But if a lock fails, the door doesn’t have a lock, or you don’t trust the lock situation in an apartment or hotel, you can ...

Today’s door locks can be separated into three categories ... then go through another test round with a reinforced box strike plate installed on a new lock sample. Again and again, CR ...

And many locks do fall short. In these brute-force kick tests, “the cause of failure is more often than not the short screws used to attach the strike plate to the door frame,” says Misha ...