PROFESSIONAL LOCK-PICKING COMPETITION SHOWCASES THE SUPERIOR PICK RESISTANCE OF KWIKSET® SMARTKEY® DEADBOLTSSchlage® SecureKey™ Was Picked 44 Times in 56 Attempts, While SmartKey® Was Picked Only OnceLAKE FOREST, Calif. (Aug. 25, 2010) – Kwikset®, in an effort to demonstrate the superior pick-resistance of the award-winning SmartKey® Signature Series™ deadbolt with BumpGuard™ protection, recently hosted a lock-picking competition for professional locksmiths at the Associated Locksmiths of America (ALOA) Convention in Orlando, Fla. Since its introduction in 2007, Kwikset's SmartKey has been highly-successful due to its re-key technology, which allows homeowners to re-key their own locks, quickly and easily in seconds, without removal from the door for improved security and access control. The results of the lock-picking competition at ALOA demonstrated that out of the 56 SmartKey deadbolts that locksmiths attempted to pick, only one lock was successfully picked, at a time of eight minutes and 16 seconds. Of the 56 Schlage® SecureKey™ deadbolts that locksmiths attempted to pick, 44 were successfully picked, one in as fast as 7.16 seconds. In percentages, Kwikset's SmartKey was picked in less than 2 percent of attempts, while Schlage's SecureKey was picked in over 78 percent of lock-picking attempts. In fact, while given a full 10 minutes to attempt a successful pick, 20 of the locksmiths who were able to pick SecureKey, were able to do so in less than 60 seconds. ALOA Professional Lock-Picking Competition Qualified and interested locksmiths volunteered and were selected on a first-come, first-serve basis onsite in the tradeshow booth. Participants were given 10 minutes to attempt to pick a brand-new Schlage SecureKey deadbolt. The same participants were given another 10 minutes to attempt to pick a brand-new Kwikset SmartKey deadbolt. All of the locks were purchased by a third party, removed from its packaging on-site and installed on a mount for each locksmith atPROFESSIONAL
