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24 of 24 found the following review helpful:
 Works Great! Aug 26, 2006
By KBasztura
I work at a daycare, and we have these locks on all of our cabinets. The kids love to try to open the doors, but they never will. The way these work is that you need the "key" to open the door. It's a magnet which when placed on the outside of the cabinet near the lock, will allow you to open the door. With out the key the door will not open.
Like I said before, the kids love to grab onto the door handles and pull like crazy to get them to open. But these locks are strong and they won't let go unless you have the key!
If you have a baby or toddler, trust me, these work great. If they can stand up to 16 kids pulling at them every day, they can stand your children's worst efforts!
16 of 18 found the following review helpful:
 Safety 1st, include better instructions Oct 09, 2009
By Natureshots
The best thing about Tot-loks is that once installed, they work really well. The worst thing is that complaints about hard to read and follow instructions go back many years and the company either doesn't care or chose to ignore those complaints. The company, Safety 1st, could easily have printed the instructions on legal sized paper. I folded an 8x11 sheet of paper, maybe three times, and it could easily fit into the product's packaging. I would have given this product a five stars but since the company doesn't care, I knocked off two stars.
Some tips on installation... If you first take the two pieces, one on each hand, and place them on your cabinet and door the way they should be installed, you'll understand how they work and the visualization will really help with installing the first lock.
* The templates work really well. Someone complained about misalignment but if you follow the template guides, it should not happen.
* There are extensions that enables you to install the locks on doors more than one inch.
* Drilling the main hole for the lock is the hardest part, not careful and one can drill a hole through the front of the door. I used a countersink drill bit (Vermont American 16515 no.6 to no.10 Hex Shank Predrill and Countersink Assortment, 4-Piece) (only have two that are a little shorter than the actual desired length) to make a pilot holes. Then I made marks on a 1/4" drill bit of the desired length that I should drill into the door. While drilling, I twisted the bit up, down, left and right a little to make the hole slightly bigger. When drilling the main hole, more resistance is felt when I drilled pass the pilot hole; at this point, it's critical that I stopped when the marks on my drill bit is the same level as the door. With this method, I drilled 16 holes without any ooops!
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Must have for baby proofing. Sep 03, 2006
By Christy L. Meek
This lock is wonderful for parents of small genuises who like to spend all day working problems like how to break into a cabinet with a lock. My very smart two year old has yet to figure this one out and when she does all I have to do is keep the key hidden high up where no amount of stacking or chairs will let her reach it. Also unlike many other locks when installed correctly the door won't even budge. Another wonderful feature is that in so many years when the kids are old enough that we don't need to uninstall the locks you just flip a switch and disengage them but then when my family or friends bring their small children over we can flip them back and we're childproof again.
4 of 4 found the following review helpful:
The Best Cabinet Locks Dec 22, 2008
By L. Edwards
These locks work great. My only concern from reading other reviews was the difficulty of installation. Using the provided templates, installation was a breeze. As always, make sure you have the right tools (cordless drill and screwdriver w/ small phillips head and sharp drill bits).
3 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Learn from My Mistakes Jun 13, 2010
By Bruin Fan
After reading all the reviews, I knew this product might be hard to install but supposedly worth it. Well...I didn't realize just how difficult it would be after all and you really have to just try it in order to tell how it'll work for you. But here are some tips I hope will help you since I had to learn the hard way.
1) First of all, the instructions ARE lousy. This video helped give me an overall idea.
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2) Get the right sized drill bits. 9/32" isn't very common. Even a tad bigger is OK so long as you make a hole big enought for the little manget stub.
3) Use masking tape to secure the plastic "sleeve" that prevents the drill from going all the way through your cabinet door as extra security.
4) Don't assume the paper/sticker template will work and make things easy. It won't always line up perfectly. This is due to the width of the cabinet frame piece...My kitchen cabinet was the same size so where it folded fit perfectly. But this was not the case for my bathroom so nothing was lined up and it got messed up. NOTE: Use scotch tape to secure the template on the door or frame. Drilling through it shifts the paper around. Even more helpful is to use a sharp object and stick it through the holes to make a mark in the wood. If the paper template gets shifted, you'll have the marks you've made to guide you.
5) Forget the "key" that comes with it. Ours was super weak and becuase our cabinets have a decorative rounded part on the outside that adds extra thickness, the extender piece wasn't close enough to where the magnetic force could pick up. The additional spacer was too much and wouldn't fit. So the only solution is buying super strong magnets and stacking them if necessary to make them even stronger.
6) If you install the lock and it doesn't quite work, try the following:
a: If the piece on the lock that pops up/down on the cabinet door won't pop up because the catch on the cabinet frame is too low, try filing the catch until it works.
b: If the piece on the lock that pops up/down on the cabinet door won't catch because it's too high, slighty unscrew the catch piece on the frame and stuff it with cardboard, paper, or masking tape...whatever works and gets it at the right height. It looks horrible but if you've already drilled the hole in the door and it't not the right height, this will help "save" it so it'll at least work.
Hope this helps any parent trying to get more information on how to install these locks.
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