Hide-a-key vs Realtor lockbox?

MissHell · 04-11-2009, 06:54 PM

Anyone know how safe a realtor lockbox is?

I have paranoia of locking myself out. I live in a townhouse/condo and no yard to hide a key. I thought about doing the hide-a-key at my co-worker's house, he lives 3 miles away. Better than nothing, but kinda far if I did get locked out.

I am considering a realtor lockbox and attaching it to my bike's NY chain, under the cover. Just wondering how safe they are, since it will be somewhat visible.

cuttle · 04-11-2009, 07:02 PM

why not just install a key-pad door lock?

http://www.amazon.com/Morning-Indust...pd_cp_hi_sexpl

JARVIS518 · 04-11-2009, 07:36 PM

if someone has enough time the boxes are easy to crack, all that is needed are the numbers. they dont have a code

ex. say the numbers are 1-5-9-0
it can be put in 0-1-9-5 and it will open

Gas Man · 04-11-2009, 07:48 PM

They sell a bolt on style box like those realtor boxes. You can bolt it to a porch pillar or whatever.

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100653154

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100653156

Mr Lefty · 04-11-2009, 08:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by cuttle

why not just install a key-pad door lock?

http://www.amazon.com/Morning-Indust...pd_cp_hi_sexpl

how would you fit that on a chain?

Mr Lefty · 04-11-2009, 08:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JARVIS518

if someone has enough time the boxes are easy to crack, all that is needed are the numbers. they dont have a code

ex. say the numbers are 1-5-9-0
it can be put in 0-1-9-5 and it will open

SOME ARE... cypher locks are not that way... don't know if you can get some that are in boxes like this... but if the code was 1-2-3-4 you have to put it in that order.

also you can do combos like... pressing 1&2 together then 3 then 4.

Rangerscott · 04-12-2009, 12:23 AM

I'd rather hide a key than display it in a little metal box.

Hold chisel, smack with 3lb sledge hammer, falls to ground.

BobTheBiker · 04-12-2009, 01:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rangerscott

I'd rather hide a key than display it in a little metal box.

Hold chisel, smack with 3lb sledge hammer, falls to ground.

my thoughts exactly. I'd rather conceal the key somewhere hard to see.

vickibocc · 04-12-2009, 11:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JARVIS518

if someone has enough time the boxes are easy to crack, all that is needed are the numbers. they dont have a code

ex. say the numbers are 1-5-9-0
it can be put in 0-1-9-5 and it will open

Yeah, when Jarv and I lived in a townhouse community, we used the realtor lock box, but we had a little better place to hide it. There was a storage closet in our patio and we put it on the doorknob on the inside of that closet. The closet itself was hidden behind a wall that separated the rest of the patio from a small section where the AC unit was.

I'm not sure if I would have trusted it if it were easier to find.

Particle Man · 04-12-2009, 05:41 PM

my in-laws live next store. They're always home so I just go over there if I lock myself out and grab the spare key

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JARVIS518 BOOBS!! Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Saratoga, NY Moto: 06 CBR 600RR Posts: 1,188	if someone has enough time the boxes are easy to crack, all that is needed are the numbers. they dont have a code ex. say the numbers are 1-5-9-0 it can be put in 0-1-9-5 and it will open

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Rangerscott Viff6N Mutated Warrior Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Texas Moto: '01 Honda VFR 800 & '09 ER-6N Posts: 8,704	I'd rather hide a key than display it in a little metal box. Hold chisel, smack with 3lb sledge hammer, falls to ground.