Keyless Locks Can Be Bumped

Conveneience Store Mobile coupon usage jumped in 2015, according to Koupon Media’s recently released 2016 State of the Mobile Coupon Industry report. The report affirms the growing trend reported by eMarketer that the number of consumers in the U.S. who used a mobile coupon in 2015 grew 18% to 92.6 million. The data found in the report also points to the rise of convenience store mobile coupons in mobile marketing:

• 42% of mobile users have used a mobile coupon
• 39% of customers spend more if they receive a personalized coupon
• 60% of customers would adopt mobile payments if offered coupons

Consumers are using their smartphones more while they’re shopping, and mobile coupon usage is growing as a result, said Bill Ogle, CEO of Koupon Media, in a press release. “In 2015 we doubled the number of coupons delivered on our platform. The fact is mobile coupons are easier to use than paper or print-at-home coupons and more retailers accept them than ever before. It won’t be long before the mobile coupon outpaces paper coupons altogether.”

The redemption data in the report focuses on convenience store coupons, a vertical that is showing some of the largest growth in all of retail. Data in the report points to energy drinks, soda and juice as the highest redeeming categories for mobile coupons.

It is well known that keyless locks are increasing in popularity because of the convenience of not having to carry a set of keys wherever you go. For some reason people also think that a keyless lock offers better protection than a traditional keyed lock coupled with the added convenience of not having to use a key. Almost all modern day keyless locks for sale have one major flaw built into them that make them no more secure than a normal pin and tumbler lock.

You see, in order to unlock a keyless lock that has malfunctioned a backup key is used to unlock the lock. This means that the lock is susceptible to being picked, vandalized and lock bumped just like a regular lock. How can a lock be vandalized you wonder? Simple, just put some dirt into the keyhole or squirt in some glue and you will ruin the lock. From watching TV and movies you see how someone with a little know-how can easily pick a lock and there are modern lockpicking guns for sale on the Internet that make it very easy for a novice to pick a lock.The most unsettling of all is the lock bumping technique. Almost everyone that I know has never heard of lock bumping but once I explain it to them they are shocked. Lock bumping is very easy to learn on the Internet. There are many Youtube clips that show someone how to make a bump key from a normal house key and how to then use it to bump a lock. I have seen 12 year olds bump open a lock in seconds. That’s how easy it is to do.Worse still is that over 90% of all locks on our doors today can be bumped open by virtually anybody in quite literally seconds. Some lock makers have tried to create “bump proof” locks but the last model released by a well-known lock maker was soon bumped after it was released.The key (no pun intended) to purchasing a keyless lock that will not only give you the convenience factor of no keys and offer a high level of security is to spend hours looking for the best keyless lock that has no keyhole. Of course who has the time and inclination to search through pages of Google results and read countless articles (many of them worthless) and reviews?

I have done quite a bit of research into finding the best keyless lock and I have come to the conclusion that the Sunnect AP501 is the ideal keyless lock that offers convenience and safety.In fact, the Sunnect AP501 just won the coveted Consumers Digest Best Buy Award in the Electronic Deadbolt division and has been praised by professional locksmith magazines and well-known locksmiths on their websites.