AceMining Portable Door Lock, Hotel Travel Door Lock Security for Home

This product works. It works in most doors and gave us an added level of security while traveling. If it’s not snug- it’s not on correctly. Follow the directions. The triangle should be pointed down and it should be snug against the door. The pin on the back will slide into place to hold it against the door. The only difficult part was getting it to fit into the strike plate. Otherwise, it’s a great product. Once it’s installed, you can pull with your body weight and the door will not budge. My husband is 250# and it would not open.

Why I Bought It I travel often and wanted a portable lock I could use in hotels or rentals for extra security, as well as at home when needed. Pros • Small and lightweight — easy to carry in a purse, backpack, or luggage • Installs in seconds, no tools required • Fits most standard doors securely • Adds a noticeable layer of safety — the door won’t budge once it’s in place • Sturdy metal design that feels durable, not flimsy Cons • Doesn’t fit every single door type (works best with inward-opening doors with a latch) • Takes a minute to figure out the first time, but super easy once you know how Overall Experience This little lock is an excellent travel companion and a simple way to feel safer whether you’re at home, in a dorm, or in a hotel. It’s affordable, effective, and provides a big sense of security for such a small product.

It worked great but went to 2 different hotels and I found that they changed the way the door is set up, so I couldn't use it, but it did work at 3 other hotels.

We travel quite a bit and I like to have this to keep us safe. That little extra feeling of security using his lock helps me sleep at night.

I think, from personal experience, that this type of portable door lock has a dangerous design and can easily trap you by not letting you open the door once you have used it. In short, the design does not consider that most spring latches weaken with age, and the latch does not fully retract to the edge of the door. The 1/16" or 1/8" part of the latch still sticking out gets behind the metal of the portable door lock and you are trapped. I tried out this portable door lock inside my bathroom at home. The flat metal part slipped easily enough through to the strikeplate. But the tool would not come out, and I was trapped in my bathroom! No one home. No phone on me. The window too small to crawl out of, and besides, the entry doors were all locked and I did not have a key on me. But I did happen to have a pocket multi-tool on me, a Leatherman Skeletor, and eventually thought to use it to remove the screws holding the lock to the door and removed the inside lock handle and pushed the outside lever to the floor. The door still would not open. The immediate problem was that the door strike latch spring mechanism would not retract the latch enough, using my multi-tool flat tip screwdriver bit to turn the latch back. I had to use the pliers part of the multi-tool to destroy the mechanism enough so I could force the latch back enough to escape. Free at last, I found out the problem and why this product and others like it are so dangerous. In a house with wood doors, the latch mechanism spring eventually weakens, and the latch does not fully retract to flush with the edge of the door. In my case, the latch still stuck out about 1/8" inch or so, which did not effect the door from opening, as there is a gap between the door and the door frame/buck. But with this portable door lock metal inserted, it took up enough space so that 1/16" of my latch was stuck behind that metal insert, and that is why I was trapped inside. I think this type of portable door lock is dangerous. Maybe a commercially installed steel door with a commercial spring latch would be OK, but I would not trust it at all. You'd have to measure the door gap and check if the spring latch fully retracts into the door edge first, if you happen to travel with a micrometer and feeler gauges. And on a wood door, it swells a bit as the humidity changes, so this portable door lock might just work when you check in, but might not let you check out if the door swelled a bit, say after a hot shower or during a rainstorm. Dangerous Design! Once trapped inside like I was, the only way out besides busting the door (which is hard to do anyway when you are inside an inside-opening door, and doors are expensive), is to not only remove the lock (which usually has to start from the inside of the door) but to then bend and break the strike latch mechanism so you can physically force the latch all the way back and flush or inside the door edge. Then you need to buy a new spring latch and install it. I just now went and looked at all 10 doors in my house, and on 8 on them, including one steel exterior door, the spring latch does not fully retract to the edge of the door or within it. All of these doors and spring latches are only about ten years old, and none ever failed to open before.

This product is great - IF you get to use it. I cannot give this product more than 3 stars because even if I have been able to use it, and it works like a charm... That's only the case if it works - as in if the door's metal bar can fit inside the only two preset holes on this product. I personally stay at 4-star or 5-star hotels most of the time.. and I can guarantee that 95% of the time, this product does not fit on their doors because they have complex ones that increase the safety of their clients. Even so, it would be nice to have something like this to be on the safer end, but I find myself carrying this with me when I travel, only to find out it's practically useless for this trip. They can certainly improve on this product. The concept is there, but I just wish there was a way it can fit any type of door.

This is amazing, I got it for a trip but to lock the door for the kids when I’m at places without kidss proofing! It was a little tricky to put it at first but I was in a rush but at my third try it worked. It seems really sturdy and I have only tried it 4 times and so far it’s holding pretty good, I like that comes with the two options for doors. Size it’s perfect to have it in a purse and take it with you so far I will say this is amazing !

Good money spent

I’m sure this would be great, but it’s not unable on most German doors, since they usually have a ridge on the inside of the doorframe.

Good customer service (note and gift included). If the door frame is too thick it will be difficult to latch the locking part. You might need to bend the lock a little to latch it, but works fine. The lock only works for doors opening inward. Great for ladies traveling.

Super

i havent been able to make it work, but i am not sure if it's me or the product

Perfect, finally can get some privacy, very simple and fast to setup