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(More customer reviews)The selling point in having a brass-bodied lock and stainless or chromed shackle is resistance to moisture and weather...at least that's the insinuation. Unfortunately for this series of Master locks, it couldn't be further from the truth, at least here in rainy, soggy Seattle. Having an impervious exterior is well and good, but Master, you forgot about the INTERIOR mechanisms.
My brass-bodied lock lasted a little over a year outdoors before the innards finally succumbed to "tin worm" (aka rust), which made its ability to turn the key/keyhole nearly impossible to do, and snapping close the shackle an exercise in bitter frustration. Shooting it full of oil helped, but doing so makes handling the lock a messy proposition, and a point of contention with other family members. I suppose I could soak the lock in a oil bath to break up the rust and then set it aside to drain and dry out, but then we'd be without lock protection for that period of time, thus prompting me to buy a replacement anyways. Master sold me on this lock because the packaging implied that the lock had superior weathering capability. Apparently Master's idea of 'superior' is rather footloose and fancy-free in its meaning. Certainly I don't see what they're getting at, and it would seem that my local Home Depot store doesn't either, since they've pulled all of these brass-bodied Master locks off their shelves, perhaps acknowledging that these designs and Seattle weather are not a good mix.
But at least that oh-so-moisture-resistant brass body and chromed-up shackle still looks spiffy...well, aside from all of the rust-contaminated oil leaking out of it, that is.
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Master Lock 575DPF 1 1/2-Inch Wide Padlock, Solid BrassMaster Lock 575DPF 1 1/2-Inch Wide Padlock, Solid Brass Features:; Extra tough, hardened boron alloy shackles resist cutting and sawing ; 5-pin rekeyable cylinders for increased pick resistance ; Dual ball locking for protection against prying and hammering ; Keyed different ; Carded ; 575DPF: 1-1/2" wide; 576DPF: 1-3/4" wide; 575DLHPF: 1-1/2" wide, 2" shackle; 576DLHPF: 1-3/4" wide, 2" shackle
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