Deter thieves and other bad elements with a robust, hard-to-hack padlock. We tested 11 highly-rated options and found the three best padlocks for different needs.

The all-weather Master Lock 4401DLH padlock can be controlled by your smartphone, and lets you grant guest access, but it'll cost you a pretty penny.

Here’s any easy method for backing out the combination of a Master Lock. In a perfect world there would be 64,000 possible lock combinations ... UPDATE: The linked video above has long been dead.

Master Lock is still making that one and the prices are all over the place, just as they were when the article was written. I’ve seen the Python for sale for about $9.00 all the way up to $35.00! ...

“Master Lock, not so much,” said Johnson, 56, who hails from Fairfax County, Virginia. “You get what you pay for,” he warned, conceding that some of the company’s higher-end locks work well.

Master Lock Has Had a Hold on the Industry for 100 Years A century ago, Harry Soref made his Milwaukee-based company into a world leader with his invention of the laminated steel padlock.