlocked lockers. High-quality mechanical locks are harder to pick, and digital locks are keyless. These options will limit losses and damages from theft.
  • Security. Standard keys and key cards can be duplicated or copied. Smart combination locks and other digital locks must be connected to an e-key or your smartphone, or you have to remember a combination. This secures your valuables, as it’s a lock with no keyhole to pick.
  • Monitor Unlocking Data. Digital and electronic locks will give you data regarding who used the locker and when it was accessed. Not only can this improve security, but it will also provide you with useful data regarding busy usage times in locker rooms.

Hard Locks vs. Alternative Locks

Traditional locks are less secure than high-quality mechanical and electronic locks for several reasons.

Padlocks

It’s very easy to lock-pick a standard padlock, even for non-experts. Padlocks also have a long shackle, which makes them easy to remove with bolt cutters.

Combination Locks

The common dial combination lock is a common lock type, and this makes it well-known to thieves. Some may try to guess the combination, or they may simply pick the override keyhole that combination locks have. It’s also easy to cut these locks off their lockers.

TSA-approved Locks

These are among the worst options for security. These locks are TSA-approved for the purpose of being easy to open. TSA staff have master keys to override the combination lock, but these master keys can also be obtained commercially. Bolt cutters are also an easy option for these locks.

High-quality mechanical locks, especially those built into the locker, are much harder to break or access. Electronic locks can’t be picked or cut off, often because there’s no key to pick. When your lock is remotely accessible, you’re able to use your valuables easily.

Smarter Locker Solutions

Improved locker security may come in the form of quality mechanical locks like the LOCKR Cam, allowing you to choose what level of security is necessary. The COMBI Pro provides a secure and keyless alternative for locker locks. 

You may instead want Bluetooth enabled locked with the OSC Smart lock or use a multi-use E-key with the OSC Pro. Keyless locks allow you complete remote and digital access as a manager, all while limiting the standard issues with padlock systems.

Ojmar offers many solutions for facility managers who are looking to improve the security of lockers and deal with less hassle. Contact Ojmar for a quote regarding upgrading your locker room system to a high-quality and durable system.

Ojmar Smart electronic lock