On Thu, 05 Dec 2013 10:40:01 -0800, Oren wrote:

On Thu, 5 Dec 2013 01:51:13 +0000 (UTC), Danny D'Amico
wrote:

On Wed, 04 Dec 2013 12:55:05 -0800, Oren wrote:

Um, the size of the cutting tool.

If you were locking a gate, and a shed, and a few other things,
would you think an almost doubling in price between the two worth it?

Locks are for honest people. The quality of the lock, price wise,
*could* depend on what you have behind the gate or in the shed.

I have a 35 year old Master Padlock (MP), I used at a public storage
years ago. Thieves cut many locks on units around me with bolt
cutters. My lock has "jaw marks" where they tried to cut the shackle.
No go! My storage unit was not burglarized.

Hint: They brought bolt cutters that were to small for the task.

MP has locks that will withstand a rifle bullet, but it was mentioned
here about cutting the hasp off is easier.

And how often do burglars try to shoot the lock off, not counting
television?

Buy a lock that makes you feel comfortable with. You can also build a
steel box that confines the lock well and reduces chances for tools to
be used to circumvent the lock.

They make inexpensive "cover"s that go over the top part of a disk
lock, you know, one that looks like a frisbee. I've never seen them
for sale but maybe on the web. My friend who ran a ministorage gave
me one. The lock can still be cut off with a angle grinder but it's
harder I think, and even harder to get bolt cutters in there.

Her ministorage had no security. Anyone could drive in anytime, day
or night, but burglaries were almost always by friends of the renters,
or cohorts in some illegal business like drugs. Total strangers
didn't come there to break into storage lockers. Maybe they know
thaty most contain mostly junk that people can't part with.