Padlocks Technical Advice Centre

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I have multiple access points, can I use the same padlock key?

I have multiple access points to the same large site and the visitors do not always use the same entrance. This is a site out in the country that has a number of access roads. I don’t really want to have to give all the users a lot of keys so they can use any […]

What are Keyed Alike Padlocks?

For convenience many people will buy a number of padlocks and want them all to be identical and work from the same set of keys. These are known as ‘Keyed Alike padlocks’ and are sometimes also called ‘suited padlocks‘ or ‘same key padlocks‘. Since their cost is often only marginally more expensive than ‘keyed different’ […]