HI-SECURITY Outboard MOTOR LOCK Stainless Steel
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Product Feature
- Marine Tech 758201, PAN758201
Product Description
Polished 316 Stainless Steel high security key locks with anti-drill protection secure outboards to your boat. Bar Lock model fits most outboard engines with turnbuckle installations. -Noise dampeners reduce rattle -Each lock includes two keys, which cannot be duplicated without 4 digit key card (also included)HI-SECURITY Outboard MOTOR LOCK Stainless Steel Review
I agree with DeeGee - this is almost certainly the best lock out there. This is a turnbuckle lock (not for bolt on applications) and is very secure - much stronger than either the turnbuckles or (likely) the transom. It ships with brackets w/ 4 sizes of holes to fit the bolt diameter perfectly and prevent wrenching or hammering the lock off of the ends of the turnbuckle. These accommodate various bolt diameters (the cheap locks don't bother to do this, they're one size fits all). Capped at both ends and made of very heavy polished/chromed stainless steel so none of the issues like the cheap outboard locks have where they can be cut with a hacksaw or bolt cutters. Also comes with several pieces of foam of differing sizes (you use just the ones you need) to get the whole thing tightly packed when locked to prevent rattling.I used it to lock down a 15hp Johnson outboard and the two thin pieces of foam and the largest diameter slots fit the bill for a tight, secure fit.
Cons: it's super expensive vs. a $25 lock but you get what you pay for and given the cost of an outboard I want mine to be the last one that the loser chooses to steal.
Any limitations aren't with the lock, it's with someone using the leverage of the lower unit on the motor to twist/wrench the entire shebang off the transom. Even if they did, it'd be a real bear to get this lock off afterwards so that alone might be the extra insurance you need to protect your outboard. If you get the screws really tight and/or your transom has some sort of a lip to prevent this, I'd expect you to be rock solid. To be double sure, I used a chain to lock the lower unit to the tow eyes on the back of the boat to hopefully prevent this.
If you leave your outboard out in the open for long periods of time, have predictable use patterns, etc., make sure that you've got replacement insurance because the loser thieves have plenty of time on their hands to figure out how to steal your stuff. I doubt that there's a lock out there that can't be circumvented eventually unless it goes right through the transom (and then they'd probably just steal the whole boat).
The only other lock that I found to be even remotely comparable mounts on just a single bolt. Looks very heavy duty like this one (although not nearly as appealing when installed) and the one-bolt solution exacerbates the problem of leverage. Undoing the other bolt would make it relatively simple to wrench the motor off the transom I would expect without even thinking about removing the locking mechanism first.
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