[635] Fortress Combination Padlock Decoded FAST and Bypassed (Model 1850D)

[Paul.Douglas]

The more I watch your channel, the more I wonder if there's actually a lock that's worth a crap.

[youtube]

I learned how to decode a combination lock back in high school. Our astronomy club had a metal cabinet and it's locked with a combination lock. When I asked the seniors about the code, they replied they never memorized it because breaching it was faster.

[davekimball]

"extraordinarily easy to decode" I think the human genome would be easy for our resident legal counsel.

[WilliamMancel]

WOW. They would probably be better off selling a short length of Kevlar Paracord, and instructions on how to tie a really good knot.😂 Thanks for sharing.

[drmosfet]

Security devices like this one often come down to a puzzle that must be solved quickly and correctly to keep bystander from getting suspicious.

[GaryLiseo]

I remember trying to decide these back when I was in middle-school.
When I was a teacher I was commonly surprised at how much trouble students had unlocking these. Many kids didn’t realize the tolerance and thought it had to be exact

[CruzurC]

Not gonna lie I remember going around in highschool breaking these locks just by pulling really hard

[jazbell]

When I was in High School (early 50s) we had locks like that on lockers, except that they were brass. I could open most of them that way. I called them "click-clank-clunk" locks. Not very secure.

[lightningkiki]

novice picker: "How do I open this?"
*turns over padlock*
"oh look the combination is on the back"

[replica]

Fortress is the ugly friend Masterlock keeps around to look good by comparison.

[srr]

I wish I could give more than one thumbs up. He is such a great teacher and makes us all more security conscious.

[ThatOneFriendlyDude]

Interestingly enough, I actually bought a clone of one of these as a lock for my school locker back in the beginning of my first year of high school.
Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately?) the school has its own locks which we had to buy, so I had to leave it at home, and upon discovering this video went to do exactly this on it: aside from the first gate’s click being remarkably faint, everything worked as shown.
Also unfortunately, the school locks are clearly Master combo-lock clones... make of that what you will.

[bossboomer]

There is me forgetting my school locker combination and taking a few hours learning how to open it and you're sitting here opening it in a second without knowing the combo

[DanRichter]

I’m learning a lot about locks from this channel. An annoying coworker left her phone in her locker with the alarm going off and had one of these locks. Although I tried these methods, I failed. Plan B was to just pull hard on the lock, and it opened lol. Before I came across this channel, I thought locks pretty much meant “no entry, unless you have a lock cutter” lol

[ScTiger]

I literally had one of these right next to me that I use for the gym and I just used this method and it worked. Nice.

[philsangster]

You just gave me an idea that I can use to make a lot of money...






I'm gonna enrol in law school!

[TimeYT]

Padlock: I'm Impenetrable
Me: *gets out a padlock shim*
Padlock: *scared padlock noises*

[danielroglich]

Never ceases to amaze me how easy you always make this look. Just the research alone you put into the locks you feature in your videos would make most people's head burst lol never mind putting that research into practical application. Great job as always on the review brother. Thanks again.

[bethlaska]

Thank you for this video! I have an old combo lock (not sure if it's fortress, logo on dial is a house with a hand in the middle) that I've been trying to get open for the last few days. Every tutorial I've seen was for Master locks and none of them worked. Your method worked on the first try!

[chantaimartinez]

Thank you!!! Had the lock since 2010 I believe and hadn’t used it in at least 7 years. Sitting around in my drawer and got bored so decided to figure out the combo. I was able to unlock the lock thanks to your video!!! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽