Classic Portable Door Lock Red

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.

Works well. You could even use these to child proof the doors to keep little ones from getting outside. I wish I had them back when my children were little. They loved sneaking out in the middle of the night. I like that I didn't have to drill holes in my doors and woodwork. Gives peace of mind when traveling.

I’ve only tried it on one door so far, the fit is not really a problem with the door closing part at least. Place your metal plate with the correct size aligning with hole in the door frame and then shut the door and place the lock in. Make sure to move the keychain ring so it doesn’t get in your way. I saw a couple reviews where the plate wouldn’t go in when placed on the door, this process is easier and it helps. I tried opening the door after locking and it’s safe to say that it’s pretty safe, easy to use, the design is compact and the quality was good.

My front door has been broken since I moved in and the land lord won’t fix it. This gives me peace of mind. It’s easy to use and does work. You really can’t get the door open if it’s on.

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.

I tried using it this past weekend and it didn’t fit the lock at the hotel. Hopefully it will work next time.

Every single female should have one. It is perfect for traveling, deployments, home protection.

I've been having it for years definitely good purchase when traveling. Fits every door , small, strong, small and barely weight. I keep it in my travel bag so I don't regret leaving it behind. I love it.

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.

Works great! Gave me peace of mind.

I was recently back from my travel and i tried it and works fine and i feel very safe indeed.

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.

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